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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1939
Page
10
A misspelled reminiscence notes Rheisenberg as former manager of the Mace team in Sweetwater Pecos. He recalls recent events, praises Pecos residents as friendly, and mentions driving 61,000 miles while promoting advertising from the line. He pledges continued support for the West Texas town.
A fragment from a New Zealand athletics page notes grass track events under way with limited details. The brief mentions a meet in progress, highlighting athletes and expected outcomes without full results.
Unable to extract a coherent news item from the provided text. The fragment lacks clear names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a factual card.
Buck Jackson and Alley May Attend Meet as chairmen of the reo committee discuss 1968 plans. The Souines Keaey Association holds a Sunday San Angelo luncheon at 2 30 with areas mapped for a protective plan. Both Jackson and Alley serve on the board of directors for the local group.
Pecos schools dismissed Friday for an Easter four day weekend. Faculty and staff took advantage of the holiday period to observe the annual Easter observance.
A note on late stage card making describes using plates to press a smooth finish. It mentions achieving a single tone, slick surface and distinct texture through press work and linings.
Norma Shearer and Clark Gable co star in the movie version of Robert Sherwood’s Pulitzer play Idiot’s Delight at the Grand Theatre. Supporting cast includes Edward Arnold Burgess Meredith Laure Hope Crews Skeets Gallagher and the Gables Clapour Girls. The film follows a vaudeville girl and a downtrodden vaudeville dancer from Omaha to Europe where war traps them in a border town as love endures.
Enaward Crowe son of Mrs E E Crowe of Pecos was home from school last weekend spending Easter visiting here with his former. Enaward is a freshman student at College of Mines in El Paso.
Malcolm Maley, son of Mr and Mrs George Maley, is back at Herdin-Simmons University in Abilene after spending Easter holidays at home.
The W J McDonald Observatory at Moulin Locke near Fort Davis Texas opens to visitors after May 15 on weekdays from 1 00 to 1 30 PM CST and Sundays 2 00 to 3 00 PM CST. Telescopes will be demonstrated by an experienced operator and observatory work described. Open nights are on the last Wednesday of each month after May 15 from 8 30 AM to 4 06 PM CST. apply by mailing a self addressed envelope to receive exact hours and a ticket. No admission charges.
The Palace Theatre in Pecos reopens at 2 30 pm with Alexander s Rag Time Band as its first feature after renovation. New features include cushion chairs washed air cooling and updated sound. Weekly schedule shows double runs Sundays Mondays Tuesdays and first run Westerns Wednesdays to Fridays. Tickets are 10 and 15 cents.
A deadly cobra with short fangs poses little danger as a person in ordinary street clothes remains largely protected from its bite, suggesting minimal injury risk despite proximity to the reptile.
The Christian Ladies Aid sponsors a charity play Crazy To Reduce at the school auditorium on Saturday evening April 15. Easter visits noted include Mr. and Mrs. J R Walker and daughters Lou Martha and Jane, and others from Toyah and nearby towns.
Pecos rancher L. W. Anderson joins a group of Texas county ranchers using an experimental set of ranch books. The system, devised by T. R. Timm of the Extension Service with help from District Agent J. D. Precit, will be tested for usability before broader release.
Readable text shows a damaged OCR fragment mentioning first trams in Atlantic city and an attempted something in 1910. Key names and specifics are unclear, but the piece signals early tram history and a municipal context.
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