Pecos High Band Fund Expenditures Detailed By Blackwell
Supt R Henry Blackwell releases a breakdown of Pecos High Band fund receipts totaling 1517 29 from donors including Ben s Pharmacy after a prior omission. Purchases include Ludwig Tympani Sousaphone oboes Glockenspeils bassoons and alto clarinet from Parker Music Houston and H N White Co. Uniforms stands and a school flag cost 265 76 41 57 42 40 70 128 25. Remaining funds 181 70 will finance a filing cabinet and the flag purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos High Band Fund
R. Henry Blackwell
Ben’s Pharmacy
Charles Parker Music House
Houston
H. N. White Co
George Evans Company
Allotments For New Farms Due February 15
County agent Ted Johnston says applications for AAA program allotments must be filed in the county agent’s office by February 15. He predicts several new farms will settle in the Pecos River Red Bluff area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Johnston
Pecos River
Red Bluff
Kyle couple visit Pecos for weekend
Mr and Mrs S M Kyle spent last weekend in Pecos visiting friends and handling business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. S. M. Kyle
Pecos
Land lime correction in soils known since early agriculture
The practice of using lime to neutralize acidic soils that hinder crop growth has been documented since ancient agricultural times. It highlights long standing soil management knowledge and its role in improving fertility.
Texas and out of state visitors listed by towns
A roster of Texas visitors includes W. T. Graham and daughter Fort Stockton J. C. Wirdell Llano C. H. Doty Bal morhea Mrs Eugene Bonham San Angelo W. L. Flanery San Antonio G. B. Scott Odessa Ed Looney Olive B. Lane J. R. Lane J. MecDonally W. G. Worrell Houston Rudolph McCurdy Floydada Ethel Jones Wichita Falls Tellus Wicker Sweetwater Mr. and Mrs Carl Weise Odessa Mr and Mrs L C Halliday Imperial. Out of state visitors include Elsie E Schumacher Glendale Calif Mrs Howard Bean Neil H Bean Joe Cc Lanely La Crescenta Calif Mrs Neil H Bean Glendale Calif Kathleen LeMond Fisher Los Angeles Calif Mr and Mrs E Schumacher Minnequa Wis Audrey Edwards Shreveport La Curtis Bellar Smackover Ark Glenn W Moore Bayliss Ill Mrs Glenn W Moore Bayliss Ill Barton and Ethela Blet San Francisco Calif Edith C Freed Grace A Mulholland T W Hyde Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.
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Texas
W. T. Graham
Fort Stockton
J. C. Wirdell
Llano
C. H. Doty
Balmorhea
Eugene Bonham
San Angelo
W. L. Flanery
San Antonio
G. B. Scott
Odessa
Ed Looney
Olive B. Lane
J. R. Lane
J. MecDonally
W. G. Worrell
Houston
Rudolph McCurdy
Floydada
Ethel Jones
Wichita Falls
Tell
E. Schumacher
Minnequa
Wis
Audrey Edwards
Shreveport
Curtis Bellar
Smackover
Ark
Glenn W. Moore
Bayliss
Ill
Barton
Ethela Blet
San Francisco
Calif
Edith C. Freed
Grace A. Mulholland
T. W. Hyde
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
Kermit to Mix Old and New Dances at Ball
Kermit will mix new and old dances Monday night as Winkler county President's Ball features string-band music and square dancing. Sheriff Lous Roberson and guests form a square-dancing contest team with Dr and Mrs Paul Heiser and others. Pecos and Kermit contestants may clash in an eight-set battle judged by crowd applause.
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Kermit
Winkler County
Lous Roberson
Paul Heiser
Bob Coffey
Curtis McElroy
Roberson
Jack Bills
Pecos
Sheriff Roberson
Deluxe
Bill Anderson
A. C. Barnard
Don Miller
Pink Mitchell
Progress on Pecos school improvement project
Work on Pecos school system’s 11000 beautification project is over half done with about six weeks remaining. Trees planted at elementary and Rotary Field, soil prepared, and tree holes dug. WPA work cycles are two weeks. fifth period closed. Project originally planned for four months, may finish early.
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Pecos _ school system
Rotary Field
Barbecue Becomes Annual Event for Pecos Valley Group
Members of the Pecos Valley Livestock Association vote to hold an annual barbecue after a successful gathering last Saturday. More than 400 ranchers and livestock producers from across the Trans-Pecos attended to hear prominent speakers discuss livestock protection issues.
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Pecos
Cattlemen Hear Range Aide Favors Beef Advertising Push
Cattlemen gathered for a meeting where speaker Joe Taylor urged culling herds to reduce debt and backed a federal law making cattle theft a felony. Advocates praised the range conservation program for boosting prices and ranges while warning against a processing tax and touting a $1,000,000 meat advertising campaign.
Red Bluff Bids Under Scrutiny
Red Bluff Water Power Control District sent bids for over 50 miles of power lines around Grandfalls Imperial and Barstow to Fort Worth PWA officials for approval. Closing date was Tuesday at 10 p m. It will likely take until Tuesday before bids are returned and the board can let contracts upon government approval.
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Grandfalls
Imperial
Barstow
PWA
Fort Worth
Red Bluff
Milk linked to quarter of human tuberculosis
Health authorities at one time reported cow milk caused nearly 25 percent of tuberculosis cases in humans.
Cattle On Feed Shows Sharp County Increase
County reports more than eight hundred cattle fed in the area, up over three hundred percent. County Agent Ted Johnston says the rise signals a shift away from cotton and may grow next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Johnston
Ray Hummel to Play for Presidents Ball in Feb
Ray Hummel and his orchestra, a favorite in West Texas towns, have been engaged to play for the Presidents Ball here on Saturday, February 4. Dudley Yard is county chairman of the annual celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hummel
West Texas
Dudley Yard
Underground Water Crisis in Pecos Warns for Action
D. W. Bozeman, Pecos Chamber committee head, says underground water is extremely grave with about 200 wells needing plugging. He cites sewer, street, and foundation damage and a health menace. A bond issue may be needed. An educational campaign and a Jan 31 courthouse meeting are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bozeman
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Club Members To Be Salesladies For Dress Sale
Members of the Junior Twentieth Century Club will act as salesladies for the J. C. Penney Company during the spring dress sale on February 1 2 3 and 4 Manager H G Meyer announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twentieth Century Club
J. C. Penney Company
H. G. Meyer
Ranch Headquarters Destroyed By Fire Near Pecos
The Jones Ranch headquarters at the river about 16 miles from Pecos burned Monday morning. H. F. Anthony said the house was a total loss due to a defective flys. All household goods of Mr. and Mrs. Buford Rowe living there were destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Ranch
Pecos
H. F. Anthony
Buford Rowe
Capybara Named World’s Largest Rodent
The South American capybara is identified as the world’s largest rodent, weighing about 120 pounds and extending over four feet in length.
Harrington Buys Russell Home Here
Elmer Harrington completed the purchase of the Henry Russell home here this week and took possession. Formerly of Carlsbad Harrington is new owner of the Pecos Laundry and joins the local community with his family as a business and social addition. The Russells move to a farm near Barstow with the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Russell
Elmer Harrington
Harrington
Carlsbad
Pecos
Mrs. Russell
Barstow
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Ludwig Tympani
Maureen O’sullivan
Burgess Meredith
Lew Ayres
Ruth Hussey
M Picture
Hop-A-Long
Cassidy
William Boyd and
the Gang
SUN
Lewis Stone
Mickey Rooney
Universal Picture
Irray Kathryn Kane
Thur
Chas. Boyer
Sigrid Gurie
Hedy Lemarr
Jos. Calleia
R.C. A
C. OF C. Visitors
Joe M. Evans
el Paso
C. O. Finley
Joe Kingston
New Mexico
Mexico
Bill Kerr
Reeves
Loving
Ward
Winkler
Livestock Protective Association
Howard Kingsberry
College Station
L. W. Anderson
AAA
Henry Slack
T. H. Beauchamp
Jay Taylor
Amarillo
Vance Johnson
President’s Ball
Dreft
Lux Soap
Tin
Pillsbury
Libby
van Camp
del Monte
del Plum
DeSoto Lime
Wrigley’s
Bakers
Cke
McShaneys
Léc
Ros
Ti Green Peas
Stokelys
RSP
la Salle
Russell
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