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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1935
Page
2
The Pecos based newspapers list publishing partners HUBBS PRINTING COMPANY and Reeves County Record with consolidations dates and editors JACK HAWKINS and BARNEY HUBBS. Subscriptions run two dollars thirty cents yearly and six months one dollar ninety cents, with second class mailing and a deadline for copy each Wednesday.
The article urges gratitude for health and ample goods amid Depression era Reeves County. It announces a special edition recording half a century of progress and the opening of Radio Station KIM, with 10 000 copies planned for distribution and a call for local history submissions. It also previews Wink Pecos game at Rotary Field and credits improved Southern prosperity to cotton farmers' buying power.
Mrs. Clarence Spencer hosted Friday night with two tables of contract bridge. Mrs. Bill Turpin won high score and Mrs. Clarence Loring took high cut. A plate of sandwiches cookies and coffee was served to Mesdames RR T Stribling Bill Collie Wesley McCree Marvin Loring Clarence Loring Mahlon Nobles Bill Turpin Kylee Biggs and the hostess.
Miss Julia Ward traveled to Fort Worth on Friday to attend the football game and visit Miss Jessie Bell and Miss Birdie Bell. The Bell sisters returned home Monday to spend Thanksgiving holidays with their parents Mr and Mrs Young Bell.
Western star Hoot Gibson headlines Frontier Justice at the Grand Theater this Saturday. The star-studded cast includes Franklyn Farnum as Lessin the lawyer and George Yeoman as the sheriff, with Richard Cramer Roger Vita Fellu Elliarc and Joseph Illard also in the lineup. Jaime Barnes appears in a supporting role.
The President names Shirley Temple as special messenger to deliver his autographed photo to Bill Robinson, the dancer she appears with in a current release. A personally signed photo by the President is included for Shirley.
Joan Crawford appears with Brian Aherne in I Live My Life by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film follows a debutante and an archaeologist navigating love across New York City and exotic settings with a large supporting cast including Aline MacMahon Eric Blore and Jessie Ralph.
Screeno shows drew a large audience last Friday at the Grand SCREENO with seven winners of theatre passes. West Texas State Teachers College Band from Canyon was present en route to Sulphur College to wake music for the football fracas. The feature picture Woman... was praised as fine entertainment. SCREEN will repeat Friday with the same cash prizes and passes. James Touin stars in Bad Brother with a series of shorts. Everyone attending can play Screen, it’s free to patrons.
State Engineer Reference No 1177 for Pecos Independent School District Reeves County Texas invites sealed proposals for school improvements. John Becker architect plan specs. bids due December 9 1935 at Pecos ISD office. approx 29091 funding. bidders must provide performance and bid bonds. wage scale set per local and union scales. contract subject to PWA approval and funds availability. right to reject bids. plan deposit 8500. note includes social column about local residents Lillys.
Mr and Mrs Leo Otte and their children from Longview arrived Sunday to spend Thanksgiving with Edtte and other relatives. The gathering includes extended family members joining for the holiday.
City of Torah invites bids for a water works project. Bids due 10 AM December 9 1935 at City Secretary Dee Davis. Bid deposit five percent. performance and labor bonds required. Award subject to funds and PWA approval. city reserves right to reject any bid or waive formalities.
An editor in Commerce notes the high school received a bass drum and other instruments last week. The community and band organizers, led by Superintendent R Henry, acknowledge careful custody and hope for continued use as the band stands reorganized after prior disarray.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a mention of a person visiting Miss Bobbie Stoke for weeks, returning to San Angelo on a Friday with accompanying company. The rest of the lines are garbled and unreadable.
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