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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1935
Page
4
W. E. Briggs of Big Spring assumes leadership of Pecos Postal Telegraph, succeeding R. Ovett who transfers to Houston. Ovett leaves behind friends in Pecos and well wishes for his promotion. Convention headquarters will be at the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas with Kansas City officials attending.
Carl Eddins, agent for Kansas City Life Insurance, earned an expense paid trip to Dallas for a convention honoring the 30th anniversary of Texas agency founders. He left Pecos Thursday and will return Sunday.
Dr Byron Lackey, a dentist who arrived in Pecos last week to set up offices, furnished his clinic this week and opened for business in the Camp Dean building. He said he likes Pecos and believes the move was fortunate.
Mrs Harold Doty known as Peaches returns from Durango Col and joins Sallie Williams Beauty Park in Pecos. Former owner of Peaches Beauty Shop she built a large clientele. Congratulations to Sallie and Peaches on their partnership and the business rush to come.
Boots and shoes repaired by machinery with work done while you wait. Also a rental listing for a modern four-room house and a trade offer of six lots plus a room house for a small house or close-in lot south of the railroad, by W. R. Lynch.
Four rooms and a new theatre building noted with one store room beside the post office. A fine farm two miles from Pecos is listed along with a garage and a filling station on the highway. Listings attributed to L. E. Patterson, Box 11, Pecos.
A note describes a lost set of keys attached to a ring bearing a metal tag engraved with a Chicago street address. The finder is asked to contact the owner or return the ring to a local lost and found.
Obtain further details by contacting Pecos Enterprise at p o box 98 or by phone for assistance.
An advertisement seeks to match buyers with a splendid upright piano with duet bench and a two tone mahogany baby grand. Terms offered. May accept livestock or poultry as part payment. Address provided.
Ward County reports 702 citizens qualified as voters by poll tax payment this year, about 250 fewer than last year. Precinct totals: Barstow 169, Pyote 118, Monahans 291, Grandfalls 124.
Red Bluff, Pecos area reports Charles Roy Packard among new arrivals on Sunday. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W C Packard of Red Bluff. Both mother and son are doing fine.
Mr and Mrs Otis E Skinner of Red Bluff welcome Frances Jerldeen a healthy baby girl born Wednesday Both mother and daughter are reported doing splendidly
The Baptist W M S met at Mrs. I R Titus’s home Tuesday at 3 for a monthly tea. The central circle presented Home Missions with the theme Missions Lifting the Banner of the Cross. Frances Titus read a George Washington piece. Evelyn Henderson wore colonial dress and led the sunbeam offering.
J F E Echols assessor and collector of Ward County Irrigation District No 1 added two Hereford bull calves to his herd. He bought eleven month old calves weighing about 600 pounds each from FE T Cobb ranch in Garden City. Cobb is a renowned Hereford breeder supplying many ranchers with registered stock.
An old advertisement touts a lemon juice recipe that claims to ease rheumatic or neuritis pain. It advertises a REV PRESCRIPTION to mix with water and lemon juice, taking a tablespoon twice daily with a money back guarantee from druggists.
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