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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
7
Mrs. Raymon Pouncey Mrs. Joan Renken and Miss Nell Betty Anderson hosted a morning coffee at a Pecos inn. Guests enjoyed garden decor and dahlias as attendants served, with a long list of attendees named among the visitors and hostesses.
The First Christian Church of Pecos plans a Sunday morning service for the sesquicentennial anniversary of Alexander Campbell birth. Rev. Oliver Harrison will deliver the sermon titled The Sage of Bethany honoring Campbell and his role in forming the Disciples of Christ church and broader Protestant life.
Miss Imlay Marie Baker will wed Jack Murrah McElroy at 4 p m on Saturday September 17 in St Clement the Episcopal Church El Paso. Plans were announced at a Hilton Hotel luncheon by the bride elects sister. McElroy is known in Pecos as the son of Mrs I V McElroy and brother of J C McElroy Mrs Bob Coffey and Mrs Edwin Finley.
Mr and Mrs W H Cowden and daughters Josephine and Nell return to Pecos for the school term after a summer at their ranch home north of Kent.
E. W. Penn of Mentone spent Saturday and Sunday in El Paso visiting and handling business matters.
Clarence Bell and a group of Mrs Bell and Mrs Lilley along with several other women including Misses Alice Clyde Brouphy Babe Finley Birdie Bell Jessie Bell Willie Faye Starley Tommylu Sharp Georgia Wadley and Alice Fitzgerald appear in a column listing society figures and social connections from the community. The note highlights prominent residents and their spouses or daughters in a society roster.
List of Pecos elementary junior high and senior high teachers with home addresses and phone numbers provided at the request of Supt. R. Henry Blackwell. Parents are advised to clip the list for quick contact with teachers.
Mrs. H. G. Henderson hosted the Central Circle of the Baptist W M A this week. Officers for the new year were elected: Mrs. W. H. Cowden chair, Mrs. Kenneth Slack co chair, Mrs. G. C. Parker secretary. The group discussed local needy aid and sewing plans. Refreshments were served to several members including Mrs. Henderson.
The Merry Home and Garden Club will meet next Monday at 3 PM at the suburban home of incoming president R. V. Nabors. Yearbooks will be distributed and the year's programs and plans discussed. a large attendance is expected.
The Junior Twentieth Century Club will resume activities next week with the first meeting of the club year set for Monday. Miss Sally Bell will host at her home starting at 7 30 PM, and the gathering will be a social with no planned program.
The Central Circle of the Baptist WMA will meet next Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J C Buchannan instead of the regular Tuesday. Mrs J B Woolfolk has recovered enough from illness to return home.
This notice outlines the upcoming Christian Science Sunday lesson for September 11. It cites Matthew 5 6 on spiritual hunger and Matthew 6 19 21 on storing treasures in heaven. It quotes Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures page 459 about attaining heavenly riches through forsaking worldliness.
The Pecos Music Club will resume a new club year Monday night with the first meeting at 8 o'clock at Mrs. Marion Slack's home. A nominating committee to select officers will be named and other business addressed.
One hundred and six members of the adult department of the Baptist Sunday School attended a basket picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs Barney Hubbs last Friday. Mrs L H Nutt Jr was general chairman and Mrs Robert Young and Mrs Jack Teague arranged entertainment for the evening.
Mr and Mrs Oram Green and children Nancy and Allen depart Thursday for Alpine to establish a home this fall and winter. Miss Patricia Green stays with her aunt Mrs Tom Mclure for another week before joining Sul Ross College in Alpine.
Pecos Chapter No. 81 O E S will hold a stated meeting Monday evening at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Sarah Colwell presiding. The event labeled Friend's Night features visiting Star Points and a program by several past matrons and conductresses. A social hour with refreshments follows and all members are invited.
The Rev. Louis Hanna of Nazareth Palestine will guest speak at the Baptist Church in town during both morning and evening services. Rev. W. M. Turner said Hanna, a Palestine native on a year furlough, will also lead a school of missions September 12 to 16 each evening.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Ritchey of El Paso were guests of Mr and Mrs J G Murray this week. They left Thursday for San Antonio and Shreveport. Mrs Murray accompanied them to Comstock where she will visit her daughters. Mrs Raymond Curfman visits with her parents Mr and Mrs R V Nabors and friends.
Mr and Mrs Jack Dawson and Mr and Mrs Ray Dawson of San Antonio visited here this week with their grandmother Mrs W A Whittenberg Mrs W A Dawson spent the summer here and returned to San Antonio with them The party traveled via Fort Davis and visited the Medley family there
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