Local Pecos newspapers merge under new ownership
The Enterprise Pecos Valley News and Gusher consolidated on May 16 1925. The merged publication lists Mrs. Gail S. Bell and Barney Hubbs as owners and publishers with Barney Hubbs as managing editor and Fancher Bell as news editor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Pecos Gusher
The
Enterprise and Gusher
Gail S. Bell
Barney Hubbs
Fancher Bell
Advertising rates and submission deadline notice
Display and classified advertising rates listed per inch and per word with minimum 25 cents in advance. Copy must reach the office by Wednesday to guarantee publication in the current issue. Foreign advertising representative noted for THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Pecos Enterprise Enters Waste Paper Height Race
The Pecos Enterprise announces entry in a local race on Second Street’s west block by the fish pond. Teams stack discarded newspapers to form the tallest obstacle. the winner gains a donation from the losers. The note asks judges for leniency and vows no collared alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Enterprise
Second
Fish Pond
City Dads progress on street repairs and public notices
Improvement notes praise city work crews for smoothing rough streets and clearing culverts. It urges continued effort to modernize the town while highlighting an Enterprise office cleanup and local ads for battery service, heaters, and housekeeping rooms.
The Flivver Hobo Becoming a National Menace
A Arkansas survey shows the flivver hobo family pattern. Nomads roam towns seeking cash fuel food and repairs for their car lessening schooling for children. Officials pass them along. charity alone cannot solve the broader social system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Flivver
Church Announcements from Barstow and Pecos
Church of Christ meets on Sundays at eleven in Barstow Texas. First Methodist Church invites all to Sunday School at 9 45 with classes for all. The Big Brotherhood Class gathers at Pecos Auto Co at ten. Services at 11 A M and 8 P M with a Joy night Wednesday at 8. Walter H. Vanderpool is the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood
Pecos Auto Co
Walter H. Vanderpool
Pecos Texas September 28 1925 Bank Statement and Cemetery Note
Bank cashier certifies a Reeves County Texas financial statement dated September 28 1925 with notary and directors. Fairview Cemetery Association expresses gratitude for community cleanup involving H N McKellar J W Moore Mike Neiderkorn Earl Bell and others and invites inspection and member input. It notes cemetery membership is automatic for lot owners and urges ongoing financial support and respect for the site. Also lists water laws book for sale at 2.00 postpaid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
County of
Reeves
Ss. I
T. H. Beauchamp
John T. McElroy
H. R. Anderson
R. S. Johnson
E. L. Collings
Fairview Cemetery Association
H. N. McKeller
J. W. Moore
Pecos City
Mike Neiderkorn
Chamber of Commerce
Earl Bell
American Legion
Mr. Joplin
Bob Moorhead
Alexander
Earl Easterbrook
God’s Acre
Fairview Cemetery
Lillie Cole
Tom McClure
Baptist Church Calendar Proclaims Weekly Bible School
The Baptist Church lists 10:00 A M Bible School and 7:00 P M B Y P A sessions each Sunday at the church and Rialto Theatre. It invites all ages, notes baptism Sunday night, W M A circles Tuesday, Sunbeams events, Y W A prayer, and choir rehearsals led by R E Williams and Mrs. Stevenson. Pastor Ira V. Garrison extends a cordial invitation to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Rialto Theatre
Ege
Sunbeams
Marion Cowan
J. C. Wilson
R. E. Williams
R. M. Stevenson
G. A
Jr. G. A
Jr. R. A
Ira V. Garrison
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HE Enterprise
Peecan
Texas
Enterprise
Pecos Battery Co
W. E
C. E. Brady
Hickory St
Church OF Christ
Barstow
First Methodist Church
First National Bank
Pecos
Reeves Co
ALS
the Pecos Guaranty State Bank
Pecos, Texas
Cash & Exchange
Guaranty
Clarence Bell
U. S
U. S. Gov
Federal Reserve Bank
Fed. Res. Bank
Nat’l
U. A Dene
MMN Endeilins Dahon Ak Peeke Es
Aea
Renee
United States
King of the Great
Gibson
Hawk
Universal Ranch Riders
Marian Nixon
Josie Sedgwick
Frank Campeau
Chas. K. French
Fox
Virginia
Fourth Street
Arthur Hayes
P. O. Box
Fabens
Chevrolet
E. M. Conroy
Telegraph
Department of the Telephone Office
W. H. Drummond, Jr
M. A. Dardin
College Addition
Cox Street
Geo. A. Knight
P. O
Broadway
New York, N. Y
Leader Grocery Co
Ford
R. P. Hicks
W. Rand Jones
Pecos River
H. F. Anthony
Howell Johnson
Fort Stockton
Eugene Cartledge
Austin
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