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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1934
Page
1
The Pecos community is urged to buy white cross seals at one cent each to raise forty dollars for infantile paralysis relief and crippled children aid. Mrs. K. M. Regan chairs the drive and urges local residents to donate. The column notes Black Friday fears and playful omens alongside the appeal.
Stool's Is Staging Big Clearance Sale presents a spring clearance of high quality dry goods. H. G. Belovsky coordinates the event with prices featured in the issue and in their circular.
Tom Murray 51 of Grandfalls died Thursday at a Pecos hospital after being taken there Monday Funeral services were held Friday afternoon in Grandfalls with burial at Monahans by the Masons He is survived by his parents two brothers in Grandfalls and one in Arizona and three sisters Mrs W F Monroe Monahans Mrs Herman Ott Grandfalls and Mrs Ralph Snelson Grand Falls Funeral arrangements were by Pecos Furniture Co.
The Modern Study club will host the Merry Wives club with a Seated tea on Friday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. Finley. The affair is expected to be one of the season’s loveliest events.
Luther S. Bell, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Bell, has been honored by election to the executive committee of the Los Angeles Bond Traders association.
Miss Elizabeth Bateman registered nurse from Clovis New Mexico arrived in Pecos on the first Monday to replace Miss Effie Terrell at the Pecos Sanitarium. Miss Terrell left Pecos on the ink Sunday of last week.
Mrs Alice Jackson, a telefphone orator from Toyah, has returned home Friday from Pecos Sanitar im after recovering from a bout of pneumonia.
Mrs. F D Howe was called to Weetwater on Wednesday after word reached her that her daughter Mrs W Craig was seriously ill.
Hal Op eration of Lanham Fort Stockton underwent an appendectomy Thursday at a local hospital and is reported to be doing nicely.
Mrs W D Vanderwater of Monahans is seriously ill and receiving care at the Pecos Sanitarium. The report notes her condition as grave and ongoing treatment is underway.
W L Whitefield 28 of Steamboat Springs Colo and Red Bluff was killed in a Saturday night crash about 15 miles north of Pecos on the Carlsbad road. Three others including Mrs Hopper McKinley and J E Jay were injured and treated at Pecos hospital. Funeral services for Whitefield were held at Pecos Furniture Co Chap el with Rev C R Wade officiating. Burial followed at Fairview cemetery.
Pecos plans a Pecos Rotary led Youth Week from April 25 to May 5 with events for boys and girls. A youth pet and hobby show is set for April 28 and services, parades, health and athletic days, school rallies, candidate speeches, and citizenship activities follow through May 5.
Two Carlsbad women suffered serious injuries Tuesday night when the car they rode in collided with a culvert on the Carlsbad road about 25 miles north of Pecos. Mrs. J. J. Widmer, formerly Billy Balew, had facial lacerations and a broken rib. Miss Juanita Taddy had a broken leg and a fractured skull. both were taken to Pecos hospital in critical condition but are resting as doctors monitor them. Authorities are investigating the cause.
The Pecos quota drive to fund Boy Scout work was conducted this week. Under chairman H. P. Davis and assistant J. C. Wilson a large team collected donations with a goal of about $600. Half of the sum aims to stay in Pecos to support local Scout activities.
Ted Ruhlen recently bought a Studebaker from Mc Cutcheon-Lewis Motor Co and left for the factory this week to drive his new car home.
The MecCutcheon-Lewis Motor Co. has delivered five new Studebakers since April 1 setting a high mark for local agencies. Buyers include Mrs. Beau McCutcheon Sr. of Fort Davis W. K. Rucker of Wink Ted Ruhlen of Pecos Court Stenographer W. M. Waite of Pecos and Mrs. Butler of Wink.
Judge J. E. Starley and State Senator K. M. Regan left Wednesday night for Fort Worth to confer with the regional PWA attorney and seek an expedited Red Bluff matter. Officials noted Regan might proceed to Washington.
The 29th annual meeting of the Presbyterial El Paso Presbytery convened in Pecos from April 10 to 12 with delegates from all district units. Attendance included 156 delegates and 22 auxiliaries. officers were Mrs. T. M. Cunningham, Mrs. Gerald Riordan, and Mrs. Walter Gillion. An executive session followed Tuesday’s welcome, with programs on religious education and ministerial relief and reports from auxiliary secretaries and district chairmen.
Pecos business leaders plan a goodwill tour to Carlsbad likely in the second week of May following a Pecos Chamber of Commerce meeting. Dudley Yard was re elected to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce board. A motorcade to the Broadway of America Highway convention in Dallas May 8 and 9 was discussed and pecos members urged to attend. A committee was named to enter a Pecos pupil in the Home Town speaking contest at the Big Spring convention.
A questionnaire distributed to Chamber of Commerce members by Eric Simmons of the Fox details local housing needs. The notice indicates continuation on the last page.
Large interest grows among Pecos housewives for the Happy Kitchen cooking school to be held April 26 27 28 under Pecos Enterprise and Leader Grocery Co auspices. Culinary expert Beulah Mackey Yates of Dallas will conduct the sessions with demonstrations on attractive economical meals and meat cutting carving. All ladies in Pecos and trade territory urged to attend. admission is free with daily attendance prizes offered.
Three new Pecos school board trustees were elected with a record high turnout above 400 votes. Earl Bell led with 287, Henry G. Russell 278, and Roy S. Wilcox 246. contenders were Mrs. Clarence Bell and Mrs. J W Brooks. The trio take office immediately and elect a chairman at the first meeting to replace Dr. Jim Camp who did not seek re-election after 23 years on the board.
The Boulder Courts swimming pool is now open for public use and undergoing enlargement to accommodate water sports. The project aims to improve facilities as summer approaches.
The Pecos Rotary club voted at noon at the Orient hotel to sponsor a new Boy Scout troop marking a second Pecos unit after the Lions club. A committee of W. W. Dean Earl Bell Ralph Williams John Byrd and J. C. Wilson was named as permanent advisory group to organize the troop choose a scoutmaster and oversee setup.
The long drought eased with a half inch of rain Friday and Saturday. Rain was general in the section, heavier to the south and lighter to the north, helping ranges but leaving the need for more rain.
Albert W. Dyar a 43 year old Fort Worth man died after injuries on an oil rig near Monahens last week. His leg was crushed in machinery and blood poisoning followed after he was brought to Pecos for treatment. He died in a Fort Worth hospital and is survived by wife Margaret and two daughters. Burial was in Fort Worth.
Buck Jackson, a Collier ranch worker in northern Reeves county, won election to the Red Bluff school board last Saturday, in the new northern town.
W B Estes a Texas Panhandle contractor near Barstow told Sheriff Louis Roberson he was robbed last Wednesday night by a masked assailant who jumped him as he checked a supposedly broken down car. A woman flagged him down and he handed over his bank roll totaling 388 dollars.
A census report by Pecos Independent School District Superintendent Guy E. Walker shows 884 students enrolled this year. The tally includes White Mexican and Colored pupils with detailed counts across White Male White Female Colored Male and Colored Female categories.
Forty Rotarians and ladies will attend the 42nd district Rotary convention at Roswell New Mexico next Thursday and Friday. Pecos club delegates are President-Elect Harry Hinkle and Secretary Charles F Manahan with Bill Kerr presiding as district governor. Much entertainment has been arranged.
The Pecos Mercantile Company has taken the Pecos agency for the Super fex oil burning refrigerator by the Per fection Stove Company. The kerosene powered unit needs little attention, has no moving parts, freezes quickly, and is already on display. ranch and farm house wives are invited to inspect.
George Law is convalescing at Pecos Sanitarium after sustaining injuries in a highway accident at Fort Davis on Monday.
Voters in the Red Bluff Water Power Control District ratified a bond contract with the Public Works Administration by a wide margin. Only four votes were against ratification, cast in districts including Reeves County No 2 and Ward County No 2. Officials cited misapprehensions or spite following the directors’ election loss. Completion of deed of trust and grant timing loom as technical steps. boundary survey of the lake was finished this week.
Dan Constas, manager of Brandon Coffee Shop, introduces a beer and sandwich giveaway Saturday afternoon from noon until 3 o clock. The event promotes Schlitz poured from a new electrically cooled fountain. Visitors receive free beer and sandwiches while supplies last.
The Pecos Lions Club unanimously elected Tommie Thompson as an honorary member in recognition of his efforts sponsoring the local Boy Scout troop. The meeting at Brandon Coffee Shop was presided over by Lions Caswell and the club granted membership without dissent.
The country club pool will be filled and ready for use Saturday per caretaker F. T D. Howe. Officials expect the pool to be a popular rendezvous during the hot months ahead.
H. P. Davis, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, departed Thursday for Austin to conduct several days of business engagements.
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