Pecos Notes: Discontinued Store Moves Stock to Grandfalls
The Wadsworth Company ends Pecos operations and transfers dry goods stock to Grandfalls for a similar business. Sid Lasley departs eastbound for Mineral Wells for a two week vacation. Minnie Vickers returns to Pecos for a parental visit after working in El Paso. Pecos Mercantile names J C Wilson director to replace T Y Casey. Melvin Dams, once of Pecos, killed by buckshot in Pioneer after leaving Rising Star. A driving incident near the post office injures a baby girl. the driver Mrs Aubrey Wolfe and two other children escape unharmed.
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Wadsworth Company
Pecos
Grandfalls
Sid Lasley
Palm Beach
Melvin Dams
Pioneer
Rising Star
Aubrey Wolfe
Pecos Rodeo Attendance Tops Four Thousand
A crowd of about 4000 packed the Pecos Rodeo grounds on July 4 as part of the Legion celebration. The event highlighted one of Pecos’s finest shows with multiple races won by a mare named Clara Bow owned by L. E. Cook of McCamey.
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Pecos
Drouth
Legion
Clara Bow
L. E. Cook
McCamey
Reeves County farmers notified on 86 farm allotments
Eighty six farms in Reeves county were checked and calculated this week by the county agent's office. Most farmers already conform to earlier allotments. A few farms exceed allotments by less than an acre. Ted Johnston said excess acreage is down this year. Over half the county's roughly 160 farmers remain to be checked.
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Reeves County
Ted Johnston
Johnston
Pecos Rodeo Closes With Record Crowd and Strong Attendance
The ninth annual Pecos Rodeo ended Monday night after a three day run that drew the largest crowd in Pecos history. Local business reports show bank deposits fell about 150000 dollars by June 30 while postal receipts indicate steady but cautious regional commerce amidst broader declines. Pecos cantaloupes begin shipments to southern and eastern markets as early demand rises. Postmaster M W Collie notes delays in city mail delivery due to a few residents resisting installation requirements.
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Pecos
M. W. Collie
Post Office Department
Return from coast trip to West with company reps
Dan Mount of Pecos and Dan English of Kermit along with Southwestern Life Insurance Co representatives returned home from a vacation trip to the West. They attended a company function in Colorado Springs and visited the San Francisco World's Fair before returning home.
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Dan Mount
Pecos
Dan [English
Kermit
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Colorado Springs
Olc
Kerr Attends State Bar Convention in Austin
District Attorney William L Kerr traveled to Austin this week for the State Bar Association meeting. Kerr serves as a director in the association and is noted as one of the youngest directors in the state.
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William L. Kerr
Austin
State Bar Association
Kerr
Association
June Deaths Hit Reeves County High With Eleven Recorded
Reeves County saw eleven deaths in June, five violent, marking a monthly high in years. Sixteen births were recorded, including Peggy Jo Fisher and many others, with deaths listing individuals from McMillen to a Mexican infant. Editor Jack Bills visited Pecos. Roger Hayward built the Griffith Observatory moon model.
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Reeves County
Vital Statistics Register
Leslie David McMillen
Sterling Fisher
Judy Park
Leo Park
Fort Stockton
Fiensey
W. J. Fiensey
Luther Addison Martin
Julius A. Hardy
Peggy Jo Fisher
Pecos
Donald Elbert Young
Jack Bills
Winkler County News of
Kermit
Grifith Observatory
Los Angeles
Roger Hayward
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Wilma Hollowell
J. M. Hollowell
G. R. Apelson
el Paso
H. L. Mortenson
Hemphill
M. E. Hughey
M. E. Hughes
Dallas
Vernon Halliburton
Myron Blankenship
Buddy Stevenson
Paul Owens
George Hansen
Charles Carlsen
Gene Litchfield
Port Arthur
Aug Kirsch
Wayne Smith
Frank Kirsch
Gordon Jones
Atha Aker
Anne Joyce Aker
C. Rene Strickland
San Angelo
Dorothy Young
Jack Young
Stamford
Edwin Polk
I.G. Andrews
Kilgore
Jerry Sadler
Stanley Bean
James Hayes
Boyd Lee Hayes
A. L. Gillespie
Fort Worth
Margaret Gillespie
Jerry Seroyer
Cleburne
George Patrick
Edward King
F. M. White
Anne White
Beth White
Ida Lee White
Stowell
Paul McGown
Beaumont
Winogene Elliott
Juanell Elliott
Browwood
R. Earl Doty
Balmo
West Pool
Iona June Pool
Girvin
J. M. Kirby
Crane
Leslie Pool
Bill Tobe
R. D. Rogers
Junction
Jane Wardne
Alpine
F. G. Walker, Jr
L .M. Vaden
Roosevelt
Bill Laney
Fred Sitton
Pyote
Thos. G. Soape
Max Motley
Douglas Simons
Kennedy Hedrik
Odessa
Fred Wilkerson
Charlyne Wilkerson
Goldsmith
N. C. Maples
Virginia Nelson
Buster Kinney
J. P. Nelson
J. H. Nelson
Arthur Clark
Winters
William McMillan
Wink
J. A. Manison
Gladys Martin
Albert White
Tyler
Minnie Vickers
Ed Vickers
Pecos Mercantile Company
J. C. Wilson
T. Y. Casey
Beverly Chambers
Dick Chambers
Boulder Swimming Pool
Edith Bond
Jeff Edith Carlyle
Maury Hughes
Democratic State Committee
Knox
West
HOTEL
W. F. Kiely
Oes
Bill Kerr
State Bar Convention
Ter
W. P. Crosby
Herbert Lynn Pearce
Herbert Pearce
Wickett
Carol Odette Griffin
Carroll Griffin, Jr
Julia Faye Thornton
L. D. Thornton
Jestine Inez Mendenhall
Jesse Mendenhall
Patricia Ann Patillio
P. M. Patillio
Myera Jones
Shaw L. Jones
Lois Elaine Joplin
Frank Joplin
Robert Aaron Fry
James A. Frye
Larry Leslie Lucas
L. L. Lucas
Mary Francis Reeves
Sim A. Reeves
Sallie Lorena McCutcheon
W. W. McUtcheon
Fort Davis
Sharon Kay Bowen
R. T. Bowen
Lone Star
Ragsdale
Third & Cypress Sts
U. S. Hiway
Pecos, Texas
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