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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1934
Page
4
The Junior play So Youre From Missouri will be at the high school auditorium next Friday at 8 p.m. Miss Mary Magee directs the lively cast headed by Herbert Browning and Mary Catherine Reeder with Dudley Cooks ey and Elizabeth Titus among the ensemble. Tickets are 10, 25 and 35 cents.
Mrs M L N Swinehart mother of Mrs Bowser departs tonight for Los Angeles to join Captain Swinehart who has just returned from months in the Orient. Captain Swinehart is a builder of much note and has overseen the Ewha College project at Seon Korea. The program is fostered by the Southern Methodist Church of America. Mrs Swinehart attended the Zone meeting of local Methodist women at Balmoral today and gave a charming talk on the Orient.
Religious services listed for Joe B Serimshire and H A Baird churches. Universal Bible Sunday to mark the 400th anniversary of Martin Luther's Bible translation with special sermons and choir music. Morning worship at 11:00 and Sunday School at 9:45. evening services at 7:30 and 7:45 respectively.
Rev. Edgar H. Ratliff leads Sunday School at 9 45 AM and Morning Preaching at 11 00 AM. Evening service at 7 30 PM. Wednesday events include Sunday School Teachers and Officers Meeting Prayer Meeting at 6 30 and choir practice.
Rev L de Bruyere D Litt outlines SundayMass times at St Catharine Church each Sunday with locations Barstow Pecos Santa Rosa Toyah Wink and Pecos again for the fifth Sunday noting 3 1 Santa Rosa Pecos 19 context unclear.
A church calendar lists Bible School at 10:00 A M Morning Worship at 11:00 A M Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P M Evening Service at 9 30 P M Woman's Council meets Tuesday 8 50 P M Midweek Bible Study Wednesday 7 50 P M Choir Practice Thursday 7 50 P M Pastor A G Abbott leads services and activities
John W. Byrd is pastor. Sunday School at 10:00 A M and Evening Worship at 8:00 P M at 720 PL. Community worship and pe.
Christian Science services are listed with morning studies and evening sermons. The text notes Sunday services at 11 AM, a 50-minute evening program on the Second Coming, mid week Web service at 7 50 and Wednesday testimonials at 8 PM in the Carnegie library. Ladies Bible Class meets Thursday at 5 50 PM. The invitation calls all interested to hear the Sunday morning and Sunday night sermons.
Workmen began on the beautification of the court house square under the relief office directing approx 2400 man hours of labor. A fence of cable and iron posts will be first, grounds leveled and cleared of stones and debris, then grass planted and trees added to complete the plan.
J J Wheat overturned his Ford coupe last Thursday near the old Tom Wright place about a mile and a half south of Mentone. He suffered cuts and bruises but escaped with non fatal injuries after escaping the wreck.
A Royalty man on the Pecos River twelve miles south of Barstow shot a three pointer deer with a shotgun loaded with small shot during duck hunting. The name of the hunter was not ascertained by the editor.
Friday night December 14 features the junior play You're From Missouri at the high school. Cast and stage details are not provided.
The Treasury Department Procurement Division invites sealed bids in duplicate to furnish labor and materials for construction of the U S post office at Pecos Texas excluding the elevator. Bids due January 14 1955 at 1 p m. Drawings and specs available with a $25 deposit. refunds issued upon return.
The OES Chapter No S81 will hold its regular meeting at 7 30 PM Monday in the Masonic Hall. Visitors welcomed and members urged to attend for business and entertainment. Mrs Hinzel Klinger reports from Grand Chapter and a pageant called the Caste of Dreams honors the charter member Mrs Mamie Tageart and past patrons.
Constance Bennett and Herbert Marshall star in Zoe Akins adaptation of Michel Arlen’s story. Iris and Napier’s romance is thwarted by Iris’s sacrifice and social scandal. Gerald sides with public acclaim as Iris’s life twists toward a dramatic finish. Also Lois Wilson film There’s Always Tomorrow screens at Grand with on set gifts from screen children on Mother's Day.
Fragments from a Missouri high school event describe Friday night activities, misread names and stray phrases. The text mentions pep alterations and mending, a Mrs Blickstock, and odd phrases like Alaska and dangerous street names, with unclear context.
A district court trial for breaking into W A Dawsons store ended with a two year sentence for a local bootblack. R D Cross of Matagordo bought the B W Van Doren farm near Balmorhea for 30000 cash. Mrs A Z Higgins delivered a large sugar beet from her War Den. Pecos Fire Department enjoyed a 2 quail supper at City Hall after a siren call to the biz feed. The Grandfalls home of T Eudaly burned this week.
The New Orleans firm seeks a Pecos water franchise to supply soft water and has agreed to buy the Texas Louisiana Water Works system to deliver two million gallons daily. A new Camp and Camp hospital opened with a large dedication crowd. Sixteen Pecos Engle football players earned letters. Grand Theatre added new sound equipment for patrons. Horace S. Homer announced Graham hotel has become the Beacon after installing a large rooftop air beacon.
Pecos County rancher Joe Hayter reports a notable deer kill on his Eagle Mountains adjacent ranch. He tagged the buck with a twenty two calibre bullet after missing his first three shots, a reminder to fellow hunters of careful aim and steady pursuit.
Brown Seay Francis Davis watched the Miners play St Edwards in El Paso on Thanksgiving Day. Truett Poer and Brawley Beauchamp were noted among attendees with Bowie Deivis, Max Stool Free Armstrong in the crowd.
A small wire ring with keys was found near Pecos High School on Friday night and needs return to the Pecos Enterprise. If you own the keys, contact the Pecos Enterprise to reclaim them.
From the Enterprise files December 8 1855 Pecos detective work identified un sling Womiun near Van Horn as Mrs Irene DeBolt of Cleveland Officials search for her companion Arthur C Wilson The Pecos Rotary club awarded a silver football MVP to Bill Toliver captain of the Pecos Eagles Thieves robbed Leeas Drug of about $5 in small change and rifled desks and drawers
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