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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1939
Page
9
Joe Caroline traveled with his wife and son Francis on a vacation to St Paul where he visited his brother John Caroline. The meeting marked about a 50 year gap since they last saw each other.
Mrs W M Chatham visited with her daughter in De Quincy. Laird Simpson of Lubbock stays for winter at sister Mrs Albert Robersons. Mr and Mrs J T Auterburn returned from Fort Worth. Van Horn visitors include Mrs A A Anderson Mrs H L Frost and Mrs Sal Armstrong. Family visits extend to Foldsmith Kermit El Paso as well as revival and shopping trips.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Daniel Jr. leave Toyah for Pecos after a farewell lawn party hosted by Toyah Baptist women at Mrs. Tom Duncan’s home. Miss Janie Duncan and others organized games and refreshments for about a hundred guests. Mrs. Daniel’s leadership in church and PTA noted. Mr. Daniel praised as a keen neighbor and business figure.
The Pecos Sub-Deb Sorority held its first year meeting at Twila Jeanne Lucas home. Dorothy Matthews and Alyce Clyde Brophy were chosen club sponsors. Ruth Reeder was elected president and other officers named. The next meeting will be at Bettie Jo Ailes home at 4 pm Wednesday.
Circle No 2 of the Christian Council met at Mrs Walter Bennetts home with Mrs Pete Darrow as hostess to study the World Call. Present were Mrs Jo W Camp Mrs Ben Dunn Mrs Eston Edge Mrs H L Magee Mrs B V Slater Mrs Thigpen Mrs Lynda Warnock Mrs J W Watson Mrs Ralph Williams Mrs Harlan Woolwine and Mrs Darrow.
Sidney Tolar returns as Charlie Chan in a new mystery set in Reno where a glamorous woman is killed with scissors. Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville and others assist in this adventure filmed around the world with Chan chasing clues in the famed “biggest little city.”
Dr Otto Struve director of McDonald and Yerkes observatories spoke at a Rotary Lions meeting at Green Gable. He argued science taps only a small fraction of energy, noting a glass of water holds enough atomic energy to power an ocean liner around the world and that sunlit energy drives Earth’s terms. He forecast future discoveries may reveal why atoms yield energy, likening the present to pre steam era and suggesting breakthroughs could come in our lifetime.
Billy Jim Simmons was honored on his first birthday Friday, Sept. 22, at a party at his parents home. Refreshments of cake and punch were served. Attendees included Patsy Ann Fisher, Leela Hunt, Janet Hunt, Neil Morrison, Billie Morrison, Barbara Precht, Jimmie Smith, Doris Smith, Mary Kirby, David Lloyd, Carrel Lloyd, LaVerle Gray, Jack Gray, Beverly Price, Hersha Woods, Billy Perkins, Marjorie McAnally, Arlene Bowie, Bert Huff, Bobby Fred of Alpine.
The Lesson Sermon for October 1 centers on unreality with the golden text from Proverbs 13 7 and readings from I Chronicles 29 11 12. It cites Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures pages 480 and 298 noting material sense versus spiritual truth.
The Hurricane starring Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour is back on the Grand Theatre screen Saturday for a second showing. The cast also features C Aubrey Smith Mary Astor Thomas Mitchell Raymond Massey John Carradine and Jerome Cowan with direction by John Ford and script by Charles Nordhoff James Norman Hall.
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