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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1939
Page
2
The Hubbs Printing Company and several Pecos papers merged in 1917 and 1925. One year six months subscription priced at $1.00. Entered as second class matter October 22, 1915, Pecos Texas. Copy required in office by Wednesday to ensure publication in the current issue.
Finlay shipments improved after a slow year with Avey citing more than 100 cars sent in late 1938 and early 1939. In a separate item, Emily Jean Palmer a snare drummer for Eunice High School died Tuesday after a bus crash near Roswell New Mexico involving the marching band bus.
The piece surveys leading forecasters Paul Mallon and Roger Babson predicting a recovery in 1939. Mallon expects a three month slowdown then a spring rise and stronger year end. Babson foresees 1939 producing job and wage gains, higher retail sales, stocks, and farm prices with new highs since 1929, underpinned by population growth and building boom.
A 1938 safety appeal urges motorists and pedestrians to reduce deaths from reckless driving. It cites education, stronger law enforcement, and safer street design as three paths, noting progress last year and urging collective action to lower the accident rate in the coming year.
About forty merchants and residents gathered to discuss a local bank in Kermit. Two Monahans bankers outlined the process, and the group agreed to form a committee to survey banking possibilities in the town.
The Wink high school band paused the Sun Carnival parade as an injured member in a wheelchair watched from Hotel Dieu. Barbara Griggs daughter of Roy and Mrs Griggs who plays the clockenspeil could not perform after being struck by a taxi Saturday night.
Judge Joe G. Montague orders a 60 person pool to report Monday January 23 for the Willie Worsham trial in 112th district court. Indictments include murder and assault with intent to murder stemming from last week’s grand jury action.
Fort Stockton. The Pecos County State Bank reports its best year yet as it declares a second dividend of 15 percent payable January 3 on its $25,000 capital. This brings the total for the year to 20 percent after a prior 5 percent dividend paid last June.
Monahans begins its 1939 building push with a two story brick and tile structure planned at the current Monahans Drug Store and Hub clothing store site. Work continues on the Tatum building, Bankhead Motor Company remodeling, and ten FHA houses under construction.
The forty sixth legislature plans to appoint a committee to visit the Big Bend park area in the next two or three months. The purpose is to acquaint members with the park's resources and needs as indicated in Austin.
The Alpine Avalanche keeps unofficial yearly totals noting 12.87 inches of precipitation in Alpine for 1938. The figures cover the past 12 months of recordkeeping.
The city commission ordered further revisions to the $112,000 water and sewer bond issue this week. Mayor Ray Clapp announced the bond term was shortened from 20 years to 12 years to improve market appeal.
Miss Wilma Cloudt appointed Ward County health nurse reports for duty this week with offices set at the Ole Methodist Church on South Minor Street serving as a temporary courthouse.
Officials review a year of commercial and residential construction in Marfa and Presidio county reporting an excellent twelve month period. Growth cited across the region reflects steady development in 1938.
Postmaster Ed Pruett reports the Marfa post office handled the largest annual volume since establishment. The 1938 increase was about nine percent higher than 1937, marking a record year for mail business and revenue.
Kermit a Wink, noted for reckless car escapades, was arrested Thursday by State Highway Patrolman Royce Blackmon after an investigation showed he wrecked 33 highway signs in the county.
Representatives of the firm Cage Brothers and L A Turner arrived in Sander to discuss business prospects and meet local officials. The delegation aims to explore opportunities, gauge market conditions, and assess potential partnerships with regional firms.
Sun Carnival pictures will be shown in newsreel form at the Grand Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday in connection with The Great Waltz the Wednesday Thursday feature. Manager Gene Hendon announced this week.
Mrs. E L Brownson wife of Highway Patrolman Brownson had a major operation in a local hospital this week. Her condition is reported satisfactory.
Precinct 3 commissioner Henry Jones attended a Monday commissioners court session in town, participating in county governance.
A recent work order permits the firm to start construction on four bridges and related work on Highway 90 in Terrell County.
Julian LaCrosse retires from public life after more than 27 years in office. He ends his term as district attorney for the 63rd judicial district, a role held since August 1924, effective January 1, 1939.
Prisoners in the Martin county jail narrowly escaped suffocation last week when mattresses in the runaround caught fire, reportedly from rats. Three inmates suffered smoke effects.
L W Malone a water board member announced last week that construction will start soon on a drainage ditch through sub irrigated lands between the Renz cut off dam and the main canal of the irrigation district south of Balmorhea.
The fatherless New England family tale beloved for 25 years comes to the Grand Theatre next Tuesday for a one day showing. RKO Pictures adds warmth with Anne Shirley Fay Bainter and a strong supporting cast including Ruby Keeler Jackie Morgan Donnie Dunagan James Ellison Ralph Morgan Walter Brennan Frank Albertson Virginia Weidler. Pandro S. Berman produced and Rowland V. Lee directed.
Carl Wevat and Keith Camp of Leader Grocery Company Pecos are invited to attend the second annual dealers convention and seventeenth birthday party of Universal Mills in Fort Worth on Monday and Tuesday January 16 and 17. Several hundred dealers from many Texas cities are expected to attend with 365 dealers last year.
It is estimated that 200,000 refugees from western farms driven by the dust bowl have migrated to California seeking a livelihood. The mass movement reflects widespread economic distress and the harsh impact on rural communities.
A medical note explains that a skipped beat may feel like a double thump as the heart compensates. It describes tachycardia sensation and advises monitoring frequency, duration, and accompanying symptoms for assessment by a physician.
El Paso will host General Platoff's Don Cossacks Choir as part of a world tour. The famed ensemble, led by a noted musical director, builds a repertoire of Cossack melodies folklore legends and lullabies to captivate Russian and international audiences.
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