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Newspaper

Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1940

Page

6

Eagles Defeat Toyah For Reeves Basketball Crown

Pecos High School Eagles clinch Reeves County championship with a 40 14 victory over Toyah. Coached by Clayton Hopkins and Girvice Wreh er, Pecos displays depth with multiple substitutions and a strong front line led by Burchard Kenter Inglesby and Griffin. The win advances Pecos to district play in Fort Stockton Friday and Saturday. An exhibition volleyball win by Miss Burdette Wilms completes the county title events.

Pecos High Reeves Coun Toyah Balmorhea Pecos Oyah Clayton Hopkins Girvice Wreher Burchard Kenter Glesby Lucas Strong Griffin Billy Frank Davenport Paulette Pete Atkins Eagles Chér Rston Burdette Wilms Aow Basketll Fort Stockton Fort Ockton

Pecos Tennis Club elects Harrison president at reorganizational meeting

Harrison was chosen president of the Pecos Tennis Club this week at the re organization meeting. Harold E Tips is retiring president and vice president, with Rusty Bell re elected treasurer and Miss Birdie Bell secretary. Frosty Barnett John Sweatt and Betsy Ross named directors. Alyce Clyde Brophy to head a membership drive. Dues set at 2 dollars. Grounds committee named and courts to be maintained by Frosty Barnett John Sweatt and Betsy Ross. Treasurer Rusty Bell reported the club operated in the black.

To Harrison Pecos Harrison Harold E. Tips Rusty Bell Miss Birdie Bell Frosty Barnett John Sweatt Barstow Betsy Ross Tips Alyce Clyde Brophy

Name the Golf Course Contest Opens at Pecos

Pecos announces a name-finding contest for its upcoming west Ro y Field golf course. Miss Cathryn Armstrong will craft the nine hole layout, and the best submitted name wins two weeks of golf on opening day. Entries must be mailed to Miss Armstrong or the Enterprise desk before 6 pm March 1.

Fiss Cathryn Armstrong Pecos Roy Field Miss Armstrong Miss Astrong Spt Spks Enterprise

Anderson Returns To Bluff District Job With RFC

Andy Anderson, former Bluff District employee, resigns as assistant county agent of Brown County to join the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as a hydraulic engineer. He is assigned to the Bluff District by the RFC and will operate from Pecos.

Andy) Anderson Bluff District Pecos Reconstruction Finance Corporon Nderson Stant Brown Onty RFC

Iugo Justis Visits Pecos as Business Visitor

Iugo Justis of Jal New Mexico traveled to Pecos for a business visit on Wednesday.

Iugo Justis Jal, N. M Pecos

Naming contest to rename golf course sparks public ideas

Local call for golf course name ideas led by Cathryn Armstrong invites public submissions with name and address. Winner earns two weeks of free golf. the piece also notes Tennis Club dues and club activity, plus quirky local anecdotes about ghosts, cars, and school sports governance.

Visitors list of Texas and out of state guests

A long list of visitors is recorded including Texas guests P. S. Freeland Fort Hancock L L Berry Fort Hancock Mark E Nusbaum El Paso E M Hughes Big Spring and local hosts Mr and Mrs Jesse Ray Miller Haskell Out of state guests include John J Sweeney Brooklyn N Y Mr and Mrs J L Musgrove Winfield Kan Mr and Mrs B F Short Bakersfield Calif Mr and Mrs W R Wells Phoenix Ruth Mary Wells Phoenix W R Thomas San Jose Calif Selwyn Smith Cars Lake Minn Samuel Day Uniontown Pa William Jabe Gliquippa Pa Alton Diggers Baltimore Md Stirl Siegela Las Cruces N M Rodney Fendell Cambridge Minn Mr and Mrs Alvin Erickson Cambridge Minn Mrs Linden Erickson Cambridge Minn Randall E Sams Marcia Ann Graves Dorothy R Graves Ross E Graves all of Bay City Mich

Texas P. S. Freeland Fort Hancock L. L. Berry Mark E. Nusbaum el Paso E. M. Hughes Big Spring Jesse Ray Miller Haskell John J. Sweeney Brooklyn N. Y J. L. Musgrove Winfield Kan B. F. Short Bakersfield Calif W. R. Wells Phoenix Ariz Ruth Mary Wells W. R. Thomas San Jose Selwyn Smith Cars Lake Minn Samuel Day Uniontown William Jabe Gliquippa Alton Diggers Baltimore Lamar Colwell Carlsbad N. M W. C. Moore B. W. Brown Stirl Siegela Las Cruces Rodney Fendell Cambridge

Navy Personnel Rating Is High in 1941 Outlook

The United States Navy is projected to reach about 175000 personnel in 1941, up about 30000 from 1940. The service runs schools with many trades taught, offers free advancement courses, and notes rising enlistment quotas. Information is available from the Navy Recruiting Station in El Paso, Texas.

United States Navy Navy el Paso Texas

Cushion chairs installed in Grand Theatre seating

The Grand Theatre will receive upholstered cushion chairs by the weekend. Manager Gene Hendon announced that all wooden seats on the lower floor will be removed and replaced with cushion chairs where not already present. Sheriff Louis Roberson and Harvey Beauchamp were Balmorah heads visitors Sunday. W. E. Bell spent last weekend in Dallas on business.

Grand Theatre Gene Hendon Hendon Louis Roberson Harvey Beauchamp W. E. Bell Dallas

Texas pupils vie for fire prevention poster prizes

Thousands of Texas school children will compete for 105 in cash prizes in a fire prevention poster contest. Marvin Hall says eight awards will be given in each division high school intermediate and primary. Posters must be original on fire prevention topics and arrive in Austin by May 1 with at most one entry per grade.

Austin Texas Marvin Hall Hall

Blackwell Named to West Committee on Education Convention

Pecos superintendent R Henry Blackwell is named a member of the All Western Administrators convention and Exhibit Committee. The group aims to entice educational conventions from the East to the West and test Western influence with the American Association of School Administrators invited to meet in the West in 1942.

R. Henry Blackwell Pecos American Association of School Administrators West

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Reeves Oliver Harrison PF FF Ublic Anper Pecos, Texas Writers’ Dinner Herbert Hoover James A. Farley United States Democratic National Committee Baseball Writers New York City Sports Writers Sport Sparks Society For Prevention Jeff Wood Monahans West Texas Today West Texas Chamber of Commerce Burns Bennett West Texas Memphis Ranger Jacksboro Coleman Midland Odessa Colorado City Sarah Sue Ramsey Say Sarah Sue Say Wink Balmorhea, Texas Joe Fitch C. OF Dane America Washington Leo Diegel Professional Shawnee-on-Delaware Diegel Downs-Sullivan Motor CO Speedy Sullivan Motor Plymouth Oldsmobile GMC Motor Blackwell Taurants
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