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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1968
Page
1
J A Shoemake County Service Officer announces new VA rule requiring pensioners to submit questionnaires by January 15 1969. Questionnaires will be sent with October checks starting November 1 1968, replacing the previous January 31 deadline. Noncompliance risks delayed or missing 1969 checks.
Funeral services were held on Saturday October 19 for J R Davis 79 who died Friday in Pecos Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Reading by Rev Carl Leeper and Rev Leslie Smith. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survivors include four sons a daughter a sister nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He held a 50 year certificate from the Grand Lodge of Texas and belonged to El Maida Shrine and Sonora Masonic Lodge. Pecos club observed National Business Women Week with a coffee event drawing about sixty attendees.
A PHS poll of 1119 students in Reeves County shows Nixon ahead at 340 votes, Humphrey 290, Wallace 319, with 170 undecided. Principal Frank Kelley released the results to the Pecos Enterprise.
The Pecos Independent School District board met October 10 to discuss delinquent taxes and property evaluation. They approved 104 579 49 in monthly bills and authorized payments for maintenance building and other funds. A survey of area employment and feasibility study for an area vocational school was approved. Enrollment reached 4 072 with detailed school counts. Bids opened at 8 p m for a 2 million bond project including multiple additions and a new Bessie Haynes Elementary.
The Pecos High School Student Council announced Homecoming Queen nominees for 1968 after a points based selection. Seniors Laura Anderson and Crissy Tersero compete, with juniors Ermalinda Sanchez and Gail Slack. Grace Gomez and Mary Helen Villescas chosen for sophomores and freshmen respectively. The queen will be revealed at the Homecoming game against Andrews. A tea for ex-students precedes a pep rally at the high school.
Readout of multiple FFA and 4-H members from Pecos Balmorhea Reeves County and surrounding areas placing in crossbred and purebred lamb classes at the State Fair of Texas Livestock Show held last week in Dallas. Top placers include George Aranda Balmorhea 11th in crossbred lambs and David Pattillo Pecos 2nd with Dorset lamb, plus several 19th to 57th placements across Hampshire Shropshire Southdown and Berkshire classes. Humberto Alba Champion Berkshire hog sold to Pig Stands Inc for 55 cents per pound.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church Barstow for Guy Allen Trott 56 who died Sunday morning in Memorial Hospital. Burial in Barstow Cemetery. Survived by daughter Charlotte Heath of Pecos mother Hattie Ellen Trott Barstow two sisters Edna Williams El Paso Amy Clyde Blevins San Antonio and several nieces and nephews.
Fire and Civil Defense officials in Pecos outline new alarm signals with one long blast for fire calls and short blasts for civil defense alerts. A special eight hour explosive device safety course runs Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the Central Fire Station, taught by Army EOD specialists from Fort Bliss, with inspections offered free of charge.
Voters who moved into the county on or after May 5 1968 must vote in the county clerk's office by November 1. A new law allows them to vote for state offices including President Vice President and amendments but not local offices. The absentee like voting period runs October 16 to November 1 in the county of residence.
The mayor of Pecos proclaims October and November 1968 as Pecos United Fund Months urging city residents to participate. The notice notes the drive supports local and national health welfare and character-building agencies and pledges the mayor's official signature dated October 21, 1968.
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