Water Works Expansion In Sierra Blanca Progress
Trans Pecos News reports engineer Jassen is laying a six inch main in Sierra Blanca this week. A 126000 gallon tank will be installed at the wells and another 20000 gallon tank on the hill as part of the project. In Kermit Winkler County the county board of review closed a deal with the Waddell Brothers for right of way through Waddell land in Eastern Winkler County, affecting plans for an eastward road to Goldsmith and Midland.
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Sierra Blanca
W. Jassen
Ineer
Kermit
Winkler County
Goldsmith and
Midland
Winkler County Board of Review
Waddell Brothers
Waddell
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Board of Equalization
Voters reject Kermit incorporation by six votes
In Kermit a Saturday vote on incorporation failed by six votes with 61 for and 67 against among 129 ballots cast. One voter left both choices blank.
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Kermit
Incorporation
Survey Aims at Extending Water and Sewer Lines
Preliminary survey of Monahans for extending water and sewer lines was completed this week by J D Fowler of Koch and Fowler Dallas civil engineers. Petitions will be circulated next week to admit outskirts additions into the incorporated city limits, said Mayor George Rhodes.
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Monahans
J. D. Fowler
Koch and Fowler
Dallas Civil Engineers
George Rhodes
Texas Cotton Industries Starts New Gin Construction
Ground was broken Wednesday for the Texas Cotton Industries new gin. Excavating crews are busy as we go to press with the construction rushed to completion.
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Texas Cotton Industries
Balmorhea WPA Project to Close Saturday
W P A project at Lake Balmorhea will shut down Saturday June 26. Announcement came from B K Bowser of the El Paso administration during a Balmorhea visit Wednesday.
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Lake
Balmorhea
B. K. Bowser
el Paso
Gulf employees to attend Gulf Day at Pan-American Exposition
Seventy five Gulf Oil employees and families will travel to Dallas for Gulf Day at the Pan-American Exposition this weekend. They go as guests of Gulf Oil Corporation. The trip began last year with Texas Centennial celebrations.
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Odessa
Gulf
Dallas
Gulf Oil Corporation
Toyahnews social notes include visits and travels around Beard and Wink
Dona Powell Dee Davis returned Friday from a business visit in Beard Rotan and points east. Frances Keating attends UT summer school and visited her parents J F Keating. C L Clover and son Charles Lewis of Hobbs NM stayed with Lester Wise. Clovers are Mrs Wise's sister. Brawley Adams and children of Kermit visited J W Humphries and daughters. Bill Bush, Leonard Pate and Bobbie Louise of Wink came to town. A L Duncan of Plateau visited relatives. A L Gomillion and children Barbara and Mariene returned home from Fort Worth and Blum. Joan Daniels had dental work at a Pecos sanitarium. D J Hart hosted visiting El Paso relatives. George Hayden Bruce returned from Nunn ranch. Ray Matthews and Nancy Jean visited then returned to El Paso. E B Daniels is ill at home. A group including Barbara Humphries and others picnicked and swam at San Solomon Springs in Balmorhea last Wednesday evening.
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Ray Matthews
Nancy Jean
el Paso
Matthews
W. L. Rhudy
E. B. Daniels
Barbara Humphries
Barbara Scherruble
Maxine Scherruble
Dorothy Humphries
Louise Cleveland
Rose Vecera
Hattie Thomasson
Dana Powell
Junior Davis
Henry Long
Melvin Wise
Harold Wise
Paul Scherruble
Hubert Cleveland
David Rhody
Rupert Robinson
Marvin Spiker
Mrs. A. Robinson
San Solomon Springs
Balmorhea
Mountain Music At Grand Theatre Hillbillies On Stage
Radio favorites Bob Burns and Martha Raye star in Mountain Music a gay comedy of life love and laughter among Arkansas hillbillies at the Grand Theatre beginning Sun Man.
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Kentucky
Johnston Named To Festival Board In Southwest
Ted Johnston of Pecos joins the Southwestern Harvest Festival Association board for Reeves and Ward counties. The 1937 Harvest Festival runs September 30 to October 3 in El Paso with a prize list now totaling 1000 dollars. Communities from Duncan Arizona to Tatum New Mexico enter, with 275 dollars in community prizes and 10 dollars for nonwinning participants.
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el Paso
Duncan
Arizona
Tatum
New Mexico
Bluebirds Excel in Caring For Their Young
In a study of common birds, bluebirds show notable devotion to their young with attentive parental care and cooperative feeding behaviors observed in multiple habitats. The findings highlight bluebirds as exemplary caregivers among common avian species.
Laurel and Hardy in Way Out West at Grand Theatre
Laurel and Hardy star in a Western comedy at the Grand, their first western feature. They deliver a deed to Brushwood Gulch, misdirect it to the wrong girl, face the sheriff, and escape with the deed after a series of comic adventures across eight reels.
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Laurel and Hardy
Grand Theatre
Laurel
Hardy
Stan
Ollie
Brushwood Gulch
Ollie Plenty
Singing Nightingale
Leto’s Pyorrhea Remedy Promoted by Dentist Ad
An old advertisement claims Leto’s Pyorrhea Remedy cures pyorrhea even after it affects stomach and kidneys. It asserts dentists recommend it and druggists refund money if it fails, with Hinkle Drug Co. named.
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Leto
Hinkle Drug Co
Kites Flown in China Years Before Christian Era
The article notes that kites were flown in China centuries before the Christian era, indicating early use of airborne signaling and recreation.
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China
Mrs J F Biggs Returns Home After Illness
Mrs J F Biggs comes home from El Paso where she was confined to a hospital and seriously ill for some time. Friends express happiness at her improving condition and recovery.
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J. F. Biggs
el Paso
Dallas Visitors Stay With Krauskopf Family
Mrs. C. H. Dean and daughter Mary Nell of Dallas arrived Thursday to spend several weeks visiting Mrs. Dean's sister Mrs. Max Krauskopf and her family here.
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C. H. Dean
Mary Nell
Dallas
Joneses Return From Two Week East Texas Trip
Mr and Mrs S M Jones returned Saturday from a two week vacation visiting relatives in Brady Dallas and other east Texas points.
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Trans-Pecos
Marfa
Henry Coffield
John Mead
Clarence Massey
Merizon
San Angelo
Ray Bunnell
Williams & Vogt
Toyahnews
Dona Powell
Dee Davis
Beard, Rotans
Frances Keating
University of Texas
J. F. Keating
Bill Bush
Leonard Pate
Bobbie Louise
Wink
A. L. Duncan
Plateau
A. L. Gomillion
Barbara
Mariene
Fort Worth
Blum
Texas
Joan Daniels
Mrs. Larkness of
Mrs
D. J. Hart
George Hayden Bruce
Nunn Ranch
Main Street
Johnston
Ted Johnston
The
Southwestern Harvest Fes
Tival Association
Reeves and Ward
Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co
MO. J. Ivy
Pecps, Texas
H. D. Hardy
N. R. Huggins
H. F. Anthony
Lands and Real Estate
Durdin
Durdin’s Dairy
Neers
Conoco Germ
J. L. Kincannon
Pecos, Texas
Home Furniture Co
Kohler
Hudson & Hudson
Attorneys-At-Law
Camp Dean Building
Bookkeeping Service
A. E. Pye
Bell & Regan
West Texas
Collie Electric Shop
Bill Collie
Mgr
Elliott & Waldron
R. C. Brewster
Brandon
J. B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
W. W. Dean
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
J.G. Murray
Pecos Furniture Co
Quick Ambulance Service
Hubbard & Kerr
Attorneys-At-Law Security State Bank Building
Collings-Wilson CO
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