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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
2
The Enterprise reprints from The Sun the essay He Is an American. It portrays a U S citizen living in ordinary comfort and freedom, unshaken by war, policing and fear, valuing personal rights, religious liberty, and neighborly relations as the new year begins.
At a Pecos barbecue and meeting more than 400 members of the Pecos Valley Livestock Protective Association heard prominent speakers across Texas predict a strong year for cattlemen. Good range conditions, lower feed costs, lighter stock, fewer mortgages, and improved prices point to 1940 as an important year for the Trans-Pecos area.
An asylum inmate Charles Lounsbury writes a testament gifting flowers and woods blossoms to children, imagined worlds to lovers, boisterous youth to young men, memory and poetry to the elderly, and enduring love to seniors, with a life’s satisfaction beyond material possessions.
A rugged monologue contrasts a farmer and his mule Bill the donkey in a life of shared toil. The speaker details farm labor, mortgage burdens, and family labor while poking at social constraints and political rights, ending with sharp irony about electoral power.
The historical note records that the first American almanac appeared in 1629 published by William Pierce, marking an early publication milestone in colonial America.
The Weather Bureau will establish 1000 new rain and snow gauges this fiscal year to provide data on rainfall density and duration. One of ten regional offices will be set up in Fort Worth, with data shared to the USDA, Army Engineer Corps, and other agencies.
The Navy reports 110000 sailors at year end with recruitment increasing by 38000. Of discharged men, 80 percent re enlisted. Training centers graduated 13000 recruits and service schools 5300. Over 110600 courses completed afloat. 56 entered the Naval Academy with 44 more vacancies. 1380 aviation cadets in flight training. El Paso recruiting station filled this month’s quota of 10 with potential 50 percent February rise. Opportunities at U S Court House El Paso office noted.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Zink of Miamisburg Ohio return home after spending a week visiting their son and daughter in law Dr. and Mrs L A Zink.
Card of thanks from Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Alcorn and "Junior" for merchants and businessmen who helped in the 1940 Baby Derby. They express sincere gratitude for their assistance in starting his first year in a lively way. The piece ends with a local language note about candy terminology in England.
Mrs. Marjorie Wr. of Mr. C. E. Wray Peon now employed as stenographer for the Farmers and Merchants Insurance Co. of Lubbock. Miss Wray studied at Draughon's Business College where she completed the regular course.
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