Reeves County mulls bond vote for new court house
Out Our Way argues Reeves County Commissioners should call a December bond election to fund a replacement court house. It notes the current building is antiquated and costly to repair, with cost savings in rising material and labor prices. A levy of about 14.42 cents per $100 of valuation would finance the project with a slight rate increase beneath previous cuts, and Christmas décor plans and Pecos charity jars are also highlighted as community efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners’ Court
Reeves County
J. B. Woolfolk
Woolfolk
J I Street Opens Fine Plumbing Showroom in Pecos
J I Street, local plumbing and sheet metal dealer, is building a modern showroom in the old Pecos Chamber of Commerce location in the Security State Bank building. The display will show complete plumbing supplies as they appear in place with attractive wall board to resemble bathroom walls. The office will be here, but the shops stay at the present site. Street invites the public to visit once finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. I. Street
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Security State Bank Buiding
Dorothy Gooden Undergoes Appendicitis Surgery
Dorothy Gooden stenographer for the Community Public Service Company underwent an operation for acute appendicitis at four local hospitals on Wednesday afternoon. She is reported to be recovering rapidly.
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Dorothy Gooden
Community Public Service Company
Miss Dorothy McKeen Visited Home Folks Over Weekend
Miss Dorothy McKeen spent the weekend visiting home folks, returning to Alpine Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy McKeen
1M &Cos
Alpine
Three Mentone youths arrested in Artesia thefts
Cecil White Fonzo White and Don Fred were arrested in Artesia New Mexico two weeks ago and one man signed a confession admitting robberies of Madera Cash Grocery and Pecos Motor Company. The Madera safe was taken and later found in Balmo rhea foothills with money and checks missing. The Pecos Motor Company raid yielded batteries currency and other items. Sheriff Roberson doubts they can be brought back for indictment until Artesia resolves its case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera Cash
Pecos Motor Company
Mentone
Artesia
New Mexico
Cecil White
Fonzo White
Don Fred
Balmorhea
Louis Roberson
Pecos to Vote December 19 on Court House Bonds
Pecos voters go to the polls Saturday December 19 to decide a $120000 bond issue for a new county court house. The 30 year bonds would incur about 7077 dollars yearly including interest, raising taxes about 14 cents per hundred, with Reeves county officials arguing the project saves money compared with higher future costs.
Christmas Seals Go On Sale In Pecos This Week
Mrs. Marion Slack chair of the charity stamp drive announced Christmas Seals are now on sale in Pecos to raise funds for tuberculosis fight. Seals appear before Christmas for use on holiday mail and will be sold by children on streets. reservations may be made by calling Mrs. Slack.
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Pecos
Marion Slack
Department Store Sales Show A Gain In Texas
Department store sales in Texas for October rose 32.2 percent from a year earlier and 18.3 percent from September, per the University of Texas bureau of business research. Ten month totals were 18.3 percent above the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Banquet Honors District 7 B Educators In Odessa
Superintendent R Henry Black, coaches Buddy Withers and Harry Holcomb attended a banquet honoring district 7 B educators. The event took place Wednesday night in the dining room of the Elliot Hotel in Odessa.
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R. Henry Blackwell
Buddy Withers
Harry Holcomb
Elliot Hotel
Odessa
Major and Contestants Begin Work On Show
Forty duck stamps have been sold to local sportsmen at the Pecos post office to fund waterfowl preservation. The stamps are voluntary, non tax, with proceeds used to buy land for game preserves under the Agriculture Department. Rehearsals started for Major Bozo's Amateur Hour to aid Pecos Christmas charity, with Lions club organizing acts for the Grand Theatre program on November 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Pecos
Porter Donnell
Grand Theatre
Beach To Be Built At Red Bluff Dam
J E Starley district manager says work starts soon on a beach and full swimming facilities at Red Bluff Dam. Project aims for early spring completion and plans include a motor boat on the lake and potential damsite resort development by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bluff
J. E. Starley
Starley
West
Texas
Hal operation on Miss Bobbie Nell Stoker
Miss Bobbie Nell Stoker underwent an emergency appendectomy at a local hospital late yesterday afternoon after sudden illness. Surgeons decided to operate promptly.
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Bobbie Nell Stoker
Miss Stoker
Thanksgiving Visit Of Miss Phyliss Scott At Tarleton
Miss Phyliss Scott, a John Tarleton student, spent Thanksgiving holidays with her parents and other relatives and friends here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyliss Scott
John Tarleton
Local Manager Attends National Ice Cream Meet
W. H. Bullock manager of Dairyland Ice Cream in Pecos is in Baltimore Maryland for a national meeting of ice cream factory men. Eight Dairyland representatives were chosen reflecting the company’s standing. The group toured Memphis factories en route and Bullock plans to return later this week with manufacturing news for Pecos customers.
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W. H. Bullock
Baltimore
America
Dairyland
Mr. Bullock
Memphis
Bullock
Pecos
Bobbie Wilcox Bags Eight Point Buck
Bobbie Wilcox, with Julia and Charlie Ward, hunted the Espy ranch near Fort Davis. After riding Friday afternoon, Charlie and Bobbie went out early Saturday morning and returned with a nice eight pointer after about 30 minutes.
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Bobbie Wilcox
Bobbie
Julia
Charlie Ward
Espy Ranch
Fort Davis
Charlie
P. T. A. Executives Will Meet Monday
The Pe cos Parent-Teachers' association executive board will meet Monday at three o'clock in Miss Armstrong's room. The regular meeting will follow at four o'clock in the high school auditorium.
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The
Pecos
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Fugitive Capture After Jail Break No. Six Found
Tony Johnson, one of ten prisoners who escaped on September 12, was captured last week in Greenwood Mississippi after a tip from his sweetheart. Ward County Sheriff Irby Dyer will extradite him. Johnson waived extradition. Four other escapees have been captured. four remain missing including E W Bulldog Pratt and T W Matthews.
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Tony Johnson
Greenwood
Mississippi
Irby Dyer
Ward County
Johnson
Phoenix
Arizona
W. C. White
Monahans
E. V. Williams
Bi District Championship Set For McCamey Field
McCamey prepares for the bi district final featuring the Badgers versus the Bulldogs tomorrow at Badger Field. District committees from districts 7 and 8 selected the champion after a three way tie among McCamey Fort Stockton and Iraan. Midland is declared champion by district committee ruling on the tie game with Pecos.
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Bulldog
Badger
McCamey
Fort Stockton
Iraan
Badgers
Midland
Pecos
Automobile Sales Show An Increase
Reports from 15 Texas counties indicate October automobile sales totaled 4,132, up 10.2 percent from October last year but down 13.4 percent from September. Ten-month 1936 sales reached 60,801, up 22 percent from 1935, with gains strongest in higher price brackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Middleton couple return from El Paso trip
Mr and Mrs Bob Middleton returned last Friday from a several day visit in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Middleton
el Paso
Hunter's prize bird dog slows season with sly trick
Hilburn, an inspector, boasted a bird dog that tagged birds then released them from a ground squirrel hole, letting six quail escape after the dog previously pointed and Sam shot the birds. The pup repeated the pattern on successive birds, revealing the ruse.
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AM Hilburn
Public Safety Department
Sam
Aid Office Opens Here
A sub-district old age assistance office will open in Pecos on December 10. Located in the courthouse, the office will operate three days each month on the first Monday. It will serve Reeves Loving Ward and Winkler counties and will provide investigation services and help with old age assistance applications. Dennis M. Poe, district 20 supervisor, said Poe and assistants will be onsite for three days monthly to offer information and aid.
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Pecos
Dennis M. Poe
Reeves
Loving
Ward
Winkler
el Paso
Poe
Mrs Brocat Wins First In Contest At Ben Franklin Sale
Mrs John Brocat Jr won first prize a bedroom suite in the sixth annual Ben Franklin birthday sale and popularity contest ending November 30 She led the contest last week by a small margin Mrs Norman Eisenwine won second prize a Phileco radio Third prize end table went to Mrs Elmer Wadley and Mrs Doc Rhodes won fourth prize a utility table One hundred twenty two contestants entered including President Franklin D Roosevelt who received 5000 votes Store owner W L Sherrod called the interest gratifying
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John Brocat, Jr
Ben Franklin
Brocat
Norman Eisenwine
Phileco
Elmer Wadley
Doc Rhodes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mable Crum Named To Represent Pecos In Sun Bowl Carnival
Miss Mabel Crum has been selected to represent Pecos as the Pecos Princess at the Sun Bowl Carnival in El Paso on January 1. She will compete with princesses from other West Texas and southern New Mexico cities for the honor of Queen of the Carnival.
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Mabel Crum
Pecos
el Paso
Miss Crum
West Texas
New Mexico
Cavern Traffic Reaches Record November Visits
A Carlsbad Cavern report shows 6890 visitors in November from all states except Delaware and South Carolina, led by Texas with 1517 and California with 1420. Since 1924 the site has hosted 815,?2 tours, with total visitors since Jan 1, 1936 reaching 148,342.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Boles
Delaware
South Carolina
Texas
California
Sun Bowl Tickets Offered In El Paso by Chamber
The Sun Bowl game to be played in El Paso on New Year's Day will have at least 100 tickets sold here later. Ben Smith, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, said Pecos school band members will handle sales. Ten percent of each ticket goes to the band to help cover its trip costs to the carnival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Bean
Pecos
Glynn Harris
Chamber of Commerce
el Paso
Ben Smith
The
Begin Plans For Firemen's Ball
Arrangements for the sixteenth annual Firemen's Ball and Banquet began this week with committees formed. The duet for volunteer firefighters will be heard Wednesday night January 13, and the ball on Saturday night January 16. Venue and orchestra details are still undecided, with Chief Manahan delegating these decisions to the planning committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Manahan
West Texas
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Ceristmas
Helions Club
Fine Showroom
Roy Bean
Chamber of Commerce Office
Haynes Motor Company
Red Bluff Irrigation District
Pecos Cantaloupes
Trost
Chicago
Rse
Inter
Internati
Cos
M. W
Red Bluff Dam
HAL
Roberson
E. W. “Bulldog
Pratt
T. W. Matthews
Bob Sharp
Fred Martin
Mrs. Brocat
W. L. Sherrod
Mable Crum
Union
Carlsbad Cavern
Sun Bowl
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