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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1939
Page
9
Plan for filling family meals built around meat to sustain longer. The guide lists beef dishes such as pot roast and fried steak with vegetables, plus desserts and a complete beef pot roast recipe detailing ingredients and slow simmering steps.
Bill Ellis, son of Mr and Mrs E V Ellis Pecos, named vice president of the student council for 1939 40 at John Tarleton College where he is a freshman. Officials attributed the election to personality scholarship and leadership.
Edward G Robinson headlines the Warner Brothers film Confessions of a Nazi Spy showing at the Grand Theatre Pecos Sunday and Monday. Anatole Litvak directs with Paul Lukas Frances Lederer Lya Lys among a strong cast. Leon Turrou served as technical advisor.
The Saragosa Mexican School held a May Fete in the school auditorium at 8:30 last night. Queen Pas Carrasco and King Ireneo Carrasco led a parade of performers including Aurora Carrasco Alberto Vejil Rebecca Brijalba Raoul Roman Ruby Vejil Jose Lozano Christina Baeza Charlie Matta Felipa Brijalba Leonardo Lozano Lila Matta and Jose Pena. The program featured a crowning ceremony May pole dances songs and dances such as Awakenings of the Flowers Pop Goes the Weasel and Indian songs plus a pioneer pageant with Wagon Wheels Whopee Ti Yo and a square dance.
Warner Bros. film Dark Victory stars Bette Davis as a doomed heroine facing fate with courage. George Brent and Humphrey Bogart share lead romantic tension while Geraldine Fitzgerald and Ronald Reagan also appear in a lush story of love and resilience.
Young West Texans may apply to the U S Marine Corps by writing or visiting the Dallas Recruiting Office at 822 Allen Building Dallas The Dallas district set a May enlistment quota of 35 for Texas and Oklahoma Applicants must be 18 to 25 with high school training sourced from the Dallas recruiting effort.
Pecos resident Joe Evans long known for range tales is accused by an El Paso paper of broadening to fish stories after he reports catching 41 bass with Lee Stuke assistant pastor of First Baptist Church of El Paso in two days. The two say the Red Bluff trip drew visitors from Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma to the lake.
Abilene Construction Company workers refinishing Pecos elementary school this week. The building will be coated in white cement and waterproofed after tests on sections proved satisfactory.
Basil Rathbone stars as Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of Baskervilles showing Saturday only. The world’s greatest detective leads the film under Daryl F. Zanuck supervision with Rathbone offering a fresh take on the character.
Fred Landreth of Mentone captured the $20 award for the largest bass within 75 miles of Pecos during the first fishing week. His three pounds ten ounces dressed bass led the field, with Gene Hendon taking second at three pounds seven ounces. The contest was sponsored by Jack Wills and Jim Durnal.
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