Pecos Prepares for 100th Birthday Celebration in 1973
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce notes Pecos began as a railroad town in 1873 and grew into a ranching hub. It urges early planning to mark the 100th year, praising local volunteer leadership and resident effort as key to the city's enduring vitality.
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Pecos
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Moore
Moore
Chamber
J.W. Moore
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Deaths and Local Notes from Pecos Chronicle
Funeral services were held for John B. Toone 77 in Pecos with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Hilberto Galindo Jr. 13 died visiting relatives in Redondo Beach with funeral at Santa Rosa Church. The Pecos Chamber of Commerce history highlights civic leadership and plans for a 1973 centennial. Texas heat returns after rare August rain with scattered storms and a tornado sighting near Quitaque.
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Santa Rosa Catholic Church
Hilberto Galindo
Hilario Galindo
Redondo Beach
Calif
Pecos
Mulberry
Hilario Galinjo, Jr
Jeffrey
Gabriel
Beatrice
Florencio Hernandez
Inez Galindo
Santa Rosa Cemetery
Barbs on Daylight and Fortune Cookie Wit
The piece jests about shorter days at work and flips traditional fortunes with a play on royal and familial roles. It quips that the queen outshines the king and dismisses marriage motivators tied to money.
Local court fines and police blotter items listed
The record lists multiple traffic fines for offenses such as speeding and failure to yield, with names and locations including Houston Dallas and Fresno. It also notes probation changes, a burglary sentence, and a destruction of private property case. Police blotter items include vandalism reports lost property found property theft and a window destruction case with fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Hignoros Franco
Olga Galindo
JP Court
Marcario G. Martinez
Luther Rodney McKinley
Houston
Eugene Kenton
Dallas
Janet Marie Cozad
Antonio Trujillo
Roberto Ocon Zuezada
Teofilo A
Garcia
Fresno
Calif
Thomas A. Henderson
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
Oscar Lopez Baeza
Ibra
Howard Hobson
Birmingham
Ala
James Allen Curtis
Amphony
J. H. Starley
Jose Frankco Payman
California
Florentino Floyd Gonzales
Starley
Earnestine Davis
S. Martinez Sr
Frank Rayes
Mesquite St
Estella S. Harwick
Odessa
National Bank of Odessa
Greyhound Bus Station
Charlie Brown
Sixth St
Brown
Santa Rosa Hall
Domingo Machuca
Garland Matthews
Machuca
Longtime Texas official Lacy Morton Pittman dies at 73
Lacy Morton Pittman 73 died 9 30 a m Saturday at Reeves County Memorial Hospital Pecos. Services 2 p m Monday Sheppard Chapel of Memories, Garden of Memories Crane. Born April 25 1893 Grandview he married Pearl Kelly Jan 9 1932 Balmorhea. World War I veteran Presbyterian Lions Club former chamber of commerce manager 1954 American Legion member. Survivors wife a daughter Mrs Bob Daughtery Ulysses Kan two sons C T Pittman Waco and Lacy Pittman Jr Midland four grandchildren.
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Lacy Morton Pittman
Reeves County Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Sheppard Chapel of Memories
Garden of Memories
Crane
Grandview
Pearl Kelly
Balmorhea
Texas Railroad Commission
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Bob Daughtery
Ulyesses
Kan
C. T. Pittman
Waco
Lacy Pittman Jr
Midland
School Menu Highlights for Wednesday
Wednesday’s menu includes Lasagne with buttered spinach and chopped egg, a side salad, peanut butter cake with frosting, chuck wagon bread, and milk.
Rangers hunt clues in Choctaw kidnapping slaying
Texas Rangers and Dallas Collin County officers search for suspects in the apparent kidnapping and slaying of 32 year old Choctaw Indian Jimmy David Felickatubbee. His body with chest and arm bullet wounds was found near the Lucas area eight miles southeast of McKinney.
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Dallas
Texas Rangers
Collin County
Oklahoma
Jimmy David Felickatubbee
Lucas Community
McKinney
Felihkatubbee
Texas Instruments
Richardson
Felihkatubee
Felih= katubbee
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Commentarial
John B. Toone
Pecos Nursing Home
Leslie Smith
Pecos Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Toone
Athens
Jimm, Toone
Herb Toone
Uvalde
Dale Toone
Edna Justice
Georgia Holland
Waxahachie
Associated Press
Labor Day
McAllen
Mercury
Texas Panhandle
Quitaque
Panhandle
Galveston
BY Phil Pastoret
Old Boy
Gwendolyn
Ismael Vasquez Rodriguez
Rosa Ema Sanche Quintana
Teresa
Charles Smith
Brad Smith
Rotary Field
Juan Rodriquez
Rodriquez
Jimmy McAnally
Jamsurplus
Pecos Enterprise
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar St
P. O
Reeves County
al All
Mer’s
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The
Veterans Administration
Vermont Ave
Washington, D.C
ENCO
ValueCenters
Atlas
Dynacor
EncoValue
Blackwall
Whitewal
Unifie
Fed
Whitewall
Arias
Adda
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Plycron
Reg
U.S
Atlas Supply Com
Humble Out & Refining Company
Ves
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