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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1971
Page
2
Balmorhea School Library launches a book drive inviting donations from Pecos residents with drop points at Pecos Public Library. Librarian Nikki Renz says any fit books will be cataloged, including paperbacks, to broaden literature for junior high and high school students.
Allan Gilbert, Balmorhea Schools superintendent, returned from a two day Texas Association of School Administrators convention in San Antonio. He focused on sessions interpreting the Legislature’s new school laws and spent a day in Austin reviewing teacher records the kindergarten program and related district information.
Four Balmorhea representatives joined a Pecos Texas A&M Extension Service program. Attendees included city secretary treasurer Mrs Cassie Farrington, Mr Cris Gilbert, Mrs Frankie Kingston of the Well Kept Community Club, and Mrs Ella Day Winterrowd of the Young Homemaker Club. Also present were Mrs Joe Gallego of Saragosa and Mrs Nan Cate and Mrs Michael Cate of Verhalen.
Mrs. Sally Spencer 87 died Tuesday at Reeves County Memorial Hospital after a two week illness. Services at Pecos Funeral Home with Rev. Homer Nowell officiating, burial in Fairview Cemetery. Born January 6, 1884, she came to Pecos in 1942 from O Donnell Texas and is survived by son A L Spencer Pecos, daughter Mrs. Millie Powers Minneola Florida, sister Mrs. Lee Edwards Ballinger, brothers Lee Northcutt De Leon and Joe Northcutt Colorado City, along with two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
The Pecos Enterprise, Inc publishes daily except Saturdays and Sundays at 3248 Cedar Street Pecos Texas 79772 with mail subscription rates in Reeves County of six months nine dollars and one year eighteen dollars for local mail and six months eleven dollars twelve months twenty one dollars.
Stanley Ellison acting district conservationist for the Soil and Conservation Service in Balmorhea attended a brush control and range improvement field day at the Gene Whitehead ranch in Menard. The event explored chemical and mechanical methods including chaining root plowing and tree dozing, plus chemical rates for 245 T dicamba and pictoram. Seeding with grasses followed demonstrations. Sponsors were Texas A&M Texas Brush Control and Range Improvement Assn SCS and the Texas Society of Range Improvement.
The Texas Employment Commission released a study to forecast labor needs, urging training to match job growth and unfilled positions. It details industry growth, employment by sector, and occupational distributions to guide long term manpower planning.
The Record notes a 20 inch bicycle theft from Tom McKeown's home between September 30 and October 12. Also reported: three cases of soft drinks stolen from Rex Owens Laundry last night. Municipal Court sentences include fines for driving license violations and a stop sign disobeying offense. Civil actions involve Burkholder vs Enmon for 3872.15 and Security State Bank vs Fernandes for 18692.32. The Cotton Crusaders Club plans its regular meeting Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Oil Mill Farmers' Lounge. all members urged to attend.
A Pecos hospital log lists admits and discharges across October 1971, naming patients Olga Kent Annie Titus Armando Higno jos Fermana Galindo and others. Birth notices include babies born to Elberto Granado Pablo Chavez Bobby Bradley Cipriano Matta Mario Diaz and Candelaria Acosta among others.
Continued analysis shows 1971 loan totals reached 5,804,973 compared with 5,326,065 the year before. First National Bank reported 1970 loans at 4,979,409.38 and 1971 loans at 4,821,527.78, a difference of 157,881.60. President Daniel J. T. Moore Jr. attributed the rise to more people saving, not a definite trend, noting overall regional strength. Security State Bank president Archie Scott was unavailable for comment.
Representatives of 25 organizations across 19 counties unite to influence legislation for a cleaner environment. Arlington's Dr. Edward S. Overman chairs the temporary group as ECONCCT and a companion body prepare to engage the public and lawmakers in Austin.
Foreign papers worldwide cast doubt on Nixon's economic measures. Guardian and Financial Times criticize state pay controls and Phase 2 risks. Frankfurt Zeitung cites stalemate with unemployment rising. Asahi Shimbun questions whether inflation can drop to two to three percent this year. A separate note recalls presidents Adams and Adams Jr.
In a Friday Reed Drilling Tools survey, 166 active rigs operated across 65 Permian Basin counties, up five from 161 last week. Texas Pecos County in Railroad Commission District 8 reached 25 rigs, +2, while Martin County added one to 14, continuing higher activity from a week ago.
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