Pecos Women Discuss Delinquent Youth And Clean Literature
The Pecos City Council of Church Women met at the Presbyterian Church with Mrs. W Magee presiding. Rev. Oliver Harrison urged youth welfare and noted only 25 Boy Scouts in town, while 75 were eligible. Father Victor Yannes spoke on delinquent youth and the impact of indecent literature and clean movies. A clean literature committee was formed, hospitality work reported, and a $68 benefit for needy workers noted. A Big Brother movement luncheon group was organized. Closing devotional prayed for world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coot
Poyodist
W. the Methee
Magee
J. E. Starley
Oliver Harrison
Victor Yannes
H. T. Collier
I. J. Ayres
el Paso
Pecos
F. O. Parr
R. E. Killmer
M. L. Swinehart
Swinehart
M. D. Bell
Hugh Roberson
Toyah Baptist Church Service Schedule Notes
Sunday School starts at 10, with morning preaching at 11. Baptist Training Union at 7 15, evening preaching at 8 15, and Wednesday prayer services at 8 15. Preaching on the second and fourth Sundays. Mrs J F Bennett has returned home from Alpine after visiting relatives. Mount Marcy is New York State's highest point at 5344 feet. J B Coffey, Balmorhea businessman, was in Pecos Tuesday. Rice reheated retains its fresh cooked flavor.
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Servces
Baptist Training Union
Mount Marcy
New York State
Garden Club Discusses Home Decoration And Planting
The Garden Club gathered at Mrs. E. Collings home for discussions on home decoration. Members noted papers on planting for spring arrangement of flowers for tables and proper pottery. Mrs. J. R. Hays led the business session as acting president. Seventeen members answered the roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Dr C J Magee to Return to Pecos Nov 1
Dr C J Magee long time Pecos dentist, currently in Chicago, will resume practice in Pecos and be in his office on November 1. The letter to The Enterprise notes his plans to return and continue serving a large following of patients and many friends. See the New 1940 Philco Radios & Brownlee Hardware Co. in cos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Magee
Pecos
Chicago
The
Enterprise
Magee
Philco Radios & Brownlee Hardware Co
Cos
Emma Boles Passes In Pecos Community Remembered
Notice from the Woodmen Circle records the death of Emma Boles on October 12, 1939 in Pecos. She was a loyal member and helpers to the town, with the local Grove founded in the early 1900s and the group mourning her passing as a dear mother and sovereign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Boles
Pecos
Bill Ellis Hosts Rushees Party at Tarleton
Bill Ellis son of Mr and Mrs E V Ellis of Pecos helped host the annual rush party for rushees at the Silver Key Club a boys social group at John Tarleton College The old members spoke briefly and the dinner was informal Reuben Friou college Fiscal Office cashier will sponsor the club for 1939 40 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Ellis
E. V. Ellis
Pecos
Silver Key Club
John Tarleton College
Reuben Friou
Clemmens Couple Visits San Antonio From Pecos
Mr and Mrs Tom Clemmens of Pecos spent Tuesday and Wednesday in San Antonio visiting friends and handling business. Clemmens owns and manages the Cactus Theatre in Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Clemmens
Pecos
San Antonio
Clemmens
Cactus Theatre
Rev Turner Sunday Schedule At Local Baptist Church
Pastor W M Turner leads 9 45 a m Sunday School 6 p m Baptist Training Union and 7 15 p m evening preaching service amid weekly church activities at the local Baptist church.
Sunday church schedule and activities
Reverend John W. Byrd leads morning services at 11 a.m. Sunday School at 10 a.m., Pioneer and Senior Young People meetings at 5 and 6 p.m. Worship service at 8 p.m. Wednesday choir practice also at 8 p.m. Full church week’s timetable for parish outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Byrd
Everlasting Punishment Theme in Christian Science Lesson
Sunday Oct 29 services in Christiana Science churches focus on the lesson sermon Everlasting Punishment. Golden Text urges casting off transgressions and seeking a new heart and spirit. Psalms and Ezekiel quotes are paired with Eddy’s Science and Health note on eternal law and penalties for wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
House of Israel
Mary Baker Eddy
First Methodist Church Weekly Schedule
Rev. A. C. Douglas presides with church school at 10, classes for all ages and capable teachers. Morning worship at 11 with special music and a sermon. Epworth League meets at 7 with a youth program each Sunday evening.
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First Methodist Church
A. C. Douglas
Epworth League
Church Services Schedule for Reverend Fry’s Ministry
The Church of Christ outlines weekly Bible study at 10 a.m. Sundays, morning worship at 10 45, evening service at 7 45, and mid week service Wednesday at 7 45. A Women’s Bible Class meets Thursday at 3 p.m.
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Church OF Christ
Jas. A. Fry
First Christian Church Service Times Noted
Rev. Oliver Harrison presides at 10:55 a m morning worship with sermon by the pastor. Sunday School at 9:45 a m led by Jo W Camp, superintendent. Wrangler's club meets at 6:30 p m followed by 7:45 p m evening worship.
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First Christian Church
Oliver Harrison
Jo W. Camp
Wrangler’s Club
Women on Stage and Aviation Highlight Junior Club Meeting
The Junior Twentieth Century Club met at Mrs. Harrison Beauchamp’s home to present Women on the Stage and Women in Aviation. Mrs. John Renken spoke on Amy Mollison’s life and aviation feats while Mrs. Harry Ross covered Helen Hayes and several other famous actresses.
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Twentieth Century Club
Harrison Beauchamp
John Renken
Amy Mollison
Harry Ross
Helen Hayes
Norman Eisenwine
Lynn Fontaine
Imogene Heide
Tallulah Bankhead
W. E. Kelly
Katherine Hepburn
Madden
Wink
Horace Woodruff
Dallas
Catherine Armstrong
Dean McCall
Mary Katherine Toliver
Halla’ Bryan
Bill Collie
George Fletcher
Wesley McCree
Pecos students listed on honor roll for 1939-40 first six weeks
Five students earned highest honors with straight A reports and limited absences. A second list names many seniors and juniors on the second honor roll with averages above 85. Elementary and middle grades include numerous students by grade level.
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Pecos
Pecos School
Ernest Nelson
Louise Ligon
Jimmie Harrington
Frank Slack
Elaine Blythe
Senior High
Louise Allison
Fred Beauchamp
Marilea Boles
Hiram Bond
Mary Ann Brownlee
Edith Bull
Arnufo Calderon
Harold Colwell
Willis Cook
Peggy Correll
Zona Dobbs
Katherine Davis
Carl Eddins
Martha Ellis
Maxine Elzey
Harold Fry
Margaret Gardner
Shirley Glasscock
Nancy de Green
Johnnie Harrington
Helen Fay Holley
Kenneth Johnston
Catherine Kitsos
Twila Jean Lucas
Jacqueline Melton
Ellis Poitevint
Ramon Rambo
Ruth Reeder
Helen Titus
Charlotte Wall
Marianna Wicox
Present Program in Literature by Modern Study Club
Modern Study Club met at the Baptist Church educational building Friday afternoon. Mrs. Vernon Crawford discussed classifications of literature, Mrs. Tom Freese reviewed Star Spangled Virgin, and Mrs. Bill Cummings spoke on Halloween. Tom Simmons was voted into the club.
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Vernon Crawford
Tom Freese
Bill Cummings
Hallowe’en
Modern Study Club
The
Baptist Church
Honeymoon in Bali at Pecos Grand Theatre
The Paramount hit "Honeymoon in Bali" stars Fred McMurray and Madeleine Carroll with Allan Jones and Helen Broderick in a comedy romance. Edward H. Griffith directs. the story follows a free-spirited traveler who returns from Bali and falls for Carroll's career-minded heroine as misaligned plans unfold on screen.
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Bali
Fred McMurray
Madeline Carroll
Allan Jones
Grand Theatre
Pecos
Helen Broderick
Osa Massen
Carolyn Lee
Paramount
Edward H. Griffith
Miss Carroll
McMurray
Miss Marjorie Wary Enters Draughon’s Business College
Miss Marjorie Wary daughter of C. E. Wray of Pecoh has entered Draughon's Business College in Lubbock for a secretarial training course.
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Marjorie Wary
C. E. Wray
Pecoh
Draughon’s Business College of
Lubbock
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Ity Council of Church Women
Toyah
J. F. Bennett
Alpine
J. B. Coffey
Russia
Rushees
FDIC
Texas
First Baptist Church
W. M. Turner
First Presbyterian Church
Christian Science Services
Collie Electric Shop
Mgr
Bookkeeping Service
A. E. Pye
Pecos, Texas
H. F. Anthony
Lands and Real Estate
Security State Bank
W. W. Dean
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
Collings-Wilson CO
Collings Bldg
Lewis Sheet Metal
MO. J. Ivy
Real Estate & Insurance
Hubbard & Kerr
Attorneys-At-Law
Bell & Regan
West Texas
Elliott & Waldron Abstract Co
R. C. Brewster
Brandon
J. L. Kincannon
Strist
Laura Lou Johnston
Jack Donnell
Freda Hardy
Bobby Parker
Sue Katherine Files
June Fry
Peggy Glover
Mary Frances Hamilton
Verlie Mae Smith
Joan Stocks
Betty June Glover
Alan Green
Winnie Mae Moore
Joy Rose Templeton
Martha Jane Holley
Doris Ailes
Mildred Arthur
Virginia Boyd
Ruth Cox
Betty Katherine Duncan
Anita Jean Ellis
Peggy Jackson
Cullen Vallient
Patricia Sue Armstrong
Sara Ann Benham
Roy Benskin, Jr
Patsy Dowling
Wilma Jean Langham
Carol Anne Lott
Jo Ann McProud
William G. Roberts
Mary Margaret Sample
Marjorie Helen Dixon
Jo Evalyn Fonville
Velma Jane Hurley
Barbara Jansen
Maclyn McCune
Billy Myers
Clement Parr
Mildred Brownlee
Bettyla Daniel
Virginia Goodrich
Patricia Joyce Pryor
Harrie Ross
Sara Sample
Patsy Beth Bennett
Billy King Daugherty
Dortha Jo Davis
Donald Hardy
Alberthia Hudgins
Billie Louise Moreton
Kathryn Ross
Donald Richard Stell
Helen Gertrude Whitley
Jean Arthur
Billy James Bright
Elaine Bryan
Barbara Mae Camp
Emma Sue Cowden
Ted Johnston
Annabel Lee
Mary Frances Toll
June Coonrod
Gwendolyn Blythe
Dick Roddy
Sucianne Ross
Nita Lou Tyler
Mary Betty Camp
Virginia Bond
Esther Pridemore
David Alan Smith
Sally Sue Toll
Jean Warnock
John Paul Dunn
Dorothy Elliott
Darlene Sherrill
Cristine Tomlinson
Bond Bradford
Gladys McKelvey
Charles Daniel
Bill Daniel, Jr
George Duncan
E. B. Hedgecake
H. L. Holloway
L. H. Nutt, Jr
Truett Foer
William H. Pryor
Joe Rhinehart
R. A
Miss Carroll and
Brownlee
Hardware Company
C. L. Edwards
Edwards Health Clinic
West Second Street
Rayons
Penney’s
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