Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-04
PEARCE


gram Monday forenoon in the honor
of the birthday of George Washing
ton and Lincoln. Some of the boys
of the grammar and intermediate
rooms went on hike afte rthe pro-
I gram. The high school also had
just half day school on Washing
toms birthday and during their as
sembly in the morning had a short
program in celebration of the day.
Mike Hurley, coach Of the high
4 school, accompanied by Dan Williams
motored to Douglas Monday after
noon.
\ Herbert Fulenwider and family, who
have been living at the West Wells,
j left for Phoenix Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Bryant, Mrs.
e. d. Carothers and Mrs. George
j Fleetham spent Wednesday in Doug
las.
i Mr., and Mrs. Jack Murphy and Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Barlow attended the
card party and supper given in the
community house Wednesday evening
in Tombstone by the Better Homes
1 committee of the Women's club.
/ The bi-monthly card party was held
in the Town and Country club We'd
nesday evening. Bridge was the di-
version and the prizes were captured
by Mrs. Ray Nuttall, of Cochise and
Frank L. Bryant. Mrs. Mike Hurley
was the chairman of the evening
4 William Stevens, engineer of the
North and South highway, stopped
in Pearce Thursday en- route from
Douglas to Bowie, where he is com
pleting the work nthe road before
beginning the North and South high
1 way from Douglas to McNeal
4 j. H. Kidder of Mogollen, passed
through Pearce Thursday enroute to
4 Douglas, stopping for a short time to
see old friends. Mr.. Kidder formerly
lived here.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ewing and Mrs.
t. B. Sparks were in Douglas Thurs
day.
Mrs. Edward Kelly, of Middlemarch,
was shopping in Pearce Thursday.
& Chas. Boice, of the Chiricahua Cat
tie Co., was in Pearce Thursday.
u Mr. and Mrs T. B. Smith were Will
cox visitors Thursday.
The three children of Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Heron have been reported on
the sick list the past week with the
flu.
Mr.. Gilbert, who has a chicken
ranch in the Kansas settlement, has
purchased one of the houses owned
by Mrs. Fitch and is tearing it down
to make chicken houses.
/ T. H. Wilson, of Wilcox, was a
E Pearce visitor Friday.
Mr.. Meter, forest ranger in the
Stronghold was in Pearce Saturday.
E. D. Carothers and Herman Will
liams were Douglas visitors Satur-
day.
Miss Annadale Bryant celebrated
her sixth birthday by entertaining
a number of her little friends to a
party on Saturday afternoon. Games
were the diversion of the afternoon
| and in the peanut hunt Lille Mae
| Lehman won the prize. Dainty re-
freshments were served. Those who
enjoyed the afternoon were Nina and
Betty Clay, Leola and Lille Mae
Lehman, Mary Odie and Annabelle
! Wilson, Rosalie Phillips and Janot
Bryant.
/ Constable John Bright, of Cochise,
was in Pearce Saturday.
/ AlhC 11O11Sy 1O1L 1OA IAOoOA 00lA-
day to spend several days.
George Cunningham was calling on
friends in Courtland Sunday.
/ Percy Wilson, of Naco, spent the
week end with his family in Pearce.
A small fire occurred at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Heron Sunday,
/ from an overheated flue. Very lit
| tie damage was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hawke and two
sons, who have ust returned from
! Tucson are spending few days with
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Murphy.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Carrothers and
daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Frank l..
Bryant and daughters spent Sunday
at lthe old Fort Bowie ruins in
! Apache pass.
Services were held in the Pearce
union church Sunday vening by Rev.
E. 0. Clay. @
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Murphy, Mr. and
Mrs. VIM. Hawke and two children
and Miss Gautt, of Courtland, went
/ to Wilcox Sunday evening.
! r.. M. Gallagher arrived Monday
from California for an indefinite stay.
/ Mr.. Fassett, of the University of
ment, gave a lecture in Pearce Thurs
day at the Town and Country club
on the detection of minerals. The
lecture was illustrated, showing the
reaction of chemicals on certain min
erals. Quite a number attended in
4 Guiding the high school students,
who attended in a body.
/ A fire occurred at the home jof
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Cartmel, who
| live on a ranch a few miles north
of Pearce at $3.50 Friday evening.
1t destroyed the barn, burned the
i grain and tools and articles possess
ing sentimental value. He succeeded
1 in saving his automobile. The origin
! of the fire is unknown.
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