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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1934
Page
7
A recent round at the country club features Vernon Hicks achieving a near perfect tee shot and a birdie on a 320 yard hole. Bill Holley and Dick Starley golf shirtless spark sun hardy talk while golfers enjoy shade from heat.
Leon Plumman, cadet resident, played 1 hole and posted 24 putts each day with several long putts, including one from 30 feet, as he challenged old heads for laurels. Bill Kerr, at the tary convention in Detroit last week, played on swell nurses around Detroit and comments on the scene.
E B Borron of Imperial vice president of the Red Bluff Water Power Control district was present for a Red Bluff board meeting. He reported conditions were good in his area and a good rain would help tremendously.
A late Methodist rally from 12 to 5 deficit ties the score at 12 to 12 after Ross and Wade on base and Sullivan’s single. The Retailers answer with two runs in the tenth to win 14 to 13 as King Morrison pitched for the Retailers and Williams for the Methodists.
Four tall posts rise around the softball diamond signaling lights will soon be used for night games. Rev. Wade, famed Methodist first baseman, demonstrated his resilience by taking a hard throw to the chest during warmups, barely reacting as he stayed in the play.
An advertiser urges readers to use Lucky Tiger Antiseptic Ointment to relieve pain and prevent infection after accidents. The pass along message highlights availability at all druggists and frames it as a dependable, long standing remedy.
Former Mercantile Telephone ten first baseman T. B. Pruett argues teams win with one player who can hit, field, and run, offering a straightforward solution to improving game outcomes.
Chuck Jones of the Retailer team says if the boys were good people wouldn’t come out to see them. The more errors, the larger the gate receipts and the larger the scores.
Mr and Mrs Ted Seay return ed to Pecos Sunday after spending their honeymoon in Denver Colo and El Paso They will make their home here.
The Wholesalers built a 12-3 lead, then withstood an eight-run Baptist rally in the sixth to win 24 to 14. A near late surge faded as the Baptists dropped the ninth under semi darkness. Keith Camp executed a fateful grounder run from first to home for the final out. Adcock Woodruff Clark pitched for the Wholesalers. Morison caught. Matejowsky Dardin toed the slab for the Baptists with Meadows and Baker behind the dish.
Mrs Pat Meran has been transferred by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co to join her husband at Humble Oil and Refining Co location. Joe Sweetwater serves as the base of her spouse's assignment.
Pat Moran Jr now of Sweetwater but formerly of Pecos spent last week in town renewing friendships and handling business.
Mrs O J Bryan and daughter Josephine returned last Thursday from an extended Texas visit. Nell Betty Anderson visits friends in Denver Colorado. Mr and Mrs M W Collie returned last Friday from a two days El Paso trip. Mrs Floyd Brownlee and children enjoy the cool breezes at the Brownlee cabin on the Ruidoso.
Joe Hinson is convalescing from a recent appendicitis operation. He is resting at home and recovering gradually under doctor supervision.
I A Humphries of Balmorhea was in town Friday transacting business and visiting friends. Ted Johnston county agricultural agent visited in Wink last Saturday. Mrs J R Hays is able to be up and about after a several days illness. Charlies Hudson is out again after a hospital stay for a fractured arm. Joe Hinson has returned home after appendix surgery and is convalescing. Mr and Mrs Dave Sudderth and daughter Mary of Monahans visited Sunday.
Dope results show Mercantile Telephone 123 defeating Retailers 13 and Wholesalers 24 to 14 over Baptist teams. Standings list Fireboys at 6 0 with best 1.000, Wholesalers 24 Baptists 14, Retailers Merc Tel 6 0 3 000 2 4 16. Games scheduled include July 5 Mere Telephone Co vs July 6 Fireboys vs Methodists and July 9 Wholesalers vs Methodists.
From the 1918 Enterprise files the Pecos ladies gathered at the Opera House for instruction on drafting legible ballots as they exercise their newly gained voting rights. Also noted is a birth in Shreveport where Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Colwell welcomed a son on June 22, with the family spending the summer there.
Mr and Mrs Chas Manahan Mr and Mrs Albert Sisk and their daughter Dorothy left Wednesday by automobile for Mineral Wells to spend time recuperating.
B A Oden got a letter from son Floyd serving in France with the air corps. The letter highlights the high morale among American troops as a main feature.
A week of heavy rain in the trans-Pecos area brought a bounty to farmers and ranchers. The Williams-Kerr rain gauge recorded a total of 2.30 inches, marking a rare substantial fall for the period.
A new Hazel 1 producer from Lockhart and Co. begins operation in Ward County. The unit is delivering 140 barrels after a shot incident at a 4233 fee site, marking a notable output debut.
A fire damaged Dave's Hall this week and investigators have not determined a cause. Officials report property loss at $250 with no injuries.
The Crane Gulfers shut out Pecos 4 to 0 in a tight baseball game. Pitching and defense limited the Pecos offense while the Gulfers produced the decisive runs late in the contest.
Work starts on a new hotel at the corner of 83rd and Oak streets constructed by B. T. Biggs.
The Pecos rodeo held on July 3 4 and 5 drew between five thousand and eight thousand spectators, breaking attendance records for the event.
Mr and Mrs E S Scrimshire and daughter have come back from a ten days trip visiting Stephenville Dallas and several other East Texas points.
Dr and Mrs C D Gipson and children ended a vacation with fishing around Pecos New Mexico Drought lowered stream flows making catching fish difficult but Gipson did manage to catch several trout on the trip
Rev and Mrs C R Wade and their daughter Ruth spent Monday night visiting friends in Carlsbad.
Isola DeRacy was elected Queen of the Rodeo this year. Bill Till of Fort Stockton won the $175 saddle offered by the ID Myers Saddle Co of El Paso. The saddle was raffled off, Bill holding the lucky number.
On his farm in Saragosa Catherine Carrasco was instantly killed when struck by a bolt of lightning this week. In Pecos Georgia Johnson was chosen as the city’s most beautiful girl at the Firemen’s Beauty Revue held at the Grand Theatre.
A marketing note claims Lucky Tiger antiseptic ointment beats a full medicine chest for vacation injuries. It allegedly soothes pain and prevents infection, advertised for sale at all druggists.
G A Hopper and family left Saturday for a three week trip to the Ozark mountains spanning eastern Oklahoma northern Arkansas and southern Missouri with plans for a leisurely stay and sightseeing.
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