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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1937
Page
2
Local readers hail the Pecos school band for a strong second year showing at the Sun Carnival. Placing third against older, better trained groups, the ensemble impressed crowds with progress despite its dress. Betsy Ross returns as society editor to Pecos Enterprise after six months in Jackson Mississippi.
Sixteen men were arrested and about one thousand dollars of gambling tables and equipment seized in a Crane raid by the State Department of Public Safety. Officers Captain W D Roberts Inspector Bilburn John T Yarbrough Jack Buddleston and Al Ross led the operation with District Attorney William L Kerr. Equipment was moved to Pecos courthouse awaiting disposal and legal proceedings to destroy it were set, with a case hearing scheduled for Saturday January 16.
Pioneer Western cattleman Bill Coulson known as Uncle Bill died Monday at his Hillsboro New Mexico ranch from a heart attack. He arrived in the county in 1881 worked at the Kingston ranch in Madera later moved to El Paso and then Hillsboro where he ran a ranch until his death. He leaves a wife two sons two daughters a sister Mrs. A J Hart and a brother John Coulson plus nieces and nephews. An obituary will run next week.
Season tickets for 20 Pecos basketball games go on sale this afternoon under Superintendent R Henry Blackwell. Five hundred tickets were printed and are valid for regular season games plus Pecos Invitation tournament games. Invitations have been mailed to district schools as Pecos holds a tournament for the first time this year. The move aims to boost interest in basketball.
The all district 7 B football team chosen by coaches and writers includes Ends Callon Odessa and Garlington Wink, Tackles English and Adams Midland, Guards Flowers Monahans and Richards Pecos, Center Warren Pecos, QB Watford Midland, Halfbacks Hary Monahans and Kelton Pecos, Fullbacks Thomas Odessa and Williams Crane. Each player tied with equal votes.
The Pecos Lions Club tops District 2T for the Model Club Contest after adding ten new members in November, raising its honor points to 84 and widening its lead over the next club. Lions International plans a January membership drive honoring Melvin Jones, with 102 new members expected across 51 West Texas clubs.
Pecos Savings and Loan Association board declares a three percent dividend for six months. Secretary Marvin Cowan notes earnings were reserved for cash funds and loans averaged under four months. Local citizens may invest further as the investment is government guaranteed and insured.
A joint luncheon of Pecos Rotary and Lions clubs and the Chamber of Commerce will be held next Thursday at noon 12 10 at Jack's Oasis. The event aims to gather local businessmen for civic project talks with a potential out of town speaker. It replaces the Lions and Rotary weekly luncheons and invites all members to attend.
Grisham and Hunter began moving drilling equipment one mile northwest of Toyah to start a 4000 foot test well. A new rotary rig will be used. This marks the first oil testing activity in the county in about a year after the last well was abandoned. Rumors of several more test wells nearby could not be substantiated.
Justice of the Peace B A Oden on his first day in office briefly set aside business when Jess Lee Sloan and Thelma Taylor entered the court and were wed during a trial. The couple’s ceremony interrupted proceedings three hours after he was sworn in, making a notable first act in his career.
The Pecos school band directed by Wesley May won third place in its division at the Sun Carnival parade in El Paso on New Year’s day. Forty seven members traveled with Mr. May and Superintendent R. Henry Blackwell, earning praise for performance and crowd appeal.
Merchants in Pecos report unusually brisk early New Year sales and a strong 1926 as the best year to date. Banks show higher deposits and assets, postal receipts rise, and Reeves county hopes for growth with new plants and testing for oil, signaling a potential peak beyond 1928.
Lionel Childress advertising manager of the Enterprise for four months resigns to join radio stations KIU and KLAH. The paper notes his energetic and efficient work and expresses regret at his departure for a better job with greater possibilities.
The balcony at the rear of the main floor groups women’s wear by line. Ready to wear lingerie corset millinery uniform and girls' department are segregated from other store sections for shopper convenience.
Mrs. Beulah J. Wilson deputy grand matron of district 2 section 7 of the Order of the Eastern Star of Texas departed Monday for a tour through the Big Bend country.
A total of 31 234 acre feet of irrigation water was stored up to Tuesday in the Red Bluff reservoir, J. H. Miller said Wednesday. Daily storage has decreased from the average 400 acre feet daily, due to Carlsbad reservoirs catching water in the Pecos system. The lake above the reservoir covers about 1800 acres with a maximum depth of 41.7 feet.
Letter sweaters for Pecos junior football players arrived last week. The orange and black sweaters were awarded to 21 team members by Coach Ray Whitley including Darrell Glover Robert Beauford Lowell Lybrand Scott Armstrong Neil Prewit J T Prewit Frank Medanich Jim Tom Kelton Billy Bob Oglesby Billy Cole Roberson A D Haynes Kenneth Griffin Floyd Brownlee Bob Fletcher Fred Beauchamp L A Richards Jimmie Stewart Billy Jarrell Jerry Duncan Ray King and Lee Weatherby.
Jack May John Ivy Hilliard and Keith Camp returned from Balmorhea Lake claiming each caught the limit in a day of fishing. Other stock fish stories accompany the outing.
Miss Kitty Knox returns to the University of Texas for a second term after a holiday visit with her parents.
Pecos high school basketball team schedules two games this week. Tonight they travel to Odessa to face the Bronchos, and tomorrow they meet Coach Tommy Thompson's squad in Wink at the high school gym. Coach Holcomb’s Eagles had a rough start but won three straight after opening losses to Fort Stockton, including a first-ever victory over Barstow in years.
The Methodist missionary society schedules a rummage sale on Saturday January 16 at the Ford Motor company building. Members are urged to bring wearing apparel especially warm clothing.
Congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. George Milner on the birth of their daughter Rose Marie at a local sanitarium on Tuesday. Both mother and infant are reported doing well.
Marvin Cowan city secretary warns that a 1 percent penalty applies to taxes unpaid by January 1. During January and February the penalty remains 1 percent. receipts will be issued only after payment of the penalty. He notes the total unpaid taxes on January 1 were smaller than in prior years.
Highway patrolman Royce Blackburn formerly stationed in Pecos visited from El Paso on Monday for business and to see friends. John Booker returned to Austin to resume studies at the University of Texas after spending the holidays here.
Judge J. B. Woolfolk ordered Steck and Company of Austin to print 120000 dollars in county bonds for a new courthouse. Bonds carry four and one fourth percent interest with semi annual payments. Trost and Trost of El Paso signed a contract to draw building plans, with construction bids to be opened by April 1. Plans and drawings are available in Judge Woolfolk's office.
A shareholders meeting of Pecos Federal Savings and Loan Association is set for Wednesday January 20 at 2 PM in City Hall. Investors are urged to attend for their interests.
Mrs. Stewart Cooper and four children relocated from Colorado to join her husband who has lived here three months. He bought the John Wendt farm three months ago and transformed it into a modern dairy operation.
Miss Willie Faye Starley has returned to Alpine to resume her studies at Sul Ross after spending time away.
Pecos schools resumed on Monday after a ten day recess for Christmas. Examinations begin in less than two weeks. Registration for the second half of the school year is set for Monday January 25 in the high school. The new semester starts Friday January 22 in the elementary and primary departments.
The Rev Carl A Collins of the Church of Christ will speak each evening this coming week in a radio revival starting Sunday night. The public is invited to attend or listen by radio as broadcasts run every evening at 7 30 p m over station KIUN.
The article explains how J C Penney maintains low prices through high volume cash business and no credit. It notes no delivery service no store frills no extended credit and paying cash to suppliers, plus bulk purchasing and factory output control to reduce costs.
Mrs. J. E. Propp of Pecos suffered a deep cut requiring seven stitches after a car overturned on the Fort Stockton highway while returning from San Marcos with Miss Reba Jean and Alan Propp. Mrs. R. J. Miles of Barstow was bruised and shaken. both were injured when the vehicle swerved to avoid a fence and flipped.
The district grand jury recessed after returning ten indictments Tuesday. Four indictments allege forgery or passing forged instruments against a single individual. One felony indictment cites failure to support a child. Five indictments accuse drunkenness in a public place. Cases of the latter group will transfer to a lower court.
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