Pecos High Choses Nominees For Memorial Awards
Pecos high school students and faculty nominate five candidates for the Letha Precht Memorial trophy and the Bill Dean Memorial trophy. Nominees for the Letha Precht trophy include Jack Oglesby Leon Pittman Carrell Griffin Phyllis Scott and Mary Sue Johnson. The Bill Dean trophy candidates are juniors deemed to meet integrity intellect and athletic ability with final selection by the Dean family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Oglesby
Leon Pittman
Carrell Griffin
Phyllis Scott
Mary Sue Johnson
Pecos High School
Bill Dean
Dean
Lightning Strikes McAllen Home. Eleven Windows Shattered
A lightning bolt struck A. B. York's North Ware Road house during a thunderstorm. The bolt shattered eleven windows, knocked a sewing machine across a room, and tore an 18 inch hole in the living room wall. No injuries were reported as the York family remained unharmed. W. L. Sherrod was in Midland on business Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcallen
A. B. York
York
North Ware Road
Baptist Circles Meet In Business Sessions
The Central Circle of the Baptist Missionary Society met at Mrs. Crum’s home for a short business session followed by sewing for Buckner Orphan’s Home. Refreshments were served to a group including Mrs. G. C. Parker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Keith Meredith
H. H.isbell
Wayne Carlisle
East Circle
E. L. Collings
Phil Payne
Barry
Jones
G. B. Rowden
W. F E. Hamilton
Will Cowan
Pyramid construction facts from ancient Egypt
The text notes dry ice at 1114 degrees below zero Fahrenheit and claims two and a half million large stone blocks built the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caeops
Egypt
Reeves County Sheriff Auction Notice in 1936
Sheriff Louis Roberson of Reeves County Texas announces a public sale of real estate levied on April 22 1936 to satisfy a district court order in favor of W H Grove against F R Young et al The sale set for June 2 1936 at the Reeves County Courthouse will auction Sections 15 16 20 21 in Block 72 with specified exceptions and subject to prior liens in favor of Plymouth Oil Company Plains Production Co and others and will be held for cash to the highest bidder in Pecos City Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Tarrant County
W. E. Alexander
W. H. Grove
F. R. Young
W. W. Hubbard
William L. Kerr
John B. Howard
Roy D. Jackson
John F. Yates
W. S. Patterson
M. E. Abreu
Christy Antone
C. W. Anderson
B. TS. Biggs
W. K. Brock
Emma C. Boles
Feme
W. F. Bonner
Burford Oil & Gas Company
R. R. Bulger
Delia H. Bell
Percy Mines
Anna L. Miller
Alfred Matmiller
IL. G. Miller
Montgomery Ward & Company
Joe L. May
F. C. Northfleet
C. H. Niccolls
Nan L. Oliver
John Oglesby
Owl Motor Service of
Pecos
C. C. Osborne
Max Otto
L. Edwin Patterson
F. R
Francis Sullivan
Barry Stubbs
A. E. Spor
D. C. Stapleton
Gertrude Ellis Shaw
J. H. Shaw
A. P. Trewitt
J. J. Thomas
A. G. van Horn
Guy E. Walker
Isabelle Warn
Roy Wilcox
A. B. Waldron
W. A. Watson
J. Wood
P. B. Wilson
J. S. Watson
Plymouth Oil Company
Arthur D. Zoes
I. Louis Roberson
Reeves County
Texas
H. N. McKellar
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Pecos City
Siege of the Alamo Presented Here in Pecos
Harley Sadler and His Own Company bring The Siege of the Alamo to Pecos for three days starting Thursday May 14. The four act Texas history drama features authentic details, lavish scenery, costumes and lighting with climactic Alamo defense scenes and a romantic subplot involving Dolores Veramendi and Captain Tenario. Local items note community happenings surrounding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley Sadler
Pecos
Alamo
Texas
Sadler
James Bonham
William Travis
Sam Houston
Dolores Veramendi
Tenario
Bonham
James Bowie
Dolores
Ursula
Travis
Santa Anna
John Smith
Arkansas
Nacogdoches
Kate
Joe
The
Mrs. Crum Hosts Ladies Council Meeting
The Christian Church Ladies Council met at Mrs. J. Y. Crum’s home Tuesday. New officers were approved after a brief session. The program included a devotional on Finding Joy, a Paraguay talk, and a dialogue The Missionaries Talk It Over. Sixteen attendees and two guests enjoyed refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Council of the Christian Church
J. Y. Crum
Frank Burns
Tommie Wicker
Hirs. H. 2
Collier
Paraguay
Orvis
Kyle Biggs
Fishback
Opal Hudgens
Lemon
Ted Johnston
Crum
Johnston
Toyah Schools Superintendant S H Winn Highlights Pecos Visit
S. H. Winn, Toyah school superintendent, was noted as a business star in Pecos on Wednesday. The item references Vitamin content comparisons between ripe tomatoes and green peas, and hints at an advertisement reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. H. Winn
Toyah Schools
Business Star
Pecos
Also Mentioned on This Page
Letha
Precht
W. L. Sherrod
Midland
N. F. Chapman
Panther Products
Panther
Panther Oil and Grease
Ft. Worth, Texas
Baptist
S. Kimbrough
J. G. Murray
Meadams W. Garlick
W. F E. Morrison
Bray
H. H. Johnson
Tom Melure
Mary Nancy Ross
Patricia Gren
Andy Lundin
Pyote
Paso de Korte
el Paso, Texas
Harry E. Wilken, Sr
William
Harry Jr
Tom Shipping
Ned Parks
Dad
Tom
P. S
Wilken
the Maples
R.F.D
Schenle
JOS. S. Finch & Co., Inc
Schenley, PA
Schenley Products Co., Inc
Ebheit
Sheriff's Sale
State OF Texas
County of Reeves
Enterprise
Louis Roberson
G. A. Maley
Bowie
Dickenson
Rose
Joo
Hilliard Camp
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Bob Miler
Barstow
Donnie Black
Pat Hill
Oklahoma
Lee White
Ft. Stockton
Johnny Hutchinson
Mrs. Crum
Ladies
Hill Hudson
el Paso
W. H. Estes
Dallas
Gene Hendon
Ruth Ritz
Pecos High
Draughon
Lubbock
TX Ants
Phoenix and
Claus
Ntile Co
Pecos, Texas
Kellogg’s
Martini
Pinto
Stokley’s
Cremel
Packa O
Cago
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