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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1979
Page
2
Barstow Elementary hosts its fifty third Hallo Ween Carnival on Saturday starting at 6 p.m with Enchilada Supper served 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets are 3 dollars. Proceeds fund assembly speakers playground equipment yearbook printing and track awards. Public invited.
New York stocks opened higher with the Dow up near six points but by noon most gains had evaporated. The Dow stood at 806.60, while NYSE composite rose 0.17 to 56.78 and the American Stock Exchange index gained 2.24 to 198.84. Volume reached 14.45 million shares as investors digested a Federal Reserve downward revision to money supply and CitiBank’s record lending rate rise.
Letter from Bob Madison of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association argues for pro-oil views after rallies in Midland and Chicago. Cites crowd sizes, media coverage, and tax contributions, praising participants and organizer Jerry Calhoun.
Odessa College hosts Brand New Opree for four consecutive Saturdays at the main auditorium. Oct 27 features Leslie Woodard with Linda and David Pollard, The Gospel group Heaven Bound, and the Bayou band. Tickets run 3 dollars adults, 1.50 students, 1 child.
In boys division for ages 6 to 7 Hill's Thriftway defeated Merchants 48 to 6, First National Bank beat EDCO 12 to 0. In men's first round Pecos Nursing Home won 34 to 12 against H and H Production, Barstow Fire Dept triumphed 38 to 6 over Yucca Sales.
Ralph Cox, Pecos High School 1964 graduate and Texas Tech alum, returns to teach and coach at Crockett Junior High. He served in the Army, taught tennis in Lubbock, earned the Houston Boyd Award, and now leads at Crockett with wife Carla Cox a teacher aide. They have two sons and are active in the First United Methodist Church.
At 9 p.m. Wednesday a 77 Chevrolet pickup driven by Armando V. Dominguez 401 N Oak and a 78 red Datsun driven by Robert M Blanchard 1903 Hackberry, both traveling west in the 700 block of Third, collided as the Chevrolet turned into a parking lot and the Datsun passed on the right. No citations issued.
The Pecos school outlines a weekly breakfast and lunch menu from October 29 to November 2, noting no school on November 2. Breakfast features pancakes, bacon biscuits, eggs, cereal, and beverages. lunch offers beef and rice casserole, corn dogs, hamburgers, and burritos with sides and desserts. All lines include milk and standard items with potential last minute changes.
The Pecos area hosts a meeting with parents teachers and administrators to discuss delinquency reduction. Karen Johnson TSTA legal counsel and John Lewis Reeves County juvenile officer lead the session at Crockett Junior High School cafeteria on Monday Oct 29 from 7 to 9 p.m. Sponsored by Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Education Association. Refreshments provided. Attending teachers and administrators earn professional growth credit. For more information call Jim Gunn after 4 p.m. at 445-2281.
Hubert B Gochicoa 4 died en route to hospital after vehicle pedestrian collision born March 28 1975 Pecos. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Oct 27 at Santa Rosa Church burial Santa Rosa Cemetery Pecos Funeral Home in charge. Survived by parents one brother four sisters grandmother and great grandmother all of Pecos. Mariano I Aguilar Jr 54 died on arrival Reeves County Hospital from apparent heart attack. Services 10 a.m. Saturday Oct 27 at Santa Rosa Church burial Santa Rosa Cemetery Pecos Funeral Home in charge. Survived by wife six daughters one stepson one step daughter 14 grandchildren and one brother Fernando of Pecos. Also note: The Democratic National Convention of 1924 required 103 ballots to select the party's presidential nominee.
A calendar page lists Monday through Friday events for Lions, Rotary, Jaycees, TOPS, AA and Al-Non, and senior centers. Meetings occur at American Motor Inn, Lions Den, CPS Reddy Room, Pecos and Balmorhea venues with times from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Includes quilting, crafts, delinquency program, breakfast, and driving class notices.
Odessa College hosts a fair housing workshop in Pecos on Wednesday November 7 from 6 30 to 9 30 p m in Pecos High School Room 11. The $5 fee covers instruction by Steve Armstrong with preregistration via Ben Jenkins at 1712 Hackberry. A certificate will be issued to applicants meeting the Texas Real Estate Licensing Act requirement.
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