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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1939
Page
7
A 1938 report notes 27 boys on a tour in Southern California and cites a total tourist count of 1 638 834. A Roman bridge dating to 62 B C remains sound and serviceable. Red squirrels swim Lake Champlain and Florida Texas together account for 85 percent of grapefruit production.
Training underway as 27 boys receive equipment for Pecos football under coaches Hopkins and Archer. Captains Medanich and Griffin lead a 27-man squad. season opener is Sept 15 against Roscoe Plow at Rotary Field. injuries include Cole Armstrong sprain but not serious.
Pecos gossip recalls Wink's football hopes amid district shakeup with McCamey added and Midland removed. Notes injuries to Callahan and others, junior players aging out, plus local sports quirks and town updates from Pecos and Midland events.
The article lists the Eagle football squad detailing lineup changes. It notes absences of John Gamel and Billy Campbell and highlights Bobby Otto Norwin Burton L A Richards Willis Cook and center candidates A D Haynes Robert Beauford Jerry Duncan. Reserve linemen Marion Cook James Bull Charles Williams Bill Scott Hiram Bond Jimmie Harrington Allan Propp.
Monahans Texas hosts Midland Bulldogs in a high school stadium showdown at 8:30 p m. Local officials anticipate the season’s largest crowd as season tickets sold out early. Coach Bud Taylor notes a healthy squad with Jay Francis Truelove Harris leading the offense and Faul Klatt plus a veteran line anchoring the defense.
Texas Game Department data expect a good dove season with opening in Reeves County on Friday September 15 and closing November 15. Mourning and white winged doves follow a Sept 1 start in Panhandle areas and end October 31. Webb Zapata counties largely follow a restricted Tuesday Thursday Saturday Sunday schedule.
Mrs W B Oates came home Monday after a lengthy stay with friends and relatives in Los Angeles Upton San Diego and other California points. Her granddaughter Miss Joann Stribling accompanied her to enter school here.
Henry Hammond and Charlie Rumbaugh were named high prize winners at the Pecos bowling alley last week. Mrs Hammond received a reading lamp for posting the high score for women during August.
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