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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
4
Harley Williams known as Preacher led the softball league in batting during the first half for Jim Sample's Oilers. Figures show leading contenders among those with at least ten at bats while some team averages remain incomplete.
The OKatres presents Cowboy from Brooklyn a fast moving farce with songs at the Grand Theatre Pecos for two days Sunday and Monday August 28 and 29. Stars Pat O'Brien Dick Powell and Priscilla Lane headline the comedy with Powell as the title role a Brooklyn boy mistaken for a real cowboy and made a radio crooner after a rodeo demonstration.
The Toy Wife starring Luise Rainer Melvyn Douglas and Robert Young arrives at the Grand Theatre for Wednesday and Thursday showings. Set in 1850s New Orleans and Louisiana plantations, the plot follows Rainer as a belle who marries a rising attorney then faces a dramatic dilemma. Clarence Muse leads a large supporting cast of colored players as Brutus.
The story by Uncle Bill Oden recounts 1884 to 1888 events around Monument Springs New Mexico and the rock house built by buffalo hunters Harvey and Wilkerson. He details Cattle drives from San Angelo to Lincoln County and the early ranches that formed Lea and Gaines counties. The reminiscence covers settlers, ranch names, and water sources near Hobbs Pecos region.
The two top Pecos softball teams were invited to enter the Texas Amateur Softball Tournament in Odessa starting Monday night August 15. Quarterfinal winners advance to the final in Sweetwater then to Abilene for the state meet. Each team may field 16 players, per Joe Simmons of the Odessa Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Monahans August 18 Coach A G Greer began 1938 training with thirty five players including eight holdovers from last year alongside returning lettermen Cutbirth Seathy Franklin Harrison Harris Garner Phelps Hary and Ellis. Prospects look strong as junior high standouts move up.
Mr and Mrs Adrian Griffin of Fort Stockton announce the birth of their child on Tuesday. Both mother and baby are reported to be healthy and doing nicely.
Mr and Mrs Dick Hinkle of Monahans were here Sunday visiting with relatives and friends.
A superstition ties a mild Christmas to a chill Easter, suggesting seasonal patterns in climate beliefs. The saying implies future weather shifts based on December warmth, reflecting folk logic rather than scientific forecast.
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