Kermit Lions Club Burlesque Basketball Benefit Date Set
Kermit Lions Club plans its second annual burlesque basketball game at the high school gym Tuesday night December 14 to aid the Christmas Cheer Drive. Two teams will be formed from club members. In Balmorhea 131 bales of cotton were ginned in the Madera Valley last week, total 1938, with Berkstresser gin at 2181 and Texas Cotton Industries at 702. The Balmorhea note mentions coal shuttle gaining popularity despite Bowl talk.
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Kermit
Kermit Lions Club
Madera
Berkstresser
Texas Cotton Industries
County agent mails payments for 1938 range program work
E. E. Williams county agent announced on Thursday that applications for payment totaling about 50 000 dollars for work under the 1938 range program have been mailed to the main office.
Record Low November Cold in West Texas Pecos County
Fort Stockton reports extreme cold weather records for November with readings near zero in Pecos County on Thanksgiving, highlighting severe winter conditions across West Texas last week.
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Fort Stockton
West Texas
Pecos County
City Board Settles Waterworks Dispute With CP Solar Officials
After two days of negotiations with Community Public Service Company officials, the Board of City Commissioners announced last week a settlement of the waterworks issue and a reduction in rates.
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Kermit
Community Public Service Company
Board of City Commissioners
Utility rates and bond vote ordered for municipal systems
A vote on a $200,000 bond issue for the municipal light and gas systems was ordered off along with utility rate adjustments.
Pecos County Delays Road Construction Vote to Next Month
Pecos County Commissioners Court cancels the December 10 special election on road construction and postpones the vote to a later date, delaying the decision on county road projects for Pecos County voters.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Pecos
Alpine Lions form committee to start Community Chest
The Alpine Lions club met Tuesday and appointed a committee to organize a Community Chest in Alpine. The group aims to reduce waste in charitable giving by centralizing funds and directing aid more efficiently.
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Alpine
Alpine Lions Club
Red Cross roll call slow in Alpine says chair
Alpine report shows slow response to annual Red Cross drive with only 123 dollars collected by yesterday. Shirley Scales chairs the effort and notes funds are lagging.
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Red Cross
Shirley Scales
Barstow Woman Mamie Inger Dies After Operation
Mrs Mamie Inger, 66, longtime Barstow resident from a pioneer Ward county family, died at a Pecos hospital last Saturday after a surgical operation. She had lived in Barstow for 45 years.
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Barstow
Mamie Ingerson
Pioneer Ward
Pecos
Ward County Names New County Agent Mogford
John L. Mogford began duties as Ward County's county agent on Thursday after serving as assistant county agent of Mitchell with headquarters in Colorado. His appointment marks a transition from previous Colorado-based work to Ward County agricultural leadership.
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Barstow
John L. Mogford
Ward
Mr. Mogford
Mitchell
Colorado
Marfa Exports Over Five Hundred Cattle This Year
More than five hundred cattle have been shipped from Marfa this year, more than doubling last year’s shipments, reflecting a surge in livestock transport from the West Texas town.
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Marfa
Funeral for Earl Stone in Grandfalls
Funeral services were held in Grandfalls last Saturday for Earl Stone a 14 year old from Royalty who was accidentally killed during a hunting trip.
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Grandfalls
Earl Stone
Honor roll list released for Pecos schools
One hundred eighteen Pecos elementary junior and senior high students were named on the honor roll for the second six weeks. Highest honors were earned by Patsy Ruth Clay Patricia Joyce Roberta Wood Mickey Buchannan Gali Coonrod in first and Martha Jane Holley in fifth grade. other high achievers include Peggy Correll Laura Lou Johnston Frank Slack Verlie Mae Smith Floyd Stephen Pat Warnock and Margarette Gardner. Also listed are numerous Honorable Mention students across grades with many names.
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Pecos
Patsy Ruth Clay
Patricia Joyce
Roberta Wood
Mickey Buchannan
Gali Coonrod
Jan Arthur
Mary Toll
Anabel Lee
Martha Jane Holley
Peggy Correll
Laura Lou Johnston
Frank Slack
Verlie Mae Smith
Floyd Stephen
Pat Warnock
Margarette Gardner
Property advertising and rental notices from Hutchinson area
Will give three years free rent to have 10 acres cleared on land as per description. Abstract 617 Survey 15 H & TC Ry lot 14 on 40.9. Write Mrs Jennie E Barnhart 904 E 3rd Hutchinson Kans 18-21-c Few pecan and elm trees for sale. Phone 132 J H Wilhite. 28-1f-c Will trade radio for good type writer or adding machine Pecos Radio Sales Service Phone 456. 17-41-c FOR RENT Furnished apartment electric refrigerator all utilities paid 30.00 per month Corner 2nd and Oleander Street Phone 447W. 18-11t-c FOR RENT Front bedroom with bath 618 W 3rd St 18-11-c
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H & TC Ry
Jennie E. Barnhart
Hutchinson, Kans
Pecos
2Nd and
Oleander Street
Department Store Sales Dip in Texas October
Department and specialty stores in Texas posted slightly lower sales in October versus September and well below October 1937 figures. UT Bureau of Business Research reports a 1.7 percent month decline and a 1.9 percent year to date drop across 105 stores.
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Austin
Dec
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Texas Department
Beauty Shop Sold To Mrs Hammond
Charlie Hammond owner of Pecos Mercantile Beauty Shop announced this week her purchase of the Inez Beauty Salon across from the post office. She plans to move today and retain the same operators. the new shop name is not yet set. Also lists several students by grade.
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Charlie Hammond
Pecos
Inez
Enter prise Chooses All-District Football Team
The Trans-Pecos district coaches selected first and second all district teams at Odessa. Pecos and Wink led with five players each, Don Ezell of Wink missing from both teams while Fatso Wright shared halfback duties with Frank Medanich of Pecos. The Enterprise plans its own selection next week and notes the official team differs in several spots.
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Jim Neill
Hardluck Neill
Bull Kotrola
Supt R. Henry Blackwell
Trans-Pecos
Odessa
Don Ezell
Wink
Don
Fatso Wright
Ezell
Frank Medanich
Pecos
Enterprise
Kotrola
Texas
Carnegie Tech
Saint Mary’s
Johnny Smith
Jim
Hardluck
The
San Angelo Times
O’daniel
P. S. Neill
Toby Greer
Mil eage per tire rises by six percent in year
The report notes a six percent increase in average mileage per tire over the last year, indicating improved tire durability and efficiency. The data highlights a general trend across brands and models with variations by vehicle type and driving conditions.
Angels With Dirty Faces at Grand Theatre This Weekend
Cagney O'Brien and Ann Sheridan star in Angels With Dirty Faces a sensational melodrama of a slum district. The feature also includes Pat O'Brien James Cagney George Bancroft Humphrey Bogart and the Dead End Kids with Sheridan as the romantic lead. The story follows two boys from the slums one becomes a gangster the other a priest and their enduring bond amid crime reform and loyalty.
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Pat O’brien
James Cagney
Grand Theatre
Ann Sheridan
Denton, Texas
Hollywood
George Bancroft
Humphrey Bogart
Priest
Rip Mob
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Virginia Lea Goodrich
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Hariet Ross
Patsye Brookover
Billie Annette Richardson
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Charles Connell
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al Gene Rumbaugh
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Ted Johnston
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Harold Dean Wicker
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Nina McCain
Patsy Ruth Bell
Harold Lloyd Wright
Patsy Ruth Bennett
Kathryn Ross
Mary Lee Lindsay
J. H. Wilhite
B. A. Oden
Harold Scott
Park St
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George F. Williams
White Bluff
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6Th St
Durham
John Wendt
Roy Ligon
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Iona Dobbs
Frances Donnell
Jerry Durnal
Helen Titus
Hiram Bond
Margaret Bennett
Helen Faye Holley
Carl Eddins
Margaret Justis
Martha Ellis
Marilea Boles
Sherley Glasscock
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Twila Jean Lucas
Willis Cook
Catherine Kitsos
Louise Ligon
Ruth Reeder
Mary Louise Biggs
Bill Boles
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Floyd Brownlee
Doris Wendt
Virginia Wray
Doris Calley
Spilman Harris
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Louise Johnson
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Pecos Lions Club
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