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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1934
Page
4
Birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dabney of Big Spring formerly Toyah. Ray Lewis born September 17 weighing eight pounds. Relatives include Frances Macek and Doris Rhody visiting El Paso and YWCA Resident School. Revival events linked to Soderstroms move toward Pecos and Jal revival trips.
The Pecos Rifle Club formed about two weeks ago completed organizing last Friday night with 45 charter members. Officers named include Louis Roberson president R R Wall vice president William Rossman executive officer James L Kincannon secretary and R I Johnson treasurer. The club seeks National Rifle Association affiliation and will soon receive government rifles ammunition and target gear through the War Department. Weekly matches begin Sunday September 30 at 1 30 PM on the Ft Stockton road range with a 2 50 PM program of rifle pistol and shotgun contests and cash prizes including a $1 daily high score prize. The public is invited to attend and participate.
Texarkana Sunday reports a serious illness in the Moore family with J L Moore and Mrs Joe Coldwell attending Eastern Star in Barstow Monday night.
Town Council of Pecos City invites bids for selection of a City Depository. Bids to be opened at the City Hall on Tuesday October 9 at 10:00 A M. Sealed proposals must state the rate paid on daily balances and conform to law. I Easterbrook, Secretary.
The Pecos school board passed a resolution thanking Lions Club Rotary Club and Pecos lumber firms for funding and materials to build a stadium on Rotary Field. The Carpenters Union donated the workforce and local businessmen funded paint and labor. The board publicized gratitude, with copies for the service clubs and minutes.
Sunday School at 9 45 A M and Morning Worship at 11 00 A M at the Baptist church with Evening Worship 8 00 P M A P A ministers Edgn H Ratliff and H A Baird listed. Assembly of God led by H A Baird offers Sunday School 9 45 Morning Worship 11 00 Evening Service 7 45 Bible study 10 00 and mid week 7 30 with Ladies Bible class Thursday 4 00 P M studying Acts.
Rev L de Bruyere D Litt Sivery presides at St Catharine Catholic Church with Mass at 8 30 each Sunday. Monthly on first Sunday Barstow 10 o clock. Second Sunday Santa Rosa Pecos 10 o'clock. Third Sunday Toyah 10 30. Fourth Sunday Wink 11 30. Fifth Sunday at Pecos 7 0 clock.
Carlton R. Wade presides as the church invites all members to an outstanding Old Timers Day. Morning program features Mr. Anderson singing a solo, with Promotion Day in Sunday School conducted by Supt. Blackwell and staff. Services include Sunday School at 9:45, morning sermon at 11, Epworth League at 7, and a sleeping sermon to close.
The new explosives magazine on the Carlsbad road, built by the Illinois Powder and Explosive Company, nears completion with a two carload dynamite capacity and an investment around 1500 dollars. It features a safety wall with steel sheathing and a sand-filled separation, and local labor completed the work. Lead er Grocery and Hardware Co. acts as the local representative.
Ralph Williams Jr begins a freshman year at the University of Texas Law School in Austin while working on the Daily Texan night staff. He also pledged Pi Kappa Alpha, a prominent campus fraternity, and the Enterprise congratulates him on his early success and promising future at the Longhorn campus.
A church notices two study sessions: Young People's Bible Study on Monday at 7 45 P M and Ladies Bible Study on Tuesday at 3 45 P M. The items call for regular weekly gatherings and list the times.
Christian Science services occur every Sunday at 11 A M and weekly Wednesday testimonial meetings on the first Wednesday of each month at 8 P M in the Carnegie library corner of 4th and Dvpress streets. The Sunday Lesson Sermon for September 30 centers on Reality with a Golden Text from Philippians 4 8 and citations including Be ye therefore perfect from Matthew 5 48.
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