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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
5
Pecos residents share a busy week of travel and hosting. Frank Joyce and others attend to business in Pecos, Carlsbad and Midland while friends visit family, attend college events, or travel to California and Illinois. Numerous returns mark summer planning, with teachers, candidates, and athletes among those highlighted.
Local notices list residents and visitors in Toyah and nearby towns. Names include Mrs A G Van Horn, Wm Roberson, Laurence Henderson, Charles Armstrong, Jack Watson, and Miss Colin Humphries. Events mention church, school, fishing trips, travel to Pecos, Balmorhea, Fort Worth, and Carlsbad Cavern, plus a June 22 23 theatre at the Rialto in Pecos.
We express heartfelt gratitude to our many friends for sympathy and aid after our bereavement. Special thanks for floral offerings and constant kindness. Sincerely, Mr. J. B. Davis and family, Mrs. Inez Harrison and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Davis and sons, Mr. Joe B. Davis and children, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, Mr. Archie Hart, Mrs. Garland Mellard.
Betty Robinson, an 11 year old from Indiana, is named the state spelling champion and travels to Washington DC for the national spelling bee slated for June 17. Maye's Cash Grocery emphasizes rush orders with around the clock service.
Miss Josephine London and G E Cotton were married Monday June 14 at the home of Rev I V Garrison. A quiet 6:30 ring ceremony marked the event. The couple, popular in Loving, plan to reside there, as Pecos friends voiced warm congratulations.
Miss Ruth Leona Downs of Saragosa and Richard Percy Minear of Fort Stockton were married Saturday at nine in Rev. I V Garrison’s home. The informal ceremony drew family and friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Downs. the groom is described as a progressive young businessman. The couple will reside in Fort Stockton with many well wishes.
In northern Arizona a Navajo rider group of about 2,000, led by elders over 70 and two over 90, acts in a battle scene for The Vanishing American. Richard Dix leads the cast with Lois Wilse Noah Beery and Malcolm McGregor in a 500-strong cast from Hollywood. filming at Rialto Theatre Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Rialto Theatre features a screening of the film "ing American" on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 22 28. The engagement marks a midweek run with the venue promoting the latest cinema offering to local audiences.
Fall positions paying 85 to 125 dollars monthly await those mastering Draughans Training. Scholarships in certain positions available anytime by mail or college. Send name and address to Draughan's College Abilene Texas Offer 10. Also mentions rent ad and a contact in El Paso Box S77. June 22-28 Tuesday and Wednesday.
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