Balmorhea News Highlights Local Family Movements
Betty Compton returns as Balmorhea school cafeteria manager after weeks in hospital. Daughter Diana Tollett visits from Monahans. Mary McElroy and Helen Humphries escort Cecil Kingston to El Paso for a flight to California and Hawaii. Cherry Ann Garcia born Oct 14 at Reeves County Hospital weighing six pounds five ounces. Alfredo Matta family to reunite with Gomez family returning from Germany. Linda Bryan learns sons Clarence and Clay have arrived in Germany for a three year Air Force assignment.
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Betty Compton
Diana Tollett
Monahans
Mary McElroy
Helen Humphries
Cecil Kingston
el Paso
Calif
Hawaii
Fanny Lou Robinson
Estes Park
Colo
Dick Bettle
Tony Garcia
Reeves County Hospital
Pecos
Cherry Ann
Linda Bryan
Clarence
Clay
Germany
Air Force
Graduate Center offers two geologic course series in Midland
The Permian Basin Graduate Center presents Well-Site Geology on Oct. 24 at 7 to 10 p.m. and Right-of-Way damages ingress and egress on Oct. 25 at the same hours. Dr. Jack G. Elam teaches the first course, focusing on drilling sample techniques and core analysis. Wendell M. Gibson, First National Bank land manager, leads the second, covering right of way duties and legal aspects. Fees are $30 and $20 respectively. registration via the Graduate Center at 563-2311 or 683-2832.
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Permian Basin Graduate Center
PBGC
W. Illinois, Midland
Jack G. Elam
Elam
U.C.L.A
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Illinois
Midland
Windel M. Gibson
First National Bank
Gibson
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
South Texas College of Law
Houston
Landman's Association
The
Midland, Houston
Texas State Bar Association
American Right-of-Way Association
Graduate Center
Stocks Drop as Fed Tightens Credit Conditions
Stocks in New York fell sharply amid ongoing market weakness tied to Federal Reserve credit-tightening acts. The Dow slipped to 803.75 at noon, with 18 losers for every gainer on the NYSE and all 15 most-active issues in the red. Exxon and Texaco also declined as cotton futures eased and bond-like indexes drifted lower.
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NEW York
Federal Reserve
New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Westinghouse
American Stock Exchange
Big Bend Orchestra to present concert in Alpine
The Big Bend Chamber Orchestra and Chorus will open its season Sunday at 7 p.m. in Graves-Pierce Gym on the Sul Ross State University campus with A Night with the Classics in Music. Works include Mozart Symphony No. 40, Haydn and Beethoven predecessors, and Brahms Song of Destiny. The 50-voice chorus blends Sul Ross Concert Choir with Big Bend Community Choir. The program lasts about 75 minutes and is free. Contributions for future programs are welcome. funding comes from Sul Ross, Big Bend Community, and grants from arts agencies.
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Big Bend
Graves- Pierce
Sul Ross State University
T. Rex Wilson
Mozart
Beethoven
Haydn
Wilson
Brahm
Alpine
Fort Davis
Brahms
Sul Ross
Texas Commission On the Arts and Humanities
National Endowment For the Arts
Regular school period changes for pep rally and games
Daily classes will run normally through Friday with shortened afternoon periods for a pep rally at 2 45 p m. The JV hosts Ector on Thursday at 7 30 p m while the Eagle varsity travels to Odessa Friday to face Ector.
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Ector
Eagle Varsity
Odessa
Entries Sought for 1980 El Paso Rodeo Queen Contest
Betty Best announces that entries are being accepted for the November 17 Rodeo Queen Contest in El Paso. Eligible contestants must be 18 by January 30 1980 and not more than 24 on September 1 1980, single, a legal resident of specified Texas counties, and available February 19 during her reign.
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Tracy Webb
Livestock Show and Rodeo Office
el Paso
Texas
Betty Best
The
Rodeo Association
San Antonio
el Paso Coliseum
Hudspeth
Culberson
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster
Loving and
Reeves
Halloween costume safety tips from Texas A&M extension
Consumer information specialist Claudia Kerbel urges parents to use makeup rather than masks, add reflective tape to costumes, wear light colored outfits for visibility, check flame retardant labels, choose flame retardant fabrics for home sewn outfits, hem long costumes to prevent trips, and give children flashlights for night use with candles replaced by electric lights.
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Claudia Kerbel
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Texas A&m University System
Army launches DEP recruiting push in New Mexico and West Texas
ALBUQUERQUE The Army starts a major fall recruiting campaign focused on the Delayed Entry Program DEP targeting high school seniors. Lt Col Thomas Schatzman says fall efforts aim to inform seniors and parents about Army benefits training and the written guarantee of skills, with eligibility for active duty within 12 months after graduation.
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Albuquerque
Army
Thomas Schatzman
New Mexico
West Texas
Schatzman
Cash grain prices in Chicago markets report
Wheat No 2 hard red winter 4.3542n Monday. No 2 soft red winter 4.4442n. Corn No 2 yellow 2.77'sn hopper 2.70'4n box. Oats No 2 heavy 1.46n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.312n., No 2 yellow corn Friday was quoted at 2.78%4n box.
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Cash Grain
Chicago
Community club schedule and meetings list
Weekly calendar of club meetings and gatherings across Pecos Barstow and surrounding areas. Details include Lions, Optimist, AA, Al-Anon, TOPS groups, Jaycees and Jayceettes, Senior Citizens Center events, quilting, Bible study, game day, and painting sessions with locations and times.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second
Hickory
S. Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Rio Pecos Extension Club
Pecos Jayceeettes
Hickory Housing
Pecos Rotary Club
Holiday Inn
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Radio Logical Monitor School in Pecos trains radiation detection
Emergency personnel will learn use of radiation monitoring devices at a three day class in Pecos October 30 to November 1 at the Fire Station 7 to 10 p m daily under the Texas Department of Health and Pecos Reeves County Civil Defense. Instructors are Garland Latham and Mike Rutherford.
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Pecos
Division of Emergency Medical Services
Texas Department of Health
Pecos- Reeves
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Harvey Moore
Oliver
N.M
Matta
Robert Gomez
Gomez
American Telephone & Telegraph
Bally Manufacturing
Boeing
General Tire
Exxon
Texaco
Baltimore Canyon
New Jersey
New York Cotton Exchange
DOW Jones
Indus
Big Bend Orchestra
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett Linda Daniel Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves County
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Rodeo
Wackers
S. Eddy
the World Almanac
U.S. Army
America
Santa Fe
St. Augustine
Fla
San Francisco
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