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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
8
Local notes show Mrs. B A Oden returning from El Paso visits Miss Rose Briscoe touring East Texas. Birth announced for H G Russell couple a daughter Friday Aug 4. Various residents including Frank Seay, Annie Belle Watson, Walter Slover, Dr H N Lusk, John B Howard, T D McKee, W H Browning, Mrs. S A Schellenberger, and others travel to attend funerals, visit relatives, or handle business in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and beyond.
Sidney Kyle, a longtime West Texas citizen and former county commissioner, died August 8 in a Pasadena sanitarium. The body was sent to Pecos for burial after a large funeral at Mrs. F. W. Johnson's home. Survivors include his widow Minnie McGonagill, one son Sidney Mack, three brothers, and two sisters. Knights of Pythias conducted graveside services and a mile-long procession followed to the cemetery.
W. E. Goodloe division freight and passenger agent of the Santa Fe with hearters at Amarillo paid a pleasant visit to the Enterprise office Thursday to look over the road and discuss expanding its interests. He is described as an affable gentleman and was welcomed at the office.
If you have car trouble, have the Service Motor Co fix you up. Phone 247. Ag advertisement.
The story hour schedule lists readings for Junior Intermediates by Mrs Norwood and others. Primary will be read by Mrs Thomas, Kindergarten by Mrs Green, and a Spanish American story by Mrs Gentry. The event occurs Wednesday of next week at the school building.
The church reports new members, four baptisms, and three confirmations at Wednesday prayer services. Outdoor night services are popular and will continue until cooler weather. All regular services are planned for next Sunday with the pastor meeting attendees. public invited.
A summer plea urges attendance at the Presbyterian church with a rhyme about church life. The morning sermon is titled The Lifetime of The Opportunity and the evening talk A Seven Reel Feature Study of the Gospel Fisherman Who Founded the Win One Legion. The preacher SPEARS invites Scouts to attend.
Mrs. Herbert Pricket hosted a Thursday bridge party for guests Mrs. Scudamore of Natchez and Mrs. Hudson of Dallas with eight tables. Hazel Sparks sang, Mrs. W. W. Dean won high score, and guests received favors. Edgar George and Miss Mary Barlow wed at Saragosa with serenades and a charivari.
An old remedy claims rapid cold relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It promises to stop cough and headache and to work off the cold with E W GROVE’S signature on each box.
A year of Pecos oil-field coverage from the Enterprise can be mailed for two dollars to a friend. The subscription promises continuous updates and local industry notes for interested readers.
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