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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1925
Page
8
A Pecos subscriber from Pitcher Oklahoma on September 9 1925 commends the paper for its modest policy regarding last weeks Wheat report. He notes local interests near Pecos and asks for a map showing oil developments and Reeves County activity, expressing hope Pecos area becomes a great oil center.
A letter from Whitesboro Texas dated September 9 1925 to Pecos Enterprise encloses 2.90 and expresses plans to visit the Golden Valley of the Golden West to view the oil field. The writer mentions an oil claim in Ward County near Loving County as Sec 31 B-1 and recalls a prior find from 15 years ago.
Half of Barnard College students at Columbia University consulted the occupation bureau last year. The bureau aids placement and guidance for alumnae and students across jobs and careers.
The recent session of the New York Legislature appropriated forty thousand dollars for the care and education of crippled children of the state.
An ad promotes quick, affordable training at Dallas Vocational School in the Chamber of Commerce Building. It claims any ambitious young person can learn a well paying, progressive trade in a few months with limited expense, inviting readers to write for details.
Pecos School notes continue from page five with brief items on activities and student achievements.
The Pecos football squad, now called the Eagles, suffered a hard loss to the town team on Tuesday but showed promise. Captain Gordon Stine was elected to lead the squad as they commit to tougher practices and improved play.
The Basketball Girls met at 3:45 Monday to elect officers with Anne Mae Prewit named captain and Santa Brocat as manager. They planned a Tuesday 6:00 practice before the Hi Town game and logged 45 minutes of work after the football game.
School music notes report many band members also on the football squad delaying rehearsals. They plan before school practice to fill the bass section and support upcoming football and basketball games. The instrument split across Freshman Sophomore Junior and Senior classes is noted with several configurations. London papers discuss the Raffles myth while a New York joke figure is also mentioned. A public notice in Pecos Texas announces a storage lien sale of a 1920 Buick Touring Car for unpaid repairs and storage with date and sale details listed.
All applicants for teachers certificates in Wyoming must pass examinations on the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Wyoming.
Oscar Korn announces he has accepted the agency for the El Paso Herald and will deliver subscriptions early each morning to any Pecos location, asking for support and stating subscription service will be appreciated.
Texas Reeves County Court requires all interested parties in Helena Bruce, a minor, to appear at the next term in Pecos City on the second Monday of October 1925 to contest the guardianship application filed by A. H. Bruce. Writ to be returned with execution details by clerk Vannie Ingle.
J F Cowell states a 1920 Nash Six Touring Car stored since November 3 1924 in Pecos Reeves County Texas will be sold at public sale for $7.50 per month storage totaling $75.75. The owner of record is unknown and the notice is dated September 28 1925.
A Pecos roundup recalls a leisure weekend at Crystal Water Ranch with dancing camping and outdoor fun. Attending couples included Mr and Mrs John Oglesby Roy Wilcox Louis Roberson H F Anthony Ben Palmer Chas Yvonne and daughter Lillian Archie Ross Miss Anna Mahala Murray and Edwin Caroline.
In Malin Oregon the last graduating class consisted entirely of boys. All but one of the male students enrolled in the school’s agricultural course.
The program lists Baree son of Ka zan The Yankee Consul and Manhandled starring Gloria Swanson as upcoming titles in theater listings.
Massachusetts schools extend the school day to six hours or longer to provide time for essential subjects and supervised study. The Interior Department's Bureau of Education funds a four year campaign against illiteracy to reduce illiteracy before the 1930 census.
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