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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
5
Pecos columns recap a string of visits and travels. Residents and visitors including Miss Lilie Poe Cargill Hez Kountz and many families journey between Pecos Roswell Balmorhea Fort Stockton Abilene Lubbock and Dallas. The Commissioner's Court met. river bridge estimates approved. town council screens library ventilators. several residents return from studies or trips and plan future visits or relocations.
New York City visitors Mr and Mrs G R White arrived to see Mrs J B Young and Mr and Mrs V Van Gieson. Barstow CO and other eastern points were noted for Mrs W J Miller of El Paso. The Christian Revival ended with eight new church members and the Methodist picnic drew families to T P Park. Local dances, dances at the Hayes home, and visits from residents like Dennis Hayes and Wm Daniel were recorded along with transit to Seymour and Chicago events.
News arrives of L B Westerman death at Balmorhea his residence on Thursday June 11 at 5 00 pm heart trouble cited as the cause burial planned today if relatives arrive in time further details to follow next week
Public sale notices from Reeves County Texas detail multiple foreclosures under orders of sale by Sherriff E B Kiser and deputies. Properties include half interests in sections of the H G N Ry Co survey and a 200 acre tract in Section 189, with sales set for July 7 and May 1925 temperatures.
Miss Helen Ezell hosted a Friday evening forty two party for her young guests including Treble Adams Lucile Slack Pullen and fourteen others. Nine games preceded refreshments of lemonade and cookies served to Evelyn Leeman Atys sa Posey Kate Ross Laura Helen Lowell Ernest Harp John M. Cowan Howell Johnson Milford Howard Cecil Turner Clifton Ezel and Helen Ezell.
Pecos defeats Fort Stockton 7 to 6 on Sunday as Pecos scores seven runs after a blank second through final innings. Fort Stockton had a strong first inning, scoring all six of their runs before Pecos plated seven in the later frames.
Mary Pickford appears in a new Tess of the Storm Country at Rialto Theatre. The article hails the film as the crowning achievement of Pickford’s career and notes show dates Monday and Tuesday.
Under the supervision of M. E. Neiderkorn the City Fountain project advances toward completion. When finished it will be an object of beauty with water streams and night illumination by large electric globes. The note praises Neiderkorn’s competence in guiding the work and mentions upcoming Mary Pickford film appearances at the Rialto.
The Pecos Valley Southern Ry. Co. urges the public not to remove any old ties or materials from their right of way. Anyone who does so will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
In the Western District of Texas Pecos Division Marvin David Cowan was adjudged a bankrupt on June 1 1925 The first meeting of creditors will be held in Pecos Texas on June 22 at 10 o clock in the forenoon Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt before the referee BEN RANDALL Referee in Bankruptcy
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