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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1939
Page
2
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated after a merger on May 16, 1925. Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H Lott oversee a Texas newspaper with weekly Friday publication. Subscription rates include 2.00 yearly and 1.00 half year.
The piece reflects on 1938 as a pivotal year for the United States and world, noting a narrowly averted world war and ongoing undeclared conflicts. It discusses improvements in U.S. business activity over five months, hopeful signs of policy-industry reconciliation, and a cautious sense that long-standing gloom may ease as manufacturing voices express confidence.
In and Out of Town, Mr. and Mrs. George Townley and daughter Sandra Kay, Mrs. C. E. Ligon of Wink and Mrs. Sue Copeland of Kermit drove to Dallas Thursday. Mrs. Copeland was en route to Chicago after spending weeks here and in Kermit. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bradley and family visited last weekend and left Monday for Corpus Christi. Walter Browning and son Walter Jr. of Dallas and R. B. Browning of Shreveport visited with Judge and Mrs. W. H. Browning during the holidays.
Mr and Mrs Bob Mahoney returned to their Wichita Falls home after visiting Mr and Mrs Henry Slack. Mr and Mrs Bob Middleton were El Paso visitors last weekend attending the Sun Carnival.
Miss Myrtle Cowan Miss Eunice Otto and Mrs Ione Caldwell spent last weekend in El Paso visiting and taking part in the Sun Carnival events with local residents.
Miss Fay Frost returned from a visit with relatives and friends in Clyde Fort Worth Eastland and Ranger.
Miss Marjorie Jane McCutcheon spent last weekend in El Paso visiting with Miss Betty Kate Corbett. The pair enjoyed a social stay and the companionship of friends and local sights during the trip.
Tom Hart of Coleman Texas is visiting with his mother Mrs Lula Hart and the Hart family.
Mrs. Edna Coulson of Hillsboro New Mexico visits with Mrs. A J Hart and family. Mr and Mrs J F Biggs were Pecos visitors in El Paso last weekend.
Mr and Mrs Walter Ruhlen of Fort Stockton spent several days this week visiting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. George Handley and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Galle More were in El Paso last weekend to attend the Sun Carnival.
Mrs J H Arthur has returned home after visiting with her parents in San Angelo.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Grogan and Mr and Mrs George Jester traveled to El Paso on Monday to attend the Sun Bowl game.
Former Pecos school teacher Miss Isadore Grimes was in town last weekend visiting friends.
Mr and Mrs Dave Wood Boze man and Mr and Mrs Beau Mc Cutcheon attended the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas Monday.
The Ramsey No 1 well begins operations after spudding late this week with a bonus for drillers if the 4400 foot hole is completed in four months. The Bell discovery follows a major gas strike at 2370 feet as the drill advances through shale and a silica cap rock.
Five years ago Ralph Williams and Monroe Kerr of Williams-Kerr Chevrolet report a well-dressed man came to buy a car and take a test drive. he has not returned. The Toyah State Bank of Balmorhea will be liquidated with deposits guaranteed by Pecos Security State Bank, which takes over all assets. The Pecos bank also backs a 300000 loan for a soft water system approved by the Texas Advisory Council of the PWA and regional administrator Clifford B. Jones. Red Bluff reservoir work should start in February. Judge J E Starley spoke to Chamber of Commerce about the Red Bluff District. Miss Roberta Payne and Willie D. Prewit of Pecos wed December 26 in Stanton and plan to live in Pecos.
Miss Warren Collings accompanied by Miss Ail een Love and Choc Jones spent the past weekend visiting in El Paso, adding to social notes and local greetings.
Grand announces the film Suez starring Tyrone Power in the role of Ferdinand de Lesseps with Loretta Young and Annabella. The production showcases a recreated Suez canal, desert palaces, and a dramatic pivotal scene noted for its spectacular spectacle and desert hardship. Allan Dwan directs with screenplay by Phillip Dunne and Julien Josephson.
Judy Garland leads a comic youth tale in Listen Darling co starring Freddy Bartholomew and Mary Astor at the Grand Theatre for a one day showing. Walter Pidgeon Alan and Gene Lockhart appear as suitors with Scotty Beckett as the clever youngster. Garland performs three numbers The Bumpy Road to Love Zing Went The Strings of My Heart and Ten Pins in the Sky.
Rain and snow in Pecos and nearby areas earlier week improved range conditions and gave ranchers optimism for 1938. Pecos 1937 rainfall totaled 13 inches per Southern Union Gas office records.
Mr and Mrs Sammy Caroline and J F Caroline traveled to El Paso on Monday to attend the Sun Carnival event.
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