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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1939
Page
2
A regional consolidation unites Pecos Valley News Pecos Weekly Times Reeves County Record and The Enterprise and Gusher into a single publication effective March 14 1917 with later consolidation on May 16 1925.
The National Tuberculosis Association urges an Early Diagnosis Campaign led by 1,528 organizations. It argues that screening every American with X rays could halt a multiplying spread, noting eight in ten sanatorium entrants are advanced cases and proposing a $50 million program as intelligent warfare.
In Austin on April 6 Dr. Geo W Cox, Texas state health officer, argues that public health is purchasable and that applying this to syphilis would cut costs and save lives. He notes syphilis outpaces many diseases in mortality and disability, draining taxes and wages nationwide.
Captain M. L. Swinehart serves as principal speaker at the Rotary luncheon, discussing customs in the Orient. He describes oriental habits and artistic creations to entertain club members.
It's the battle of the Century with W C Fields Edgar Bergen and Charley McCarthy meeting on screen for the first time in You Cant Cheat An Honest Man at the Grand Theatre Pecos Sunday and Monday.
In Odessa the six write in candidates could not unseat Ector County Independent School District trustees. G. L. Johnson won 240 votes and A. B. Knickerbocker 251 to keep seats on the board after the Saturday election.
Officials from the Kermit school and Lions Club announced a crime clinic led by Judge Frazier of Alpine. He will visit April 13 to meet civic groups and discuss juvenile delinquency and will spend the next morning at the school conducting the clinic.
Work on Barstow's new water system started with two carloads of four inch cast iron pipe and a ditch digging machine. Over two miles of pipe was laid along the right of way and the ditch machine had 4,000 feet of ditch partially completed.
Fort Stockton hosts discussions on commercial sugar beet production with local farmers and Santa Fe Railway agricultural staff. M. D. Rainer of Amarillo and E. A. Tusha of San Angelo met Fort Stockton operators to sponsor experimental efforts.
A Buffalo Trail Council executive board vote will shift a field man to Odessa establishing the city as the center of a newly expanded district.
Fort Stockton Lions Club members discussed co operating with a 4 H Club show and exhibit in May by holding a special trades day. A committee led by Alvin Rooney was named to stimulate trade and continue activity in Fort Stockton.
The Grandfalls city council postponed hearing on water system bids for two weeks due to time constraints. The delay allows more bidders to submit proposals and has drawn interest from an additional contractor.
Lions Club committee led by Pete Jackson reported donations have been made to fund a traffic light installation at the corner meet. The project targets safer school and highway traffic flow in Gran Falls.
One hundred eleven delegates from 19 posts attended the semi annual Conference District 16 American Legion and Auxiliary in Alpine last weekend. The meeting was pronounced an outstanding success.
Twenty rigs are active drilling oil wells in Winkler county as of March 29. The number remains a steady weekly average since January 1, 1939, with new locations nearly balancing completions.
Sixty one ranch men in 23 Texas counties including three in Terrell test a tentative ranch record book this year to find flaws before offering it to ranchmen generally. Local participants include Sid Harkins G. J. Henshaw and E. W. Hardgrave.
Public Works Administration and Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials, along with city council members, announced this week that Kermit has applied to both agencies for sale of the remaining unsold bonds. A decision is expected by mid next week.
Alpine reports drilling progress at the H. D. Wilcox W. H. Kobernot No. 2 test about 40 miles south of Alpine. Depth reached around 475 feet. Marfa notes a well nearing completion and Fort D A Russell plans Army Day events with military demonstrations open house and athletic contests scheduled.
At a recent club luncheon in Marfa members described their earliest income from work in cotton gins, cotton fields, or selling newspapers as their first dollar earned.
The U S post office department announced a contract award next month to restore regular Monahans to Big Spring mail service, replacing the temporary line in operation since February 1.
Monahans councilmen study proposed municipal pool plans this week as construction is expected to begin by the end of next month.
City officials announced a new rule prohibiting dogs from entering the water at Miami Beach Florida. The measure aims to improve safety and sanitation for beachgoers and protect marine life.
Lamesa Chamber head A G Bearden is sponsored by the Lions Club for district governor of Sons 2-T with an election at the district convention in El Paso in May. Lamesa Lions ask Pecos Lions to back Bearden. Miss Reba Jean Propp returns home for Easter visit with her parents in Pecos.
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