Births and Deaths in Reeves County Precinct One
Births listed include Benjamin Camp Kelly III and several other newborns in May, with five Mexican births recorded. Deaths noted cover May dates for Mark E. Campbell James J. Wheat Howell Johnson Florence Drummond Ella G. White and three Mexican fatalities, reflecting a steady population in the precinct.
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Reeves County
Justice of the Peace
B. A. Oden
Benjamin Camp Kelly, III
B. C. Kelly, Jr
Richard Armid Schmid
Arthur Schmid
Frankie Lou Grammer
J. F. Grammer
Jimmie Sutton Witt, III
Jimmie Witt
Joe Donald Collins
H. A. Collins
Barstow
Howard Guy Robinson
H. G. Robinson
Joyce Ann O’rear
Leonard A. O’rear
Elizabeth Aliene Kennedy
Clark Kennedy
Kermit
Mark E. Campbell
James J. Wheat
Mentone
Howell Johnson
Fort Stockton
Florence Drummond
Ella G. White
Livestock Care Urged Ahead Of Summer Heat
B. Miller acting rural supervisor for the Farm Security Administration in Reeves county urges immediate action on breeding, vaccination, and water supply. He warns dry cows reduce income and stresses clean troughs and ample shade for hogs and poultry. Sudan grass and supplementary pastures should be planted now to cut seed costs and improve profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Miller
Farm Security Administration
Reeves County
Sudan
League Finance Plan Proposed
A Texas Interscholastic League proposal to finance 31 district meets was recommended for consideration by the state executive committee at the University of Texas. Other recommendations include ineligibility rules for junior high pupils transferred outside their district, a Retail Sales Tax debate topic for 1938-39, and track and field rules disqualifying teams for using ineligible contestants in the next higher meet. Training school pupils are exempted from transfer rules, with wider application to higher education institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Teachers College Training School
Texas Livestock Shipments Dip Across Texas in April
Texas forwardings to Fort Worth stockyards and interstate points fell 28 percent in April from a year earlier. Cattle shipments declined 27.7 percent to 6 703 cars while calves rose 15 percent to 791, hogs dropped 28.5 percent to 597, and sheep fell 46 percent to 855. Shipments to Kansas Flint Hills and Oklahoma Osage country also dropped, with Flint Hills down 45.6 percent and Osage down 6 percent. Fort Worth receipts were substantially below April last year.
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Austin
Texas
Fort Worth
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Flint Hills
Kansas
Oklahoma
Bureau
Osage Country
Pecos Girls Softball team trounces Barstow again
The Pecos Softball team defeated Barstow for the third straight time at Alkali Park with a final around 39 to 17. Pecos led by 17 runs in the third inning and benefited from Barstow errors as Gladys Kraus Jay Kraus Gussie Oden Enid Bush Gene Heide Betsy Ross Ophelia McAnally Helen Hunt and the Chesneys contributed in the field and at bat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Barstow
Alkali Park
Gladys Kraus
Jay Kraus
Gussie Oden
Enid Bush
Gene Heide
Betsy Ross
Ophelia McAnally
Helen Hunt
McAnally
Beauford Chesney
Tax Averages For Motor Vehicles Across States in 1937
Across the United States state taxes on motor vehicles averaged 48 dollars in 1937. This figure reflects uniform pricing as the year closed, showing nationwide taxation levels for vehicle owners and policymakers evaluating tax burdens.
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United States
Gasoline Use Emerges in 1923 Era
A note records that gasoline began use in 1923, marking a shift in fuel options and transport practices of the period.
Cattle Buyers Wander Pecos Area For Ranch Stock
Moore and Baker from Munday bought cattle from ranchers Elmer Wadley Edwin Finley and Beau Eisenwine while Smith Fauss of Littlefield shipped cows to Ozona. Porter with Smith and Fauss bought cattle from Bob Lewis H F Anthony and Charlie Miller then sold steers to Tom Crum and shipped mixed cattle to Kansas City. Collier moved cows from Slash to Hoban and Cicero Stewart sought calves in town. Finley gathers four hundred steers sold to Elida buyers as rain holds stocking. Eisenwine Estate sold 100 yearlings to Ward and Giddings who also bought from Ona Moorhead. Clint Craft seeks more. Anthony sold cows to Ward and Giddings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Lewis
H. F. Anthony
Charlie Miller
Barstow
Tom Crum
Pecos
Kansas City
H. T. Collier
Slash Ranch
Hoban Ranch
Cicero Stewart
Carlsbad
N. M
Edwin Finley
Elida
Keezie Duncan
Curtis McElroy
Isola DeRacy
Bud Spillsbury
Buck Jackson
Eisenwine
Ward and
Giddings
Texas
Ward
Ona Moorhead
Clint Craft
Portales
Pecos Girl Is Tech Graduate
Dorothy V. Nabers of Pecos is a candidate for a B A degree in speech at Texas Technological College's twelfth annual commencement. About 320 seniors graduate. Dr. Alfred Atkinson of the University of Arizona will deliver the commencement address June 6 at 10 a m in the college gym. The senior class will present the college with a neon Texas Tech Double T sign, the second largest neon lettering in the world, as its annual gift.
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Lubbock
Tex
Dorothy V. Nabers
R. V. Nabers
Pecos
Texas Technological College
Alfred Atkinson
University of Arizona
Texas Tech
Global car production in 1937 tops five million
The world produced an estimated 4,989,877 passenger cars during 1937. This figure reflects a near five million output milestone for the automotive industry that year.
Action Taken On Old Age Claims In El Paso
The Social Security Board reports lump sum old age claims approved at about one every 30 seconds on working days in El Paso. In early April 19 days saw roughly 740 daily payments issued nationwide, including 436 death claims and 204 for workers turning 65. The average lump sum is around 39 dollars, rising with total wages since 1937.
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EL Paso
Social Security Board
David S. Pruitt
Washington
Pruitt
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League
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Pole of Commerce
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Dean Carpenter
Paul Harvey
Exec
Vico-Pres
Toe Shine Boy
America
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Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Honolulu
Menuhin
His Fiancee
Yehudi Menuhin
London
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Melbourne
Australia
Miss Nicholas
Antipodes
Tech
Richard Briscoe
American Legion
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