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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1935
Page
7
Dr Brower urges careful summer care for children to avoid poor rest overexertion and heat related issues. He notes digestion problems from heat and poor diet, unsafe milk, and sun exposure risks. Gradual sun exposure is advised to build a safe tan and prevent sunburn.
Miss Helen Hudson has joined the force of the Pecves Northwestern Telephone Company as part of its expansion. Hudson brings prior customer service experience and will work in the local operations office.
For the first time, women in Reeves County registered to vote. In Precinct No 1, 250 women registered compared with 266 men who held poll tax receipts.
A party led by W. L. Sullivan, an engineer, departed for a tour of inspection to Red Bluff. They conducted a thorough review of the proposed damsite and returned to Pecos well satisfied with the trip.
Dr. Jim Camp departed Fort Oglethorpe Georgia to join the military ranks and now holds the rank of First Lieutenant Jim Camp M Be.
Five years ago Mayor Ken Regan spoke at the Pecos Rotary on the city's struggle to secure a reliable soft water supply. The speaker described the long effort and noted the project remains one of the community's most vital issues today.
On the Pecos Mercantile Company second floor manager J T Jolley of the furniture department rearranges and displays stock moved from the downstairs section.
Two Pecos youths, Tom King and Frank Fagan, climbed a Fifth Street tree yesterday morning and vowed not to descend until autumn breezes thin the branches. The scene, while humorous, features lighthearted local color alongside a comical ice and hce man moment.
Pecos won a high scoring game last Sunday as Rowden, the left handed pitcher, shut down the Rattlers on Barstow’s east side. The locals surged ahead with a strong batting spree to take the season opener 14 to 4.
A CCC camp is planned at Balmorhea as part of drought relief, with aims to boost business and develop a state park as part of the project. The proposal emphasizes the camp’s economic and recreational planning potential.
Soft water for Pecos moves from dream to reality as the government swiftly approves the preliminary work on a $300,000 PWA loan for a city soft water plant this week.
Since July 6 the government program has purchased over 3000 cattle in Reeves county. About 800 animals have been condemned and slaughtered as part of the sale and disposal process.
J C Bisset announces the Texas Relief Commission will close four transient centers in Austin Beaumont College Station and Big Spring as national re employment efforts consolidate. Remaining camps include Dallas Amarillo and others with intake shifted to San Antonio and Houston divisions to save costs.
Four Australian amateur radio stations have heard and tried to call WSFAA in Pecos. Jack Turner operates the station and reports conversations with operators in Mexico Massachusetts California and other places during the past month since installing and licensing the latest short wave transmitter and receiver.
El Paso doctors say Floyd Brownlee Jr will recover without surgery after an eye injury two weeks ago. Treatment removed a blood clot that briefly paralyzed an optic nerve.
Gertrude Bell rehearses for Rosalind in As You Like It at Sul Ross State Teachers College Alpine on the twenty fourth of this month. She played the role last year as a Sul Ross senior and was asked to repeat it after outstanding success. She left her bank job last week to rehearse and will return after the performance.
See Mrs Van Havis for Stark Trees for special buy one and one free. 50-11-p.
Mrs. Monk Martin and her son Jamie returned from Sulphur Bluff after visiting Mrs. Martin's parents, resuming daily routines.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams and Ralph Williams Jr camp for two weeks in the mountains of Colorado.
Mr and Mrs L J Wood and Everett travel to Las Cruces then continuing to Santa Fe for a two week vacation with planned visits to New Mexico sights and sites.
Mr and Mrs H A Sanders moved this week to the Ritz place and have been buying new furniture for their home.
Judge and Mrs. J. B. Woolfolk and Miss Margaret E. Woolfolk of Alexandria La. visit Pecos this summer and began a trip Tuesday to Santa Fe New Mexico for a vacation lasting two weeks or more.
John Booker returned Saturday from a vacation in Dallas and San Antonio. Robert Booker will remain in Dallas for perhaps two weeks longer.
Mrs W A Hendricks is visiting her son in Hobbs and her daughter in Wink this week.
Miss Bertha Stool returned Tuesday from Del Rio where she spent a week with relatives and friends.
Miss Sally Dardin plans to return Sunday from a visit with her sister near Big Spring, restoring daily routines after the trip.
Mrs Bill Oden traveled to El Paso on Tuesday for a visit lasting about ten to twelve days. She plans to tour local sights and return by weekend.
Co. M. Downs traveled to El Paso over the weekend for unspecified purposes.
Amanda Bean spent a few days in El Paso this week visiting local sites and meeting residents. She toured cultural venues and spoke at a community event highlighting regional programs.
Mrs. W. E. Gould of Balmorheé visited Pecos on Monday. A. T H. Aderhoe, traveling auditor for the Texas state highway department, was in Pecos on Tuesday.
Swain Thomas and Jesse Hardy hold a contract to unload and haul gravel for the Texas State Highway Department at McCamey. Charles Medanich is collaborating on the project.
A news item notes that Little Betty Jean Watson had her tonsils removed on Friday at the Bryan Sanitarium.
J B Hudson Jr. is recovering after an appendicitis operation performed last week at William Beaumont Hospital Fort Bliss where he was registered at the training camp.
Rev and Mrs A A MccCleskey and family along with Helen and Clark Henderson attended a Balmorhea Young People's Meeting. Frances Macek plans a month or more away including Mexico City and Sonora before entering college in San Antonio. Various residents undertake visits, trips to Austin, Pecos, El Paso, and Grand Saline with family gatherings noted.
Mrs. H Beauchamp spent two months at a plantation near Jackson Mississippi and in Childress Texas and recently returned to Pecos with her brother Dr Roy E Barr whose home is in Childress Jean son of Dr Barr has been visiting and will soon join his father in Childress
Mrs Tobe DeRacy and her daughter travel with Mrs DeRacy’s parents Mr and Mrs Johnston from Pecos for two weeks visiting Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon and other sites.
John Byrd spent seven days in a tent colony acting as dean of boys at the Fort Stockton conference of young people of the El Paso Presbytery and returned to Pecos. Pecos attendees included Mrs. George Maley Malcolm Maley Billy Tom Martin and Louise Ligon. The conference drew record attendance with Rev Thorns of Big Spring directing a large faculty and tribal youths competing in athletic events.
Texas legislators and visiting reporters joined a July fourth to fifth jubilee in the Davis and Chisos mountains. Marvin Hunter Jr. reported a new road to the Chisos mountains state park, located 112 miles from Alpine, linking Pecos to the celebration.
Allan Propp visits his grandfather and great grandmother in Lakin Texas and may spend the entire summer with them.
Mrs Mont Bosworth and daughter Francis Lou and Mrs Blink Swagger of Rankin stayed several days with Mrs Bosworth's parents Mr and Mrs bb 35 Aare.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley prepare to relocate to Tulsa Oklahoma with a stop in Amarillo to visit friends. The group including Albert Sisk Kerr and Collie families toured Davis Mountains and dined at Prude Ranch while others visited the Indian Hotel Mt Locke observatory. Evelyn Heard, Melba Kelton and Mrs. Adcock and Jenkins family also feature in recent Pecos social notices.
Balmorhea resident Mr A Stacy is constructing an adobe tourist camp at Brogada. Three houses are under construction.
Rev J B Serimshire will depart Pecos Monday July 22 for La Veta Colorado to preach at a meeting. Mrs Serimshire and their son will accompany him and they plan to return to Pecos Saturday August 5.
A. J. Chester of Ft Worth Texas and Pacific Railroad travels with Mrs Chester and their daughter from Pecos to the Prude ranch for a vacation. The family frequently chooses this area for leisure and has done so several times in the past.
Miss Ida B. Hines welcomes Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Gantt and their Washington DC family for an extended visit. Mrs. Gantt is Miss Hines sister.
Billy Hudson spends the week at the Kyle ranch where a round-up is in progress, likely involving cattle work and ranch activity.
An advertisement touts Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy as a guaranteed cure for bleeding gums, claiming rapid, lasting relief from a "disgusting" dental disease if used as directed. It emphasizes guaranteed results and brand name in bold marketing language.
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