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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
1
A flood of readers sent holiday wishes to Santa Claus for Christmas items. Citizens from Pecos and nearby areas request gifts ranging from a natural toupe to a trophy case, oxen yoke, wagon parts, and football players, all voiced in humorous and earnest notes.
Voters approved forming the Pecos Independent School District uniting Pecos and Saragosa with Orla and Patrose common districts. Pecos 400 8 Saragosa 31 1 total 431 22. New district serves 835000 acres, starts Sept 1, tax plans set, temporary board to elect trustees in April.
County Agent Ted Johnston reports only minor adjustments in farm and range programs for 1939. He says the current proposals respond to numerous inquiries from Reeves County farmers and ranchers, keeping overall plans steady.
Elections will be held next Wednesday in Pecos and Balmorhea for the selection of three county agricultural committeemen. Voting in Pecos is at the county agent's office and in Balmorhea at Coffey's Garage. Present committeemen are Finley, Parker of Toyah, and Reeves of Balmorhea.
Red Bluff Water Power Control District seeks bids to extend power lines into Imperial Imperial, Grandfalls, Barstow and areas north of Pecos with a $40 000 loan approved. Project covers over fifty miles of highlines completing distribution. Funds also buy truck maintenance and test equipment. Bids due January 23 at the Red Bluff office.
A highway crash Sunday morning near Heromosa eight miles west of Pecos killed Mrs. W. W. DeLong of Oklahoma City. The 43 year old was driving a car that overturned after a blow out. her son Lanier 15 survived uninjured while daughter Jula Ann 15 was hospitalized. Her uncle Cr L Jones of Los Angeles arranged funeral matters. the two children may return to Oklahoma City.
Postoffice will stay open until six on Saturday as employees work overtime to handle Pecos Christmas mail. Postmaster M W Collie says the extra five hours will ease the Christmas Eve rush. Pecos mailing volume this year exceeds recent years with Monday totals of over 6000 letters cancelled and sent, plus numerous packages, surpassing last year.
Omar T. Burleson of Anton district Lion governor was guest of honor at a Lions dinner in Pecos. Delegations from Wink Kermit and Grandfalls attended, with Grandfalls considering forming a Lions club under Pecos sponsorship.
Pecos Lions Club members dressed as Santa for area residents. Chairperson Pop Biggs notes a small number of families in need after survey. 550 to 600 Mexican and African American children will receive fruits nuts and candies. Distribution supported by Rotary advisory group and funded by a Lions minstrel.
A. E. Bull Kotrola Pecos assistant coach received a $2400 yearly offer to become Kermit high school head coach at semester end. Superintendent Blackwell says Pecos cannot raise salaries until the rural district board sets pay. Kotrola may leave Pecos to join Kermit’s program.
Miss Cathryn Douglas Pecos elementary school teacher presented her resignation to the school trustees effective at mid term. Superintendent R Henry Blackwell said the board had not yet acted but likely would release her from her contract. She plans to be married January 28.
More than 300 Reeves County farmers will share government cotton subsidy checks totaling about 16 788 dollars. County Agent Ted Johnston and his secretary Miss Winifred Dyer distributed receipts in Balmorhea for nearly 12 000 dollars. Ward County farmers will receive around 14 000 dollars this week. The payments, based on 1937 production, offset a poor season caused by bad weather and low cotton prices.
County Agent Ted Johnston announced a government subsidy rise for 1939. Two payments, parity and benefit, lift the rate to 3.8 cents per pound, calculated by multiplying the rate by the base yield from the allotted acreage.
Eugene Grove assessor and collector for the Red Bluff Water Power Control District said Pecos valley conditions look improved with tax collections about double those of last year in the district this year.
Mrs. W. L. Ross, a Pecos pioneer resident, was seriously ill at her home this week with neuritis. She had a fractured wrist from a fall several weeks earlier and had not yet recovered.
Mr and Mrs W E Beckham of Pecos announce the birth of a son named Billie Joe in a concise society note detailing the family milestone and location.
Work started this week on Pecos new 105450 sewer disposal plant and extension of the present inadequate system. Few workers had activity by week’s end, with slow progress expected until after the holidays. Hired men labored near the Pecos River aiding a tool house and other preliminary tasks. The C F Lytel Company of Des Moines Iowa manages the project.
Elite Truck Line with local agent T. R. Peebles arranged for the welfare association to provide names of several local families and deliver food and other needed items to them this week as part of Yuletide Spirit efforts.
Gene Hendon announces a big Christmas party at the Grand Theatre this Saturday at 2:30 PM. Santa Claus will attend, with a Christmas tree and presents for all children. The feature film will be Little Tough Guys in Society.
Mr and Mrs J P North of Pyote are the parents of a son born in a local sanitarium last Thursday. He has been named Otis Jason.
Reeves County Sheriff Louis Roberson sparks a square dance challenge with El Paso Sheriff Chris Fox and Van Horn Sheriff Albert Anderson. The Dec 31 national contest in El Paso could become a West Texas peace officers convention as Roberson and others trade jests and plan a entertaining competition with local couples and officials.
A cheerful mood surrounds Pecos as post office records 11 200 outgoing letters on Wednesday surpassing 8700 previous highs. Cotton subsidy checks totaling 16 788 spur hoped for strong pre Christmas business with Lions Club aiding needy families and churches planning Christmas services and midnight mass at St Catherine's led by Father Victor C Vannes and Sister Aloysius.
More than 900 Pecos students will be released Thursday afternoon for a 12 day Christmas holiday. Classes resume January 3 across Pecos five schools after joint Christmas programs and assemblies. Many faculty plan holidays away from town and some seek amusement in other spots.
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