Pecos Notes Show Visiting Folks From Barstow to Balmorhea
Pecos continues to host innumerable travelers and locals moving between Barstow Balmorhea and Odessa. Visitors include Lorals and Chas Dyer from Barstow Pat Wilson from his ranch in Pecos and Tillman Dardin on a business trip to Odessa. Several Pecos residents attend Paisano Baptist Encampment with friends from Barstow and Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Wilson
Pecos
Tillman Dardin
Odessa
Dewitt Black
Black
Barstow
Paisano Pass
Mary
Ladies Honor Mrs Stine At Pecos Lunch Party
Mesdames W W Runnells Elmer Johnson and Jim Camp hosted a four course luncheon at Mrs Camp n hon home for Mrs Burl S Stine who leaves Pecos Friday for Amarillo. Guests wrote notes in a memory book and played forty two. A poem by Mrs Joe Camp was read as a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
W. W. Runnells
Elmer Johnson
Jim Camp
Camp
Burl S. Stine
Pecos
Amarillo
Louise Starley
Dorothy Sisk
Howard Collier
Joe Camp
Pecospur
Stine
Mesdames Sisk
Brooks, Prickett
Clarence Bell
Kerr
Crane
Cole
McClure
Little Evelyn Rose Kelly Dies Tuesday
Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Kelly dies after four days of life born July 29. Funeral held at the Kelly home with interment in Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wm. Garlick and Scholtz. Friends extend sympathy to the bereaved family as The Enterprise shares in mourning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. M. Kelly
Kelly
Fairview Cemetery
Messrs
Wm. Garlick and
Scholtz
Kellys
Enterprise
Jane Edith Prickett Celebrates 5th Birthday Party
Jane Edith Prickett marked her fifth birthday with a city party for numerous friends. A dinner of chicken gravy tomato rolls pear lids tea cream and cake followed games and activities. Attendees included Lillian Young Lillian Cowan Patty Green Mary Catherine Ruth Reeder Helen Lee Shirley Glascock Merton Thompson Tiny Bucholz Robbie Wilcox Neal and Billy Cole Robinson Jackie Oglesby Billy Pat Fulgin Howard Collier James Crane Le Grand Merriman Clinton Cowan Jimmie Russell Ray Verla Sue King and Bill Bolesssa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Edith Prickett
Lillian Young
Lillian Cowan
Patty Green
Mary Catherine
Ruth Reeder
Helen Lee
Shirley Glascock
Merton Thompson
Tiny Bucholz
Robbie Wilcox
Neal
Miss Annie Lou Cole Hosts Bridge Evening
Annie Lou Cole hosted a gathering of friends and former schoolmates Monday night in her Texas home. Eight players enjoyed two bridge tables with Miss Jane Dean winning high and Miss Eva Richburg taking low. Mary Stine received a present, others received refreshments and prizes. The note includes an unrelated religious line and a lignite fuel statistic fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Lou Cole
University of Texas
Mary Stine
Amarillo
Texas
Jane Dean
Eva Richburg
Miss Cole
Jane
Kaherine Dean
Lucile Precit
Dorothy Sisk
Virginia Bozeman
Wylie Sue Cole
Lilly Cole
Picnic At The Alamo Playground Hosts A Group
Miss Claraln Beauchamp and Evelyn Bowie hosted a small group of eight girls Tuesday at the Alamo Playgrounds. The party traveled to the swimming pool, swam until noon, then shared a picnic lunch prepared by the hostesses. After games back in town, the group dispersed. Attendees included Gertrude Bell, Josephine Bryan, Bertha Stool, Ray Stool, Willie Faye Starley, Mary Ward, Evelyn Bowie, and Claralu Beauchamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claraln Beauchamp
Evelyn Bowie
Alamo
Gertrude Bell
Josephine Bryan
Bertha
Ray Stool
Willie Faye Starley
Mary Ward
Evelyn Fowie
Claralu Beauchamp
Pecos Valley Cantaloupes Ship Wide Market Reach
Cantaloupes grown around Pecos reach markets from Midland to New York City as Pecos Challenge Cantaloupes. M. L. Todd from Buchanan farm among first to ship. Crates priced at 32.50 with strong demand from Baker Hotels and major Texan cities. Pecos Melon Growers Association markets via Pecos Mercantile Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
M. L. Todd
Buchanan
Todd
Midland
Kansas City
Missouri
St. Louis Missouri
New York City
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Baker
Texas
Ftworth
Gunter
Pecos Melon
Christian Ladies Aid Honors Mrs Stine
Members of the Christian Church Ladies Aid hosted a Tuesday afternoon entertainment at Mrs H L Magees home for Mrs B R Stine. Over twenty five members attended the program centered on Mrs Stine including fortune telling and a Bible verse contest. Sam Prewit presented a silver pitcher as a gift and an angel food cake lunch with punch and apricot ice was served. Everyone wished Mrs Stine happiness in her future home and noted she would be missed from Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
B. R. Stine
H. L. Magee
Aid
Eiveryone
Palmer Tailor Shop Leased to Ted Brown
Ted Brown former employee of the Ben Palmer Tailor Shop in Pecos negotiated a six month lease and becomes manager of Palmer Tailor Shop. Ben Palmer allows the lease while he travels for American Art Tailor Company. Brown started work and takes his old post, living with his wife Sunny Wadley in Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Brown
Ben Palmer
Pecos
Sunny Wadley
Holsey Glover
Brown
Texas School Districts and Enrollment Figures
The state has 1,000 independent public school districts and 7,200 common school districts. Enrollment in these schools totals more than 1,200,000 students across Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
St Helena Canyon Deep Gorge on the Rio Grande
At the southern edge of Brewster County the Rio Grande cuts a gorge 1800 feet deep and 12 miles long called St Helena Canyon. It stands as a remarkable U S sight though it has been little noticed due to its remote location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster Co
Rio Grande
St. Helena Canyon
United States
Westbrook Highway Plans Stir Pecos Barstow Pyote
Plans for a Barstow or Pyote to Westbrook Hendrick oil well highway are forming with Pecos Barstow Pyote businessmen and Ward County officials meeting. Utilities and oil interest surge as a 32 mile Pecos line to the new wildcat well promises a boon to oil traffic, with a definite announcement expected next week on construction timing and route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barstow
Yote
Winkler Co
Kermit
Pecos
Pyote
Reeves
Loving
Culberson
Ward
Ward County
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Chas. R. Dyer
Jimmy Cox
L. M. Pittman
Balmorhea
Ruth Cross
Nemo Brack
Barney Hubbs
Miss Lillie Poe
Mildred Browning
Houston
J. W. Brooks
Mrs
Lang Buchanan
Midlands
Corinne Miller
EFC Paso
Business College
Francis Hubbard
E. R. Slater
Zadie Tinnin
Alice Shultz
Toyah
H. H. Johnson
Paisano Baptist
W. W. Dean
Beau McCutcheon
Jim Prewit
el Paso
Cloudcroft
John Howard
George K. Stayton
Bar- Stow
Charley Jordan
Baby
Lampasas
Mr. Jordan
Bessie Smith
Morrison Sanitarium
Mildred Buckles
Ruth Bryan
Walter and
Burch Carson
van Horn
Sid Cowan
J. F. Kirschvink
George Talmadge
C. C. Colwell
Florence Colwell
Will Cowan
Virgie
Myrtle
Clinton
Ruby Wilhite
J. T. Hubbs
Big Lake
L. W. Anderson
Elizabeth Lilley
Mrs. Anderson
Nell
Wallace
Long Beach
California
Mr. Anderson
Elizabeth
Grace Hubbs
Berch Hubbs
J. Blackburn
Ruby Wilthite
Rankin
Raw House
Wilhite
Big
Aoe
Fred Howell
Fort Stockton
Phil Prior
J. (. Wilson
Il Paso
Gage van Horn
Toyalk
John Wade
Lee Garrett
Clinton Ezell
Paisano
Sid Kyl
Menty and Son
Mac
Hardin Ross
Baptist
Maggie Glover
West
R. A. Dawson
Pat Read
Iyer Motor Company
Red Bell
Stanley Peer
Gilbert Murray, and
John Wesley Justice
John Oglesby
Texas-Louisana Power Co
M. M. Leeman
Evelyn
V. Garrison
Scs
Ed Titus
Chrysler Motor Company
E Paso
Bill Ross
Callie
George
Sewell Johnson
Pass
W. E. Poer
Nathan Poer
Mahala Murray
Wille Leeman
Hudgens
Ruby Poer
Anna James
Murray
R. M. Stevenson
Sam Means
Catherine
John Zack
Dorothy
J. C. Wilson
Louis Thomas
Howell Johnson
Melvin Cowan
Junior Boatright
Dick Starley
D. W. Bozeman
George Benge
Ene
Jon Bozeman
W. TD. Drummond
Frankmond
Ww. W. Drummond
Floydada
H. C. Glover
Eula Morrison
Will Poer
Truett
George Morrison
Ely Dawson
Deming
New Mexico
Mr. Dawson
Stephen
Wold
Big Baptist
Margie Ward
Anice Buchanan
Virginia Thomas
Josephine Justice
Margaret Love
Letha Pruett
Johnnie Callison
Lorraine Joplin
Ruth Hicks
Helen Ezell
T. B. Pruett
Geo. Andrews
Ruth Slack
Oklahoma
J. J. Walker
Loyal Humphries
Saragosa
Pecos Teesday
Oscar Carruthers
Yas A
Lawson Goodrich
Porterville
Jessie Dresser
Cedarvale
M.T. Eudaly
Grandfalls
Ira J. Bell
Childress
Joe Hollebeke
Lee
Luke Snelson
John Booker
Grandfall
Bob Moorhead
Reeves County
Pat Harris
Warren Collings
M. W. Collie
Presidio
Electric Gin Co
R. H. Gray
the Water Users’ Association
Dr. Woods
King Green
Mr. Wood
Harry Woods
Clint Sessions
Wells Texas
Morrisons
Lila Mary Heard
Carl Eddins
Miss Heard
Midand
Ollie King
George Berkstresser
That City
S. J. Sage
Joe Hudgens
Elaso
Bugg
Dela Hudgens
John Hibdon
John Jr
L. J. Oglesby
Silver City
Texas-Louisiana Power Co
Er. D. McMaster
Nettie
Ona
J. C. Hollebeke
Norabel Hollebeke
F. M. Sessions
J. L. Morrison
Wells
Geo. Berkstresser
Dukes & Berkstresser Gin
Mary Lee Richburg
Ira Braden
Marvin Cowan
Marzie Ward
Myrtle Cowan
Madeira Canyon
Johnson
Edna Ross
John Bush
Austin
Georgetown
Goldwaithe
South Texas
Bush
Mary and
Bryan
Georgette
Phoenix
Welles
Delave
Winkler
Evelyn Rose Kelly
Alamo Playground
Christian Ladies Aid
Palmer Tailor Shop
Westbrook
Jedges
Josh
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