The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher Consolidation
Notice outlines the consolidation of The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher with related Pecos Valley News Reeves County Record and enterprise brands. Details include established dates 1887 1897 1910, consolidation on March 14 1917 and The Enterprise and Gusher Consolidated on May 16 1925 with Jack Hawkins editor and Barney Hubbs manager and a one year term.
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Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Enterprise and Gusher
Jack Hawkins
Barney Hubbs
Pay Your Poll Tax and Plea for Roads in Pecos
A Pecos columnist urges the state highway commission to surface three key routes: Pecos-Saraosa, the unpaved gap from Pecos to Orla via Carlsbad, and a new Pecos to Fort Stockton highway. The piece links local travel with state interests and warns that other regions will gain if Pecos does not press for action. A second item notes the Franklin D Roosevelt birthday ball on January 30 at Pecos Rotary Club, with tickets at $1 per couple, proceeds benefiting the Warm Springs Foundation for infantile paralysis treatment.
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State Highway Department
Pecos
Saraosa
Texas
Madera Valley
Bankhead
Davis Mountain
Carlsbad
Orla
New Mexico
Fort Stockton
State Highway Commission
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs, Ga
Employee C of C Division Planned by Davis
A new employees division of the Chamber of Commerce is planned by Secretary I P Davis and should be ready by the second week in February. Eligible staff will be invited to vote on forming the group, which would meet monthly to discuss issues and solutions and operate separately from the main chamber. The plan is described as unique and potentially the first of its kind nationwide.
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The
Chamber of Commerce
I. P. Davis
Percy Douglases Move to El Paso
Percy Douglas, longtime Pecos and Balmorhea resident, leaves Sunday with Mrs. Douglas and his mother for El Paso where he will serve as manager of Dudley Stone Products Co. in El Paso. The move is a promotion for a prominent southwest art stone firm, and Reeves County expresses both regret and support.
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Percy Douglases
el Paso
Douglas
Dudley Stone Products Co
Southwest
Peeps
Reeves County
Former Leviathan Captain to Speak in Pecos
Commodore Herbert Hartley, former commander of the steamship Leviathan, will address Pecos audiences Monday January 29 at 10 00 A M. The Chamber of Commerce sponsors the talk. Hartley details life at sea his decades aboard the Leviathan and experiences hosting celebrities and diplomatic figures while running a large passenger and business operation.
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Leviathan
Herbert Hartley
Pecos
Texas
The
Chamber of Commerce
Commodore Hartley
Atlantic Ocean
Ilis
Queen Marie
Rowmania
Junior Class Meas uring Party Hosts and Local Visits
The Junior Class held a measuring party Monday at the Collins home with bridge and forty-two and a place lunch afterward. Numerous local residents were noted visiting El Paso and Big Spring areas, with family and business trips including Mr. J. M. Chrisopher and son from O'Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hubbs, Mrs. A. J. Hart, and many relatives visiting or returning home.
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W. B. Collins
Barney Hubbs
A. J. Hart
Big Spring
G. W. Dabney
Local Social Notes From Fort Davis and Nearby Towns
In town visits and moves involve Mr and Mrs Jack McCutcheon of Fort Davis and many local friends. D B Pouncey moves from Alpine to Pecos with Crombie and Company headquarter updates. Anna Leigh Richburg returns to Clovis New Mexico after a short visit. Tommy Warner of Wickett trips to town for business and pleasure and is remembered for the Rotary Show piano stunt. Mrs W J Beck Lillie Poe J B Heard and Dewey Richburg depart for Dallas and Fairfield to attend spring events and visit relatives.
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Jack McCutcheon
Fort Davis
D. B. Pouncey
Alpine
Pecos
Taggart
Pouncey
Crombie and Company of
el Paso
Tommy Warner
Wickett
Warner
W. J. Beck
Lillie Poe
J. B. Heard
Dewey Richburg
Dallas
Fairfield
Texas
Beck
Miss Poe
Heard
Mrs. Richburg
Illness of Pecos native Albert Rowden in Albuquerque
Friends of Mrs. Ellen Rowden announce her son Albert a former Pecos resident is critically ill at the Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque.
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Ellen Rowden
Albert
Pecos
Veterans’ Hospital
Albuquerque
Health workers swap assignments in Cuy County
Mrs. Beulah J. Wilson of Pecos and Mrs. Maude S. Crenshaw of Balmorhen will exchange posts next week. Wilson will work in Balmor Tres and Crenshaw in Pecos. Miss Louise Moralesy also operates nearby Balmorhea with Wilson.
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Beulah J. Wilson
Pecos
Maude S. Crenshaw
Balmorhen
Cuy County
Wilson
Balmor Tres
Crenshaw
Louise Moralesy
Aother City
Balmorhea
Balmorhea Couple Meet County Health Chief
Dr and Mrs Keily of Balmorhea visited the City County health unit last Tuesday to discuss county health work with N F Chapman county supervisor.
Police to Broadcast Crime Reports On KVP Radio
Police Chief Claude Trammel announces a new ad free program on KVP each Wednesday at 8:15 PM detailing nightly crime activities in North Texas towns. The broadcasts aim to inform followers of police activities with concise summaries of the day’s events.
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Dallas
Claude Trammel
KVP
Texas
Judges Woolfolk and Starley Visit Red Bluff Dam Area
County Judge J. B. Woolfolk and Judge J. FE. Starley toured nearby townsites around the new Red Bluff dam on Monday, inspecting development prospects and marking official interest.
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J. B. Woolfolk
J. FE. Starley
Red Bluff Dam
Youthful Bobby Wilcox Improves After Illness
Master Bobby Wilcox shows signs of improvement after a prolonged illness. Glenn Salisbury of Alameda California and Broadway Mentone Texas arrived for a visit and stay. He quarters at Hotel Brandon and displays a new eccentricity an ultra short stemmed pipe.
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Glenn Salisbury
Alameda
California
Broadway
Mentone
Texas
Brandon
McCutcheon Family Visiting Brooks Group
Mr and Mrs Bennett McCutcheon Jr and children visited Mr and Mrs J W Brooks last week. The McCutcheons reside in Nogales Arizona. Mr and Mrs J H Weatherby were in from their ranch Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Mrs Weatherby attended the Baptist Indies regular monthly tea.
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Bennett McCutcheon Jr
J. W. Brooks
Mrs Madera Critically Ill At Local Sanitarium
Mrs. Malcolm Madera is reported critically ill at a local sanitarium. She is identified as the former Ellen Kate Ross.
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Malcolm Madera
Madera
Ellen Kate Ross
Visit in El Paso by the Sisk and Ross Families
Mr and Mrs Albert Sisk together with Mrs George Ross and her daughter Suzanne began a several day visit in El Paso. They departed early this week and will return late in the week after sightseeing and visiting relatives.
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Albert Sisk
George Ross
Suzanne
el Paso
County Sanitary Boards Plan Immunization Campaign
Under Mrs. Bettye McCandless the Pecos County Sanitary Boards organize a toxoid immunization drive for school children. A Balmorhea clinic is set for Monday with Dr. N H Kella and Miss McCandless guiding efforts, aiming to immunize about 135 Mexican school children.
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Bettye McCandless
Pecos
Balmorhea
N. H H. Kella
Miss McClendless
Mexico
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Percy Douglas
Eral Years
Chrysler
Plymouth
P Poe Motor Company
Cai
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande River
Brownsville
Motheran
SOI
Setmne
Conte
Arch Orchard
Ober Ora
Anderson
Anderson County
Rountree, JR
Beeville
Toyah News
Frank Powell
Seaman
Mie Williams
J. Wiley Jones
Katherine Powell
J. W. McElroy
Dee Davis
E. O. Finley
Milton McCleskey
Henry Hart
Hart
Joe Colwell
Bob McElroy
Wim. Garrick
Pope
Arrington
Willie Turner
Toyah
Chas. Luther
Karnack
J. Q. Adams
Frances Keating
Helen Henderson
Guy Bunting
Mr. Bunting
Internal Revenue Tax
Georgia Black
Oakhurst
A. S. Duncan
van Horn
A. A. Anderson
H. I. Frost
Mrs. Anderson
Myrtle Miller
J. V. Tinnin
Tom
Anna Leigh Richburg
Clovis
N. M
F. P. Richburg
Police Department
McCoy Hotel
Paso
McCoy
Jimmie Alberts
Seta
Bilt
Bobby Wilcox
Detroit Soda
Wyandotte, Michiz
Reeve McCandress
Faa
Ieam
Manning, Bowman and
Westinghouse
Juiliana Power
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