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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1934
Page
6
Coach Tommy Thompson resigns from Pecos after being elected high school principal and athletic director at Kermit. He has led Pecos junior athletic teams for two years and serves as Lions scouts master, praised as a natural leader by Pecos officials.
Gilbert Murray and Mary Ellen Chipman defended Pecos Tennis club pride by defeating two teams to secure the mixed doubles crown of the Pecos Valley Tennis association at the etab courts. They beat Barstow pair Hazel Burkholder and Johnnie Hutchinson in the semifinals and King Green with Josephine Seay in the finals, joining Murray’s recent singles title as they collect silver cups.
A Norwich Connecticut woman reports losing 16 pounds on her first Kruschen Salts bottle. She says night duty disrupted sleep, but after starting Kruschen she sleeps well, eats normally, and loses fat. The ad claims a four week bottle is inexpensive and offers a money back guarantee.
A sideline fist fight halted a Pecos to Mentone baseball game in the sixth inning at Mentone with Pecos leading 23 to 3. Tommie Thompson pitched for Mentone while Pecos hitters piled up runs. Pecos fielding was standout as Mentone was overwhelmed.
Sunday at the country club drew few players due to heat and a lack of events. The writer urges organizers to pair downtown businesses for simple competitions with prizes to spur community golf, socializing, and weekly exercise on sunny greens.
Fort Stockton brings 9 to 4 loss mindset as they travel to Rotary Field for the season opener against Pecos. Coach H Doty reshuffles the Pecos lineup with le Blazi at catcher and H Doty at first while Bob Bennett anchors the Fort Stockton mound. A large crowd is expected as two West Texas rivals meet with high hopes and a 3 pm start.
Three Pecos men tried out the Iraan Invitation on Sunday and were all eliminated in the first round. Jack May lost to Bill Yates 1 down after nearly birdie push with a par finish. Harry Watson shot 38 but fell on the 9th hole. Jack Parker posted 44 as the trio praised the fast Iraan greens yet endured the heat. They return to Fort Stockton for the West Texas championship July 24 to 27.
Vernon Hicks, the southpaw, showed sharp driving with two drives of 250 and 260 yards on Sunday, highlighting his famed eye for distance and effort.
Rodeo programs for the fifth annual American Legion Rodeos and Cowboy Reunion will be released June 1. Three hundred large red and black placards advertising the show were printed and distributed across west Texas. A rodeo queen will be selected the first day, with past queens named Annievelyn Roberson and Isora Lepy referenced.
Three new Chevrolet trucks were delivered this week by F. Williams-Kerr Co. The buyers include C. I. of Wink, G. Q. Avary of Lar, and B. L. Walters of Mento.
The four old Pyote lad Gilbert Whitefield, bitten by a rattlesnake last week, has recovered enough to return home. He received attentive care in town. Cecil Lockhart, noted oil man, is ill at his Hotel Brandon and has friends asked to visit.
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