Prohibition Debate. Post-Midnight Beer Rules Hit City
A State Liquor Control Board official notes beer’s altered behavior after midnight, prompting a city ordinance banning beer sales after midnight and on Sundays. The piece argues repeal would not restore temperance, cites mixed enforcement under prohibition, and discusses lingering legality and control of liquor amid evolving public policy.
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United States
Kansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
McCutcheon Buys Automobile Firm
Rancher McCutcheon acquires Reeves County Buies car agency leasing his ranch properties and renaming the operation McCutcheon Motors. Downs & Son sold the dealer to Jim Duncan leased the site, with Lawrence Hord as assistant manager and Beau McCutcheon and Jack Martin as salesmen. Leland Jackson leads the Buick mechanical shop.
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Jimmy) McCutcheon
Reeves County Buies
McCutcheon Motors
Downs & Son
NLOT
McCutcheon
Fort Davis
Jim Duncan
Lawrence Hord
New Agney
Beau McCutcheon
Jack Martin
Leland Jackson
Pecos Grid Coach Jim Neill Resigns
Jim Neill has resigned as Pecos High School head football coach effective after June first. The move ends his tenure after improving the program to third in district play. his future plans include pursuing another coaching post or returning to professional football. He cited personal advancement as the motive amid other faculty resignations.
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Jim Neill
Pecos
Neill
R. Henry Blackwell
New York Giants
Texas Tech
A. E. Kotrola
Midland
Wink
Frank Medanich
Supt
Pecos curbs sale of beer with city ordinance
Pecos enacted an emergency ordinance restricting beer sales between midnight and 7 am on weekdays and from Saturday midnight to 7 am Monday. The ban covers all city liquor outlets with one nearby club joining voluntarily. Violations carry a $10 to $100 fine. Local Sheriff and county officers pledge cooperation.
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Louis Roberson
Texas Liquor Control Board
Texas
Liquor Board
Livestock Producers Gather for Pecos Valley barbecue
More than 400 ranchers, farmers, and county officials from Reeves and surrounding counties attend Saturday’s Pecos Valley Livestock Protective Association barbecue and meeting at the American Legion Hall. Speakers include Jay Taylor of Amarillo and officials from state cattle groups and agencies.
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Reeves
Pecos Valley Livestock Protective Association
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Taylor
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
National Meat and Livestock Board
Panhandle Cattlemen's Association
American National Cattlemen’s Association
American Legion Hall
Pecos Valley Livestock Association
Red Bluff suit moves on over lake land claim
Testimony opened in the second hearing of the Red Bluff Water Power Control District versus Ronald Roberson and E L Stratton. The district seeks to permanentize a temporary injunction blocking recreational uses of the Red Bluff reservoir without its fee. A key issue is whether land leased by Stratton to Roberson is touched by the lake when full, with the district claiming control of shoreland at all water levels. District Judge J A Drane presides.
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Red Bluff
Stratton
Roberson
J. A. Drane
Tax Renditions Mailed In Pecos City
Tax renditions totaling 2 707 741 were mailed to Pecos property owners for 1939 taxes based on 1938 values. Real estate accounted for 1 869 940 and personal property 738 801. City Secretary Marvin D. Cowan urged taxpayers to sign and return renditions to city hall.
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Pecos
Board of Equalization
Marvin D. Cowan
Tax Collector Visits Balmorhea and Toyah Next Week
Reeves County deputy sheriff and tax collector George Maley will visit Balmorhea on Wednesday and Thursday and Toyah on Friday to help residents pay their taxes with convenience.
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George Maley
Reeves County
Balmorhea
Toyah
Maley
Robert Wood Bemis Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bemis
Mr and Mrs O J Bemis of Altadena California are the parents of a son Robert Wood Bemis born last week Mrs Bemis is formerly Virginia Bozeman daughter of Mr and Mrs D W Bozeman
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O. J. Bemis
Altadina
California
Robert Wood Bemis
Bemis
Virginia Bozeman
D. W. Bozeman
Balmorhea Studies Produce Outlet Feasibility
Balmorhea business men and farmers met to probe an outlet for locally grown produce including eggs butter milk and vegetables. A committee was appointed to survey supply and establish a central gathering point and consider trucking surplus to other areas.
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Balmorhea
Reeves County 1939 License Plates Ready for Office Pickup
Reeves county will have 1939 license plates at the sheriff's office within days but owners cannot buy them until March. Plates range from 964 601 to 966 496 and are not required until April 1 with sales starting mid March.
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Reeves County
Sheriff’s Office
Pecos Increases Advertising Quota For Southwest Folder
Pecos raises its quota to 5c per capita for a prospective folder showing the scenic southwest after a campaign by Chamber of Commerce Secretary Ben Smith. The order will be issued by the Southwest Conference of Mayors and Chamber of Commerce.
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Chamber of Commerce
Ben Smith
Otder
Southwest Conference of Mayors
Lions Plan Pecos Host For Zone Meeting Next April
Pecos will host the quarterly Lions zone meeting next April after defeating Odessa in Kermit. About 225 Lions and wives attended the Kermit session. Wink led attendance with 66 reps. Omar Burleson of Anson spoke on Lionism and Americanism. A water control committee presented a resolution urging prompt action to plug old wells to protect sewer and water lines and public health. The committee called for a meeting January 31 1939 at 2 p.m. in the county commissioners court room to discuss the matter.
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Pecos
Odessa
Wink
Omar T. Burleson
Anson
Lions
E. A. Robertson
Fort Stockton
B. F. Meek
Kermit Club
Grandfalls Club
Pecos Lions
D. W. Bozeman
County Commissoners Court Room
W. W. Dean
J. B. Woolfolk
B. A. Toliver
T. S. Ingle
Pecos Chamber Drives to Block Cut-Off Highway North of Pecos
Pecos Chamber of Commerce leaders Dudley D. F. Yard and Ben Smith launched a campaign to stop a proposed cut-off highway from Odessa toward Pecos and El Paso. They plan to seek aid from the Broadway of America Association and the Texas Good Roads Association and expect a reply from Mackey.
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Pecos C. of C
Pecos
Hamber
Commerce
Dudley D. F. Yard
Ben Smith
Odessa
Pe- Cos-to-El Paso
Dallas News
F. O. Mackey
Broadway of America Association
Mackey
Broadway
Association
Smith
Texas Good Roads Association
Yard
Good Roads Association
Austin
Red Bluff bids sought to extend power lines across large area
Red Bluff Water Power Control District invites bids for over fifty miles of highlines to serve areas not now covered by any power company. About $40,000 in contracts will be awarded after bids open Monday. The project, funded by a recent $40,000 loan, will extend electrical distribution into Imperial Grandfalls Barstow and north of Pecos, mainly along the Carlsbad highway by the Pecos river.
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Red Bluff
Imperial
Grandfalls
Barstow
Pecos
Carlsbad
Division Meeting Of Agents Here In County Office
Joe Doak state AAA field representative and Blank enship auditor conducted a county agents meeting last Saturday in Ted Johnston's office. Discussion on AAA administration followed with attendees Johnston and secretary Winifred Dyer plus Pecos county agent Hillin and secretary Mrs Reeves, Ward County agent Mugford, and county committeemen Puckett Burkholder and Boogher.
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Joe Doak
AAA
Blankenship
Ted Johnston
Agent Johnston
Winifred Dyer
Hillin
Pecos County
Reeves
Puckett
Mugford
Ward County
Burkholder
Boogher
Pecos Volunteer Fire Dept Net $21 From Annual Ball
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department reports a small profit from its annual ball and banquet with $21 left after expenses. Members thank the public for support and cooperation in making the event a success.
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Fire Department
Pecos
Pecos Board Names Scott To Faculty Post
The Pecos School Board elected Edward L. Scott of Lubbock to teach the second semester in the junior high. Scott replaces A E Kotrola, who moves to Kermit Monday to take over duties there as head football coach.
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Pecos
Edward L. Scott
Lubbock
Scott
A. E. Kotrola
Kermit Monday
Pecos Rotarians Attend Lovington Rotary Charter Meeting
Pecos Rotary Club president John W. Byrd R L Toll and Rusty Bell attended Lovington Rotary Club's charter meeting Wednesday night marking the new club's first gathering with Pecos members present.
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John W. Byrd
R. L. Toll
Rusty Bell
Pecos
E. M. Loring Dies Here After Lingering Illness
Earnest Marvin Loring, 56, died Tuesday afternoon at his son Clarence’s home after a long illness. He lived in Pecos with sons Marvin and Clarence for ten years, born 1882 in Cook County, first came to Pecos in 1908. Funeral held at First Methodist Church with pallbearers J. J. Fletcher J. B. Files Elmer Wadley Mahlon Nobles W. C. Spencer and Guy E. Walker. interment in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by sons Marvin and Clarence a brother B. K. Loring of Hot Springs and sister Mrs. T. H. Faris of Albuquerque.
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Earnest Marvin Loring
Clarence
Mr. Loring
Marvin
Cook County
Pecos
Toyah
Clovis
N.M
Loring
A. C. Douglas
First Methodist Church
J. J. Fletcher
J. B. Files
Elmer Wadley
Mahlon Nobles
W. C. Spencer
Guy E. Walker
Fairview Cemetery
B. K. Loring
Hot Springs
T. H. Faris
Albuquerque
Pecos Sewer and Disposal Plant Project Under Way
Twenty-five men are at work this week on Pecos sewer and disposal plant, with ditching machines running and crews laying sewer lines. The $105 450 project near the Pecos River will soon employ about 50 workers, says contractor supervisor T M Case for Co F Lytle Co.
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Pecos
T. M. Case
Co. F. Lytle Company
Poll Tax Payments Increase Slightly in Reeves County
Poll-tax receipts issued by the Reeves county sheriff rose slightly this week but remain far below 1937 levels. Only 219 receipts were issued Thursday afternoon. the deadline to pay 1939 poll taxes is January 31.
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Reeves County
Cashell Visits Here From Pecos
J B Pete Cashell an East Texas Refining Company employee spent Saturday in town for business matters. Cashell is a former Pecos resident.
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J. B
Pete) Cashell
East Texas Refining Company
Cashell
Pecos
Two Plead Guilty In Robbery and Kidnapping Case
Two of the three men charged with robbery and kidnapping in the beating of Frank Anthony near Austin last month have received life sentences on guilty pleas. The younger Anthony was kidnapped, beaten and robbed of his car and cash by three highwaymen. The third defendant plans to fight the charge with a trial set for next week.
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Frank Anthony
Austin
H. F. Anthony
Anthony
William L. Weems
Robert Sanders
Richard Stamitz
Fort Worth
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Sheppard
Mcutcheon
Hamilton College
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Noach
Pecos Association
W. H. Montague
Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association
T. O. Booth
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
R. M. Barron
Midland County
Cattlemen’s Association For
Ector
Crane
Andrews Counties
Keith Camp
Leader Grocery Company
West Texas
W. B. Mitchell
Marfa Cattleman
Livestock Association
George Slaughter
Grover Hill
E. N. Homegreen
Hill
Homegreen
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Kermit Zone
Pecos Club
Tee
Citi
Charter
Kit Klein
Miami
Fla
E. M. Loring
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