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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
5
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To marry Sunday, Miss Lillian Young will wed Bill Walters of Jal, New Mexico, in the Young home here. The rites occur Sunday at four o'clock with Miss Margie Pouncey and Frank Montgomery of Odessa as attendants.
Community notes from Toyah Oklahoma detail births, departures, and visits. Gene Webb and Inez Hawthorne welcome daughter Joretta Caroline born June 23. Residents attend farewells for Mr. and Mrs. Reeves as they relocate to Abilene. Social events, trips to El Paso and Roswell, and revivals are reported with multiple local families named.
Mrs. Raymond Curfman formerly Miss Dorothy Nabors of Pecos married Mr. Curfman of Electra in April. The marriage was announced last week at a breakfast hosted by the bride’s mother and sister Mrs. R V Nabors and Miss Mary Nabors.
Archie Ross and family from Comstock visited this week with Mrs Archie Ross and Mrs James F Ross. Betty Ann Ross, Mrs David McClesky, and Chucky returned to Comstock with them. Milton and Alfred Brooks of El Paso joined Rev George Brooks, who had led singing at a Baptist revival. Norvell Davis lost his car near Toyah en route to Pecos when a spark from a lit cigarette ignited spilled gas, injuring W A Davis slightly.
Texas A and M economist W E Morgan warns cotton producers face competition from rayon and synthetic fabrics. He notes rayon use surged over 20 years while cotton prices fell, but asserts rayon growth alone does not explain lower cotton prices. The trend persists despite very low cotton prices in 1931 and 1932.
Farmers and ranchmen attending the Texas A and M College Short Course on July 13 14 15 will find unlimited dormitory and campground rooms. Girls in the Junior Short Course stay in dormitories while most boys sleep at the stadium or in camp grounds. Reservations are through county agricultural agents.
Sheriff and Mrs Hardin Ross of Mentone were in town last weekend to attend the rodeo and visit with friends.
Mr and Mrs Gene Rumbaugh and Al Gene left last week for a vacation trip to New York. They planned visits to notable sites and expect to return with memories from their travels.
Mr and Mrs A G Van Horn entertained relatives and friends at a weekend barbecue. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Hubert Isbill and daughters Rita and Vesta Mr and Mrs Charles Ailes and daughters Mr and Mrs Charley Young and daughter Lillian Mr and Mrs W A Bush and son Mr and Mrs E L Buchannan Rev Oliver Harrison J H Arthur Mrs E P Van Horn Peggy Laird Ailes and Mr and Mrs A G Van Horn.
Mrs Floyd Brownlee and her daughters Geraldine Marianne and Mildred have returned from Rui dosa where they spent the past two weeks on vacation.
The Armstrong family held a weekend reunion at Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Armstrongs home. Attendees included relatives from Odessa Pecos Kermit Seagraves Mentone El Paso Wink Pecos and Pecos with many Armstongs and related family members listed by name.
Rev F O Parr and family arrive in Pecos to begin as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene. He comes from Las Cruces New Mexico after 3 1 2 years there. Parr says he and locals are enthusiastic and will cooperate with civic and religious efforts and invites public to attend services.
Miss Jane Ellen Hart of El Paso visits this week with Mrs. A J Hart, Mr and Mrs Barney Hubbs and other relatives.
In Texas 117 counties face severe crop damage as federal poison supplies run out. Entomologist R R Reppert says 700 carloads of bran and sodium arsenite are now used, covering about 3 million acres at 10 pounds per acre. Effectiveness remains 60 to 95 percent, with more requests for allotments pending.
Miss Nancy Green was hostess at a dinner party given by her aunt Mrs. Tom McClure. Fourth of July decor featured red white and blue. Guests included Margie Slack Ruth Reeder Martha Ellis Shirley Glasscock Mary Louise Rader Marion Russell Ethel Armstrong Marilea Boles Virginia Wray Lillian Cowan Dorothy Smith and the hostess. M Somes, visiting from Mentone with his daughter Mrs. Harden Ross, attended Pecos rodeo and show over the weekend.
Rev. A C Douglas announced a non denominational vacation Bible school at the Methodist Church starting Monday morning. The program runs 9 to 11 each weekday for two weeks for children ages four to 14 with competent teachers and directed recreational activities.
One half block off the highway opposite the public school Rev F O Farr new pastor Sunday School 945 A M Joe Lewis Superintendent Preaching by the Pastor 1100 A M N Y PS Tee M K C Jackson Leader Preaching by the Pastor 800 P M Prayer meeting Web 800 P M
Pat Moran formerly of Sanderson and now in Balmorhea spent last weekend in town for the rodeo. Sergt. Guy Smith from El Paso was here Saturday handling Texas Highway Patrol affairs.
Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Tucker left last weekend for a vacation trip to California.
The Christian Council group entertained about twenty five members at a breakfast Tuesday morning at Mrs. A. G. Van Horn home. Co hosts Mrs. E. L. Buchannan Mrs Lyndell Warnock and Mrs Harper Wicker assisted. Miss Lillian Young bride elect of Sunday received a dishes set from the council.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Roberts of El Paso spent the Fourth weekend here visiting friends. Roberts, a former Texas Highway Patrol captain, is now division manager of System Freight Service Company.
Mrs H L Byrd Mrs Nick Medanich Mrs Jack Gray and children and Frank Medanich left early this week for Mississippi to visit relatives. They traveled via San Antonio en route.
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