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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1935
Page
2
Reading shows a historical Pecos Texas newspaper union with multiple title lines and dates, noting consolidation on May 16 1925 and prior papers such as Pecos Weekly Times and Pecos Valley News. Mentions editors Jack Hawkins Barney Hughes and a 1715 telephone number.
The Roswell Methodist district annual conference, with 100 or more delegates, will gather in Pecos Monday marking the first time the conference meets there. The Pecos Enterprise expresses hope it won’t be the last and offers city assistance to delegates.
S J B Woolfolk of Pecos declined the 15th district P T A presidency at the Marfa meeting and nominated Mrs Clarence Longnecker of El Paso. The gesture earned wide praise as fair and sportsmanlike. E Legion again sponsors Pecos Rodeo this summer with citywide support urged to back the historic event.
A sensational scene in Piazing Fans shows Rob Russell nearly killed when a rope is placed around his neck by vigilantes at the Palace Theatre. The text recalls Judge Lynch and frontier justice where rough substitutes of law punished suspects, often wrongly.
A massive crowd staged a recreation of a historic land rush in Cimarron at the Palace Theatre. The parade featured oxen horses wagons and motor police as a dramatic re enactment of a famed 1589 Oklahoma land grab with a return engagement announced.
Palace-Wed.-Thurs. a fiendish clue in the Myles Crawford murder involves Imperial Silver Fox hair found in a killer’s grasp. Valerie Hobson and Ralph Bellamy star in the suspenseful film opening Wednesday and Thursday at the Palace Theatre where the nonhuman fur clue narrows the police search.
Shirley Temple's rapid ascent from a Santa Monica child star to a top box office draw is highlighted by her role in The Little Colonel with Lionel Barrymore. The film, with a stellar supporting cast including Evelyn Ven John Lodge Sidney Blackmer William Burress and Bill Robinson, opens with a preview Saturday night.
At the Pecos Chamber of Commerce lunch, hotel and service owners joined officials to discuss attracting tourists for several days. Ideas included highway signs, an arch welcome sign, an attractive town folder, and paving projects from Saragosa to Pecos with attention to Metcalfe Gap.
Personal Allen Farmer of the Republi Life Insurance Co. in Dallas transacted business with the Collings-Wilson Co. Mr. and Mrs Hill D Hudson plan a visit to Big Spring next Saturday and Tuesday in EF P2s0 to conduct business. Mr. and Mrs BR Ellis of Fort Stockton were here Wednesday for business. Mrs H Beauchamp Jr. was up and about this week after a slight illness.
Juries received in a recent automobile accident. Friends of Mrs. J F Biges report she rests more comfortably after an operation two weeks ago. Mrs. Biges is at her home, attended by two nurses. Mrs. W H Knox and daughters Katherine and Mildred visited briefly. Mrs. Yard left Tuesday for Florida to meet Mrs. Yard returning from San Diego where her mother Mrs Branden has been seriously ill.
Pecos teachers travel to Alpine for a two day conference. Miss Mary Magee will present a modern languages demonstration with Miss Buchanan set to give a second lesson demo. Calis Ross plans to discuss art work in the program.
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