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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1938
Page
5
Thirty-one Pecos High girls were chosen to compete in the ninth annual football queen coronation. The event, directed by Miss Iva Mae Lacy, is set for December 16 at the high school auditorium with voting at the doors. Tickets vary by age and vote allotment.
Social circles in Pecos celebrate Thanksgiving with multiple dinners and hosting households. Notable gatherings include Dr. Paul Heiser family dinner with Mrs. Richburg and others. Mrs. Brawley Oates entertaining relatives at Hotel Courtney and home. Ross family dinners honoring mothers and kin. Byron Lackey hosts 24 Ross kin members. numerous out of town guests join local families for holiday meals across Pecos and nearby towns.
Balmorhea resident Charley Splitgarber, a noted pioneer, is seriously ill in a local hospital. Thanksgiving guests included Sheriff Louis Roberson and wife, plus their son Billy Cole and other relatives and friends.
Eight Pecos Christian Church workers joined Odessa’s inter county council on Tuesday to discuss Christian Education in the Local Church. Rev I M Lambert opened with a message on igniting church education as Rev Oliver W Harrison reported on the Denver international convention.
Twenty members of the Merry Wives Club heard Mrs Harold Mc New give a review of Andrew Jackson The Border Captain Wednesday at the weekly meeting. She traced the book from beginning to end in an informative manner, enjoyed by the audience. Mrs George Ross was hostess.
Mrs. L. L. Bugg formerly of Toyah received a miscellany shower hosted by Mrs. Bud Turner Mrs. Willie King Mrs. Earl Easterbrook and Mrs. O D Martin. Over fifty guests visited Wednesday bringing gifts. The Bugg residence and belongings were burned in Toyah last Saturday.
Mrs. C. H. Kent sister of Mrs. Sam Prewit has returned to her Doddsville Mississippi home after visiting here for several months.
Mrs Bob Lewis Mrs R F Grisom and Miss Kathleen Lewis shopped and visited in El Paso during the early part of the week.
Miss Mary Katherine Couch a schoolteacher in Idalou spent last weekend visiting her mother Mrs R N Couch.
Mrs. Max Krauskopf is back home following a several week stay with relatives in Cisco and Weatherford.
Mrs. Julius Eisenwine and Mrs. Son Hendricks of Odessa joined Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eddins as guests at Wink Thanksgiving celebrations offering a glimpse of local social ties and travel within the region.
Miss Evelyn Oppenheimer of Dallas will review Howard Spring's My Son My Son at the Pecos High School Auditorium Tuesday evening. She has performed the review extensively in Dallas and across Texas Oklahoma and Louisiana.
Mrs Julius Eisenwine was honored on her birthday with a dinner at the ranch home of Mr and Mrs Beau Eisenwine. Guests included Mr and Mrs Norman Eisenwine and son Louis Earl, Mrs Son Hendricks of Odessa, J W Eisenwine and Tatum Eisenwine. Mrs J W Wilkinson returned to Menard after visiting with her daughter, Mrs Julius Eisenwine. She was joined by Mrs Ed Mears of Menard who visited while Mr Mears hunted in the Davis Mountains.
Miss Annie Browning left Sunday for a ten day visit with relatives in Lampasas.
Capt. M. L. Swineheart was the surprise of a surprise program held at the Twentieth Century Club Wednesday. He discussed the status of women in the Orient and addressed the group on emerging roles.
Mrs. W. J. Beck and Mrs. Jim Deakin hosted a dinner Friday evening honoring Bill Beck a student at A. and M. College. Orange calendulas and candlelight highlighted the Thanksgiving themed room. Guests included Misses Martha Ellis Ruth Reeder Lilian Cowan Alyce Clyde Brophy Mac McKnight Eugene Donnell Jerry Files and Billy Beck.
The annual Harvest Program of the Methodist missionary society will be held at the church on Tuesday starting at 3 30 PM. This concludes the year's business and pledges and all women of the church are invited to attend.
Mr Bob Dean and Mrs attended the Dallas weekend football game between TCU and SMU showing social attendance at a campus matchup.
Pecos Radio Sales and Service offers to trade a radio for a typewriter or adding machine. Contact via phone 456. 17-41-c.
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