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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1977
Page
2
The Balmorhea area announces a Christmas dinner hosted by the American Association of Retired Persons for Tuesday December 6 at 6 p.m. at the Community Clubroom. Members should bring a covered dish and a friend. meat will be provided. New officers will be installed at the meeting.
Seniors set a Christmas Covered Dish Dinner at the Senior Center on December 6 at 7 p.m. Meat provided. attendees should bring a vegetable, salad, or dessert. John Burnett will be the guest speaker. Seniors may attend with a friend.
Samuel Grove director of the Museum of the Southwest in Midland will speak on King Tutankhamun at Sul Ross State University Little Theatre Friday at 7 30 p m under the Museum of the Big Bend. Grove worked in Egypt 1965 67 with a U S Navy Medical team studying African disease and photographed artifacts now touring the United States. He returned to northern Africa 1974 to lead a Tassili Plateau expedition in Algeria. Admission is 1 with advance tickets at the Museum and SRSU Cashier's Office. additional tickets may be sold at the door. A reception for Grove and his wife Donna will follow in the Student Center.
New York stocks drift lower with the Dow down about four points early and slipping to 825.88 at noon. The NYSE composite sits at 52.17, while General Motors leads the active list as volume reaches 10.42 million shares. Cotton futures rise, grain and livestock futures post varied moves in a day of cautious trading.
Reports detail visitors from Alice Arlington Pecos and Ft Stockton with travel highlights and health news. Balmorhea Chamber of Commerce plans Monday meeting to finalize Christmas plans and Santa Claus candy distribution. A school program on drugs is announced with guest speakers for students. Panama hats and their Ecuadorian jipijapa straw origin noted.
Balmorhea State Park on U S Highway 290 draws visitors to rare Commanche Springs Pupfish in San Solomon Springs habitat. The 18 unit lodge, 76 degree swimming pool, and 2,000 surviving pupfish amid canals and 25 million gallons daily support a long running Texas attraction near Fort Davis and McDonald Observatory. Reservations at Box 15 Toyahvale Texas 79786 or 375-2370.
The Texas Supreme Court upheld San Antonio’s ordinance granting the San Antonio Wrecker Service the exclusive right to tow at accident scenes, asserting the city may regulate competition among wrecking firms to ensure orderly response and safety.
A Barstow Thanksgiving gathering hosted John and Gladys Burk with many Pecos visitors and local residents. Separately, Johnny Andrada sued San Antonio over a towing contract and ordinance. the appeals court and supreme court upheld lower court rulings denying injunctions, citing disorder and inefficacy of regulation.
Weekly schedule lists Lions Club and Optimist meetings at various venues from Monday to Thursday. Additions include Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon gatherings, TOPS, Bible study, AARP dinner, Modern Study Club dinner, Downtown Lions and Rotary meetings, and a science fair awards night at Austin Elementary School.
Twenty six Pecos students including Margie Nell Ephriam will be listed in the 1977 78 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Nominations cite academic achievement community service leadership and future potential.
The Retired Persons group sponsors a neighborhood arthritis fundraising campaign the week of December 4 to 10. No businesses will be solicited. Those who wish to help should call the Senior Center at 445-3272 or 447-2553. Arthritis affects both the elderly and children, a group spokesman notes.
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