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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1940
Page
7
The 16th decennial census will gather statistics on farm size movement and population shifts from city to rural areas and vice versa. April 1 marks the start of agricultural and population canvasses as part of nationwide surveys guiding future agricultural programs.
Mrs. Frank Davenport was appointed to take the business and industrial census for Pecos and began work January 2. The census aims to deliver a detailed report on every business in the city with completion by April. W. J. Ross surveys Culberson County and will soon cover Reeves County rural areas.
Members of the football squad and coaches thank Pecos citizens for support that funded the trip to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl festival. Supt. R. Henry Blackwell and Principal L. E. Schneider, aided by Clay ton Hopkins, recount four days of events including the Texas high school final in Dallas and a Tulane Texas A and M game.
Stanley A. Harris of the Boy Scouts of America in New York City contributed to the Buffalo Trail Council annual meeting in Big Spring on January 18. Harris presented the Silver Beaver, the council’s top award for outstanding service to boys and the community. The 1940 banquet will reveal this year's recipient. Rev. Bryan Keathley of Mineral Wells, Texas, was the principal speaker. The program included executive board appointments, veteran scouter awards, and a scout playlet, with a large Pecos attendance.
Patrolmen examiners of the division of State Police tested 242,362 drivers in 1939 and collected $442,474 in fees.
A cooperative agreement with Carlos JF Payne relates to the Water Facilities Project on 53 irrigated acres two miles west of Balmorhea. Payne owns a windmill and tank supplying stock and house water and will receive technical help to adjust borders by soil type, plus an elevation map of fields. A four year crop rotation plan includes alfalfa to build soil and cover the farm.
Intensified interest in the reserved Red Bluff project drives Pecos Valley Water Users Association activity. The column reports leadership changes, new appointments at Pecos Mercantile Co and Pecos Volunteer Fire Department, oil leasing near Toyah, Red Bluff dam work plans, wage cuts, Pecos senator Ken Regan’s role, and local election registration trends.
Mack Haynes of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics is in Pecos to oversee a water well investigation conducted with the U S Geological Survey and State Board of Water Engineers. A H Dunlap of the Water Engineers Board also attended. a WPA sponsored project is underway in Winkler County.
Warner Bros presents Four Wives at Grand Theatre with the Lemp sisters in a two day run. The film continues the Four Daughters saga with Priscilla Lane recalling John Garfield’s ghost as a plot device. The score features an original symphony Symphony Moderne by Mae Rabinowitshh and Max Steiner.
Two Pecos men were transferred last week to Balmorhea by the State Highway Department. Their replacements are Balmorhea employees. Butch Lindsey and Doyle Whitlock move from Pecos to Balmorhea, while Bob Dees and Marcos Tercero relocate from Balmorhea to Pecos.
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