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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1979
Page
2
A September 21, 1979 letter to Pecos residents urges heightened protection for children as school resumes. It stresses watching for youngsters in school zones, notes kindergartners and elementary students’ tendency to forget autos, and advises using available parking and asking administrators to create spaces when needed.
Martha Helen Rodgers, 84, died Friday at Pecos Nursing Home. Graveside services were held in Corpus Christi at Seaside Cemetery. Born January 25, 1895, in Fayetville Arkansas, she was a Baptist. Surviving: two daughters Walt Davis Odessa and Leola Rowley San Antonio, 11 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild.
Chicago grain quotes show No 2 hard red winter wheat at 4.30 and No 2 soft red at 4.34 per bushel, corn No 2 yellow at 2.79, oats No 2 heavy at 1.46, and soybeans No 1 yellow at 7.10. Cotton futures in New York mixed with strict low middling spot at 62.62 cents a pound, Oct at 64.60, Dec at 65.08, Mar at 66.40, with late-afternoon prices up about 15 cents per bale from the day’s mid-session.
This week at Pecos High features Queens hosting Alpine at 5 p.m. and JV facing Permian at 6 p.m. on Thursday. Friday includes a 2:40 p.m. Pep Rally and an 8 p.m. football game Pecos versus El Paso Irvin. The Queens will travel to Abilene for a volleyball tournament.
The Pecos Ambulance Service carried a game attendee to the hospital after leaving the stadium at 10 14 p m An ambulance was requested at 11 44 p m to 510 East Thirteenth but the patient had already been taken to the hospital An unknown caller requested aid at 206 South Locust for a suspected stroke An ambulance reached 1719 Eddy at 8 24 p m Saturday Weldon Brookshire reported a man who had passed out Also, a hit and run left a 1978 Ford Lincoln struck a 1973 Chevrolet pickup owned by Felix Gonzales at 802 Peach Street. Don Steve McGrew arrested for disorderly conduct at 1 49 a m. A bicycle was found at Pecos High School at 1 45 a m.
Weekly notices list meetings for Pecos Evening Optimist Club at Saragosa Hall and various clubs including Pecos AA and Al-Non, Balmorhea TOPS groups, Barstow Lions, BPW, and Senior Citizens Center activities. Events run Tuesday through Friday with locations at Oak, Eddy, Cedar, and other local centers in Pecos, Balmorhea, Barstow, and nearby.
James D. Ater son of Mr and Mrs M H Hoover graduates from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy He born in Pecos and part of the Pecos High School class of 1972 Attended Texas Tech and UT Arlington majoring in pre medical He served as commencement speaker and will complete 400 internship hours before taking the January licensing exam Also known as a UPS night supervisor during pharmacy school and internship
Reeves County Sheriff's Department reports the arrest of Scott Wesley West, 22, of Brandon Florida, on Sunday for public intoxication and resisting arrest.
Toyah seniors rode the Balmorhea Toyah mini bus to Odessa on Sept 15 for shopping. The monthly luncheon and birthday party was Sept 18 with Helen Payne honored. Sixteen attended. Ruby Cunningham served peach cobbler and birthday cake. The Balmorhea Toyah bus runs through Oct 5. seniors needing rides to doctors or groceries should contact Mrs Chavez at 259 3685 or 259 3891.
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