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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1975
Page
8
Erma Bombeck humorously contrasts a college student's packed schedule with a mother's kitchen routine. The piece riffs on bunking alarm clocks, 96 credit hours, and the absurdity of keeping track of every meal and class as a life calendar. The child resents control while the mother notes missed childbirth classes.
Ann Landers tackles a secretary's fear of exposure over a boss's affair and a wife left to cope with stepping back into life after her husband’s death. The column also addresses a reader worried about high school sports pressure and a mischievous nickel-squeezing postage racket, urging accountability and perspective.
Peggy McCracken writes a light column recalling a man given a gun-toting deputy and a mistaken marriage, then muses on CB radios and police use. She shares a campus anecdote about class discussion, a professor in a hurry, and a Smokey voice on the road. The piece ends with a plea for local news and a failing home phone.
Mr and Mrs Larry D Lumpkin of San Angelo formerly Pecos announce the birth of a daughter Julie Elizabeth born September 28 at 945 am They are also parents of David Lee Lumpkin age 3 Paternal grandparents are James W Lumpkin 2202 Hackberry Pecos and maternal grandparents are Wm R Bickley 1906 Adams Pecos
October 3 and 4 fund raiser by ACLD Reeves County. Items needed include curtains bedspreads blankets dishes kitchen utensils unbroken toys complete games jewelry and furniture. Clothing not needed. Call 445-4341 445-4885 or 447-2565 for pickup. ACLD is tax deductible. Funeral notice: Woodrow Wheat's son-in-law Bates widow Ida Gaye Wheat and two children Brenda and Brent Bates.
Mary L Kingsbery associate of Marabel Morgan author of The Total Woman will lead two Pecos seminars on the Total Woman First Baptist Church Oct 7 at 7 p.m. for four evenings and Oct 8 at 9 a.m. at 901 Walthall St for four mornings For more information call Mrs Grove at 445-3164.
A humorous line compares a pocket comb to local gun control law noting it has almost no teeth, implying weakness in enforcement or breadth. The quip casts light humor on regulatory teeth versus trivial items.
Parents and teachers gathered in the Bessie Haynes cafeteria for a combined parent advisory committee and general orientation meeting covering enrollment, staff, and programming. Homer Graham summarized school details while Alice Navarrete outlined committee roles and showed a slide on last year’s parental activities, with 96 attendees.
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