Plans Announced For President's Cup Tourney Weekend
Local editor Frances Powell reports plans for the President's Cup tournament set for Sunday and Monday. The article also lists residents traveling to El Paso Balmorhea Big Spring and Des Moines for visits and work, with several family and schooling notes.
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Zillah Mae Dodge
Big Spring
Fannie
Edna Gaines
W. Henderson
Helen
Clark
el Paso
Beckie Seay
Josephine Seay
Theo Andrews
Monihans
E. B. Daniel Jr
Milton McClesky
Balmorhea
W. T. Butrum
Denver
Colorado
Goldberg
Wyoming
Helen Schubert
Des Moines
Iowa
J. F. Keating
Frances Keating
E. Schubert
Chicago
Tiny Schubert
Incendiary Fires Cost Nation About $200 a Minute
The report states that incendiary fires cost the country on average $200 per minute year round. It highlights widespread damage and ongoing financial strain from arson-related blazes across regions.
Golf column returns. readers salute big Sunday round
WE SLICEM recounts a lively return to golf after weeks away with a crowded links scene. Notables Jack May Vernon Hicks each shot 36 in the big money foursome while Albert Sis birdied, Harry Hinkle matched 36, Morris Collie revived his game, and Bill Kerr John Ivy halved No 7 with birdies.
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Jack May
Vernon Hicks
Albert Sis
Harry Hinkle
Morris Collie
Morris
Bill Kerr
John Ivy
Harry
Alpine
Harry Watson Jr
Albert Sisk
Hilliard Camp
Dick Chambers
Harley Williams
Lee Bilberry
G. C. Parker
Guy E. Walker
Dr. Garrett
Washington National Monument Society Meeting Tradition
The Washington National Monument Society, organized in 1833, meets every February 22 to discuss plans and observances surrounding the national monument.
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Washington National Monument Society
Sugar Pine Cones Grow Long Up To Twenty Inches
A note on the sugar pine tree states that its cones can reach lengths of about 20 inches, highlighting the remarkable size of these seed patterns and their presence in the species.
Pecos to Host President's Cup Golf Tourney Flights Set
Pecos golfers will compete Sunday and Monday in the annual President's Cup tourney with three men’s flights and one for ladies. Medal play for 18 holes then a round robin among four low scorers leads to a final match for the first prize. Entry is 50 cents with a Monday meal incentive for early entries.
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Pecos
Jack Hawkins
Harry Hinkle
Harry Watson
Albert Sisk
Dick Chambers
Vernon Hicks
Mexico of Today Described by Texas Tech Party
J E and Mary Catherine Couch led a 31 member Texas Tech College expedition to Mexico City under Dr W C Holden to study Mexican life. They praised Mexico City as beautiful and modern while noting rough unsurfaced roads outside the capital and primitive peon life with crude tools and white cloth clothing. A truck nearly overturned but rescuers aided the group, and they reported ongoing highway construction.
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J. E. Couch
Mary Catherine Couch
Mexico City
Texas Technological College
W. C.holden
Mexico
Monterey
J. E
Cortez
Baptist World Congress Names Dr. Truett President
Dr George W Truett pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas has been elected president of the Baptist World Congress. He presided at the Berlin session and is honored as a leading Baptist figure amid a tour noting Mexican pyramids, lava covered burial grounds and cautious advice about travel in Mexico City to Saltillo roads.
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George W. Truett
First Baptist Church of Dallas
Baptist World Congress
Truett
Berlin
Germany
North America
United States
Guano Cave Inquiry From Rocksprings Explorer
Barstow Chamber receives a request from Dr. Frank Nicholson of Rocksprings Texas seeking locations of guano caves in Ward County. Nicholson, an experienced caverns explorer, aims to develop promising sites commercially and has led Cavern explorations in New York Times Carlsbad expedition and Longhorn Cavern near Rocksprings.
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Barstow
Frijole Texas Weather Station In Guadalupe Mountains
The Frijole station sits in the Guadalupe mountains near the New Mexico line about 115 miles from El Paso. At 8000 feet elevation it may be the highest post office in Texas.
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Frijole
Texas
Government Weather Bureau
Guadalupe Mountains
el Paso
New Mexico Line
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