Williams Leads Softball League In First Half Patting Averages
Harley Preacher Williams topped the league in batting during the first half for Jim Sample's Oilers with a .750 mark while Mentone and Baptists averages remain incomplete. Charlie Rumpaugh actually led in batting with ten at bats but only four appearances. Wyvonne Loven of Clyde visited Pecos last week and with friends, formerly a Pecos resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley
Preacher” Williams
Jim Sample
Oilers
Mentone
Baptists
Charlie Rumpaugh
Wyvonne Loven
Clyde
Nas
Pecos
Cowboy from Brooklyn to visit Pecos in late August
The OK Theatres presents Cowboy from Brooklyn as its road show at the Grand Theatre Pecos August 28 and 29. Stars include Pat O'Brien Dick Powell and Priscilla Lane with a fast moving musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy mistaken for a real cowboy who finds fame on radio and at a rodeo in Madison Square Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
OK Theatres
Grand Theatre
Pecos
Pat O’brien
Dick Powell
Priscilla Lane
Cowboy
McCoy
Broadway
O’brien
Madison Square Garden
Powell
The Toy Wife at Grand Theatre Starring Luise Rainer
Luise Rainer headlines The Toy Wife at the Grand Theatre with Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young. The story unfolds in New Orleans and Louisiana plantations of the 1850s, depicting a belle who marries a lawyer, then faces temptation and elopement with a gambler. Clarence Muse leads a large group of supporting players.
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Luise Rainer
Melvyn Douglas
Robert Young
Grand Theatre
New Orleans
Louisiana
Miss Rainer
Douglas
Young
Andre Vallaire
Clarence Muse
Brutus
Andre
Uncle Bill Oden recounts Monument Springs Rock House tale
Renowned trans-Pecos pioneer B A Uncle Bill Oden recalls 1884 trek from San Angelo with Frank Divers to Monument Springs New Mexico. He recounts the rock house built for defense, early ranches from 1886 to 1888, buffalo hunting, and settlement history around Hobbs Jal Lovington and Reeves County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill” Oden
trans-Pecos
Hobbs Chamber of Commerce
Monument Springs
New Mexico
Rock House
Cattleman’s Magazine
Bill
Cattlemen’s Magazine
Lincoln
Divers
San Angelo
Lincoln County
San Simone Ranch
Jim Harvey
Dick Wilkerson
Harvey
Wilkerson
Little Rock House
Correll
San Simon Ranch
R. F. Kennedy
Monument Spring
Kilkerson
Gonzales
Texas
E. H. Estes
Louis
Guy
Faulkner
Lea County
Gaines County
J. M. Daughtery
Henry McClentock
McKenzie Brothers
J. M
Gene
Cowden Brothers
Jal Ranch
W. C. Cochran
Jal Is
Dave Brunson
Hobbs
Atwood Or Mallet
Lovington
George Causey
TJF
Colorado River
Anderson
Cedar Lake
Pecos River
Faulkerner
Rankin Moore
Judge
John Kink Kuykendall
McConvill
Jim Andrews
Mr. Kenney
Andrews County
Billy Daughtery
Mr. Divers
Lubbock
Crockett County
Black River
Live Oak Creek
H. E. Cummins
Midland
Colorado
Frank Divers
Buffalo Skinners
Buffalo
Pecos Ball Teams Invited to Odessa Tournament
The two top Pecos softball league teams were invited to enter the Texas Amateur Softball Tournament starting Monday night August 15 in Odessa. Quarterfinal winners advance to the final in Sweetwater then to the state meet in Abilene. Each team may field 16 players, per Joe Simmons of the Odessa Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Pecos
Texas
Odessa
Sweetwater
Abilene
Joe Simmons
Odessa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Green Wave Starts Football Training
MONAHANS Aug 18 With eight regulars from last year's squad in the group Coach A G Greer issued equipment to thirty five aspiring gridders here Monday afternoon as training got underway for the 1938 football season Returning lettermen are Cut birth and Seathy ends Franklin center Harrison and Harris tackles Garner guard Phelps Hary and Ellis backs Prospects for aid from last year's championship Junior High School team appeared good as a number of the boys moved into the senior high classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
A. G. Greer
Cutbirth
Seathy
Franklin
Harrison
Harris
Garner
Phelps
Hary
Ellis
Griffin couple welcome Fort Stockton baby
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Adrian Griffin of Fort Stockton on the birth of their baby at a local hospital Tuesday. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Griffin
Fort Stockton
Mr and Mrs Dick Hinkle Visit Monahans Relatives
Mr and Mrs Dick Hinkle of Monahans spent Sunday visiting relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hinkle
Monahans
Weather Proverb Links Warm Christmas to Cold Easter
The saying ties a warm Christmas to a cold Easter, reflecting folklore about seasonal patterns. Forecasters note no scientific basis for the belief, but cultural traditions keep the rhyme alive in communities.
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Williams
Kelton
Harris Holmes
Buchannan
Kirklin
Richardson J
Rumbaugh
Fletcher
Woolwine
Rumbaugh Prewit
Penn
Bush
Baptists Milner
Davis
Baker
Card
Morrison
Bryan
Colli
Griffin
Preston
Henderson
Jackson
Ramsey
Buchannan Wicker
Ilers
Mitchell Smith
Jester
Harpe
Horine
Bel
Penson
Cothrun
Bailey
Mendenhall
Sentone Ross
F. Dotsonia
Newart
D. Dotson
Wal
Stephens
Eed
Latvia
John C. Wiley
Indiana
United States
Vienna
State Department
Estonia
Pecos Hun
Wife
Maine
California
Baldwin Laboratories
Saegertown
Tria
Bill’ Oden
Concho
Sterling City
T and P Railroad Company
Satan Tank
Big Spring
State OF
Reeves County
J J. Hamilton
J. J. Hamilton
L. M. Hamilton
T. P. Hamilton
Hamilton
W. P. Dermody
International Harvester Company of America
Pecos City
Sarah Frances Zimmer
H. C. Zimmer
Feme
W .P. Dermody
Hamilton & Son
Hollis Smith
A. D
Penney
Ted
Green Wave
Pryor Auto Supply
Don Padene
del Norte
Southwest
el Paso
Finestair
Paso del Norte
Paso
Ogan Carpenter
Paul Harvey
Exec
Colden Oil Corp
West Texas
O. J. Green & Son
Lewis Sheet Metal
Collie Electric Shop
Bill Collie
Mgr
H. F. Anthony
Lands and Real Estate
Pecos Funeral
Hubbard & Kerr
Attorneys-At-Law
Bell & Regan
Pecos, Texas
J. L. Kincannon
Manahan
A. B. Pointer
MO. J. Ivy
Real Estate & Insurance
Elliott & Waldron
R. C. Brewster
Brandon
A. E. Pye
Collings-Wilson CO
Home Furniture Co
J. B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
W. W. Dean
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
Hudson & Hudson
Camp Dean Building
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