New Year Greetings From Pecos Friends and Citizens
A friendly New Year message from Pecos residents reflects four years of local life and business ties. The note wishes prosperity and health for 1934, naming T. H. Leachamp Chris Anton John Wadley Bill Sherrod Harry Hinkle and local enterprises like Pecos Coffee Shop and a drug business, hoping oil wells and growth follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Elass
T. H. Eauchamp
Chris Anton
John Wadley
Dodge
Bill Sherrod
Harry Hinkle
Pecos Leader New Year Wishes and Hiremen's Ball Notice
The Pecos Leader Garden section notes hopes for local leaders and businesses in 1934 including Rotary secretary and Chamber of Commerce secretary, and predicted success for merchants Abe Serimshire and Jack May. It also mentions Sam Winkler returning to Pecos and upcoming 1934 plans for local cattlemen. The article ends with notice of the Pecos Volunteer Fire Department Hiremen's Ball on January 13 at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Davis
Chamber of Commerce
Jack May
Wen
Mercantile
Abe Serimshire
Pecos
United
Serimshire
Sam Winkler
el Paso
Marx Stool
H. G. Meyer
Theanager
Penney
L. W. Anderson
C. O. Finley
Johnson
Keith Camp
Charley Nitzgerald
Sam Precht
The
Leader Grocery Company
Leader
Pecos Looks Ahead to 1934 with Major Projects
A Pecos year prospectus outlines BUFF PROJECT creating up to 600 jobs by year end with February start and townwide construction. Soft water loan of 300000 sought to begin distribution system early in the year. New City Hall aims for January construction with 10000 to 120000 in labor and materials and potential CWA aid. Federal Building work seen starting in early 1934 amid 750 similar projects nationwide. Oil sector signs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buff
cCity Council
Austin
United States
Congress
Reaon
Red Bluff district asks voters for 2.6 million bond issue
The Red Bluff Water Power Control District schedules a January 20 election to authorize 2.609 million dollars in bonds to secure a Public Works Administration loan. Notices will be posted in Reeves Loving Ward and Pecos counties with eight voting precincts and polling sites listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bluff
Reeves, Loving, Ward
Pecos
Red Bluff Water Power Control District
Roy Thomases Here From Longview on Pecos Business
Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. Thomas, now of Longview and formerly of Pecos, visited Pecos this week for business. Thomas works with the Elliott Waldron Abstract Co. He noted they miss Pecos and that the Pecos Enterprise weekly triggers lively family debates at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy G. Thomas
Longview
Pecos
Thomas
Elliott- Waldron Abstract Co
Pecos Sees Big Christmas Business Surge in 1934
Pecos reports a 50 percent rise in holiday commerce with a week of buying that tops the past three years. Stores sold out Christmas trees groceries and staple goods as windows emptied to make way for shoppers. Local merchants praise a buoyant spirit and strong year ahead. Ray Lewis notes trees and groceries gone by midweek. Albert Sisk calls it the best season yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Downstown
Ray Lewis
Celebrate 50th Year of Marriage for Rev J B Cole
Rev J B Cole former Pecos pastor celebrated the golden anniversary of his marriage in El Paso on Wednesday. His family joined in the festivities and Mrs Cole and daughter Wylie Sue Cole attended with others from Pecos and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Cole
Pecos
Wylie Cole
el Paso
Cole
Sto
Mrs. Cole
Miss Wylie Sue Cole
Dry Christmas in Pecos Seen Less Drunk Traffic
Pecos officers recall a quiet Christmas with only two arrests for drunkenness both of them Mexicans and both more belligerent than intoxicated. In earlier years Christmes brought dozens of arrests for drunkenness.
New Year's Dance Hosted by Pecos Legion at Dave's Hall
The Pecos post of the American Legion sponsors a New Year's dance at Dave's Hall on New Year's night. Southern Entertainers will perform for the affair.
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The
Pecos Post
Dave's Hall
Pecos airport to seek immediate hangar and improvement plans
An engineering delegation from the Department of Commerce may visit Pecos this week to inspect the local landing field and approve construction and repairs. Telegrams report plans for hangar general improvements and a map of the field with cost estimates as part of the approval process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Department of Commerce
Oil rises 650 feet in Reeves county wildcat well
Mil rose nearly 650 feet in the St. Freels Oil Co. No. 1 Greenman wildcat in Reeves county near Pecos, suggesting a potential commercial oil pool west of the Pecos. The well, tested at about 0.40 gravity, will be shot after the first of the year. completion hailed as a monument to the Drillers. Lee O White plans deeper drilling on his No. 1 Henderson in southern Reeves county.
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Mil
St. Freels Oil Co
Pecos
Peco
Loving County
Mr. Freely
Kenneth Slaes
Freels and
Slack
H&gn Sur
Lee O. White
Henderson
Reeves County
Manahan Rechosen Chief of Pecos Fire Dept
Charles F. Manahan was re elected Chief of the Pecos Fire Department for the 17th time at the annual election. James Hudgens became Second Assistant Chief after Frank Joplin resigned. Sammy Caroline and Herbert Holloway were re elected, with George Jester as chief engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Manahan
Pecos
James Hudgens
Frank Joplin
Sammy Caroline
Herbert Holloway
George Jester
Ronald Roberson
Hose Co. No. 1
Mr. Hudgens
Ted Ruhlen
James Caroline
Hose Co. No
Charles Fitzgerald
Highway Worker Crushed in Caliche Pit Collapse
W. H. McKinzie state highway worker injured as an embankment at a caliche pit near Monahans collapsed. He suffered a fractured spine multiple crushed ribs and a broken right ankle. Placed at Camp Sanitar ium for treatment, he remains in critical condition with paralysis in the lower ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McKinzie
Monahaus
Miss Pal Krauskopf Visits East for Holidays
Miss Pal Krauskopf teaching in El Paso was home for the holidays to see her parents Mr. and Mrs. Max Krauskopf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal Krauskopf
el Paso
Max Krauskopf
City County Health Unit Expands in Pecos Reeves County
The City-County health unit for Pecos and Reeves county opens offices in the Brandon hotel under N F Chapman with prior roles as Arkansas Chief Sanitary Inspector and Deming NM City Health Officer. Chapman serves as U S Army Reserve Sanitary Corps lieutenant. Mrs Ora Belle Jones is named county secretary to the supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Reeves County
Brandon Hotel
N. F. Chapman
Arkansas
Deming
New Mexico
Chapman
Sanitary Corps
U. S. Army Reserve
Ora Belle Jones
Lessee Returns as Night Greeter at Brandon Hotel
Ward Weakley, formerly of the Plaza, has rejoined the Brandon hotel as night greeter after five or six months away from the brand location. He previously served at the Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Weakley
Plaza Hotel
Brandon
Weather turns milder after cold snap in Pecos area
The week opened with a 12 degree low on Wednesday as Pecos locals woke to a lingering chill. By Friday morning a milder spell arrived with light drizzle, ending the week’s cold spell as Old Man Weather shifted the calendar.
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Pecos
Organize Loan Bank Forms Production Credit Group
Reeves county men join ranchers and farmers from seven west Texas counties in El Paso to form a Production Credit Corporation. Government plans fifty one Texas groups with capital stock initially 60 000 dollars and loans up to five times capital. El Paso group headquartered with Frank P. Frist A H Kelley H G Pyle Wynn Hamilton and others elected as directors. Ward county seeks inclusion. Attendees from Reeves include Judge J B Woolfolk and County Agent Ted Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Crop Production Loan Association
Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation
Gov
Corporation
el Paso
Frank P. Frist
A. H. Kelley
Hudspeth
H. G. Pyle
Culbersob Wynn Hamilton
Reeves
A. Neiman
Pecos
H. T. Fletcher
Brewster
Ela. Mueller
Presidio
Clay Espy
Jeff Davis
W. K. Mitchell
Maria
Alh County
Ward County
J. B
Rotary Club Plans Franklin Roosevelt Ball for Charity
Pecos Rotary Club votes to sponsor a Franklin Roosevelt birthday ball on January 3. Proceeds go to the president to pass to the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis research and treatment. Public event likely at the country club. committee includes Kerr, Colhie, Camp, Beauchamp, Sisk, and Dean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
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Charley Manhon
Rotary Club
Arken
Low Boxley
Barstow
Lie Radford Grocery News
Banner Agriculture
J. E. Starley
Lstad
Loving
Justice of the Peace
Mentone
Floyd Jcioodrich
Pecos County
Imperial School
L. A. Hmeagy
Bessie
Roy Thomases
Pers
Albert Sisk
Legion
Leé
Freels
Manahan Rechosen
Fire Dept
Roy Ware
Paso
Othr
Pecos River
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