Balmorhea Community News Highlights Local Events
Balmorhea hosts bridge club results with Mildred Stroade topping six games and Sadie Kingston low. Senior Citizens lunch attracts large crowd. Joe Kingston and Barbara Anderson visit from Toyahvale. Balmorhea ISD notes include Future Homemakers of America chapters and school board actions. TOMMIE WARD departs for Tahiti trip. stock market snapshot closes the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Moore
Toyahvale
Mildred Stroade
Sadie Kingston
Mildred Trada
Nan Cate
Jan Lopez
Louise Adams
Amy McIntire
Allen Hoefs
Barbara Anderson
Pecos
Balmorhea High School
Future Homemakers of America
Tonya Willes
Eddie Gomez
Jim Barragon
George Gomez
Tommie Lara
Berna Alvarez
Florinda Vasquez
Stella Ornelas
Saul Mendoza
Jerry Lopez
Norma Barragon
Joe Hinojosa
Young Homemakers to Meet for Salad Supper
The Young Homemakers will hold their monthly meeting at 1615S Park on Thursday Sept 20. The salad supper starts at 7 30 p.m. All members are reminded to attend and visitors are invited.
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Park
Stocks Slip as Rates and Gold Widen Losses on Wall Street
Rising rates and gold prices push down stocks in early trading. The Dow falls 5.12 to 876.19 as many issues retreat on the New York Stock Exchange with Mobil Gulf and AT&T among notable movers. Trans World gains on takeover chatter. Cotton futures rise with midday gains and new settlement prices for October December and March.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Texas International Airlines
At&t
Federal Communications Commission
Chicago
New York Cotton Exchange
Powell honored by the U S Navy
Navy Machinery Repair man 1st Class Jerry D Powell, husband of Delores Oren of Pecos, was chosen Sailor of the Quarter for the destroyer USS Decatur homeported in Bermerton Washington. Powell was selected from all enlisted personnel for outstanding duty performance, proficiency, leadership, initiative and bearing in the second quarter of 1979. He joined the Navy in April 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Jerry D. Powell
Delores
Kenneth
Lilly A. Oren
Pecos
Decatur
Bermerton
Wash
Powell
Fort Davis Plans 125th Anniversary Western Art Show
As part of Fort Davis 125th Anniversary Celebration October 5 to 7, a Western Art Show will take place October 6 and 7 at the Sutler's Limpie Hotel. The event, the first annual Fort Davis Art Show, is organized by Carol Swain of Midland Gallery and expected to grow. The Davis Mountain School of Art runs October 7 to 12 at Prude Ranch with instruction in watercolor by Robert Gartland Lawton Oklahoma and landscape and drawing by Bill Leftwich Fort Davis. Each class costs 50 dollars with 75 dollars for room and board for the week. Contact Prude Ranch at 915-426-3347 for information.
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Fort Davis
Sutler’s
Limpie Hotel
Carol Swain
Midland Gallery
Davis Mountain
Bill Leftwich
Prude Ranch
Balmorhea Schools Menu for Sept 17 21
Balmorhea schools prepare a weekly menu with breakfast options including cereal with milk and fruit juice on Wednesday, waffles on Thursday, and oatmeal with toast on Friday. Lunch offerings feature stew with sides, enchiladas with rice, and corn dogs with beans, all served with milk and butter.
Class ring orders and pep rally announced
Juniors will order class rings today and a pep rally is set for Friday at 2 40 p m. The Language Assessment Scales Test is administered to some students this week. Sponsors listed include Seniors Manny Benavides Delma Molinar Evelyn Dennis Juniors Sally Dodd Socorro Garcia Joan Capshaw Jay Davis and Lynda Patterson Sophomores Dee Ann Liles and David Miller Freshmen Cecil Stickels and Antonio Portillo. This week the home game is against El Paso Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manny Benavides
Delma Molinar
Evelyn Dennis
Sally Dodd
Socorro Garcia
Joan Capshaw
Jay Davis
Lynda Patterson
Dee Ann Liles
David Miller
Cecil Stickels
Antonio Portillo
el Paso Riverside
Juveniles tied to Zavala Junior High burglary report
Reeves County Sheriff's Dept reports seven juveniles detained Monday in connection with the Zavala Junior High burglary and vandalism. Items were recovered and juveniles placed with juvenile authorities. A shooting incident east of Highway 80 injured Albert Varela, who was taken to Reeves County Hospital for treatment. Criminal mischief damages over 200 dollars cited at Barn Night Club with a burned door and shot pinball machine. investigation ongoing.
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Reeves County Sheriff's Department
Zavala Junior High
Albert Varela
Varela
Reeves County
Larry Lamb
Barn
Balmorhea Names George Rodriguez Vocational Teacher
George Rodriguez, from Menard Texas, was appointed as the Balmorhea Vocational and Agricultural teacher for the year. He earned an Agriculture degree at Texas Tech and comes from Davis Mountain Achievement Center. His wife, Jennifer Rodriguez, is the new Balmorhea School secretary. they live on a Balmorhea farm and were married September 10 1978. She previously served two years as secretary at the Davis Mountain Achievement Center and hails from Louisiana.
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Balmorhea
George Rodriguez
Texas Tech
Rodriguez
Menard
Texas
Davis Mountain
Jennifer Rodriguez
Davis Mountain Achievement Center
Louisiana
Area teachers invited to TSTA NEA workshop at Alpine Elementary
Interim Texas State Teachers Association head James T. Butler will address area teachers at a 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 workshop at Alpine Elementary. Session topics cover political action legislation collective bargaining teacher rights and faculty representative roles.
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Alpine
James T. Butler
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
NEA
Las Vegas
Nevada State Association
Kiss a Baby Week Campaign for Cystic Fibrosis
The Kiss a Baby Week campaign will be held in Pecos on September 24. Chairperson Virginia Hunt says salt on the skin signals cystic fibrosis and urges immediate medical diagnosis and treatment. The effort urges people to kiss babies and loved ones to raise awareness and support CF research.
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Pecos
Virginia Hunt
Accounting lecture opens at UTPB 1979 80 series
The opening lecture of the 1979 80 Accounting Lecture Series at The University of Texas Permian Basin is set for 1 p m September 21 in Room 392 of the main classroom building. Speaker Dr H Perrin Garsombke assistant professor of accounting UT Austin will cover government regulation and accounting disclosure.
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University of Texas of the
H. Perrin Garsombke
University of Texas At Austin
Garsombke
UCLA
University of Nevada At Las Vegas
University of Colorado At Boulder
Accountancy
UTPB
Linda Felts
Robert D. Taylor Jr
Virginia Commonwealth University
Pecos Mayor Proclaims Young Homemakers of Texas Week
Mayor W R Bob Bickley issues a Pecos Texas proclamation designating September 16 22 as Young Homemakers of Texas Week The document notes the organization is celebrating its 18th anniversary and urges citizens to engage with its activities and support its leaders to build strong homes and communities in 1979.
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W.R
Bob"’ Bickley
Young Homemakers of
Texas
Pecos
Young Homemakers Organization
Pecos Area Coming Events Weekly Club Meetings
Community activity schedule lists Lions Club Optimist Club and Rotary Club meetings at various venues from Amistad Lions to Holiday Inn and Senior Citizens Center. Includes quilting, Huff and Puff events, TOPS meetings, Jaycees and Jayceeettes, and social gatherings with dates noted as Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Lions Club
American Motor Inn
Amistad Lions Club
Lions den
Cantaloupe City
CPS Reddy Room
Senior Citizens Center
S. Cedar
Huff and Puff
Pecos
Saragosa Hall
Pecos AA
Al-Non
N. Oak
Balmorhea
Old Senior Citizens Center
Second Hickory
Eddy St
Barstow Lions Club
Barstow Community Center
Hickory Housing Center
Pecos Jayceeettes
Holiday Inn
Twentieth Century Club
Jefferson
Pecos Rotary Club
Pecos Jaycees
Alpine Lodge
Young
Crockett Junior High
Police investigate multiple Pecos crime incidents
Police log shows damage to a 1978 Ford wagon owned by David Villescas Levario and a 1978 Ford truck ignition theft reported by Tony Lieon. Building damage at 200 Walthall with 13 windows broken by rocks and BBs, assailant at large. Assault case at Petra Carrasco home, theft of letters from a sign, public intoxication arrest of Matrice Swindle, and multiple ambulance calls to Reeves County Hospital and local sites.
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Pecos
David Villescas Levario
East Thirteenth
Levario
Security State Bank
Tony Lieon
Balmorhea
Walthall
Clarence Cox
Cowan
Petra Carrasco
Willie Wright
B. Orange
Jackson
Irene Galindo
Louise Swindle
Ross
Holiday Inn
Reeves County
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N.M
AARP
Irene Hunter
Big Spring
Lucy Montoya
The
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Gary Lofton
Billy Moore
Butch Weinacht
Tony Parker
Ruben Carrasco
Clarence Crenshaw
R.V. Turnbaugh
Ft. Davis
Tommie Ward
Midland
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DeLa Society
Tahiti
Ward
Ike
DOW Jones
A.m
Indus
U.S. Navy
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
South Cedar Street
Ken Dulaney
Lewis Barrett
Linda Daniel Emily Galindo
Carlos Nichols
Mary Carpenter
Reeves, Ward, Loving, Culberson
Jeff Davis Counties
Angelina Gallegos
Ysleta
A.H
Jim) Houser
Art Coltharp
Billie's
Billie Winkles
Clee Welch
Davidson
John Benedict
Reeves County Hospital
Odessa Medical Center
Felipa Zamarripa
North Walnut
Ash
Kent
Cheton
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