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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1934
Page
1
The piece urges community effort to build a high school football stadium and reports a benefit night with eight men in the ring and $500 in advertising revenue. It also congratulates the Pecos Fire Department softball team on winning the City Champions title and notes a potential matchup with Midland champions.
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Cotton applications for Bankhead Act exemption certificates were sent to state authorities by Nat Mason administrator. Land measurements for compliance are being conducted. Interim certificates will be issued and may be used until final exemption papers arrive.
H W Co No 4 Wheat Ramsey well in Section S83 shows 8 000 000 cubic feet of gas in the sand with sweet gas, while oil production runs around barrels per day. Depths and future drilling planned from 4270 feet, with boiler trouble noted on nearby rigs.
A Morhead couple traveled from Pecos to Olivet for treatment after injuries from a collision. They later resumed driving a new automobile as recovery continued.
Lieutenant Lecel Lee and Sergeant Odom of Randolph Field visited the Moorhead family on Sunday. They flew in their plane from the field in two tours totaling fifty minutes and brought back a crate containing six cantaloupes.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hollebeke and Orabel Hollebeke arrived in Pecos this week after spending a year at Alpine. Their friends are glad to see them back home.
Pecos voters approved a $242,000 soft water bond issue by 455 to 0 after 457 ballots were cast with two unmarked votes excluded. The bonds will be sold to the PWA and paired with a $60,000 labor grant to fund wells pumps reservoirs and piping for the local water plant. The election was led by Mrs. J F Starley and overseen by Judge Clarence Bell and Associate Judge Bob Middleton amid voter taxation restrictions.
The All Star series to be played September 6 7 and 10 at Alkali Park features the Fireboys against an all star team from five clubs. First Team includes Morrison Pritchett Holley Milner Stubblefield Grogan Bedford and others. Second Team lists Klinger Williams Kerr Hart Williams Walker Wadley Collie Runnels Henderson. Umpires George Ross and Cecil Lee named for the games.
Reeves county voters cast 1454 ballots in the Democratic primary runoff. Hollis S. Smith is elected county and district clerk. J. J. Pope repeats as commissioner from Toyah, with Hunter Woodward Woodul Smith Lattimore and McCutcheon winning local majorities. Vote totals and county results noted. Local political competition ends until the city election in April.
State Senator K. M. Regan reports the fish, game, and oyster commission will stock Red Bluff reservoir with bass croppie and other game fish in the tens of thousands. Hatcheries will reserve stock for the project ensuring a fishermans paradise at Red Bluff.
M. L. Stiewig, Pecos Safeway manager for three years, is transferred to El Paso and J. O. Joseph, ex-El Paso Safeway official, is named manager here. Joseph arrived Monday to assume duties and his family will relocate this week. Friends regret the Stiewigs departure but wish them well.
Pecos hunters oil shotguns and plan to start opening day Saturday as dove season begins amid reports of plentiful birds and hopeful gatherings.
The 3850 prize at the Grand Theatre remained unclaimed after Tuesday’s drawing as the owner was absent when his name was called. The prize will rise to 75 next Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Dudley Yard representing Hotel Brandon will attend the annual convention of the West Texas and New Mexico Hotel Men's association in El Paso on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Mr Yard serves as secretary of the association.
Warren L. Todd of Dallas, a contractor, visited the Grisham Hunter wildcat south of Pecos this week to inspect the well and discuss potential prospects.
The Pecps Ben Franklin store starts a two week back to school stunt on Saturday in Treasure Island. All children visiting the store will receive a mystery shopping list as part of the promotion.
Mrs. R. S. Johnson and Mrs. Beulah J. Wilson welcome friends to their newly constructed home at 405 South Cherry Street, inviting neighbors to visit and view the residence.
Clyde Bradford of Grandtfalls Texas won the run-off primary for the SSth district with unofficial returns from about 96 percent of boxes. Bradford leads Willis McCutcheon Jr by about 51 votes with an estimated 250 remaining. Bradford carried Pecos Crane Ward Loving Winkler Ector Midland and Upton counties. McCutcheon carried Reeves Martin Jeff Davis Presidio. Andrews County unreported.
Almost 1000 Pecos students will start September 10 with the first semester as renovations finalize. Superintendent KRIL Blackwell notes complete readiness with improved janitorial work, repaired windows, oiled floors, and plastering, painting, and re roofing totaling over 650. The Grammar school gains a renovated building, new library, and drainage improvements funded by county officials who provided inmate labor.
Reeves county relief program started sewing classes last week at the old city hall under Mrs. Earl Martin. Daily sessions produce clothing bedding and necessities for needy families funded by state relief. City and individuals donated machines and building. facilities remain incomplete awaiting chairs and machines.
Miss Emily Crow of Dallas visited Pecos on Friday morning to spend time with friends and tour the town.
Unemployed men in Reeves Ward Loving and Pecos counties should register with the NRS in their counties for Red Bluff project work. W R Shelton in Reeves county handles Reeves offices at Pecos city hall. The contractor will rarely hire locally. instead NRS reps supply needed labor. Misses Helen Stoker Catherine Morrison and Stella Mae Card visited Balmorhea Friday.
Sheriff Louis Roberson recovered from medical treatment in El Paso and returned home this week. He looked pale but improved, with friends hoping for a full recovery. he is reported to be 7 years old.
The state drouth relief board doubled weekly cattle buys from 900 to 1,800 head for Reeves Ward Loving and Winkler counties. George W Barnes authorized the purchase. County Agent Ted Johnston led the effort enabling immediate benefit as area ships full quota to government canning plants. The plan also allows purchases of sheep and goats with year-old ewes accepted and lambs excluded.
Buddy Reisenberg and Elmer Johnson returned from a three day trip at Don Martin Lake in Old Mexico with about 300 pounds of black bass as evidence of their prowess. Elmer also caught several large catfish and spoke of Pecos river fishing. The visit yielded two bass delivered to the Enterprise office.
Reeves county plans to designate Fort Davis and the Davis mountain country as a Texas Centennial point in 1936. A Reeves county centennial committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to form a permanent group with Jack Hawkins as chairman and H P Davis as secretary.
A work order for the Red Bluff dam project is awaiting issue by the Red Bluff Board of Directors early next week. The PWA authorized $345,000 for the district, mailed to El Paso but delayed by Washington. Funds will be transferred to the El Paso National Bank, paving the way for contractor S. J. Grove and Sons to begin prep work and machinery shipments within 15 days of the order.
Bids were opened Tuesday in Washington for the contract to build a $178 009 federal building at Pecos. The Treasury Department Committee on Buildings and Grounds has not awarded a contract yet. the award is expected shortly.
Ashton Ailes of Ailes Auto Supply left Saturday for California to spend a few days. His brother Carol Ailes remained at home in his absence.
A group of thirty Boy Scouts from Troop 49 of the Tancho Valley Council in Iraan performed a snappy band concert at the corner of Oak and Second streets under Scoutmaster Vern Brownlee. They were en route to Carlibal Cavern on a three day outing through Pecps Thursday morning.
The Enterprise reports Joe Hudgens led the barbecue at the city soft water celebration last week. The beans were well cooked and the event proceeded smoothly, with Hudgens deserving praise for the excellent effort.
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