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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1938
Page
7
Health officials urge careful food handling and refrigeration to prevent poisoning. Cook thoroughly, keep items under 50 degrees F, wash hands, use clean containers, and avoid risky dishes. At outdoor events stay vigilant to heat, humidity, and overexertion.
A 1938 Reeves county summary reports public works and business activity. The Enterprise notes telephone time service proposals, oil tests from Soda Lake to Delaware beds, Red Bluff reservoir funding efforts, Rialto Theatre completion in Pecos, and multiple deep oil tests planned from Culberson to Loving and Andrews. NRA back to work campaign aids 40 50 workers locally. Reeves county farmers plow under 1100 acres of cotton. A victory drive for Red Bluff Dam launches, plus talks on soft water service and a constitutional amendment for state bonds up to 20 million for unemployment relief. Legislature considers oath revision and election timing with a 5000 appropriation for publication costs.
Uncle Bill Oden of Pecos, early settler and claimed inventor of the first water-well pump, attended the third annual roundup and rodeo in debris. Fellow Pecos resident Allen C Heard, known as Daddy Heard, also joined the gathering. he helped blaze New Mexico’s first auto road and served as mayor and county commissioner in Eddy and Lea counties.
An applicant applies for a retail package store permanent permit from the Texas Liquor Control Board. Public notice states the permit would authorize business in the Economy Liquor Shop at Plaza Hotel Building on East High Avenue 80 in Pecos Town Reeves County Texas.
Judge Ben Randall chairs the Reeves County relief committee guiding aid operations and outreach for drought impacted residents.
The Paramount production The Texans stars Joan Bennett Randolph Scott May Robson Robert Cummings and Senator Manley Head. Bennett carries on dramatic traditions as Hollywood royalty while Scott hails from Virginia and Robson is Hollywoods grand dame debuts. Head plays a fanatic carpetbagger from Reconstruction days.
Tomatoes peppers and eggplant that survived summer may be stimulated to new growth in fall with 1 to 3 tablespoons of nitrate of soda placed 6 to 12 inches from the plant. Before plowing for fall garden remove all weeds. If turned under they mold and heat and dry the top soil. Plow 3 to 4 inches deep and add 1 to 3 inches of well rotted dry manure before re breaking. Due to poor seed germin-
An agricultural expert advises planting thicker in the fall than spring and soaking hard coat seeds like spinach overnight. He also suggests pressing soil around seeds during planting. Cecil Lybrand, formerly of Pecos now in Kermit, visited Sunday with friends. D W Bozeman spent the week in California on an extended vacation.
Loretta Young feeds chickens on set for Three Blind Mice and is pecked by hens, prompting a footwear change. Fox production opens Wednesday at the Grand Theatre starring Young with co stars and a feature cast.
An evening of real entertainment invites the public to a Rebekah Lodge dance at the American Legion Hall on Wednesday night August 17.
This week Pecos officials announced two major moves. A. H. Hutts won the bid to repair the old elementary building, and the city sold 74 000 dollars in bonds. Officials also warned of a strict traffic enforcement campaign with arrests for violations such as improper parking and speeding.
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