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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1978
Page
2
A Pecos morning rally supported U S Senate hopeful Bob Krueger. Local and area residents met the caravan, with participants including Reeves County coordinator Abel Lozano and county officials W O Pigman and Gilbert Torres.
A Bob Krueger U S Senate campaign caravan visited Pecos area and Reeves County along with Sterling City Stanton Midland Big Spring Odessa Monahans Balmorhea Fort Davis Marfa Alpine and other towns. Spokesman Arnold Garcia said Krueger will represent all Texans and aid rural communities ignored by John Tower.
Debbie Hart of Pecos has been chosen for the lead in Mozart's The Impresario at Howard Payne University on November 25. A senior music major, Hart is the daughter of Jim and Glandia Hart and a 1973 Hope High School graduate. The opera opens Homecoming events and precedes Godspell, directed by Mozelle Sherman.
A fresh stock market selloff drives the Dow Jones industrials down 16.20 to 789.85 in early trading. NYSE volume reaches 27.75 million shares by noon as declines outpace advances amid fears over inflation interest rates and a weak dollar while names like General Motors Citicorp and Eastman Kodak trade lower. Cotton futures gain while Dow Jones indices show broad declines and sector declines persist across the market. Also Pecos Elementary PTO plans a Halloween Carnival Oct 31 at the Fair Barn from 6 to 9 PM with games prizes and food.
Odessa College reports new Phi Theta Kappa members in the Eta Tau chapter with eleven initiates. Odessa members include John Kimbrough Judith Gaylor Raymond Aplin Mike Neal Glenda McDowell Haim Habib. Other new members hail Laurie Newton Bernard Bourque Terry Shafer James McDaniel Robert Barreno. A reception followed the ceremony in the Student Union Building.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Bill Williams 80 a former Iraan resident and longtime Ohio Oil Co employee with services in Goodman Missouri and burial details. Also listed, Dioniscio D Carrasco 81 a Pecos resident died at Reeves County hospital with a Rosary service in Pecos and a Mass at Santa Rosa Church, survivors include spouse children and siblings.
Norman J. Maberry asks Pecos residents to donate to a church led disaster relief effort. Young volunteers will solicit for funds, with 100 percent of offerings directed to disaster aid. The group cites vans with supplies, flights to deliver tents and clothing, and notes Red Cross cooperation. Volunteers wear TD buttons for identification.
The first Camara de Comercio banquet at Santa Rosa Parish Hall honored Armando Hinojos as businessman of the year, Mary Apolinar as mother of the year, and Fred Martinez as father of the year among many others. The event drew about 250 people from Pecos and surrounding towns, with music by Tony Alvarez, Benito Orona, and the Chicano Electric Band plus guest speakers Father Fernandez and Ruben Sandoval.
November 1978 Pecos area events list includes Lions clubs at Pecos Inn and Lions Den, Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall, Pecos AA and Al-Non meetings with contact numbers, TOPS 259 Reeves Center, Barstow Lions on alternate weeks, Rio Pecos Extension Club at Snuffie McQueen home, Senior Citizens Center Halloween Hobo Party, Downtown Lions at Holiday Inn, Pecos Rotary at Holiday Inn, Alcoholics Anonymous at 125 S Oak, and a Senior Center flea market and bazaar for early Christmas shopping with hours.
Pecos Ambulance Service at 3 05 p m Oct 28 transferred a heart patient from Reeves County Memorial Hospital to an Odessa hospital. A separate non emergency transfer at 1 59 a m moved a patient from Reeves County Memorial to Odessa Hospital. A burglary at 72 A E Pecos Air Base was reported by 21 year old Rachel Broadway with $300 TV missing.
The Farmers Home Administration offers eleven Pecos area farms for sale by sealed bids. Tracts range from 160 to 640 acres with multiple irrigation wells, houses, barns, and mineral rights in some tracts. Bids due 10:00 am December 1978 at the Pecos FmHA office, terms cash or 5 percent down with 25 annual installments at 9 percent.
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