Stanton Martin county voters reject road bond issue
In Trans Pecos area Stanton Martin county voters rejected a 45000 road bond last Saturday by 247 to 152 with 426 of 1250 voters casting ballots and low interest blamed on doubts the issue would pass. Balmorhea quotes from the Balmorhea Texan feature dust and weather remarks about West Texas and Colorado.
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Stanton
Martin County
West
Texas
Sherman
Denver Post
Colorado
Stanton District Court Convenes for Two-Week Term
Stanton District Court opened Monday with Judge Charles L. Klap roth presiding. The grand jury returned seven indictments including four for forgery and three for chicken theft.
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Stanton—Distict
Charles L. Klaproth
Balmorhea School Project Accepted After Board Meeting
A Balmorhea school project was accepted last week after a conference among the Balmorhea school board, J. B. Clements, the contractors, and a representative from the architectural firm Haynes and Strange.
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Balmorhea
J. B. Clements
Contrators
Haynes and Strange
Balmorhea School
Marfa Students Edit Big Bend Sentinel in Editor's Absence
Three Marfa high school journalism students Marianna Smith Maurine Mitchell and Mary Martha Coffield edited the current edition of the Big Bend Sentinel of Marfa while Editor Charles Moore was absent.
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Marfa
Marianna Smith
Maurine Mitchell
Mary Martha Coffield
Big Bend Sentinel
Charles Moore
Marfa Officials Seek Aid for Marfa Presidio Road Work
Judge J C Thompson returned to Marfa after visiting Austin with Mayor Henry Coffield and Jack Kelly to seek aid for work on thirteen miles of the Marfa Presidio road.
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Marfa
J. C. Thompson
Austin
Henry Coffield
Jack Kelly
Thme
Marfa- Presidio
Mexican worker held after hallucination in Sanderson
A Feodora section employee east of Sanderson was brought to town last week claiming he would be Mexico's future ruler. He is under observation at the jail.
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Sanderson
Feodora
Mexico
Sanderson High School Grants Diplomas in Commencement
Fifteen graduates at Sanderson high school received diplomas during last week’s commencement. Dr. Clifford B. Casey, head of the history department at Sul Ross College, served as guest speaker.
Fort Stockton Judge Candidate Files for 112th District
Judge W. A. Hadden, longtime Fort Stockton resident, filed this week to run for judge of the 112th Judicial District, which includes Pecos Upton Crockett Sutton and Kimble counties.
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Fort Stockton
W. A. Hadden
Pecos
Upton, Crockett, Sutton and Kimble
Kermit Seeks PWA Loan For Water and Sewer System
Kermit received a letter from Regional Director George F. Bull with forms to apply for a Public Works Administration loan and grant to aid the proposed water and sewer projects.
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Kermit
Public Works Administration
George F. Bull
Burglary solved at White House Grocery in Wink
Chief Deputy Sheriff Bill Eddins reported a burglary last Saturday at the White House Grocery in Wink. Items stolen included 13 cartons of cigarettes razor blades chewing gum work gloves and cigars.
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Kermit
Bill Eddins
Wink
White House
Dallas Chamber of Commerce to promote area tourism
The Traffic Department plans summer publicity for the area through the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. Pamphlets on national forests state parks and guest ranches will be distributed to tourists.
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Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Heavy rain floods ranch area southwest of Fort Stockton
A heavy rainstorm drenched the ranch district southwest of Fort Stockton on Saturday afternoon, with amounts reaching 3 to 4 inches in many places across the extended area.
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Fort Stockton
Alpine Citizens Meet Over Santa Fe Train Route Cut
A mass meeting of Alpine residents was held at the courthouse last week to discuss the proposed discontinuation of the Santa Fe motor trains from Fort Stockton to Alpine.
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Alpine
Santa Fe
Fort Stockton
UT Austin to award degrees at June 6 commencement
More than 1,161 candidates will receive degrees at The University of Texas commencement exercises June 6. Among the tentative graduates is Ralph Edwin Williams of Pecos seeking a bachelor of business administration degree.
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Austin
University of Texas
Ralph Edwin Williams
Pecos
Seek Laboratory For Cotton Uses In Texas Urged
The Texas Planning Board urged Secretary Henry C. Wallace to locate one of four proposed cotton research laboratories in Texas. It cited the state's size population and diverse agriculture as creating an unusual opportunity for agricultural research and noted Texas exports nine of every ten bales of cotton while foreign outlets pose hardships for farmers.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Planning Board
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry C. Wallace
Wallace
Planning Board
Health Officer Warns Fly Toll Tops Forty Thousand in U S
Austin reports Dr George W Cox state health officer estimates the common housefly causes about 40 000 deaths annually in America by spreading typhoid infant diarrhea and tuberculosis. He cites progress from home screening and sanitation yet warns rural Texas still lacks pit privies and screening and cites careless conditions as fly breeding spots.
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America
Austin
Geo. W. Cox
Texas
Pecos Woman Chosen as Nutty Member at Texas
Faye Starley of Pecos is chosen as a new gopber of N U T T s alias Nu Upsilon Tau Tau at The University of Texas. The club, described as nutty, requires twelve D letters a scholarship and hints at E letters aiding entry.
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Austin
Faye Starley
Pecos
Gopber
Nu Upsilon Tau Tau
University of Texas
Mrs. Ashley Visits Brother in Shreveport
Mrs. F. B. Ashley of Shreveport Louisiana is visiting her brother Gene Hendon and family.
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F. B. Ashley
Shreveport, la
Brother
Gene Hendon
Mrs H L Magee Recovers From Tonsil Operation
Mrs H L Magee is convalescing after a tonsil operation at a local hospital this week.
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H. L. Magée
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Vienna
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H. A. Fisher
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Clyde McClellan
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Patsy
A. J. Hart
Toyah
Doug Hart
Sam Means
Dorothy
John Nelson
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Nancy
E. L. Collings
Warren Collings
J. C. Wilson
Frank Clark
Burleson
Denton
Fast Texas
Willie C. Austin
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Fort Worth
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Nutty
Gateway Hotel
Lockie
Texaco
Horine
Highway 80
West Pecos
Wee
Chamber of Commerce
Dollar Day
THE
United Day Goods CO
Western Auto Associate Store
Silk Dry Goods Company
Home Furniture Company
Pecos Mercantile Company
Pecos Drug Company
the Leader Grocery & Hdw. CO
J. C. Penney Company
BEN Franklin Store
Community Public Service
Wadley-May Clothiers
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