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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
6
Rev Vanderpool spoke at the high school chapel praising intellectual cultivation. It was his first visit and the school hopes for future appearances. The message notes Halloween falls Friday and plans for a ball game Saturday as Maria brings a strong team and the Rustlers receive good luck wishes.
Mr. Norman reports a rough trip to Ozone for a football game that ended in a 0 to 0 tie. Pecos and Ozone played a fast, well matched contest with Pecos close to scoring several times but failing to cross the goal line. The visiting team endured an all night sleep out on the cold ground as delays and travel fatigue affected play.
The Ezell Laundry in Pecos shows strong growth since opening on October 28 1922. New equipment a forty five sheet Mateer washing machine and modern irons plus a 371 gallon hot water tank fuelled by coal and powered by Pecos Power. the business emphasizes prompt fair service and sanitary, clean results boosting local and surrounding town demand.
A light exchange centers on a freshman denying time in the far north while a co-ed quips about snow shoes, revealing playful campus banter and misread intent.
The school benefit program last Friday night at the school building drew strong support and positive remarks. PTA president H. H. Johnson opened with remarks on the association’s work and future aims. A sequence of musical and dramatic pieces followed, including a piano solo by B. Prickett, a pageant by Nebustas, a monologue by Walton Garner, a duet by the Twenty Century Club, a violin solo by Mary Magee, and a Banjo-number by Lucille Stephens. The Merry Wives Club presented a sketch Kentuckyilosophy depicting negro life on a southern plantation, to much applause. The Home Makers Club performed a family album scene directed by Mrs. H. C. Ferris, a noted playwright, providing another standout moment of the evening.
A rural exchange features a witty Old Gent quipping about speed as a barrow and a horn honk clash. The talk turns to a slow pace between el and church with humorous rebuke and quick retort.
Delinquent tax list for Reeves Water Improvement District No 1 in Texas for 1923 25 shows lands and lots with assessed taxes. Collector L B Westerman lists parcels with certificates and acreages including 40 acres and several sums such as 25 38 and 75 97, noting delinquent taxes for year 1925.
The State of Texas issues a probate notice to any sheriff or constable to publish for ten days the J. W. Robinson estate filing. J. E. Robinson seeks probate of the last will and testament and letters testamentary, with the Reeves County Court hearing set for October 13, 1924 at Pecos court house.
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