Court selects another list of jury prospects
Reeves County district court has drawn a new pool of 125 prospective petit jurors. Names and addresses include Isabel Flores, Joe Prew Jr, Mrs. Magee, Mrs. McCree, Mrs. Holler, Charles Hines, Miguel Chavez, Paz Armendariz, Mrs. Welch, Ysmael Duarte, Ben Brooks Jr, Oscar Groff, Mrs. McNeil, Mrs. Northcutt, Mrs. Brijalba, Valentine Sanchez, Mrs. Foster, Thelma Eldred, Mrs. Thompson, Efren Dominguez, and many others. All must report to District Court at 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
District Court
Isabel D. Flores
Nebraska St
Joe Prew
Balmorhea
Frank Magee
Tra Park
Wesley McCree
Johnson St
Ray Holler
Charles R. Hines
Willow St
Miguel Chavez
Cypress
Paz Armendariz
Elm
Shorty Welch
Ash St
Ysmael Durate
Ben F. Brooks, Jr
Oscar A. Groff
N. Cedar St
L. D. McNeil
Ross Blvd
Thelma Northcutt
Oleander St
Marcos Martinez
Austin P. Austin
W, Ltd
Miguel P. Rodriguez Jr
Sacagusa
L. A. Pattillo Sr
S. Elm
Marcos Mendoza
S. Mulberry St
Charles Howard Staveley, Jr
Balmor
Mexican Desfile and Biographical Sketches in Local Page
The page describes Rinco Latino parade participants with coral choir and royal float carriers, led by Padre Lemus in charro hat. It includes biographies of Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and extensive lists of local residents and addresses, plus analysis of cotton carryover stock and 1972 policy options by Wellford, noting impact on mills and crop decisions.
Local thefts and citations span tavern to trailer park
The Record reports a tire and wheel stolen from a Ford pickup at a tavern, a 12 volt battery stolen from an International rear loader, a Western Flyer bicycle taken from a home then found at Kiddy Park, and vandalism to a Tra Park trailer with a damaged west door screen. City Court fines include several drunks and minor in possession, plus traffic and assault cases. marriage licenses issued to Ronnie Ward and Mary Bechtel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mitchell
City Sanitation Department
James Culwell
Space 40
Tra Park
Western Flyer
Nita Welch
Space 60
Community Clinic Target Area Aids Local Skin Testing Efforts
Volunteers recruit patients for a skin testing clinic in a high risk area with about 120 attendees per session. Home visits and mail notices inform residents, and local nurses will serve Ward, Loving and Pecos Counties. The program relies on local facilities to speed stamping out the disease, with three years of Midland area service under the regional director in Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wie
Cobb
Connie Gomez
Ward
Loving
Pecos
Midland
Lubbock
Oestriecher Named Pecos Daily Carrier and Editor
Oestriecher and his wife Linday moved to Pecos from Rockford Illinois where he worked as police reporter and columnist for the Rockford Register Republic. He studied at New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas serving as editor of The Candle and earned a BA in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oestriecher
Linday
Pecos
Rockford, Ill
Rockford Register-Republic
Aurora
New Mexico Highlands University
Las Vegas
Pecos Enterprise Subscription Rates
The Pecos Enterprise publishes every evening except Saturdays and Sundays from 324 S Cedar St Pecos Texas with mail subscriptions payable in advance Reeves County six months nine dollars and twelve months eighteen dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar J
Pecos
Texas
P. O. Box
Reeves County
Worth Repeating Suspicion Poisons True Friendship
Quote attributed to St. Augustine warns that doubt erodes trust and harms close bonds, reflecting a moral insight about friendship and loyalty. The note frames suspicion as a corrosive force within intimate relationships.
Chamber of Commerce Statewide Efforts Benefit Pecos
The Chamber highlights efforts that improved Pecos with new medical staffing, industrial outreach, and flood control. It notes Dr. Clet0 Elequin opened in July, the Sand Lake project, low income housing plans for 1972, re routing of the Texas Pecos Trail, and the Texas Water Quality Control Board district office. It also mentions tourism support for the Old Timers Reunion and hosting Mexican students, plus the Reeves Loving County Livestock Show and data provision for the Texas Industrial Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Cleto Elequin
Indian Lodge
Visi
Texas Water Quality Control Board
Chamber Agriculture Committee
Reeves-Loving County
Texas Industrial Commission
Holcombe closes agency to study law in Pecos
Holcombe closed his insurance agency in 1968 to attend St. Marys University San Antonio and finish law school in May. He took the bar exam in June and returned to Pecos joining the Pecos Rotary Club in July. He and his wife Yvonne Adams Holcombe reside at 1306 S Plum St with children Yvonna and Walter III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Yvonne Adams
S. Plum St
Yvonna
Walter H. Holcombe
The
Baptist Church
Sand Lake flood control and recreation project moves up
Arm strong led effort places Sand Lake project on the Army Corps of Engineers high priority list to study feasibility and engineering work. 1973 budget funds 80 percent of cost with local funds covering about 20 percent. The plan includes flood control and recreation plus potential water sales to Red Bluff Lake in heavy rainfall years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong
Army Corps of Engineers
Red Bluff Lake
Carlsbad
N.M
Pecos
Dallas firm unveils self-storing electronic flagpole
A Dallas company named Electronic Flagpoles Incorporated has developed an automatic flagpole that stores the flag inside the pole when not raised. It uses a light sensitive electric eye to activate the mechanism and can fly the flag year round except in bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Electronic Flagpoles Incorporated
Florafax Endorses Stewart's Florist Subscriber
Betty L. Grann owner of Stewart's Florist at 1306 S. Eddy St. was accepted today as a Florafax subscriber. Florafax links 8,000 fellow subscribers in 50 states with coverage in South America and a Canada reciprocal service. Florafax also has overseas affiliations with 30 countries, expanding access to flowers worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty L. Grann
Stewart's Florist
S. Eddy St
Florafax
United States
South America
Canada
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Memorial Hospital Expansion Aims to Add 25 Beds and Upgrades
A resolution calls Pecos County to push plans for a new single story wing with at least 25 beds at Memorial Hospital. The project would expand obstetrics, reorganize other facilities, and attract doctors, nurses, industry, and new residents to improve regional competitiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hospital
Gatling Gun Inventor Dr R J Gatling Named
The Gatling gun inventor was Dr. R J Gatling from Indianapolis Indiana identified in a historical notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gatling Gun
R. J. Gatling
Indianapolis, Ind
Deaths Mrs. Johnnie Gassett and Minnie Maze
Mrs. Johnnie Gassett died this morning at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral rites are pending at Pecos Funeral Home. In a separate notice, condolences are offered to Mrs. Minnie Maze and her family from Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parks and family. Ed Carmel claims to be the world's tallest man at 9 feet 0 inches and tours Missouri promoting tourist attractions. Doctors and lawyers cannot raise fees during the price freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Gassett
Memorial Hospital
Pecos
Minnie Maze
Frank Parks
Stanton, Mo
Ed Carmel
Missouri
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rinco Latino
Datos Biograficos
Miguel Hidalgo
Costilla Hidalgo
Padre de la Patria- Mexicana
Nacido
Fabricación de
Curtiduria
Don Ignacio Elizondo
Mario Fusilado
Juan N. Garcia
Cypress St
J. B. Ray
Cruz Valencia
Palm
W. A. Kilcrease
Clinton Thomas Cowan
Johnson
Antonio V. Portillo
Plum St
O. H. Beauchamp
Kenneth W.stroud
Daggett St
Onie Moorhead
Clark St
Ronald Roberson
J.C. Lockhart
W. 4Th St
Pearl Finley
Paul Yeager
J.F. Crews
Morris
I.D. Hopkins
Alamo
Rudolph Hoefs
R.L. Blair
Scott
Jimmy A
Wofford
Saragosa
Wayne Davis
Iowa
Wellford
Clifford M. Hardin
Anastacio Gamboa
W.O. Wiley
Orla
Wayland L. Smith
Normandy
M. McAlpine, Jr
Toyah
Leon McCracken
S. Park
Delma Lee West
S. Eddy
Phillip A. Pearce
Manuel Chavarria
S. Willow
E.O. Fuentes
Bob Moore
J.B. Tolson
Lupe Galindo
Louis G. Ortiz
J.W. Roberts
Melvin Adickes
S. Plum
W.D. Lasater
Nicones Fierro
S. Orange
Charles A. Smith
Jose Rodriguez
Harvey E. Tinkler
Rafael Mendoza
S. Locust
Gordon Wyatt Jones
Odessa
Eugene Joseph Kelly
John Henry White
Patsy Galindo Armendariz
Bobby H. Culpepper
Archie L. Redman
Richard Jurado Guevara
Michael N. Katricka
Belleville
Ill
Walter L. Rudy
Javier Navarette Ramirez
Rudy Menjarez
Leon Harris
Lucy Ana Bejarano
Lawrence Rapp
Ronnie William Ward
Mary Frances Bechtel
Pecos Enterprise
St. Augustine
Commentarial
Tors
University of Sinaloa
Red Bluff
Holcombe
Sand Lake
Stewart
Gatling Inventor
Mrs. Gassett
By Gill Fox
Ger Counskar
HOLLY
Siegler
Southern Union
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