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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1972
Page
4
A reader argues against working wives, praising staying home as freeing and peaceful. The piece mocks employed wives for socializing and earning, then extols three days for chores, personal projects, and family life, claiming mixed incentives and a weekend lull. It ends by querying employed wives about their activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oliver were elected president with terms starting in October. Bob Martin and Sonny Preslar were named vice presidents and secretary reporters, Kenneth Calloway treasurer. Kenneth Gray remains regular caller. New callers committee members include the Tuercks and Martins. The group plans two dances monthly with a monthly guest caller and noted a Midland Permian Basin meeting report.
Mr and Mrs John Fonville visit Dallas this week for the gift show where Fonville Jewelry Store owner says many new items will be unveiled. The event highlights potential product lines and market interest from regional shoppers.
A simple cookie recipe by Alice L. Pedersen uses almond paste with flour sugar and butter. Mix sifted flour baking soda and salt, cream butter sugars and almond paste, add egg, blend, chill, shape with wet tablespoon, bake at 375 F for 8 to 10 minutes until light brown, cool on a rack, store in a tin. Makes 36 cookies.
Miss Janell Kelton of Wink and Thomas Michael Hill of Aspermont exchanged vows in a Friday 7:30 candlelight ceremony at the Kelton home. Rev. Clark Ford officiated, with a gardenia bouquet and matching attendants in avocado and white gowns. Guests included Jane Ann Younce and family members as the couple hosted a reception afterward.
Police Patrolman Austin Cozart, approaching age 72, retires after nearly three decades in law enforcement. He moved to Mineral Wells with his wife Josephine, leaving Pecos’s force where he served since 1941 after stints in Fort Stockton and Andrews. He recalls close calls, thanks Pecos officials, and reflects on a career built on community ties.
Readers are invited to suggest people with interesting hobbies or long community involvement in Pecos. The paper will arrange interviews to profile residents and longtime local figures, inviting tips and contact ideas for suitable subjects.
An Office of Education estimate cited by Encyclopaedia Britannica puts 3 to 4 percent of U S school age children with speech disorders, roughly 2.5 million. Separate notes describe a fashion pattern project featuring mother daughter peasant outfits with cotton rick rack trims and Simplicity patterns 9022 8208 9091.
Local clubs seek feature articles on planned activities this year and a review of past projects. Reporters are asked to contact organizers for scheduling and background details.
Mr and Mrs Tom Tuerck Pan and Randy relocate to Balmorhea where he takes a job with Border Road Construction. Members of the Western Promenaders plan to return to Pecos for the club’s square dancing activities.
Mary Lou Farnum, 23, of Pecos, a 1971 West Texas State University graduate and Who's Who honoree, was named assistant dean of women at WTSU by Dr. T. Paige Carruth. The appointment becomes effective Friday. Farnum, former president of Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Chi member, has held roles as student House of Delegates member and youth director, with past teaching at Altamore School and work at Sacramento Methodist Assembly.
Quotations from women feature Angela Davis after a Lenin centenary medal, Patricia Ellsberg on her tycoon father Louis Marx, Olga Connolly urging a halt to bombing during the 20th Olympic Games, Mildred McGovern Brady on George McGovern, and Carol Channing voicing Lorelei Lee in a new tour.
Notices invite readers to submit details about Pecos out-of-town college students. Contact the paper to publish a column listing where students are studying, their activities, and their planned home visits.
Moscow based Tass reports that specialized schools boast graduates who speak English or German fluently as if they had lived years in New York or Hamburg. The agency highlights rapid language mastery among students and notes the broad emphasis on multilingual proficiency.
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