All District Football Team Talk From The News
Out Our Way notes difficulty in selecting a district all star team due to limited familiarity with players across Pecos Odessa Monahans Crane and Midland. Mentions Kelton Medanich Wink Knight May Garlington Chaney and Johnny Green as potential district standouts.
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Onahans
Vanahans
Pecos
Kelton
Medanich
Wink
Mwknight
May
Garlington
Chaney
Odessa
Johnny Green
Monahans
Crane
Luis
Class B schools urged to organize on football reforms
State Class B schools should organize to address football issues including a proposed 14 percent limit. The piece notes SMU vs Stanford at the Rose Bowl and predicts many fans will travel east for the game. mentions potential early season favorites and local groups planning trips.
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Niote
S.M.U
Stanford
Chamber promotes Bet-VY or Lighting contest
The Chamber of Commerce launches a Christmas lighting contest titled Bet-VY or Lighting to boost town spirit. Businesses and residents are urged to decorate storefronts and homes with colorful lights to create a festive Yuletide atmosphere.
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Chamber of Commerce
Theoink
Lions Host Toast Governor Minty Teandal Visit
District governor Minty F Teandal of the Lions Club will visit Peens Friday for a Lions meeting. A special program and Ladies Night are planned by Gay Walker. Brudat will spend the weekend in Pecos as guest of friends.
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Minty F. Teandal
Lions Club
Peens
Lions
Gay Walker
Comnec
Avit
Mro Brudat
Pecos
Bsee
Band to Make First Public Appearance in January Tourney
The Peces high school band plans its first public appearance at the invitation basketball tournament in Pe ces on January 24 and 25. Sup eritek Henry Blackwell announced the event. Twenty three schools are invited. Awards include a silver cup for first place and gold and silver basketballs for other medals.
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Peces
Jannuary
Supritek
Henry Blackwell
Ounce
Iuive
Amended agreement approved for Red Bluff Dam funding
Officials of the Red Bluff Water Power Control District announced government approval of an amendatory agreement adding 284000 to the Red Bluff Dam project. Of this, 159000 is a federal grant and 125000 will be funded by district bonds to be issued soon. The board met Monday and Tuesday to approve November expenditures and conduct routine business while inspecting the dam site.
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Red Bluff
Miller
Tesdag
Ten Days Left to Win Two Hundred Fifty Dollars
The Enterprise announces a $250 cash prize circulation contest ending 5 p.m. Christmas Eve. Standings show Aurilla Beams and Mona Majors of Pecos in first and second, with other top entrants from Pecos Toyah and Mentone. Receipts reflect totals turned in to the Enterprise, not final standings.
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Aurilla Beams
Pecos
Mona Majors
Josephine Seay
Toyah
Mary Ward
I. V. Brookfield
Mentone
Enterprise
Pecos KIUN to Broadcast Christmas Cantata
News from KIUN Studio in Hotel Brandon Pecos Texas indicates a Christmas cantata will be broadcast on Christmas Day afternoon. The cantata is in casting with rehearsals next week and features Pecos talent. Wink performers provided dramatic pieces this week including a humorous football monologue and two Wink high school one act plays directed by Mrs Roberts.
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KIUN
Tllnt
Pecos
Pres
Wink
Kim
Jack Cellier
Wink High School
Roberts
Wink Schools
Pecos school bid details set for local firm contract
Bids for Pecos school improvements were opened at Pecos High School. One bid exceeded available funds, prompting plan changes to save costs. J Tl Cunningham & Company of Pecos and local officials will manage the contract pending State Director approval.
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Pecos
PWA
Fort Worth
J. Tl. Cunningham & Company
J. A. Schmidt, Jr
Greenhall
Stanley Kent
Julian Montgomery
Jerome Edwards Buried Monday
Funeral services for Jerome Edwards were held Wednesday afternoon at Pecos Funeral Home after his death Sunday at a local hospital. Rev. John W. Byrd officiated. Edwards, born in Carlsbad, spent his life ranching in West Texas and New Mexico, foreman on large ranches. He died while working for John Camp near Pecos. He leaves a brother in Colorado and a niece in Arizona.
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Pecos
Jerome Edwards
John W. Byrd
Edwards
Carlsbad
Die Nich
West Texas
New Mexico
John Camp
Elect Officers To Cotton Assn Friday
Reeves county cotton control association election set for Friday in Balmorhea at 10 o clock. County and community committeemen will be chosen and the 1936 1939 contract discussed. Pecos contract signers need not attend Balmorhea vote but will cast ballots next morning at the county agent's office.
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Reeves County Cotton Control Association
Dalmorhea
Pecos
Balmorhea
New Daughter for Mr and Mrs Earl Wicker
The birth of a daughter named Earlene Yvon was announced for December 7. Both mother and daughter are doing nicely and receive congratulations from the family.
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Earl Wicker
Earlene Yvon
Its a Boy at the Enterprise Office
Jack Wallace Hawkins arrived with a son named James Wallace Hawkins weighing eight pounds at birth. The staff celebrated while nurses and family kept the news from the radio station until a later broadcast. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing well and the family thanks well wishers.
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Enterprise Office
James Wallace Hawkins
Kim
McNamee
Jack
Jaca
Rdio
James Wall- Seu
Anidack
Yooung
Yeuter
Louise
Sid
Suc Seu
Revue Presents Superb Program At Grand Theatre
A sparkling minstrel show with new jokes and songs, a well trained chorus, many Lov elty acts and stage stars, to be held at the Grand Theatre in eeos on December Tyth. Dudley Yard as interlocutor with H. H Johnson and others, chorus by Mrs. Buddy Withers, specialty numbers by Horace Woodruff and others, Rotary Club members in jewelry numbers, seats mostly reserved with ticket sales at Pecos Drug Store and Hinkle Drug Store.
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Nauridio
Grand Theatre
Eeos
Dudley Yard
H. H Johnson
Hilliard Camp
Wm. L. Kerr
John Perry
Pecos Drug Store
Hinkle Drug Store
Will Give Awards To Three Students
Three medals will be awarded at Pecos High School. One medal goes to the top academic student by grades. The other two medals honor the outstanding athlete and the student most active in school life, chosen by student vote.
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Pecos High School
Wink Roscoe Regional Championship Football Broadcast Set
By Wire Report the Wink Roscoe regional championship football game will be broadcast on KIU at 2 00 p m Friday from the Midland playing field. The study of the location ended with Midland chosen as site after a meeting at Big Spring. Sponsors include Wink merchants and businessmen with Pecos fans backing Wink Wildcats to bring the title to West Texas.
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KIU
Midland
West Texas
Wink
Roscoe
Big Spring
Wink Merchants
Pecos
Wildcats
Fire Causes Little Damage at Broadway Camps Cabin
A Tuesday afternoon cabin fire at Broadway Camps destroyed all furniture but left most of the structure intact. The cause remains undetermined and insurance coverage could not be confirmed.
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Broadway Camps
Afernoon
Remains Sent To Post For Burial
The remains of Mrs. Jack M. Lapeston died in a local hospital from a broken neck sustained in a highway crash. She was shipped to Post Texas Monday for burial, with Kolar Funeral Home in charge. Mrs Langston of El Paso, her husband, and two others injured were reported as recovering. ID. J. Patterson, with a broken back, was moved to William Beaumont Hospital Fort Worth.
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Jack M. Lapeston
Post
Texas
Kolar Funeral Home
Mother of Fred H. Wagner Passes Away
Mrs. Mary Wagner aged 75, mother of Fred H. Wagner a Federal engineer on the Pecos Federal court building, died at her San Antonio home last Friday from pneumonia after a brief illness. Wagner, his wife, and children Anne and Freddie were at her bedside. Funeral services were held Sunday in San Antonio. The Enterprise extends sympathy to Mr. Wagner.
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Mary Wagner
Fred H. Wagner
Pecos Federal Court
San Antonio
Texas
Wagner
West Texas Half Century of Progress Edition Preview
The Pecos Enterprise announces a Half Century of Progress Edition chronicling West Texas from cattle and Indian trails to modern roads and automotive life. It honors pioneers with vision and notes vast development transforming the region into a center of civic, industrial, and commercial growth.
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West Texas
Pecos
Miss McCree to Attend Methodist Young People Conference
Catherine McCree, newly elected president of the Texas Union of the Roswell District YP, was chosen as the Pecos First Methodist Church delegate to the church wide YP Conference in Memphis Tennessee from December 27 to January 1. She will join about seventy five speakers including Kwagawa of Japan and Senator Gerald Nye among other national figures.
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Catherine McCree
Texas Union of the Roswell District
First Methodist Church of
Davis Leaves To Assume Position In Douglas Arizona
Mr H P Davis left last Saturday for Douglas Arizona to take over his duties as head of the Chamber of Commerce and Mines there. He was to begin Tuesday. Mrs Davis and children remain in Pecos until after the new year with the move to Douglas pending.
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H. P. Davis
Douglas
Arizona
Ninnacer
Chamber of Commerce and Mines
Davis
To Occupy Federal Building After Ist
The Pecos federal building will be occupied by the local post office force and equipment between January 1 and January to according to an announcement from Postmaster M W Collie. Finishing touches are being applied to the interior of the handsome new structure.
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Pecos Federal
M. W. Collie
Bandsone
Fort Stockton High Band Delivers Notable Radio Concert
Fort Stockton High School band under Mr Berryman gave a Sunday concert over KIM regarded as the best band presentation on the local station. The Pecos high school remote control presentation featured novelty numbers with xylophone and marimba selections.
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Kim
Ospiece
Fort Stockton
Berryman
Othe Pecos High School
Tormint
Old Timer Program Scheduled On Station KIM
A revived Old Timer program will air next Monday night on Station KIM after a several week hiatus. It starts at 8 20 and features stories from 'the old days' by an elder storyteller along with period music.
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Kim
December DX Program Success at Railto Station KIUN
The December DX program at Railto Station KIUN broadcast Monday at 1 am reports strong reception across a wide United States area. Featured talent included Happy Boy Thomsen style piano solos and vocal numbers, and the California Playboys colored orchestra delivering jazz THUSiC.
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Railto
KIUN
United States
Happy Boy Thoms Etyles Piance
California Playboys
California Playboys Broadcast on KIM for Dances
The California Playboys colored dance orchestra broadcasts daily around the hoop hour over KIM. The group is available for dances and can be reached by letter or telephone through station KEEN.
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California Playboys
Kim
Post Office Opens Saturdays for Holiday Mail Rush
Postmaster M W Collie announces the local post office will be open Saturday afternoons through Christmas to handle the holiday mailing rush. On Saturday December 21 post offices will stay open until 6 PM, same as weekdays.
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M. W. Collie
Woodrow Wheat Welcomes Six-Pound Daughter Nancy Jeanne
Congratulations go to Mr and Mrs Woodrow Wheat on the birth of a six pound daughter Wednesday December 11 She is named Nancy Jeanne and is welcomed by family and friends in the community.
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Woodrow Wheat
Nancy Jeanne
John J Ivy Opens Pecos Real Estate Offices
John J. Ivy opened 14 real estate offices in Pecos this week occupying the building adjoining Pecos Furniture Co. He will handle Pecos city real estate and farm lands and believes Pecos is due for substantial real estate movement. Ivy has years of residence and is familiar with business conditions and values.
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John J. Ivy
Pecos
Pecos City
Ivy
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