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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1934
Page
1
In a Rotary convention carried distraction, Wings of the Necks saw Bill Kerr and Earl Bell duel on Sunday. Bell equalized after Kerr led three holes down, and the match was decided on the 19th hole with a dramatic tee shot miscue. Kerr quipped he is running for office.
A group entered the Courtesy service Station and stole the cash register. They alerted Louis Wood and roused Red O Neil, then endured an hour and a half of furious questioning before Jack Ferguson and others broke up the incident.
ISTAL employees received back pay on Monday after a five percent pay reduction was restored effective February 1. Workers described the net result as feeling like money from home.
Noah Huggins Frank Miller and Otie Miller caught two huge catfish on the Pecos River north of town. One weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces and the other 7 pounds even, setting a local tally hard to top.
A six month old brown and white terrier named Fritzie, owned by Emmett Karston, a hotel clerk, has been missing for about a week. The dog is connected to Frowsie the mother who recently reported failing eyesight. Police and residents are urged to provide any information on the pup's whereabouts.
Workmen finish fittings in the new city hall this week adding a floor to the fire department area and touching up the building. A landscaping phase will follow with lawn shrubbery and flowers to beautify the grounds.
W. W. Dean longtime secretary of the Pecos Independent school district trustees was elected chairman after Monday afternoon meeting. New trustees Henry Russell Roy Wilcox and Barl Bell attended for first time with Dr Jim Camp not seeking re election. Albert Sisk named vice chairman and Floyd Brownlee elected secretary to replace Dean as chairman.
The Pecos Enterprise Leader Grocery Cooking School starts Thursday April 26 for three days at the Leader Building. Daily free attendance prizes include a 200 pound cake. Mrs Beulah Mackey Yates, a seasoned home economist, will lead the instruction. A special Enterprise issue with full details will be delivered to every home next Wednesday.
David Stovall, known as Slippery Timer, was shot and captured in an Oklahoma City police trap. He and accomplices Cal Spencer and Elmer Green are in custody after a reign of robberies from Wickett to Fort Worth, with Green confessing a transcontinental bus robbery near Fort Worth.
The article recalls James H Callahan Indian fighter and ranger captain honored 67 years ago when Cross Plains Texas named Callahan County after him. A monument in the courthouse square was recently erected to his memory with C W A labor, photographed for Texas News Photos.
Five new drilling sites and five completions were reported for Ward county. New locations include Atlantic Oil Producing Co No 16 Johnson sec 9 block 34 H and T C, California Co No 2 Durgin, Duffey et al No 1 Liano Sloan, Westex Oil Corp No 1 Monroe, and Gulf Production Co No 46 O’Brien sec 17 block F GMMBA. Completions noted at 13 Johnson Sec 1 Blk 34 H &
Lawrence J. Bergon, known locally as Larry or Judge, rests in Pecos from business seeking health through West Texas climate. The Los Angeles banker and barrister tours the surrounding country with friend Cecil Lockhart, a noted oilman in the region, exploring local property interests.
L. M. Pittman, Jimmy Duncan and B. A. Humphries of Balmorhea traveled to Pecos on Wednesday for unspecified business or social visit.
H P Davis Pecos Chamber of Commerce secretary says the Texas relief plan may permit as much as 10 percent for materials track or team hire and supervision. Davis returned from Austin Monday and notes the setup may cover labor in some cases. Jeeves county has no approved projects yet but preparations include Fairview cemetery beautification and city hall landscaping.
Pecos Rotary club members, about forty definite travelers plus several as prospects, will attend the 42nd district Rotary International convention in Roswell Thursday and Friday. Bill Kerr will preside as district governor. Pecos participants include William and Monroe Kerr, Jack Hawkins, Earl Bell, Dudley Yard, Harvey Beauchamp Jr., W. W. Dean, Katherine Broughton, J. A. Crane, Sam Prewit, Albert Sisk, Ralph Sparks, Ralph Williams, Martin Michel, R. L. Toll, John Ivy, A. Cooksey, and many others. Charley Manahan serves as sergeant at arms. Hawkins and Judge Crane appear on the program. The delegation hopes to reclaim the attendance trophy, last won in Albuquerque, and mount a new bid for 1955.
Firemen responded to a small blaze at Joe Glover's residence Sunday afternoon where a fence and lumber pile caught fire. The booster pump quickly controlled the flames with negligible damage reported.
Doctors John R. Bock Paul Heiser and C J Magee of Pecos conduct dental exams for all Pecos school children in both high and elementary grades. Each child receives a written report on tooth condition. Supt Guy E Walker says the effort helps identify dental issues and protect overall child health.
Ww. Co. Ltd Widmer, a utilities rate expert from El Paso, confered with Mayor B. A. Toliver and Pecos city council Wednesday morning about local utility rates. Toliver said no statement was available for publication at this time.
Lions vote unanimously at Brandon Coffee Shop to challenge Pecos Rotary Club in a baseball game to lift their standings. A nominating committee headed by Dr. Wayne Weaver, R. G. Matejowsky, and Luke J. Wood will select officers for president vice president secretary treasurer and directors plus Lion-tamer and tail-twister. Election set for June 6. District 9-T convention heads to Colorado with about 200 delegates. J F Biggs and J W Brooks named Pecos delegates.
Three Pecos residents earned the top prizes at a Harley Sadler tent show on Tuesday night. Russell Youngblood won first prize of 15 dollars, Eva Mae McDaniel took second with 10 dollars, and Mrs J F E Pop Biggs claimed the 5 dollar third prize.
Kenneth Jackson, 6, was selected by H H Johnson to draw a winner in a Grand Theatre raffle. Johnson asked him to pull the last number from a basket of about 17 000. Kenneth announced he had drawn his own number and received the $25 prize.
Pecos launches Youth Week from April 28 to May 5 with a downtown pet and hobby show featuring burros dogs pigeons and pet crows plus arrowhead collecting ship and airplane models. Rotary sponsor Ralph Williams chairs the committee alongside Ralph Sparks Ray Lewis and others. A city and county officer election is held May 1 at the schoolhouse with ballots and student candidates. On May 4 the high school students govern the city for 24 hours with mayor secretary and council roles in place.
The four county Red Cross chapter will elect a chairman secretary and 18 directors this Friday at the Brandon Hotel. Delegates from Reeves Ward Loving and Winkler counties will decide the chapter headquarters, likely Pecos. A large turnout is expected as supplies go out to stations for a broad membership drive led by R. H. Zeihm and H. P. Davis.
Willis McCutcheon, candidate for representative from Jeff Davis county, visited Pecos on Wednesday to meet voters. He shook hands and handed out ecards promoting his bid.
C V Williams and her son Charles 11 breathed relief Monday after a telegram from the Pasteur Institute at Austin stated the dog that bit Charles Saturday morning was not rabies infected. The dog was killed and its head sent to the institute for examination. no rabies trace was found and Charles suffered no ill effects.
Sheriff Louis Roberson ordered a Thompson submachine gun for the sheriff's office after a citizens group urged the purchase. The weapon fires about 600 rounds per minute and reaches a mile, with carrying distance 400 to 500 yards. He seeks an ammunition case from Fort Bliss and plans a stock of thousands of rounds for emergencies.
Under W. H. Slim Bullock’s direction Snowhite Creameries now makes ice cream in Pecos replacing Midland shipping. Arliss Walker, renowned culinary expert, mixes and freezes the cream using a method that has long favored Snowhite products in the area.
Billie Jarel and Horace Estes of Pecos traveled 40 miles to Balmorhea to buy two burros. With no vehicle options, they rode the burros back mounted on the hurricane decks, completing the trip in 12 hours.
Marshall H. Pier of the Pier Rubber Co. was in Pecos on business this week and lodged at the Hotel Brandon.
Washington word indicates an early grant of part of the Red Bluff loan to issue a work order to S. C. Grove and associates. A trust agreement from Chicago with changes is under examination with Chapman-Cutler approval. Final bond drafts await the attorney general and two weeks for printing. issuance could occur in two to three weeks launching a large employment program.
State Senator K M Regan traveled to Washington with Mark McGee and Judge J E Starley to press the Public Works Administration for an immediate cash grant for Red Bluff Water Power Control district. PWA will not release funds until legal papers and property titling are cleared, a process that may take weeks.
Country club directors plan extermination steps as rabbits invade the grounds. A proposed rabbit drive would have men with shotguns pursuing the rabbits, or poison would be laid along fences to reduce the population.
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