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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1934
Page
3
Huge thirty foot beams of structural steel were piled on Mount Pocke for the McDonald Observatory now under construction. First steel work began Tuesday on the dome as steel men erect wall beams and follow with dome construction after completing the concrete walls and foundation.
A man claiming to be Robert Jones and identified as Arthur C. Wilson was captured in Port of Spain Trinidad and taken into US custody for extradition to Texas. Wilson is wanted for the 1933 murder of Irene DeBolt near Van Horn. Sheriff Anderson and District Attorney Roy Jackson will accompany him via New Orleans to face trial.
Monahans public schools received a five acre athletic field and playground donated by John Adriance and Sons of Galveston from the Sealy heirs. The site near the school will be named for Magnolia W. Sealy and serve all students while the Lions club plans initial site work for social activity. Mrs Harvey Beauchamp Jr. visits relatives in Dallas.
Local notes recount Mrs. J. T. Humphreys returning from Roswell and Carlsbad, and visits by families from Cisco Van Horn Pecos and Balmorhea. Residents attended the Carlsbad Caverns trip and Paisano camp. some travelers headed to El Paso Dallas Fort Worth and Mineral Wells for family visits and schooling.
Sheriff and Mrs Louis Roberson returned the latter part of last week from a visit in El Paso.
Mr and Mrs Monroe Kerr Mr and Mrs William Kerr and Billie Kerr are spending a vacation in Claiveston Texas.
Mrs. John Ivy and Mrs. George Joss left Monday night for Dallas to buy fall and winter goods for the Silk Dry Goods Co. They will be gone about a week. Mrs. J F Warren and Mrs. Buddy Thompson left Monday for Fort Worth and Dallas to visit relatives and friends for two weeks.
Eppenauer Drilling Company spudded a new oil well in Reeves County about a mile west of Toyah. The well is planned to reach 4100 feet targeting Delaware lime and sand formation. Displacement mapping suggests a faulted region near the Altmansee land section 1, C C Wyatt survey.
Remsey Oil Corporation of Oklahoma City and Grisham Hunter Oil Corporation of Abilene are among other acreage holders in the district.
A fire at Monahans on Monday gutted the Halliburton garage and store rooms. Property damage is listed at 17,000 dollars. A mud truck and other equipment as well as gasoline and oil were lost. Fire department efforts failed to stop the blaze. insurance details could not be established.
Kenneth Moody son of Mr and Mrs J T Moody of Odessa was bitten twice by a rattlesnake when he reached into a hole. He thought the first bite was a thorn and allowed a second bite before realizing the danger. Doctors believe he will live.
Fort Davis reports Stark's Delicious apple crop will be harvested around August 25. The crop is good this year and will be among the first on U S markets, followed by other apple crops nationwide as the season begins.
The remarks suggest significant future earnings for orchardists, with projections describing notable money in the fruit packs over four to five years. The comments convey optimism about delayed but substantial profits.
The Odessa high school band will be large this year with forty members. A beginners' class will be started, followed by one new class each subsequent year, announced director G Ward Moody.
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