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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1933
Page
5
Former Pecos resident RB Wilson died December 4 in Denton Texas. A letter from son Wallace D Wilson to the Enterprise reports funeral services were held at the home and burial took place in Denton cemetery.
Sul Ross State Teachers College band director Thomas B. Granger announced scholarships and part time work for students aiming to join the band. The 25 member group, under Granger, is developing into a well drilled concert band with plans for uniforms and a tour of West Texas performing standard marches and overtures.
A gas processing plant costing 150.00 dollars is under construction near Crowell in Foard County by the Texas Company. The facility will process up to 10,000,000 cubic feet of gas daily.
The third Pecos High alumni dance, to be held December 22 at the high school, aims to raise funds to endow a high school band. About 500 invitations have been issued. only graduates with an invitation may enter. Proceeds support school activities and band promotion. The event features colored lights, the Southern Historians will provide rhythm, and coffee and sandwiches during intermission. Admission is 1.50 dollars and valid only with invitation.
The November issue of Rial ford Grocery News from Abilene highlights Pecos Texas with an eight acre Pecos Valley cotton field on the cover and a long lead article on Pecos and its civic, religious, industrial and agricultural life. W E Holley is noted as Pecos manager of the Radford Grocery Co. providing consistent regional service.
A deluxe hotel in southwest Indian style is planned for an Indian village in Keeser canyon state park near Fort Days in the Davis mountains. Excavation has begun by the C G C. The lower structure will be stone and the upper stories adobe. Adobe bricks are being made. A well is being drilled for water and a reflection pool. The stone entrance is completed and work has started on winter barracks.
Rumors of a stealthy prowler in Javis led to a dramatic clash when a Mexican woman sighted a man she believed to be a ghost entering a house. Deputy W. Grubb arrived as armed men fired, wounding the occupant, an American carpenter with Keesey Canyon Co. Camp. The man, boarding with the couple, survived. the “spook” tale is debunked. Tuberculosis concerns and sanitary shelling of pecans noted by local officials. John B. Howard attended Mrs. Rendats’s funeral in El Paso.
The Texas Health Department cautions that shelled pecans processed at home can spread disease. While large plants meet sanitary standards, home shelling by workers including Mexicans and Negroes may lack supervision, risking contamination through handling.
Wallace Connally the shoemaker has moved his place of business and is now located with Slover at Slover's grease in the old Windham building on Kirst and Cedar streets. Wallace invites all his friends to visit his new service there. Oscar Austin observed Pecos activity from Chillicothe Mo. home and was on the spot to see the wheels up around this week.
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