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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
1
The Enterprise thanks readers advertisers and news sources for helping earn the West Texas Press Association gold cup for best weekly. It notes reader support as vital to a newspaper’s heart and future and mentions Pecos hosting the 13th Texas Press Association convention next August.
The Post Office Department in Washington authorized Pecos to start city mail delivery after meeting local requirements. Two carriers will run daily deliveries from an eligible register. Civil Service Commission in New Orleans to call a clerk carrier exam. Equipment ordered, arrival date uncertain. Postmaster M. W. Collie to announce start date when arrangements finalize.
Pecos school trustees tightened a grant request by removing a $5,000 band hall at the high school and rest rooms at Rotary Field. Supt. R. Henry Blackwell said the cuts aimed to speed final approval after El Paso WPA office had already approved the grant. The board hopes remaining items will be approved.
Rev Oliver Harrison of Pecos and his father Rev C W Harrison of Gainesville spoke at the Lions Club luncheon about their recent trip through the western states. President Harold Lindley announced appointment of new committee members.
The Pecos Enterprise earned its second straight best all round weekly newspaper award from the West Texas Press Association at Seymour. It becomes the first paper to win the cup more than once and gains permanent possession of the gold trophy presented by the Lubbock Avalanche Journal and Abilene Reporter News.
The Jack McCutcheon ranch in the Davis Mountains was selected as Pecos High football training camp site for 1938. Final plans map a start around August 24 after new coach Jim Neill arrives. A E Kaotrola arrives to begin drills on Rotary Field with about 30 candidates invited. L E Schneider and his wife will arrive to prepare for the September 6 first semester.
Mr and Mrs A C Wilson and two sons narrowly avoid injury when their car overturned east of the Pecos River bridge on Thursday.
The Pecos Valley Red Cross chapter will host an Examiners Training Course led by OGER Plaisted next Wednesday and Thursday, Aug 24 and 25, at the Country Club pool. Senior Life Savers may qualify as Life Saving Examiners. others should advance swimming skills beforehand. Contact chapter chairman Vestel Lott to enroll.
Dr George H Garrett Reeves county health officer said no new typhoid cases among Pecos Mexicans this week and the epidemic appeared checked Two new cases were reported last week but likely in families already struck Return of final water samples from Mexican town faucets by City Inspector Clarence Mount showed no contamination Immunization of about a thousand Pecos Mexicans neared completion with most doses to finish by Saturday and the rest by mid next week State Health Department and Reeves county shared serum costs.
Sheriff Louis Roberson announced the recovery of $250 worth of automobile tires stolen at Goldsmith. The tires were turned over to a deputy sheriff and an Odessa special officer. They were recovered from two Pecos truckers, one taken to Odessa to testify against a man held as the suspected thief.
Barney Hubbs, publisher of The Enterprise, told the Rotary Club about the West Texas Press Association convention held in Seymour last weekend. He outlined program highlights and entertainment and announced plans to host the 13th annual gathering in Pecos next August.
Congratulations announce the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Peter Hill in a local hospital on Tuesday.
Obert F. Grissom, 69, longtime Pecos resident and prominent Reeves county landowner, died Wednesday afternoon after a heart attack. He aided Red Bluff reservoir land development and planted cantaloupes on the old experimental farm west of Pecos with his wife. Survived by his wife, two daughters Mrs. Bob Lewis of Pecos and Mrs. Omar Divers of Carlsbad, a brother in Texas, and several grandchildren. Funeral at First Methodist Church at 4:30 with interment in Fairview Cemetery.
Miss Lucy Ann Cowan Pecos high school librarian for two years resigned this week in a letter to Supt R Henry Blackwell saying she had a better offer elsewhere. The board had elected her for another year but approved her release and the vacancy remains unfilled.
Rep. R. E. Thomason of El Paso says he is still seeking federal aid for U. S. Highway 285 from Pecos to Fort Stockton. In a letter to Pecos Chamber secretary Ben Smith he notes no quit and plans a Pecos visit in early fall to meet with local business leaders and chamber officials.
Joe Matthews, Reeves and Ward county agricultural agent, reports about 16,000 acres in the two counties are planted in cotton. Reeves has around 7,000 acres and Ward about 9,000. Ginning may start August 25 at Balmorhea, with Pecos gin opening later in the month. Last year 15,000 to 18,000 acres were planted in Red Bluff district.
J S Mays of Lubbock, suspected in the brutal March Frome killings near Van Horn, has been held in Reeves county jail while investigators check his alibi across four states. He was arrested in Hobbs after alleged encounters with three nightclub workers. Officers report a potential link, but no pistol has been found. Mays previously claimed work selling sewing machines and herbs in the Clovis area.
City and Reeves County cooperate on immediate street conditioning around the new Pecos elementary school. County commissioners load trucks while the city hires crews. Streets will be graveled with about 35 loads per block.
The first bale of Pecos Valley cotton for 1938 was ginned this week at the Texas Cotton Industries gin in Barstow. R. R. Garrett of Barstow brought in the bale grown on land leased from Mrs. J. J. Walker, with season storage begun in Pecos. Antonio Salazar had last year's early bale near Barstow.
Absentee voting nears 100 as eight candidates race to Aug 27 runoff. County Judge J. B. Woolfolk seeks another term against L. M. Pittman while Sheriff Hollis Smith faces W. B. Cummings. Commissioner races pit J. J. Pope against Reeves Burchard and Henry Jones against Bill Moore.
Secretary Ben Smith urged Pecos businessmen and citizens to join a large motorcade to the Midland rodeo on September 5. The chamber sponsored event is in return for Midland's delegation to Pecos in July. He asked all travelers to notify the Chamber of Commerce office promptly.
Mr and Mrs C F Smith announce the birth of a son born Monday night at a local sanitarium. Mr Smith manages the T and P farm west of Pecos now owned by A R Eppenauer.
A steady flood of Pecos cantaloupes and honeydews continues to market. The Pecos Associated Growers report 43 carloads for the season with 18 loaded by Thursday night and an average of 175 crates daily by express. Harold Wendt leads shipments with his 25th car, while M L Todd and Mrs. B G Smith rank high as growers.
ECOS will host the West Texas Press Association in August 1939 after Pecos was unanimously chosen at the 12th annual Seymour convention. About 125 delegates attended. Pecos cements plans for 1940 with a gold cup win by The Enterprise and cantaloupes showcased at meals.
Nine NYA jobs are allotted to Reeves County with four to Pecos Independent School District, two to Balmorhea, two to Toyah, and one to Saragosa. The board requests one additional Balmorhea position. County Judge J. B. Woolfolk was advised and school superintendents will handle applications.
The sheriff's department recovered a Ford tire and wheel stolen locally around July. Sheriff Louis Roberson said the owner may claim the tire and wheel upon proper identification.
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