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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1938
Page
9
A Pecos weekly column touts the town's growth and progress, noting that size alone does not determine value. It highlights Pecos as leading West Texas in modern conveniences, especially air conditioning, citing large installed equipment and the town’s progressive spirit.
Pecos reports a bumper crop of brides as air conditioned homes promise easier homemaking. Salesmen tout pleasant surroundings, less dusting, and healthier family life with mechanical refrigerators and controlled ranges. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tarver of Alpine visited, with Mrs. Reeder and Elizabeth Tarver also traveling.
Pecos has converted into a city of air conditioning with over 150 systems installed in 1938. Signs reading Air Conditioned dot the downtown while shops, offices, and homes add cooling units, many locally manufactured by Joe Lewis. The booming trade fuels related hotels and businesses, with Pecos hosting the only air conditioned hotel on Highway 80 between El Paso and Fort Worth.
Engineers and observers say Pecos set a per capita record with more than 150 air conditioning systems in use. A Community Public Service Company list names stores offices and residences equipped with AC across the city.
Science links hot weather illnesses to sleeplessness and heat in workspaces. In 1938 improved air conditioning expands relief nationwide as firms report faster installation of coolers. The piece notes safety pins originated with Walter Hunt in 1849.
Mrs. Eddins reports Carl Eddins will have a major operation soon at William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso. The family awaits doctors guidance on the procedure and recovery.
Texas corn plantings for the year drop by more than 500000 acres from 1933 levels, according to figures released by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
In Pecos two dentists Dr. Bryan Lackey and Dr. Paul Heiser maintain air conditioned offices. Their clinics are part of more than 150 air conditioned offices stores and residences in the Pecos area.
A gray parrot lived to about 100 years old but lost its memory at age 90, according to an unnamed source. The decline preceded its death or last-known health status.
A survey reports health benefits from air conditioning in shops, offices, and stores reducing lost time from the common cold by an estimated 40 percent. Employers note improved employee health and higher output when workers are cooled to proper temperatures year round.
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