Pecos Enterprise and Gusher Consolidation Note
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher merged on May 16, 1925 after shared lineage with Pecos Valley News Reeves County Record and Pecos Weekly Times. Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H Lott run the consolidated weekly paper with a one dollar annual subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Enterprise and Gusher
Barney Hubbs
Vestel H. Lott
Stock Rally Signals Late Summer Recovery Ahead
A surge in stock and bond prices last week buoyed businessmen merchants farmers and housewives. Analysts say rising security values point to business recovery by late summer or early fall with consumption and production following months later as investors pour funds into securities and buy goods for daily life.
Government debt projections show 43 billion beyond two decades
A government economist based on slide rule calculations predicts the national debt will exceed 43 billion dollars thirteen months from now. For 1939, Congress authorizes 12.5 billion in expenditure, with 6 billion deficit financed, equating to vast monthly, daily, hourly, and even secondwise spending figures. Fifty percent of income tax burden cites a small high-earning group as the source of the strain.
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Hirteen
Congress
Sook
Treasury
United States
States end 1937 38 fiscal year in better financial shape
A compilation from 48 state capitals shows most states finished the 1937 38 year June 30 with balanced budgets and reduced debt. Only about six states ran deficits as revenues declined and relief costs rose, but economies and tax base expansion kept finances in tune toward a pay as you go approach.
Humble Day set for July 9 with grand Permian Basin parade
Trans-Pecos News reports Wink-Wink to celebrate Humble Day on Saturday July 9 featuring a mammoth parade barbecue and dance. Fort Stockton notes best rains since 1937 Christmas season across the Trans-Pecos region causing waterlogged ranges washed fences rough roads and rail disruption.
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Permian Basin
Fort Stockton
Trans- Péces
Winkler County Businessman Severely Injured in Car Crash
Winkler county businessman Wink-O Hodges was treated in a Kermit hospital last week after his car overturned on the Jal highway. He sustained injuries described as serious but not life threatening.
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Wink—O. M. Hodges
Winkler County
Kermit Hospital
Jal
Sanderson Fund Drive Falls Short in Terrell County
The Big Bend National Park fund drive sponsored by the Sanderson Rotary and Culture clubs raised 262 dollars from Terrell County, far below the county quota.
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Sanderson
Big Bend National Park Fund
Sanderson Rotary Club
Sanderson Culture Club
Terrell County
West Texas Rains Boost Ranch Lands In Terrell County
General rains in West Texas and Terrell county last week brought uncounted value to ranchmen with grazing lands turning greener and brighter prospects for cattlemen after a drier period.
Fort Stockton Street Paving Nears Completion
Fort Stockton streets near finish next week barring bad weather. Eddie Page, construction superintendent for Holland Page Construction Company, reported last week that about half of the six miles in the improvement program has been completed.
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Fort Stockton
Eddie Page
Holland Page
Balmorhea Sees Over Four Inches Of Rain In Weekend Storm
General Balmorhea received more than four inches of rainfall over the weekend. The downpour began Thursday afternoon and continued with heavy rain on Friday and Sunday, an all day gulley-washer.
Marfa Man Granted Bond in Cass Slaying Case
MARFA Stanely Jeffers of Sonora accused of murder in an incident near Valentine two weeks prior. He was released from Jeff Davis county jail at Fort Davis on a $1000 bond after waiving preliminary hearing. Cass is linked to the victim, brother of J. H. Cass of Marfa.
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Marfa
Stanley Jeffers
Sonora
Robert E. Cass
J. H. Cass
Valentine
Jeff Davis
Fort Davis
General Officers Visit Fort D. A. Russell on Inspection Tour
Major General H. J. Brees of the 8th Corps Area Command and Major General Robert M. Danford, chief of the Field Artillery, conducted an inspection visit to Fort D. A. Russell last week.
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Marfa
H. J. Brees
8Th Corps
Robert M. Danford
Field Artillery
Fort D. A. Russell
Balmorhea Man among Eight Victims in New Mexico Blast
Charley Wigley of Balmorhea, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Wigley, a former Balmorhea resident, died in the nitro glycerin explosion near Eunice New Mexico that claimed eight lives last week.
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Balmorhea
Charley Wigley
Bob Wigley
Eunice
N. M
Texas Junior Chamber Backs Big Bend Park Plan
The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce pledged assistance for creating a Big Bend park in Texas through parks committee chairman Mark V. Fuchs of New Braunfels.
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Big Bend Park
Texas
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mark V. Fuchs
New Braunfels
Convicted killer denied new trial in Noblitt death
Francis Marion Black Jr. faced trial for the death of 13 year old Marvin Dale Noblitt after a fall from a southern Brewster County cliff. District Judge C R Sutton overruled the request for a new trial last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Marion Black, Jr
Marvin Dale Noblitt
Brewster County
C. R. Sutton
Monahans Sets First Annual Golf Tournament and Calcutta
Monahans club officers announced the first annual invitation golf tournament and calcutta pool will be held this weekend July 9 and 10. The event invites local players and matches to raise club funds.
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Monahans
Calcutta
Monahans Pursues $100000 PWA Water Sewer Project
Monahans city council completed plans for an application to a $100,000 Public Works Administration project for water and sewer improvements.
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Monahans
Former Pecos Boy Is Married In Colorado
Barney Alsobrook, formerly of Pecos, married Elizabeth Watson of Colorado last Thursday. They wed in Colorado and will reside in Midland after a wedding trip to San Antonio and other South Texas locales. Alsobrook is employed in Midland. His family lived in Pecos for years and his brother Julian still visits Pecos frequently.
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Pecos
Colorado
Barney Alsebrook
Elizabeth Watson
San Antonio
South Texas
Midland
Alsobrook
Julian
Barney
Odessa taxi driver gravely injured in weekend stabbing
Wister Singleton Griffin, 45, an Odessa taxi driver, is reported beyond hope of survival at a local hospital. E. D. Smith, a roughneck, remains in the local jail without bail facing assault with intent to murder charges related to the same stabbing.
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Odessa
Wister Singleton Griffin
E. D. Smith
Roughneck
Odessa News-Times Plans Big Election Party July 23
Plans were completed last weekend for the Odessa News-Times first big election party to be held for the people of Odessa on the evening of July 23. Election returns from the entire state with all races of interest reported regularly will be available.
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Odessa
Odessa News-Times
Tragic Suicides Near Kermit Shocks Community
Mrs Anita Reynolds Bonner 28 of Thurman base northeast of Kermit shot herself with a .38 Police Special last week in an apparent suicide after weeks of despondency.
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Kermit
Anita Reynolds Bonner
Thurman
Kermit Man Bound Over In Fatal Shooting Case
Kermit O G Hardman 38 a laundryman was bound over to the Grand Jury without bail at arraignment last week before Justice W B McCargo on a charge of shooting to death C S Cercy 37 an oil man both residents of Kermit.
Drivers Urged to Study Traffic Regulations for Fewer Crashes
State Police analyzed 771 recent accidents and found 16 percent involved drivers not in rightful positions at intersections. Authorities urge courtesy and adherence to right of way rules to cut crashes, noting 101 incidents due to drinking and a nine percent drop in violent traffic fatalities in the first five months.
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Austin
Texas
College of Mines Students Visit Local Area
H. C. Nally of Los Angeles and Oscar Buchholz from Pecos, both College of Mines students, visited here with Fred Armstrong over the past weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Rowan Hudson of Fort Worth and their son Billy visited last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. Casey, with Billy remaining for an extended visit.
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H. C. Nally
Los Angeles
College of Mines
el Paso
Oscar Buchholz
Pecos
Fred Armstrong
Rowan Hudson
Billy
Fort Worth
T. Y. Casey
Wink couple joins ArmsStrong visit over the weekend
Mr and Mrs Pink Mitchell of Wink visited here with Mr and Mrs Webb ArmsStrong over the weekend.
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Mrs
Pink Mitchell of
Wink
Mrs. Webb
Wink visitors mingle with Pecos friends Monday
Miss Marguerite Ryan Miss Mary Jane Maxwell and William Hanson of Wink visited with friends in Pecos on Monday.
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Marguerite Ryan
Mary Jane Maxwell
William Hanson
Wink
Pecos
Miss Irene Prewit Visits With Parents Here
Miss Irene Prewit of Austin visited here over the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Prewit.
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Irene Prewit
Austin
Mrs
Sam Prewit
Pecos Eastern Star Meeting Set For Monday Evening
Pecos Chapter No. 2 of the Eastern Star schedules its first stated meeting of the week for Monday evening at o clock. All members are urged to attend the business session led by Star officers. Mrs Sarah Colwell, Worthy Matron, has received a special message from Mrs Norman, Worthy Grand Matron, noting there will be important procedures.
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Pecos
Orde
Sarah Colwell
Tron
Norman
Tey
Pete Fernandez and Fred Armstrong tied up last weekend
Pete Fernandez and Fred Armstrong were involved in an event reported by CJIT describing their activities over the past weekend.
Mr and Mrs Cains Hears Visit Here With Par ents
Mr and Mrs Charlie Cains Lubbock visited here during the past week with Mrs Cains parents Mr and Mrs J B Hears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Cains
Lubbock
Cains
J. B
Bryant Couple Admitted to Scott and White Hospital
Mr and Mrs Asa Bryant are hospitalized this week at Scott and White Hospital in Temple where both are receiving medical attention.
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Asa Bryant
Scott and
White Pital
Temple
Miss Beverly Chambers Visit Note from Milling
Miss Beverly Chambers of Milling visited last weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs P M Chambers.
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Beverly Chambers
Land
P. M. Chambers
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Annapolis
Texas & Pacific
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