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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1935
Page
4
The junior class captured first place in the interclass volleyball contest at the high school. They beat the seniors two of three, the sophomores two of three, and swept the freshmen in all three games. Sophomores claimed second, seniors finished third, freshmen last.
Mrs. Marion Slack president of Pecos PTA urges as many members as possible to attend the county council PTA meeting at Mentone on April 6. Land will be served and a splendid program is planned. Those who can go should contact Mrs Stack or Mrs Henry Roussell.
Last week Barstow reported Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Hays lost their Toyah home to a Monday night fire. Toyah women organized aid with Mrs. F. J. Billingslea hosting four quilts. Lodges delivered gifts to Mrs Circle Fuller’s home on Saturday.
The Torah one act play The Kettle Singing was staged Tuesday night in the high school auditorium with English teacher Miss Vita Wasson directing. Cast included Dessie Bureham Gladys Butler Frances Powell and Mr Junior Davis. Helen Henderson and Lawrence Henderson visited family nearby after weekend travels.
Mrs Dora Nichols sister of Mrs H C Zimmer is seriously ill at Gipson sanitarium. Mrs John March of El Paso visits her mother Mrs Nell Finley for about a week. J N Cole general manager Southern Union Gas Co headquartered in Santa Fe New Mexico was here Wednesday conferring with H Beauchamp Jr district manager.
Mrs. Katherine Broughton spent the past weekend at Monaksans visiting her sister Mrs. Dave Sad derth and family. Mrs. W. W. Dean has recovered from a tonsilitis operation and is able to be up and about again.
Almost $600 in school warrants were sold this week to fund a fence around the Rotary field track. West Texas Refining Co donated posts and pipes, Pecos Mercantile Co supplied wire mesh and barbed wire, and County Surveyor R. E. Booker mapped the site. Construction supervision by Capt. W. W. Dean, Albert Sisk, and Supt. R. H. Blackwell, with 10 relief workers planned for 30 days.
Mrs Esri West of Monahase shopped in Pecos on Tuesday and visited friends. Mrs Rewer Richburg, Miss Mildred Shaefer, Mrs J G Love, and Miss Allene Love spent the last weekend in El Paso returning Sunday.
Metro-Goldwyn-Maier presents The Prizefighter and the Lady starring Myrna Loy Primo Carnera Max Baer Jack Dempsey Walter Huston Otto Kruger and heavyweight camera to face Baer in a ten round exhibition before their real bout. The film features Dempsey as referee and centers on the prize ring drawing world sports interest.
Ann Sheridan appears in Behold Mr Wife at the Grand Theater in Dallas Texas Her first featured role since winning a Paramount contract Cast includes Gene Raymond H BR Warner and Louis Hope Crews Mitchell Leisen directs this B P Schulberg production Read The Advertisements
The feature presents America’s radio star Joe Penner with his duck mascot in a musical comedy packed with humor and lively music. Supporting cast includes Lanny Ross Jack Oakie Helen Mack and others as it arrives at the Grand for Sunday and Monday.
Buck Jones appears in Universal's When A Man Sees Red this Saturday with his horse Silver and a strong supporting cast led by Peggy Campbell LeRoy Mason and Dorothy Revier. The thriller promises fast action and notable performances in a vivid Western drama.
The Roswell district conference of the Methodist church will meet in Pecos from April 22 to 24. Delegates come from twenty five churches spanning from Roswell New Mexico to Iraan Texas and from Torah to Odessa with readers from Dallas attending. It is the first time Pecos hosts the Roswell District Conference and organizers plan a pleasant visit for all delegates.
Representative and Mrs. Circle Bradford of Grandfalls announce the birth of daughter Barbara Rabe Bradford on March 6. Congratulations to the family on this new arrival.
Paul Warren sustained a broken finger during a spring football scrimmage at Rotary Field. He is healing rapidly and will soon be fully knitted.
Mrs Emma Dillard spent Thursday and Friday in El Paso shopping and visiting friends.
Mrs. R F E Johnson and Mrs Beulah J Wilson attend weekend meetings in El Paso with seven El Paso chapters at the Masonic Temple. They join a joint session and a School of Instruction and return for Pecos Barstow Monahans Toyah Grandfalls hostesses.
Jim Deakins of Pecos bought a one month old registered bull calf from Seth Campbell, a rancher near Kermit. Deakins is noted for growing a fine collection of stock and continually adding to his herd.
C M Hall marries a woman from Oklahoma near Pecos on March 4 1906 according to a report from the Enterprise. The couple reside on the ranch with friends and receive congratulations as Hall, a respected cattleman in the valley, is noted for his work and character.
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