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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1938
Page
2
Publisher Barney Hubbs announces the merger of The Enterprise and Gusher with Vestal H Lott as editor. The paper, with roots dating to 1887, 1897 and 1910, consolidates on May 16 1925 and carries standard subscription rates of 2.00 per year and 1.00 for six months.
A periodical notes the sustained stock market gains, milder summer downturn, and improving steel and electric output. Rail freight remains troubled. raw materials stay stable with slight upward pressure, prompting buyers to act. Overall signs favor near-term growth despite caveats.
James H. Goodman Midland challenger for State Representative denounces Clyde Bradford over voting against revenue bills and on sulphur taxation. He accuses Bradford of ignoring constituent requests and failing to discuss his record, urging voters in the 88th District to back Goodman.
Marsh Lea announces a Pecos County Conservation Committee inspection week for Pecos County ranches by Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station visitors. The trip aims to assess results from last years soil erosion program. Highland Hereford field days end with praise for National Live Stock and Meat Board and policies of Governor-Elect O Daniel.
The Fort Stockton Independent School District unveiled a newly completed public school for Latin American students. Financed by a $50 000 bond issue, the building features nine classrooms a home economics department and a gymnasium.
Del Rio hosts Highway 90 directors meeting outlining illuminated signs along the route and distribution of pamphlets and other advertising devices to publicize the highway plan.
Alpine pioneer ALPINE-W. B. Hancock died suddenly at his College Hill home last Thursday night from a heart attack. He had lived in Brewster County since 1884 and was active in ranching.
Two Alpine residents, Mrs. Berta Clark Lassiter and Miss Mary Tallulah Hill, were honored after their names were listed in Notable Women of the Southwest, a pictorial biographical encyclopedia of leading women from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma and Arizona.
Five entrants are named for the rodeo queen contest to be chosen by ballot in Sanderson stores as final arrangements are set for the weekend rodeo show.
Cotton crop prospects are excellent in the Madera Valley as ginning nears and forecasts predict lint yields per acre may exceed last year’s record. Local growers anticipate strong market returns and steady demand for the season.
San Solomon Springs, the chief water source for Reeves County Water Improvement District No 1, increased its flow last week from the usual 30 second feet to over 50 second feet, marking a record gain in yield.
At a Wink school board meeting early this week two faculty vacancies were filled with the election of Miss Lanelle Burk of Weatherford and Miss Leila Hord of Lott. Three positions remain to be filled.
Ward county showed 34 wells drilling on July 1, lagging 20 wells behind January 1 goals and 43 behind the level drilled by January 1, 1937, per Oil Development Bureau figures.
Directors of the Marfa Independent School District met Saturday to fill seven vacancies by hiring new teachers for the 1938 39 school year.
The film Merrily We Live starring Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne opens today at the Grand Theatre for a one day showing. Manager Gene Hendon notes it is not a sequel but a new Topper style picture with Bonita Granville Tom Brown Billie Burke and others. The streamlined stage set recreates a lavish mansion so faithfully that the family could move in and entertain on a grand scale.
H P Davis former Pecos Chamber of Commerce secretary won Monahans city alderman chair in a special election last week. The contest divided conservatives led by Jimmy Terrell and progressives backing Davis.
Kermit youths are reminded that only a few days remain before school ends vacation and the new term begins. The announcement also notes that the 1938-39 teaching staff has been completed as the community readies for the return to classes and football season preparations.
The Kermit Lions accept a Wink Lions Club challenge to play two donkey baseball games under lights at Spudder Park in Wink on August 22 and 23.
Grandfalls experiences peak construction with three houses under way and more projects planned. The active building pace marks a historic surge for the town as new residences rise and expansion continues.
Barstow voters will decide Saturday on authorizing 31000 in revenue bonds to back a loan from the PWA for a city soft water system project. Local officials urge turnout as the measure affects city utilities and infrastructure financing.
Barstow rancher Mrs M L Cone long tied to Ward county cattle industry in the Big Valley below Pyote is hospitalized in Pecos this week recovering from a broken leg.
W J King left Tuesday afternoon for Alpine to move several houses during the week.
Mrs. George Ashley returns from Wichita Falls where she visited her parents. Mrs. Mamie Stell traveled to Wichita Falls to visit relatives. J. Jeff Wood of Marfa was here last week on business. Sam Warren of Midland visited Friday for business. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Toll and their family vacationed at Ruidosa and came home Sunday.
The State of Texas commands the Sheriff or Constable of Reeves County to summon Walter W. Morris and Georgia L. Morris, Jule Aslakson, Tolliee Aslakson, and Minnie Crossman by weekly publication for four weeks. They must appear at the next Reeves County District Court term in Pecos on September 5, 1938, to answer Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company’s suit No. 3594 seeking title to land, damages, rents, costs, and restitution for 160 acres in Section 50, Block 4, H. & G. N. Railway Company Survey.
Miss Myrtle Cowan and Miss Eunice Otto returned last weekend from a vacation through Galveston Houston San Antonio and Dallas. They called on relatives in Coleman and Winters on the way home. Capt. E M Wells of the Texas Highway Patrol Western District has been confined to bed for a week with serious illness but is reported improving. Mrs C E Turnbow of Pecos is a patient at Southwestern General Hospital El Paso recovering from a serious illness.
R. R. Wall a Pecos resident for many years moved to San Angelo with his family. Mrs. Wall and the children had departed earlier, and the family will establish a new home there.
Jimmy Morrison departed early this week for Big Spring where he has been employed as a salesman for a gas appliance firm.
Mrs. Sammy Caroline Bowie and her son Dusty along with Miss Sybil Bowie attended to business matters and visited friends during a weekend trip to El Paso, staying Sunday and Monday.
Mr and Mrs Vestel Lott and children Carol Ann and Gene returned Sunday from Ruidosa where they spent the weekend visiting Mrs Lott s relatives and vacationing.
Mr and Mrs W H Cowden and family prominent West Texas ranchers visited with friends and attended to business in Pecos Saturday.
Merle Barron of the Texas Highway Patrol met with friends and relatives in Fort Stockton on Saturday.
Mrs Pat Moran left Friday for Stamford to spend three weeks visiting her mother and relatives there.
Mrs Ellea Gibson and her children, who had been visiting Mr and Mrs Barney Hubbs, left for their Stamford home on Friday.
Mrs Katherine Broughton and her daughter Jane have returned from a two week visit in Cloudcroft where they stayed with Mrs Dave Sudderth and her daughter Mary Dean of Monahans.
Miss Nell Dezelle, formerly on the Pecos high school faculty, arrived Friday to spend time visiting Mrs. B. C. Curtis, Mrs. Wesley Hart, Miss Julia Ward and other friends.
Kenny Richards, son of Mr. and Mrs. L A Richards, came home last week after spending several weeks in Wisconsin visiting friends.
Mr and Mrs John G Renken return to Pecos after visiting Mrs Renken's parents in Waco during a vacation.
The record notes that ether began to be used as an anesthetic in England for a surgical operation in 1846, marking a milestone in medical practice.
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