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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
3
Superintendent R Henry Blackwell announces honor roll lists for all grades. Highest honors require straight A average with no absences. several students across grades earned highest honors. Honors include top averages with no grade below 85 and limited absences. many named students across first through tenth grades listed.
Honor Roll for second semester lists Robert Prestridge sixth grade Margaret Abbott and Ruthie Reed er seventh grade Margaret Simmons ninth grade Frances Scrimshire tenth grade Frances Titus Shelby King Sr Sally Sue Toll Homer Dee Wright first stade Wanda Frances Hicks second grade Peggy Glover Freida Hardy Kathryn Hart Marcella O Dell Missing punctuation and some names partially unreadable in the source text.
The Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary held a combined business and inspirational meeting at the Presbyterian church Tuesday afternoon. Officers reported, a devotional led by Mrs. Martin, and a program on Korea missions followed. Attendees listed include Mesdames John Bush, Bike Simmons, T. B. Pruett, John Correll, George Maley, and guest Miss Disch.
William Adams a former Pecos resident married Helen Wells from Los Angeles in Yuma Arizona last Saturday. Adams is the son of Mrs. Tena Adams and spent his boyhood years in Pecos before living away for six to seven years. The couple came from Yuma to visit his mother and will live in Los Angeles where Adams works.
In a mass meeting at the First Baptist Church last night, residents subscribed 3950 dollars toward a new Pecos water works system, marking a strong early step toward a complete overhaul in coming months.
A letter to Judge J. A. Crane from Lt. L. W. McIntosh J. M. states the Trans-Continental Flying circus will visit Pecos soon to engage young men in the air service.
Friends of the Hankins family in Pecos received invitations this week to the Austin High School graduation exercises sent by Miss Alice Hankins, who has been a Pecos student this year.
This week the King well No 1 was spadded in on water tract No 4 section 40 block 4 H. and G. N. survey. The company aims to reach the Laura oil sand and develop it, with a possible 1000 feet deeper drilling if needed.
The Pecos chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star installed Mrs Kilmer Johnson as worthy matron and Mr Elmer Johnson as worthy patron during a Saturday night ceremony.
Preparations were underway this week for the Pecos American Legion annual rodeo to be held on July 3 and 4.
Two Pecos youths Bobbie Dean and Louise Starley earned University of Texas degrees this week. Elizabeth Brown of El Paso married Jim Hilliard Camp of Pecos at Dr Felix Miller home, then planned a Pecos residency after a Minnesota Chicago honeymoon. A minor cyclone plus heavy rain and hail battered Pyote tearing roofs from houses and damaging a tourist camp.
Miss Jessie Hogue selects Mrs. Tucker's Shortening exclusively for her Cooking School, praising Cottonseed Oil as the preferred shortening material. She notes its government-tested superiority, its digestibility, and its benefit to the Southwest, which produces the world's largest crops. Mrs. Tucker first labeled containers with Made EXCLUSIVELY from CHOICE Cottonseed Oil and commits to staying with Cottonseed Oil despite cheaper substitutes.
Mrs Alfa Morrow of Slaton Texas is visiting with Rev W M Turner and his wife for a few days. The brief note mentions hospitality and local social ties.
Workmen at the RCA Manufacturing Co. plant near Camden rush completion of the radio transmitter for station KIM. The transmitter and set are expected to be shipped within a few days as the gathering tank work progresses south of town.
A 15 foot rise in the Pecos River was reported Thursday afternoon as waters drained from western hills, mainly impacting the lower half of New Mexico.
Christian Science weekly Lesson-Sermon titled God the Preserver of Man is to be read in all churches on Sunday June 14 with Isaiah 41 10 as golden text and Psalms 78 17 19 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. Mrs Jack Love and Miss Aileen Love visited Bud Owens and Mrs Mary Owens on the Anderson ranch Sunday.
Mrs. Jack Hawkins and her son along with Mrs. R L Boone left Sunday for Cloudcroft New Mexico to spend the summer.
Texas farmers filled about 300000 worksheets for the Agricultural Conservation Program as of June 1 per state surveys. Committee officials say the 300000 forms cover roughly 75 percent of Texas farm acreage, with about 400000 of the state’s 500000 farms eligible for grants. June 10 was set as the final signup date.
Miss Aileen Love will travel to Dallas this week to compete in a state wide sing song contest. She will be accompanied by Miss Jacksoy Fitzgerald who will visit for a time with her sister Mrs. Jay Shirley.
Rev. and Mrs. W. M. Turner and daughter along with Mrs. Alfa Morrow will spend Thursday and Friday in the Davis Mountains to inspect the Pecos Baptist Church buildings at Paisano Camp Meeting.
Mrs. J W Moore, a prominent Pecos resident widely beloved, died this week at her sister’s home in Hodgenville Kentucky. Her passing was mourned by the Pecos community and family.
At Stamford the Texas Cowboy Reunion features a fiddlers contest on July 4 in the City Auditorium with $32.50 in cash prizes. Participants must be at least 50 years old, professionals are barred, and players choose two break-down tunes. Cowhands and visitors enjoy the square dances each night at the reunion.
Mr and Mrs William Caldwell of Austin Texas visit Mrs Chapmans parents Mr and Mrs N F Chapman for a few days.
Dennis M. Poe district supervisor of the Texas Old Age Commission traveled through Peeos on Tuesday while en route to Austin for a state wide meeting of district supervisors.
Fiddlers may play atone or choose their own seconds but only one accompanist is allowed for each player as set by the new rule.
Work on the city water system under Contractors C F Lytle and R E McKee moved forward in rapid strides this week with one of the main points nearing completion and readiness for testing.
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