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Pecos Enterprise

Location

Pecos, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1939

Page

8

Pecos Woman Leads Local Unit In Tax Crusade

Mrs H H Johnson of Pecos named chair of a local unit of the National Consumers Tax Commission as Texas wives join a nationwide drive against hidden and direct taxes. Dallas leader Mrs Kenneth C Frazier and Brownsville’s Mrs Volney W Taylor spearhead efforts with study programs to educate families on rising costs and tax burdens.

H. H. Johnson Pecos National Consumers Tax Commission Commission Chicago Texas Kenneth C. Frazier Dallas Volney W. Taylor Brownsville Johnson Taylor

Life Begins at 70 as Reynolds and Related Families Visit

Lincoln Nebraska residents Mr and Mrs Edger Reynolds and Mrs Clara Dowling with Jack Dowling spent Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Paul Dowling and family. Also traveling were Mr and Mrs Mac Betzer and daughter from Hot Springs New Mexico.

Edger Reynolds Lincoln Nebraska Mac Betzer Hot Springs N. M Clara Dowling Jack Dowling Paul Dowling

Freezer lockers boost fresh meat for plains farmers

A Plains Cooperative locker system allows farmers like T. Hall Brown to store and share beef, pork, and poultry at low cost. With 132 lockers in Plainview and others rising in the Southwest, families gain regular access to fresh meat beyond canned or cured options, aided by home refrigeration and canning.

T. Hall Brown The Plains Cooperative Plainview Co-Op

Fort Worth Visit By Mr and Mrs Henry Dinghee

Mr and Mrs Henry Dinghee spent last weekend visiting in Fort Worth with Mr Dinghee’s relatives.

Mrs Henry Dinghee Fort Worth Mr. Dingnee

Mr and Mrs Gene Kelly Return From Amarillo Holiday Visit

Mr and Mrs Gene Kelly returned from Amarillo after spending Christmas holidays visiting relatives and friends.

Gene Kelly Amarillo

Sibleys Visit From Davis Mountains Ranch

Mr and Mrs Max Sibley traveled from their Davis Mountains ranch last Friday to attend to business affairs in town.

Max Sibley Davis Mountains

Taylor to be speaker at Buffalo Trail Council meeting

Tom Taylor of Brownwood will speak at the Buffalo Trail Council Annual Meeting in Big Spring on Tuesday January 17 at the Settles Hotel. The program includes scouters convention and a banquet with awards such as the Silver Beaver and an attendance trophy.

Tom Taylor Howard Payne University Buffalo Trail Council Charles Paxton Boy Scout Organization Big Spring Settles Hotel Taylor Will Rogers Paxton Brownwood C. S. Holmes Lon Geer Sweetwater W. M. Elliott Colorado John P. Howe Claude Crane Midland Paul Jette Wink B. Reagan John Byrd Pecos

Cossack Choir To Sing In El Paso

The world famous General Platoff's Don Cossack Choir performs at Liberty Hall in El Paso on January 21. The group, organized in Prague eleven years ago under Mazaryk and Benes, has toured Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and this marks their first visit to the United States.

el Paso Liberty Hall General Platoff Prague Mazaryk Czecho-Slovakia Benes Foreign Office Europe North South Africa South America Central America New Zealand Australia Java Sumatra Malay States Burma Ceylon Indo-China Philippine Islands Japan Monolulu

Stockton Doctor III and farm meat curing fashions

Dr. A E Lyell of Fort Stockton is noted as ill with flu in a local hospital. The piece reflects on Humpty Dumpty and the downfall of power, then argues that many farmers rely on bought meat due to price, condemns poor curing methods, and promotes modern curing techniques available via county agents for better flavor than commercial packs.

A. E. Lyell Fort Stockton

One Cow Worth Five Cows Says Purina Expert

Purina Mills Dairy head Meade Summers argues in a dairy note that one high producing cow can yield as much profit as five average cows. He cites butterfat figures and feed costs to urge dairymen to cull poor cows and feed the good ones a balanced ration for higher profits.

Meade Summers Purina Mills Purina

Mexican Church Expresses Thanks for Christmas Tree Donations

The Mexican Methodist Church expresses appreciation to contributors who donated cash and merchandise for its annual Christmas tree for children. Named donors include Safeway Stores J C Penney Co United W H Kesler T H Beauchamp Ben Franklin Store Wadley May Clothiers C G Morrison Co Community Public Service Co Hinkle Drug Co Jesse Bush Harvey Beauchamp J W Duncan Louis Roberson Bell's Garage Pecos Food Store Sanders Drug Store W H Pryor Pecos Mercantile Co Pecos Flower Shop Howard Studio Drs Camp Camp B A Oden Home Furniture Co M D Cowan Propp's Bakery Leader Grocery Co and three unidentified friends.

The Mexican Methodist Church Safeway Stores J. C. Penney Co the United Louis Roberson Bell’s Garage Pecos Food Store Sanders Drug Store W. H. Pryor Pecos Mercantile Co Pecos Flower Shop Howard Studio Drs. Camp & Camp B. A. Oden, Home Furniture Co M. D. Cowan Propp’s Bakery Leader Grocery Co

Fire Commissioner Urges Caution On Preventable Fire Deaths

Texas Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall cites more than 44 deaths in Oct and Nov from clothing ignition and gas stoves. He urges fire prevention, noting 400 annual deaths in Texas over ten years and urging use of screen guards and safer heater practices.

Austin Marvin Hall Texas Hall

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