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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1935
Page
1
The Pecos Chamber reports on a wild toll of letters about deer and apple crops at Fort Davis and a possible hunt-for-hire plan. Black widow bites alarm locals. doctors note nonfatal past cases. Rodeo standings list top professional performers and events.
About 200 cowboys and cowgirls in corral and range costumes led Pecos huge opening parade headed by Rodeo Manager Fenton Alley. A 6000-strong crowd watched as Mexican longhorn steers were showcased and two candidates rode as electioneering for Rodeo Queen Mrs Westher Moorhead Henson and Mr Jewel Duncan.
Reeves County outlines a $909000 building project for a courthouse and jail with a 16500 grant proposal and 75,000 grant under revised Works Progress Administration rules. County Judge J B Woolfolk and Architect John Becker discussed site dimensions 120 by 74 feet and basement and multistory ceilings.
The opening rodeo day at Pecos Grounds drew large crowds and fast times. Director Fenton Alley and assistants earned praise for smooth operation. Afternoon gate receipts rose about 33 percent from last year, with an estimated 2500 in attendance and expectations for higher night turnout. Calf roping winners include Shorty Bigsby and Jack McCutcheon. bulldogging and team tying results listed for Fort Davis, Pecos, and surrounding towns. Breakaway results feature Clay Espy and others. Final day winners to be announced after tonight’s performances.
Pecos cantaloupes appeared downtown this week as Ilarold Wendt of the Gipson farm near the country club sent several loads. First deliveries went to the Branstons coffee shop. Mr and Mrs Wendt presented one of the first melons on Wednesday. The fruit was large with fine texture and rich taste.
The West Texas Chamber of Commerce has split the region into ten districts to improve local contact. Pecos sits in District 7 with Balmorhea Barstow Grandfalls Monahans Sierra Blanca Toyah Van Horn El Paso and several New Mexico towns including Artesia Carlsbad Portales Hobbs Roswell Tatum and Tucumcari. H P Davis named district secretary.
John W. Hendricks aged 51, brother of W. A. Hendricks of Tecos, died of a heart attack in Dallas last Wednesday. He served 11 years with the Dallas fire department. Funeral services were held in Dallas with Oddfellows in charge. interment at Restland Memorial Park. Merrill Hendricks, a son, had recently joined the Dallas fire department.
M. L. Swinehart oversaw the May 31 1935 dedication ceremonies for Pfeifer Hall and Case Hall at Ewha College in Seoul Korea. The buildings are shown as among the finest in the country and were funded and supervised by Swinehart who spent months in Pecos last winter.
Buster Prather of Alamogordo New Mexico was seen around the registration headquarters early Wednesday. The sighting places Prather near ongoing registration activities as residents prepare for upcoming procedures.
Reeves County aims to defend Pecos Rodeo calf roping title with Curtis McElroy and a strong field. Visitors include Bob M Elroy Ab Tinnin George Daniels and many others with a ranch men’s reunion set July 26 27 thirty miles south of Sheffield featuring rodeo events carnival fishing camping and more. Notables from nearby towns attend including Elmer Hepler Jack Shisler Mrs Isora DeRacey and former queens Esther Henson Jewel Duncan.
Payroll at the Red Bluff dam rose beyond 3300 dollars weekly with 170 workers across all project branches. Peterson Construction began rock riprap, Lundin Brothers filled core trench, and McCall Construction planned cement work. Adolph Lundin was hospitalized with a severe headache. Jack Winfrey said work would pause for Pecos rodeo.
Keith Camp and Hilliard Camp return from a two week San Diego vacation and describe the climate as delightful but the Exposition weather as not good. They also visited Boulder Dam and the Grand Canyon, noting Boulder Dam appeared only a few hundred yards wide.
Four state highway patrolmen are in Pecos to help handle the rodeo crowds. Those here are W. D. Roberts of El Paso, John T. Yarbrough of El Paso, Hardy Matthews of Van Horn and Andrew Baker, now stationed at Pecos. Mr. Baker arrived this week to be the regular Pecos officer in the highway patrol.
Bill Turpin, manager of the United Dry Goods store, smiled this week as Pecos United placed fourth in sales among the chain of more than twenty stores.
WBAP Fort Worth, a 50 000 watt station, aired Tuesday morning news boosting the Ve Cos rodeo. Rodeo manager Fenton Alley said several ropers who planned to attend other shows heard the segment and then registered to compete here.
B. G. Smith, who has been seriously ill for the past week, is reported considerably improved.
Doty received a long forgotten postcard showing him about 28 years ago on a quail hunting trip. He stands beside an old buckboard hitched to two mules, holding a vintage shotgun. The sight recalls a rented buckboard from Pat Wadley’s livery stable and a short drive south for quail.
Mr and Mrs R L Boone undertake construction of a cottage and garage on the lot next to the James Caroline residence with D E Bond Pecos carpenter supervising the project.
Claude Elkins, then ten, recalls Pecos Fourth of July Pecos Cowboy Carnival that hosted the world’s first rodeo near the courthouse. He won second in the javelin, recall of steer roping winner Trav Windham and Pecos ropers Henry Slack and Nick Newell, plus a free barbecue.
Bud Spillsburry showcases his human minded horse Nuisance at the rodeo grounds drawing crowds of horse lovers. Nuisance makes a second appearance performing stunts rivaling famous horse actors in the arena.
Representatives from twenty five Pecos Valley Baptist Association churches will meet in Barstow on July 9 for an all day gathering. Notable speakers will discuss themes on church life and community welfare. Barstow’s central location is expected to draw attendees from Toyah, Wecos, Balmorhea, Wink, Monahans, and Fort Stockton.
Forty two members of a geological party from the College of Industrial Arts at Denton arrived in Pecos late Wednesday for a brief stay before continuing a tour to geological points of interest in the region.
The Enterprise reports Glenn Salisbury of Glen Dale, California, much of the year in Pecos, is vacationing in Panama and sent a card this week.
The 1935 Rodeo Queen identity could not be announced earlier due to a delayed vote count. Legion officials kept the result secret until Thursday night’s performance, with Mrs Jewel Duncan and Mrs Esther Henson canvassing for votes. The queen will receive several special awards and prizes.
Amplification at the Palace theatre has been doubled with two speakers replacing one to deliver more volume and better modulation for screen sound during Anniversary Week.
The third quarterly conference will be held Monday evening at 8 30 o clock in the First Methodist church. Presiding elder Rev F L Meadow of Roswell New Mexico will preside. The gathering closes the third quarter of the conference year and invites all to attend.
Preparations for a grand ceremony celebrating the cornerstone laying at the new federal building are advancing smoothly under the sponsorship of the Chamber of Commerce and city council. The date is July 25. Congressman R. E. Thomason has been invited as chief speaker.
Pecos observes Independence Day with many stores closed aside from drug stores cafes and beer parlors. Downtown establishments stayed open until 8 pm Wednesday and reported good business from rodeo crowds.
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