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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
5
Rev Oliie McDaniel pastors the Toyah Baptist Church with Sunday School at 11 am morning preaching at 7 15 pm Baptist Training Union 8 15 pm and evening preaching at 8 15 pm Prayer preaching on the second and fourth Sundays midweek service schedule listed each week.
Five sons and daughters of pioneer Pecos family with their mother attended the 1939 Pecos Rodeo and Celebration. Mrs Mary Owens and relatives gained more than 300 years of residence west of the Pecos. Owens family arrived in Pecos in 1886 and 1889 births. They joined the 10th annual celebration on Monday and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ragatz and their children arrive with Ben F. Edwards of Omaha Nebraska to spend several weeks visiting Mrs Ragatz and Mr Edwards parents Dr. and Mrs. C L Edwards.
Mr and Mrs Bill Ross and daughter Billy Nell visited Pecos relatives including Mrs W L Ross and attended the local rodeo during the past week end and the start of this week.
Several Pecos Methodist Church members plan to attend the Sacramento Assembly at Weed New Mexico next week. A Nashville Tennessee Women’s Council visitor and New Mexico Conference officers will participate in the program focusing on women’s work for the church. Attendees include Mrs Elmer Wadley president of the Women’s Missionary Society Mrs Hollis Smith treasurer Mrs Beulah J Wilson and Mrs Tom Frieze.
Pecos Chapter No. 81 O E S will hold a stated meeting next Monday at 8 pm with Mrs Allie Rhea Beck presiding and Hollis Smith serving as presiding officer during initiation. A social hour follows and Mrs Edna Alexander will be refreshment hostess. Members urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Colwell and daughter Verna Mae with Ancey Griffin and Don Harrison of Hamlin arrived Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Colwell. Mrs. C. C. Colwell joined them through Carlsbad Caverns on Monday and the group returned home Tuesday.
Rev W M Turner presides as pastor with Sunday School at 9 45 a m Baptist Training Union at 7 15 p m and midweek meetings. Sunday prayer and evening preaching complete the weekly lineup at 8 o clock.
Pastor Rev John W Byrd leads Sunday duties with 10 a m worship 11 a m Sunday School 5 p m morning service 6 p m Pioneer YP 8 p m Senior YP meeting Choir practice 8 p m midweek Worship service listed.
George Daniel and daughter Georgia Wright Daniel of Kentucky visit Pecos to see her father. Local and surrounding residents including Dee Davis Jr and J. T. Humphreys host and travel plans to St Louis Illinois and East Texas are noted along with church group activity and a sheriff sale notice in Balmorhea Reeves County Texas.
Miss Patricia Green and Allan Green returned to Alpine Tuesday after a weekend visit with Mr. and Mrs. Tom McClure.
Jas A Fry Minister announces weekly schedule with Bible study at 10 a.m. Sundays morning worship at 10 45 a.m. Evening service at 7 45 p.m. Mid week service Wednesday 7 45 p.m. Women's class Thursday 3 p.m.
Rev Oliver W Harrison pastors the Sunday School at 9 45 morning worship at 10 55 and evening worship at 7 45 with Jo W Camp serving as superintendent and Wrangler s club at 6 30 all services feature sermons by the pastor.
A church announces Sunday morning activities with a 10 o'clock class for all ages and 11 o'clock worship featuring special music and a sermon by the pastor. Epworth League meets at 7:00 followed by an 8 o'clock evening worship with a lively program by the youth group.
An average American family in Sudden Money stars Charles Ruggles as a sweepstakes millionaire. His windfall lets each family member indulge suppressed desires while Marjorie Rambau plays his flighty wife Broderick Crawford is the brother in law and Evelyn Keyes his daughter in a Tuesday Grand Theatre showing.
Former Pecos Rodeo queen Miss Margaret Duncan married Johnny Fitzgerald of Fort Davis Sunday night with Justice B A Oden officiating. Duncan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jimmy Duncan, has ties to a Davis Mountain ranching family and studied in Fort Davis and at Texas Christian University. Skeet Williams of Jal New Mexico visited Pecos relatives nearby.
Dates set July 31 to August 8 for the Paisano Baptist Encampment with Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas again headlining preaching each evening at 7 30. Dr. Perry F Webb of San Antonio to conduct morning services and a host of leaders from Baylor University First Baptist San Antonio and state Baptist organizations to lead Bible classes BTU training and women missionary activities.
Mrs Beau Eisenwine and son and Douglas Fernandez of Odessa are visiting Mrs J E Eisenwine this week, bringing a family gathering to the area.
Miss Ruth Newell departed Saturday morning for Cody Wyoming to visit relatives for six weeks.
Cyrus L Edwards son of Dr and Mrs C L Edwards has returned to Los Angeles where he has re entered the Los Angeles College of Chico practice.
Mrs Claudia Seay of Toyah visited Pecos briefly on Saturday then departed for Idaho Springs Colorado to establish her residence there.
Richard Hamilton of St. Louis arrived in Pecos last Sunday to attend the 10th annual rodeo and visit the Roberts family for two weeks before returning home. He is a friend of Rufus A. Roberts Jr. and William Gordon Roberts.
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