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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated May 16 1925 under Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H Lott announce consolidation details. The paper, serving Reeves County since 1887, lists subscription rates and filing deadlines for weekly editions.
An eight year old asks if Santa Claus exists and the New York Sun editorial answers yes. It argues faith over proof, noting that many real things elude sight and that Santa embodies love, generosity, devotion, and the enduring spirit of childhood.
Five brilliant stars headline The Shining Hour at the Grand Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday. Joan Crawford leads the cast in her first screen appearance in nearly a year alongside Margaret Sullavan Robert Young Melvyn Douglas and Fay Bainter in a modern tale of glamour shifting to midwestern life. The film from Joseph Mankiewicz follows a dancer’s rise and a perilous love story adapted from stage successes with a score by Franz Warman.
A roster of Texas visitors includes E. C. Butler An son Mr and Mrs Dick Prewit Wartham Mrs D Denny Royalty G C Parchaan Kermit H D Myrick Fort Worth Mr and Mrs Clifton Rice El Paso. Out-of-state visitors named include Ed Fritz Detroit Mich Herbert Harmes Fairbanks Alaska Mary Fenimore Hillsboro Oregon Jesse B Powell Portales NM Allie Meek McCall Ruth Lagenby J S Butler Carlsbad NM Mrs E C Cullerson Cardiff Calif D K Eidson Winnipeg Manitoba Carl E Rustab Noyes Minn A G Harvey C H Zingg Gering Nebraska Mrs S W Smith Valdosta Ga Mrs P H Dupont Valdosta Ga T E Pierce Minneapolis Kans Mrs Miles A Putnam Tacoma Washington Maggie Woodie Tucson Ariz.
Eugene Donnell Bill Ellis James King Millie Knox Jack Oglesby and Marion Cooper of Pecos attending John Tarleton College Stephenville are home for Christmas holidays and will return January 2 1939.
The activated sludge process treats sewage and reduces bacteria by about 90 percent, according to the report.
In New York hotels and night clubs Joan Crawford performs for the first time since Dancing Lady. She teams with Tony De Marco in a spectacular number featuring five dances in one, delivering thrilling moments for the audience.
Down The Trail reports numerous sales as buyers from Pecos to Elida and beyond purchase two year old steers and calves from Finley, the Slash Ranch, Dinwiddie Brothers, and others. traders note heavy buying in Trans Pecos, with bulls and heifers moving to Barstow, Lubbock, and Big Spring amid rising demand.
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