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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
1
Promoter Dots, Pecos Tex, invites Reeves County to aWest Texas style Fourth of July festival with football golf and cow pony racing. Pecos Fall team promises strong out of town opponents and a large fireworks display. The event features broncho busting swimming and barbecued beef with free coffee and milk for workers.
Pecos celebrates Miss Julia Magee for four years at Texas Christian University earning an A average and placing on the honor roll. She joined the Texas Scholarship Society and received a $25 Phi Beta Kappa prize while balancing multiple activities.
Mrs Henrietta Ablard of the Bureau of Child Hygiene arrived in Pecos on Saturday to conduct county health work for Reeves Loving and Ward counties for three months. Activities include Well Baby Clinics where mothers bring children below school age to be weighed and measured and Mothers Classes teaching home hygiene and invalid cooking.
The Music Week booklet programs are off the press and available by mail at 14 cents per copy. Send orders to the Tri City Orchestra in Pecos Texas.
Tete Johnson and his wife are described as a loving couple and now shave each other's necks in a lighthearted exchange.
This brief piece presents Ed Purdy's philosophy noting that children no longer cling to their mothers, unable to reach them, reflecting social changes in parental bonds.
In a seven inning game the Baptists toppled the Methodists 6 to 0 after a late surge. Camp led the Baptists creating scoring opportunities while Otto Cartock and Drummond paced the Baptist offense. Palmer umpired as Roberson Wadley and McClure formed the Methodist battery. The Santa Anna News notes envy hinders progress and praises good will.
The Enterprise reports favorable responses to its delinquent subscribers notice. Money arrives from across the country and readers express willingness to pay two dollars per year to support the paper. Publishers urge continued effort to avoid personal notices.
In a tense league clash the Lowly Baptists defeated the Methodists to seize early control. Camp reached base, Moorhead and Ivy scored, Hardy brought in a run, and Otto started strong before Carlock finished the game as the Baptists pulled away late.
The Pecos ball team routed Odessa last Thursday on the home lot, scoring steadily from the second inning. Carlock pitched well with solid support behind him as Pecos pulled away, adding three runs in the eighth inning while Odessa managed only one run in the ninth. Pecos outhit Odessa and showed a sharper form, with Carlock and Cox starring for Pecos and R. Graham, Marr, and the Odessa battery managing little. Palmer and Bell umpired.
Mrs Buckner says harmony at home is impossible while Mrs Becker claims peace. The exchange centers on a radio as a symbol of domestic disagreement, reflecting contrasting family dynamics.
The California Oil Company in section 18, block 91, Culberson County, advances a well started earlier in the week. Nearby Grisham well, five miles north and east, spuds in with rapid drilling expected. Six major Texas firms hold acreage around these wells, with large lease blocks across Reeves and Loving counties. Bell and P. V. Co. wells also progress, depth around 2900 feet on the latter, with six weeks to completion barring mishaps. Gypsy Oil Company geologists from Denver visited Pecos to study the field.
Salem Gazette reports Constable Perkins halted Thursday night performance at the opera house charging an indecent exhibit. He arrested both the ventriloquist and his dummy.
Blonde Bess declares there is only one knock the boss heeds and that is opportunity, framing it as the sole gatekeeper to advancement.
The Committee on Masonic Service and Education led by Wilbur Keith plans an educational meeting in Pecos for district lodges Toyah Pecos Barstow Monahans and Grandfalls. Guest speaker Most Worshipful Grand Master Guinn Williams Congressmen from the 1th district is expected to attend and a Fort Worth Masonic Home and School graduate will join speakers. The event will include moving pictures and is open to all masons and families with a brief lodge meeting for the record. Pecos Valley Lodge members prepare to host visiting masons and families on this occasion. Further program details will follow.
A humorous exchange features Dumb Dan Gardens Jedkins bragging about planting a pound of canary seed and Dan replying with a drawn out admission. The light quip highlights rural humor and playful bragging about poultry or pet bird keeping.
A widower, four months after his spouse's passing, vows a new marriage. The remark calls him a wise old bird who believes happiness cannot last.
The Literary Association gathered at the Carnegie Library on June 4 1924 with Mayor J W Moore among attendees. Donations were reported by Mrs J W Moore including 17 from the Twentieth Century Club and 15 from the Merry Wives Club. The council approved 50 per month for library maintenance plus 25 for building upkeep. Mrs J W Moore was re elected president. Executive board members and officers were named by the president. Citizens urged to attend the next meeting.
Mrs Guzh notes her husband Mr Man responds cautiously to plans for a celebratory dinner honoring a thirtieth birthday. He recalls being excited only the first few times, suggesting mixed feelings about the surprise.
A cartoon caption shows Dora asking if Tot aters are served and a waiter replies that all are seated and no discrimination is made, indicating inclusive service.
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