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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1938
Page
4
Mrs R N Stevenson hosted the Annie Sallee circle on Tuesday. Guest R A Toliver, president of the Baptist W MA, opened with prayer and devotion on the theme Work. A short business session followed with leaflets on Stewardship distributed for study.
Miss Tommylu Sharp hosted a Thursday bridge club meeting at her aunt Mrs. G. C. Parker’s home. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Bob Penn, Miss Billie Starley, Alice Fitzgerald, Jessie Bell, Birdie Bell, Mary Eien Chapman, Willie C. Austin, Tommylu Sharp, and Messrs. Harold Borland, Merle Barron, Royce Blackman, Archie Scott, W. L. Card, Robert Bell and Forrest Barnett.
In Lithuania the currency unit lit is valued around 0.17 US dollars. The exchange implies the lit carries roughly seventeen cents in American money.
Mrs Jack May Mrs Foster Mrs Dick Chambers and Mrs Ralph Williams hosted the Christian Church Council tea at Mrs Ralph Williams home. Program by group 2 featured Mexican Missions with Jim Camp outlining church work among United States Mexicans and two Mexican girls singing The Old Rugged Cross. Attendees included Mrs W R Glasscock Mrs E G Bowles Mr W R Cook Mr Paul Dowling Mr Vernon Crawford and many others.
Members of the Philathia Class of the Methodist Sunday School hosted a social for class president Mrs J C Bullion in the home of Mrs R H Blackwell. A parting gift was presented to Mrs Bullion. Attendees included a long list of local ladies.
Mrs Kenneth Slack hosted the Central Circle on Tuesday as members met to sew for local needy children Mrs Henry Russell gave the devotional The Blessing of Giving Others present included Mrs W H Cowden Mrs Henry Russell Mrs C E Gann Mrs J C Wilson Mrs Marvin Cowan Mrs W P Fulgin Mrs W M Turner and Patsy Turner
Mrs. W. E. Hamilton hosted Lena Lair circle members on Tuesday as they sewed for Buckner Orphans Home. Present were Mrs. E. L. Collings Mrs. T. Y. Casey Mrs. E. B. Kiser Mrs Will Cowan Mrs. F. P. Richburg and Mrs. Hamilton.
The term encore comes from French meaning again. In theaters it marks a request for more by the audience and a return performance by the artist. It reflects audience energy and performer responsiveness in live venues.
Mrs. W. M. Campbell led the Mary Martha circle of the Baptist W M A in a Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Virgil Campbell with a devotional and a talk by Mrs. G C Parker on Stewardship. Members sewed towels for Buckner Orphans Home and future hostess Mrs. J E Couch announced next Tuesday’s gathering at 3 30.
Members of the Methodist Missionary society meet at the church and plan a church night social for the congregation and friends on November 10. The informal gathering honors new members with a covered dish supper around seven o clock and invites every church family to attend.
Public notices alert residents to register babies and obtain birth certificates by year end through B A Oden. Classified ads list rentals at Michigan Apartments and other rooms with private baths, and a house for sale on Plum Street plus Pecos area properties. Local business chatter notes furniture shipments and store openings at Pecos Furniture Co and Fabens Ben Franklin.
The Pecos Junior football team and Monahans juniors will meet at Rotary Field on Thursday November 17 in the final Eaglets game of the season. The Juniors, coached by A E Kotrola, lost a close match at Monahans earlier and travel to Wink Saturday morning then host Kermit the following Saturday.
October in Pecos showed only two deaths, one drowning and one premature birth, while 25 births were registered under Justice of the Peace B A Oden. Names of newborns span Pecos, Fort Davis, Balmorhea, Royalty, Toyah, Fort Stockton, Kermit, Pyote, and Wink with several parents listed. Mexican births and a local river drowning mark the month.
Mr and Mrs W G Kirklin returned the first of the week from visits in Waco and Fort Worth where they attended Baylor University’s annual homecoming two weeks ago.
Midland defeats Odessa 19 14 in a wild game that featured a flurry of turnovers and big plays. Francis, Wright, and Truelove led the Bulldogs as they overcame an early Broncs burst to seal the comeback with a late scoring drive and the decisive extra point.
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