Local burglaries and court actions headline city notices
The Record reports Wilma Buchanan reported a screen cut and radio on in her south dwelling area with an exit by door. Paint sniffing led to two juveniles being arrested and handed to authorities. A car back window was broken at a high school lot. A Pecos Junior High bike rack theft involved a purple 24 inch Stingray. A rear window entry at Steve Peters home yielded liquor bottles five pennies and lighters. City Court lists Wynn for drunkenness, Palma Sandoval for DWI, and Nunez and Fuentez for license and muffler issues. District Court sentences include Charles Grantham four years for auto theft, Donald Drake 20 years for armed robbery, George Sneed 10 years for theft and auto theft, Johnny Quick seeking new trial for forgery.
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Wilma Buchanan
Veterans Blvd
Joe Garcia
Joey Duke
Pecos Junior High School
Steve Peters
Hackberry
Peters
Daniel N. Fuentez
Charles Nathan Grantham
J. H. Starley
Royal Caswell
Odessa
Donald Dave Drake
Deaths Maggie Ragsdale final rites set at C M E church
Services for Maggie Ragsdale 70 are planned for Saturday at 4 p.m. in the C M E Methodist Church with burial in East Side Cemetery. She died at 2 30 a.m. Wednesday in Pecos Nursing Home after a long illness. A number of relatives survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Ragsdale
C.M.E. Methodist Church
Eastside
Pecos
Opera Receives 50000 Dollar NEA Grant in Dallas
Dallas Civic Opera, planning its 1971 season November 5 to 28, has been awarded a 50000 dollar matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant supports creating a new development unit to secure future funding and oversee long range financial planning. William H. Hudson will administer the grant. The unit will coordinate with businesses foundations and local groups to improve budgeting ticket sales and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Dallas Civic Opera
National Endowment For the Arts
Earle Cabell
Opera Board
James H. Bond
Opera
William H. Hudson
Wet weather returns to Texas with scattered showers
The Associated Press reports renewed wet weather across Texas with light rain in New Mexico and the Panhandle, scattered coastal showers, and heavy downpours from Texarkana to San Angelo. Moisture totals include Corpus Christi 0.64, McAllen 0.89, Brownsville 1.27 inches as records rise.
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Associated Press
Texas
New Mexico
Dalhart
Amarillo
Lubbock
Panhandle Plains
Texarkana
San Angelo
del Rio Eagle Pass
Inch
McAllen
Brownsville
College Station
Dallas
Tyler
Lufkin
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Cattle feeding industry expands in Texas and Reeves County
The cattle feeding sector projects 16 500 tons of mixed feeds daily and will employ over 3 000 people in 1971. It will use 7 million in pharmaceuticals and spend millions on electrical, petroleum, and vehicle supplies. About 3.7 million cattle will be fed this year with a gross feed-yard value around 1.1 billion dollars. Texas has 255 feed yards, with many large capacities, and growth is expected in Reeves County as demand for beef rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Reeves County
Maid of Cotton entries ready
Special applications for the 1972 Maid of Cotton selection are now being accepted by the National Cotton Council. The ambassador will be chosen December 30 after two days of judging and will make her first appearance at the Cotton Bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
National Cotton Council
Dallas
United States
Canada
Ford Dealers
Parkway
Maid of Cotton Selection
Council
Cotton Exchange of
New York
Memphis Cotton Carnival Association
Balmorhea Club Elects Day Winterrowd Leader
Mrs Ella Day Winterrowd was elected president of the Balmorhea Young Homemakers at their regular meeting. Penny McElroy is vice president Janis Martinson secretary treasurer and Pat Purvis reporter historian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea Spl
Ella Day Winterrowd
Balmorhea Young Homemakers
Penny McElroy
Janis Martinson
Pat Purvis
Texas
Priss McNutt
Spiritual healer Sister Sophia promises cures in Mona Hans area
An advertisement offers a spiritual healer named Sister Sophia in Mona Hans Texas 1 1/2 miles south on Fort Stockton highway. It claims she can name friends and enemies, cure troubles, and provides free lucky charm and holy water with each reading. Open seven days a week and guarantees results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Monahans
Tex
Ft. Stockton Highway
Sister Sophia
Mrs Moore Attends Texas Vocational Education Council Meeting
Balmorhea Homemaking Education teacher Mrs Jane Moore attended a two day Advisory Council for Technical Vocational Education meeting in El Paso representing the Vocational Homemaking Teachers Association. She joined Mrs Billie Chapman and Mrs Elizabeth Smith to present a program on vocational homemaking needs in Texas. Two American possessions Guam and Wake Island lie near the Asiatic Date Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea
Spl
Jane Moore
Balmorhea High School
Advisory Council
Texas
el Paso
Vocational Homemaking Teachers Association
Moore
Billie Chapman
W.H.T.A
Elizabeth Smith
Austin
Guam
Wake Island
Anthony Builds Chain Store Empire with 325 US Outlets
The 87 year old Anthony founded his first Cushing Oklahoma store in 1922 and remains president and chairman of the board. He holds numerous posts in community organizations as CR Anthony stores expand nationwide to 325 locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing
Oklahoma
Anthony
CR. Anthony
United States
Pecos Enterprise Subscription Rates
Mail subscription terms outline Reeves County and other mail rates. Six month and one year plans apply with prepayment. Rates vary by locale with Pecos Texas 79772 as the mailing address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise, Inc
S. Cedar J
Pecos
Texas
P. O
Reeves County
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Youngstown
Ohio
Charles Lee Wynn
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JP Court
Terri E. Nunez
Mrs. Ragsdale
Maid of Cotton
Balmorhea Club
Mrs. Moore
Rinco Latino
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Ysmael L. Dominguez
Actuación
Boy Scouts
Johnny Salcido
Optimista del
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Domingo Anaya
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Club
Reconocimiento al Sr
Jose Tercero
Catolica de la Iglesia de Santa Rosa
Comunidad
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Armonia General
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Balmorhea Community Club
Milton Proff
First United Methodist Church of
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