Death of Jack Love Revered Pecos Leader Mourned by Community
The Pecos community mourns Jackson Griffin Love born 1871 in Cass county Texas, a longtime banker and civic leader. He served as cashier and president of Pecos Valley Bank and held numerous posts in Reeves county, including Pecos Valley Southern Railway director and Pecos Land Company stake. He supported irrigation, the Red Bluff reservoir, and hospital aid for crippled children. He married Ludie Owens in 1900 and had three children, with two daughters still at home and a son who died young. Funeral at his home was conducted by Rev. L L Thurston. interment in Fairview Cemetery with Masonic rites.
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Soul of Love
Jackson Griffin Love
Texas
Cass County
Marion County
Pecos
Texas and Pacific Railway
Pecos Valley Bank
Pecos Valley State Bank
H. T. Collier
Hoban
Pecos Land Company
Reeves County
Pecos Valley Southern Railway
Santa Fe Railway of Texas
Jack Love
L. L. Thurston
First Methodist Church
South
Fairview Cemetery
Love
Jacok Love
Masonic Hospital
Dallas
Aileen
Margaret
Will Cowan
Marvin Cowan
John Cowan
Ralph Sparks
Will Glasscock
A. G. Taggart
Albert Sisk
O. T. Norwood
T. J. Sisk
Bob Lewis
H. N. McKellar
Jas. F. Ross
Tom McClure
T. H. Beauchamp
S. C. Vaughan
A. E. Wilcox
Geo. S. Littlefield
Sid Lassey
Obituary Resolution for J G Love of Pecos Valley Lodge
Pecos Valley Lodge No 736 A F and A M mourns the death of Jackson G Love on January 19 1924 at Pecos City after a brief illness. A devoted leader and charitable figure, he greatly aided the Pecos community. The lodge spreads a resolution in his memory and sends copies to his family and local papers. J A Drane Pat Fulgim committee.
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Jackson G. Love
Pecos City
Pecos Valley
A. F
A. M
Pecos
J. G. Love
Ry Rae
Land of Flowers
Pecos Valley Lodge No
J. A. Drane
Pat Fulgim
Penalty for Late Vehicle Registration Implemented
Sheriff E. B. Kiser announces a 25 percent penalty on all automobile registration cards not registered before February first. The measure takes effect on and after that date.
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E. B. Kiser
Percy Howard Sentenced to Life in Prison
The Reeves Ward county murder trial of Percy Howard ends with a life sentence for the killing of N. V. Nixon. The case moved among Ward Reeves and El Paso counties before a jury in El Paso delivered the verdict at 9 40 am. Sheriff Wade and District Attorney C L Vowell commented on the outcome. Nixon, a known El Paso Pecos figure, was traced after the crime. testimony included Nixon and two accomplices leaving in a car bound east and Howard returning home with a bloodstained shirt burned by his former wife.
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Reeves
Ward
Percy Howard
N. V. Nixon
el Paso
Howard
Reeves County
E. M. Montes
C. L. Vowell
Wade
Ward County
California
Nixon
FE Paso
Pyote
Pecos Mercantile Company Stockholders Meet
A stockholders meeting was held in the company's offices on Tuesday. Officers were re elected: W D Johnson president A G Taggart vice president treasurer and manager J C Wilson secretary. Directors include R D Gage J B Prewit J F Joyce and Sid Cowan. Robert Gage represented his father's interests and A H Pruit of Joyce Pruit Company Roswell New Mexico attended. no dividends were declared.
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Pecos Mercantile Company
W. D. Johnson
A. G. Taggart
J. C. Wilson
R. D. Gage
J. B. Prewit
J. F. Joyce
Sid Cowan
Robert Gage
Port Gibson
Miss
A. H. Pruit
Joyce-Pruit
Pecos Chamber Elects Directors for Water Users' Assoc
The Pecos Chamber of Commerce directors met in executive session and elected the board of the Pecos Valley Water Users' Association of Texas. Dr. Jim Camp was reappointed, and L. W. Anderson succeeds the late Jack G. Love. The association will arrange the officers’ election in February.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Valley Water Users’ Association of Texas
Jim Camp
L. W. Anderson
Jack G. Love
Bus Valley Water User Texas
Thal
Toyah Bell Nearing Tooling Up for Well Completion
Operations at the Toyah Bell well are in full blast with crew vigor as tools ready to be raised within a day or two. A small casing square was drilled to fit the slip socket, with morning reports encouraging and no time wasted by operators to bring the well in.
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Toyah Bell
Norwood Cafe and Grocery Temporarily Closes Doors
O T Norwood, jovial proprietor of the Norwood grocery and cafe, closed his business yesterday for a short trip East and plans to reopen in a couple of weeks with possible changes. He recently added a cold lunch parlor and later hot meals, building a loyal customer base.
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O. T. Norwood
Points East
Norwood
New York Players Pleas Pecos Audience At Rialto
The New York players presented a four-person cast in a three act comedy drama The Mollusc at the Rialto Theatre under Pecos public schools last Monday. The cast included two men and two women delivering strong performances. The play centers on a mollusc family and follows a wife who imagines herself semi invalid and a brother who sees his sister as a mollusc and acts to cure her. Pecos attendees praised the troupe and urged other communities to welcome them.
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New York
Rialto Theatre
Pecos
Mexicans arraigned in calf butcher case at Balmorhea
Three Mexicans appeared before Justice Meter this week facing charges related to butchering a yearling calf owned by the U ranch. A search by Sheriff Kiser followed tips about fresh beef and led to the discovery of a calf hide bearing the ranch brand. Two defendants posted $250 bonds while the third remained in custody.
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Justice of the Peace Meter
Balmorhea
U Ranch
Kouitz
E. B. Kiser
Pecos River Water Accord Aims Balanced Divide And Red Bluff
The Pecos River Commission reaches agreement on vesting rights for 77,000 acres in New Mexico and 28,400 acres in Texas and proposes an equal 50-50 water split by acreage. It backs building the Red Bluff storage reservoir to serve Texas lands, with years of detailed committee work and state legislative approval ahead.
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el Paso
Texas
T. Pease
United States Reclamation Service
New Mexico
Carlsbad
Fort Sumner
Hope
Francis G. Tracy
Red Bluff
Pecos
Vernon L. Sullivan
Texas Water Users
George E. Barstow
George M. Neel
New Mexico Engineering Department
A. H. Dunlap
Texas Board of Water Engineers
J. R. Yates
R. H. Hanna
Albuquerque
R. E. Thomason
Pecos River
Court House
Barstow
Neal
Sullivan
State Engineer
Mr. Tracy
Yates
Tracy and Dunlap
R. F. Burges
Richardson
Tracy
Gulf of Mexico
Pecos Valley
Pecos Fire Department elects officers for year
The Pecos Volunteer Fire Department held its annual election at city hall. Ralph Williams and Chas Manahan were unanimously reelected president and fire chief respectively. Chas Young and Frank Joplin were chosen as first and second assistant chiefs. Louis Roberson became vice president and Barney Hubbs secretary treasurer. The group will resume field practice testing wells as days lengthen, with 1800 feet of hose now available.
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Pecos
Barney Hubbs
Parent-Teacher Association Meeting Friday at School
The Parent-Teacher Association will meet Friday at 3:30 PM on February 1 in the school building. The program features piano solo by Evelyn Sudbreck, vocal solo by Ralph Williams Jr, and piano solo by Leeman, with a child labor discussion led by Mrs. Eudaly. a social hour will follow.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Evelyn Sudbreck
Ralph Williams, Jr
Leeman
Eudaly
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