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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1924
Page
8
Judge Jas F Ross and T B Pruett visited Toyah for political and business matters. Residents Ira J Bell and others pursuing interests in Dixieland Syndicate and local enterprises. Many names, travel, illnesses, and community events weave through Pecos and Toyah life with reunions, travels to El Paso and Dallas, and preparations for Sousa performances.
Mrs. O J Bryan entertained many young friends of her daughter Josephine Saturday afternoon with games and refreshments. Attendees included Beverly Vaughan Gladys Lewis Florence Johnson Elugene Harris Norabel Hollebeke Jane Edith Prickett Mary Elizabeth Norwood Elrogene Johnson Ada Merle Moran Claralu Beauchamp Eloise O Neil Nell Anderson and Josephine Bryan.
Mrs. Posey hosted Thursday afternoon from three to six, introducing an 84 game. After refreshments of grape fruit, angel food squares, candy, and tea, Mrs. Ira J. Bell and Mrs. Herbert Prickett played two piano solos. Guests included Mrs. W. W. Dean, Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. H. N. Lusk, Mrs. A. G. Taggart, and many others. The group shared funny tales, each story getting livelier. Posey was aided by her daughter Ailsa.
Mrs O J Bryan hosted a January 11 dinner in honor of Dr Bryan's birthday. Guests enjoyed four courses and bridge after a humorous toast by H G Russell who presented an auto robe gift amid candles on the cake. Invited guests included C J Magee David Tudor W W Dean J A Crane and Birge Holt of Barstow among others.
Miss Evelyn Slack and Mr. R D Mahoney of El Paso wed Monday evening at the Methodist parsonage with Rev L L Thurston officiating. The couple, long in a Pecos romance, will reside in El Paso after the ceremony as friends wish them happiness and prosperity.
Sheriff and Tax Collector E B Kiser announces tax collection rounds in Saragosa Balmorhea Toyah for the 14th through 18th of the month. He will carry the books and urges residents to pay locally rather than travel to the county seat.
The Churches Church of Grist holds services every Sunday at eleven o'clock in Barstow Texas inviting residents to attend and participate in worship and fellowship.
The Rev. L. L. Thurston will occupy the pulpit at the Methodist church’s 11 o’clock Sunday morning service and the Rev. B. M. Nelson will preach at the evening service. All other regular services during the coming week will proceed as usual.
The Associational B Y P A in Monahans is postponed two weeks. Expected strong car turnout for February first Sunday and high Sunday School attendance. B Y P U meetings at regular hour. no church preaching Sunday due to pastor away. Judge Henry Russell to teach the Men's Bible Class. Regular midweek services continue.
The Orient Hotel continues serving meals while H. T. Collier is confined to his room with a cold and a slight fever.
Mrs. Rose Harvey via her agent D A Dodds Hall sells her 280 acre Hoban pump farm in Reeves county Pecos to R W Alcorn from Mississippi. Alcorn arrives well recommended by banks and local gentry. household goods moved to the farm. Mrs Hall plans to reenter real estate.
A man out of gas stops by a river to admire a beaver dam while a passerby observes a choked riverbank. The vignette captures a quiet, comic contrast between nature and a stalled vehicle.
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