City council probes local phone troubles and progress
Lynn Webb reports at the city council session with Continental Telephone Company of Texas presenting a recap of past work and current plans. Jack Holmes and Billy Cox outlined a three phase downtown upgrade, delays due to late equipment, and a 1976 schedule to modernize central offices, outside plant facilities, and toll circuits, noting $435,419 spent over 18 months.
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Lynn Webb
City and Telephone Company
Continental Telephone Company of Texas
Holmes and
Cox
Continental
Pecos
Holmes
Jury selection begins for Criminal Jury Week 143rd District Court
A 100 person jury panel was selected and must report at 9 a.m. Tuesday for Criminal Jury Week in 143rd District Court. District Clerk Jane Ross noted the panel will serve for possible duty this term. Holmes said the 1976 repairs and improvements budget stands at 329,500 with planned work for the local system continuing, while local manager Ron Ethridge stated the firm would not share further details.
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Jane Ross
Juan Silvas
Marvin Day
Frances G. Dominguez
Harold Lindley
Vicki Dotson
R.V. Hernandez
Manuel
Ron Ethridge
Council
Grass party beautifies Pecos park with donated sod
A Pecos community project turned a barren sand lot into a combined park and playground. About 15 adults and 60 children from Austin Elementary and neighborhood groups planted nearly 300 square feet of sod donated by students and parents. The effort, led by PTA Projects Chairman Bill Abercrombie and Principal Doyle Lawrance, will continue with tree plantings later in the year funded by local donors and civic groups.
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Austin Elementary
New Park
Austin
Austin Pta Projects
Bill Abercrombie
Doyle Lawrance
Check Heating Safety Amid Cold Morning Readings
Fire Marshal Dick Wadley urges residents to have home heating equipment checked by licensed plumbers or firm staff as cold weather nears. He cites 2,000 annual home-fire deaths and warns against gas connections with rubber or plastic hoses. Council reviewed bids for a new fire department truck, approving $27,900 from F.M.C. and noting other bids. City also to act as disbursing agent for Pecos Day Care Center.
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Dick Wadley
Wadley
Ethridge
F.M.C
J.J. Prewit
Prewit
Sims Fire Equipment Company
Fire Fox
DaCo
Lubbock
Thunderbird
Phoenix
Ariz
Pecos
J.J. Maxey
City collects state sales tax check totals 35084.45
City officials report a state comptroller payment of 835,084.45 received to cover the month’s sales tax, mailed Sept 4 for the period ending Aug 29, with other area cities listed for comparison and an arts and crafts display at West of the Pecos Park curated by Artie Luck.
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Bob Bullock
Alpine
Andrews
Balmorhea
Seminole
Fair time in Oct with new shows and barbecue cookoff
Oct 9 10 11 line up fair activities including stock and horse shows carnival booths dance and the World Championship Barbecue Cookoff with judges Ace Reid Gordon Bangston Leon Ashley Margie Singleton and David Day. Also Lions meeting featured Archie Scott geode talk moon quartz, two members fined for tardiness, and a death checklist by Rev Northcutt and CPA Pattee offered at the Enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ace Reid
Gordon Bangston
Leon Ashley
Margie Singleton
David Day
Texas State Network
News
Lions
Archie Scott
Archie
Moon
Bob Miller
T.C. Slack
T.C
Doc Lindley
David Northcutt
First Presbyterian Church
James Pattee
CPA
Army Studio Band concert at Pecos High School
The U S Army Studio Band performs tonight at Pecos High School Auditorium at 8 p m Tickets may be available at the door first come first served if seats remain The program runs about one hour forty minutes and features patriotic early era big band pop and modern jazz and rock satisfying a wide range of tastes.
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U.S. Army
Pecos High School
The
Pecos Enterprise
Army
Pecos Park art shop reopens with local crafts on display
West of the Pecos Park reopens its art shop, operated by Artie Luck on a part time basis with potential full time during peak season. The three room facility in Pecos showcases consigned handicrafts from local artists with the city taking a 20 percent handling retainer. Hours run 10 to noon and 2 to 4, Monday through Friday, to guide tourists and deter vandalism.
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Pecos Park
Artie Luck
J.J. Maxey
Maxey
Artie Luck of
Pecos
Miss Luck
Luck
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Trujillo
Guadalupe Baeza
Jimmy Urquidi
Rodney Eugene Williams
Henry Lozano
Luis L. Ortega
Stephen Armstrong
Manuel G. Alaniz
Pablo Valencia
Fred Lozano
Glenn D. Wood
R.L. Davis
Ray C. McPherson
Andres M. Baeza
Raymond H. Thomas
Barbara Ortega
O.E. Barker
Lenor R. Lujan
Nelson E. Voight
Victoria Ramirez
Bonnie Wynne
Simon A
J.R. Porter
Jose Herrera
Lawrence R. Lewis Jr
Weldon Brookshire
Jesse Stephens
Romeo Sanchez
Fermin Fierro
H.D. Merworth
John West
Deborah Diane Jennings
Beverly Buchanan
Yolanda Carrasco
Toribio Rodriguez Jr
Margaret Martin
Josefina Fitzgerald
Juan Jacquez
Nance Blount
W.L. Skillern
Lucile Valenzuela
John T. Prewit Jr
Leo Edwards
Pedro Meras
Oscar Galindo
John A. Hayes
John J. Dorr
Charles A. Smith
John R. Vick
Bruce A. Love
Arturo L. Pallan
Mary Jane Mahaffey
Lewis Wiley
Sam W. Dudley Jr
Norma Daniel
Florence McDaniel
Santos Dominguez
Enrique V. Hignojos
the City of
Reeves County
Duval Corp
Mitchell's Dairy
Soil Conservation Service
Austin Pta
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Paso
John Paul Pitts
Y.L. Dominguez
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Ruben Baca
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