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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1935
Page
4
The 1955 New Year arrived with private watch parties and large crowds at the Grand Theatre and Rainbow dance hall. Automobiles honked through Pecos streets as horns and cheers echoed after midnight, with optimism prevailing well into the morning and 1935 noted for a rousing ovation.
Mrs. Lee Moore of Wink died Sunday after weeks of serious illness in a Wink hospital. Despite blood transfusions efforts, she succumbed to her illness. She was shipped to Livingston for burial with Kolar Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
W R Lynch, former owner and Star Telegram agent, repurchases the Oak street news stand from R N Stephenson. Lynch says the arrangement lets subscribers settle accounts at the stand and he will continue selling newspapers, magazines, candies and tobaccos as before.
Mentone and Loving county welcome a new business, Levine County Abstract Co, to be owned by HF W Johns of Pampa and D B Jay. Johns and Supe will manage its operations starting after the first of the year, and the firm will compile county records for local citizens amid street work tied to the Red Bluff Dam project.
All unemployed in Reeves County will be on county projects by today. About 150 men will work on road and irrigation projects in Pecos Toyah and Balmorhea. Current tasks include road Cr cralche laying in Toyah and irrigation ditch and canal work at Balmorhea.
Several hundred viewers attended the Zimmer-Roddy Motor Co display Saturday to see the 1955 Ford V-8. Reported praise centered on the new body styling and improved ride arrangements.
RosE Schooler advertises a measure for the 44th Legislature to forfeit and repurchase sections 26 26 535 and 36 in Elk 76 public school land in Loving county to establish a nativity with other funds surrounding it.
Mrs Pat Wilson and her husband spent the holidays at the ranch near Quito. She is visiting friends in town on Monday with her sons Ned and Dat Jr. The family plans to resume travel to Page on New Year’s Day.
The January 1935 term of the 109th district court opens Monday morning with Judge J. A. Crane impaneling the grand jury. Grand jurors include T. Y. Casey F. J. Hutcheson J. T. Moore RK Cross W. RB Collins Martin Michel W. L. Sherrod R. G. Middleton G. A. Trapper Hota Meyer Marvin Cowan Don Jeili son AL Young Herbert Holloway and C D All. Petit jurors listed for the first week include George Ross George Dives O L Sadberry and many others.
Pecos High School starts basketball season Friday night in the auditorium with three fast games against Balmor, featuring boys from Pecos and Balmor. Admission is 25 cents, with a 50 cent option. Next Saturday Pecos boys face Fort Stockton in Fort Stockton then compete in Odessa tournament the following week. The event draws West Texas interest with more than 16 teams for the two day meet on January 11 and 12.
Classified sale notices include Lot One block 4 West Park Pecos Texas with terms and Mrs M A Dixon contact 1717 London Vernon Texas 200-31-p and a fully furnished ten room house offered by Mrs Wever with viewing instructions.
An extension of fifteen days to complete cattle purchases was granted in the region as ranchers dispose of herds. P A Black has about forty calves near Barstow with grazing enough to reach spring, fed mainly on cake and bear grass as filler. Wes Hall and Uncle Lee Driver visit Pecos area for health and ranch supply updates.
John Sluley, a rancher from Loving Corn, was in Pecos seeking workers to assist with passing out feed to his cattle. He joins other ranchers in recruiting hands for the feed days.
A Pecos Texas page lists a job wanted ad for ranch work with cattle or sheep by George Gann and a carpenters union notice offering help for a worthy cause. It also mentions a one horse electric motor for sale and references alarmed banks after checks passed in other areas, with no Reeves County incidents yet.
Guy Kibbee headlines the Grand Theatre in Big Hearted Herbert on Tuesday and Wednesday. Kibbee, a veteran stage and screen performer, is noted for his Broadway breakthrough in his forties and later career highs in a light comedy romance.
Dallas News notes from fifty years ago recount a raid when Cowboys halted an east bound Southern Pacific train at the Pecos river bridge on December 24. No injuries occurred though two windows were broken.
The Dallas Morning News recalls Reeves County origins with a So Years Age column noting its creation from Pecos County in November and calling Reeves County a landmark in Texas progress.
Mrs Wadley longtime Pecos resident and mother of several children died leaving four surviving daughters. Four of her children had predeceased her: Bud Wart Fannie Wolffe and Cassa. About 200 grandchildren and four great grandchildren survive. Her church was Pecos Methodist and she was a devoted wife mother and friend. The community extends sympathy to the family.
John S. Hallard 71 year old Grandfalls farmer died after several days illness at a Pecos hospital last Thursday. Funeral services were held the same day at Pecos Furniture Co. chapel conducted by Rev. John Byrd. Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery.
Mrs and Mrs Eddie Adams of Mentone welcomed a 7 1 2 pound girl born late Thursday afternoon at a local hospital. Both mother and baby are reported doing well.
Local notes report John Hatley Jr. is seriously ill and receiving care this week at Pecos Saviter timing.
Wild color film Red Morning depicts head-hunters and Papuan natives shot on location across New Guinea and Fiji Islands. Filmmaker James Shackelford and Teorey Dromegold describe long year by armed crews capturing tribes ceremonies and jungle life for a dramat thriller of South Seas danger and intrigue.
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