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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1939
Page
4
The Baptist Sunday School and Church youth groups are hosted tonight at Mrs. Will Cowan's home for a fried chicken supper. All members of the young people's departments are invited to attend.
The report notes volcanic bombs vary greatly in size from baseball sized rocks to masses reaching six feet in diameter indicating a wide eruptive intensity and fragmentation.
Engineer H R F Helland of San Antonio will make a delayed visit to Pecos to pass final inspection on the completed sewer system and disposal plant. Inspectors from the equipment company join to review the equipment for the final time after a postponement of the official inspection.
Mrs T A Wilkinson hosted Circle No 2 of the Presbyterian auxiliary for a combined business session and program. Mrs George Maley led the program on Weekday Schools of Religion with an around table discussion. Mrs Wilkinson gave the devotional on Every Christian A Growing Christian. A group photo followed the business session and the meeting ended with White Elephant gift exchanges.
Miss Ada Lee Brown of Fabens was the guest of her aunt, Mrs. C. E. Armstrong, last weekend.
Austin officials urge simple prone pressure artificial respiration to resuscitate drowning victims. Step by step method emphasizes rhythmic forward and backward chest movements, loosening clothing, and calling a physician, with four or more hours possible to restore breathing.
Twenty seven members of the Christian Ladies council met at the church for a combined business meeting and tea. Mrs. W R Glasscock opened with prayer and Mrs. B V Slater led the devotional, followed by a song. Mrs. A G Van Horn conducted the installation of new officers and corsages were presented. The new president is Mrs W J McCune with a full slate of officers and group leaders named.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Campbell came back from DeLeon where they spent time with kin. Mrs. Campbell's father remained seriously ill and in critical condition after several weeks of illness. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Murray departed Thursday for Comstock to vacation with their daughters Mrs. David McCleskey and Mrs. Archie Ross.
Texas ranchers in the Range Conservation Program face strict measures to eradicate prairie dogs, kangaroo rats, moles, gophers, cut ants, red ants and grasshoppers to advance deferred grazing. County committees may add requirements with State Committee approval and may use 20 percent of range-building allowances to cover supplementary practices.
The marriage of Miss Helen Hudson of Pecos to Scott Paige of El Paso was solemnized in Las Cruces New Mexico on June 3. Miss Hudson is Reeves County treasurer John Hudson’s daughter and a Pecos High School graduate who has worked at Pecos Northwestern Telephone Company. The couple will reside in El Paso.
Dr Allan Markowitz recently graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston and plans interne work in Cleveland Ohio. His brother Julius Markowitz, a Kemper Military School graduate, will attend the University of Texas at Austin next term.
Mr and Mrs Larry Ladd returned to Pecos from a 5000 mile vacation visiting Winnipeg Chicago and Rockford with a stop at Smer pointe of inverter They witnessed a royal welcome in Winnipeg for King George and Queen Elizabeth and received courtesies due to their Texas license They toured Roper gas range factory in Rockford and said Texas is the best state in the union
Presbyterian auxiliary entertained their husbands on Wednesday night with a steak fry at the roadside park. Attendees included Rev. and Mrs. John Byrd Mr. and Mrs. Hu Bryant Mr. and Mrs. John Correll Mr. and Mrs. Jiggs Dinwiddie Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edins Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hart Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Pruett Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pryor Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Tips and Mrs. R. N. Couch. Young Bell was convalescing in a Pecos hospital this week after an emergency appendectomy.
Members of the Home-Makers Club gathered at the Barstow rink for a skating party last Saturday morning. They were joined by sponsor Mrs. C. E. Allison Miss Millie Shafer and Edgar Follis. Girls enjoying the spills and thrills included Nina Follis Soe MacKeen Billie Jean Bourbon Marianna Wilcox Jerrylee Files Verba Simpson Louise Allison Billie Jean Wolfe Sue Files Lucille Hamilton Betty June Biggs and Marjorie Potter.
A humorous fragment hints at a request to bring a loaf to a window as a playful test of favor. The line suggests camaraderie or inside jokes about earning esteem through a simple gesture.
Mrs. B. A. Toliver hosted a Central Circle Baptist WMA gathering Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. J. P. Donnell led devotionals, with a missions program directed by Mrs. W. M. Turner. Members discussed Baptist missionaries work and the World Alliance meeting in Atlanta in July.
Mr and Mrs W R Rhodes Mrs Hollis Smith and children and Betty Jean Rhodes left Thursday for a visit with relatives in and around Hot Springs Ark
Regular stated meeting of Pecos Valley Lodge No. 736 AF and AM on the second Tuesday each month at 7:30 p.m. Attendance urged. Visitors welcome. J. N. Miller W. M. W. W. Ruhlen Sec. Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 388 meets each Monday at 8:00 p.m. Visitors welcome. Jno Oglesby C. C.
IOOF Lodge No 650 meets Friday evenings at 7 30 Visitors welcome J T Meadows Grand Noble R T Crist secretary
The city will test a car of pre mixed asphalt to repair severely damaged paving this week. A crew will fix the worst sections using the first batch, praised by engineers. Mayor B A Toliver said a broader street repair initiative may begin if the mix proves satisfactory.
An IOOF box supper event is planned at the IOOF hall on June 27 with about 400 couples expected to attend. All Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are urged to participate, bring a prepared box supper, and join in the community gathering.
The East River crossing in New York City finished after a two year construction period and with a total cost of 18 million dollars.
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