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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
6
Bids for furnishing materials and labor for the proposed Monahans band shell were being received from local lumber yards this week. A bid request also covered construction labor for the shell project.
Balmorhea prepares to open the San Solomon swimming pool on June 28 with a large free barbecue and Water Carnival. A day of baseball water sports a bathing girl revue speaking dancing and more marks Balmorhea’s Texas Centennial contribution and invites citizen cooperation.
Balmorhea business leaders meet and approve sending 1000 folders advertising the Old Spanish Trail. Folders feature a map of the O S T with a sectional country description, a history of the conquistadores and the Padres, to be mailed with business letters.
The Marfa city election on June 22 will decide whether to issue 40 000 dollars in revenue bonds for a municipally owned butane air gas plant and distribution system. The city commission adopted a resolution calling the election to determine the bond issue and construction plan.
Registration for the first six weeks of summer school at Sul Ross College began with signs of a new attendance record. A number of students arrived last weekend for the short term, with the bulk expected Monday and Tuesday.
Wink-Winkler county oil production leads West Texas with nearly a score new locations staked recently. Magnolia announces a gasoline plant to be built in the Sayre Pool about five miles northwest of Whermit, with four miles of 16 inch pipe from the Shurbrough Field to the site.
A crew repaired damage to the Big Settlement dam about 15 miles north of Barstow after the Pecos river changed course and widened the west end by about 30 feet. The work affected Ward County Irrigation District No. 3 Cedarvale district as crews addressed the river induced breach.
Ward county director of NRS Mrs Maude Witt received notice to hire 80 common laborers 20 teamsters and 40 truck drivers plus skilled workers for the Pyote Monahans road project. Coke and Braden of Amarillo hold the $232 000 contract for a new black topped 13.524 mile route south of Bankhead. Right of way has been cleared caliche pits filled and dirt work to start as machinery arrives.
Fort Stockton organizers add two day highlight with comedians Hiram and Mirandy set for Friday and Saturday. The acts include dances and water stunts without charge to visitors, as crowds expected to swell for the Centennial event.
Tiny Keen, once a standout athlete for A.A.M. College, is visiting Pecos this week, meeting locals and sharing recollections from his college sports career.
A new garage on the highway owned by T. J. Cargill, now home to Toyah Motor Company, opened with a Saturday night community party. About 150 guests enjoyed games, a string band, punch, and cookies. the event was sponsored by the Toyah P.T.A.
Mr. Charles Watson, contracting carpenter on the new highway garage project, has returned to his home in Sweetwater after visiting the A. H. Bruce family.
Mr and Mrs Lester Wise departed Monday to Dallas to handle business matters.
Mrs. G. D. Taylor and her children from Midland, formerly of Toyah, spent the early part of last week visiting friends in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Howell of Chattanooga Tennessee come back to their residence following a weeklong visit with Mr. Howells sister Mrs. R O Carothers and family here in town.
Mrs. J. C. Caldwell is convalescing at her home following an appendectomy performed at a Pecos sanitarium last week.
Mr and Mrs B A Barrager spent a few days this week in Fort Worth to handle business matters.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Cain visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs J B Heard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Humphreys and their son Teddy visited a Pecos church on Sunday for worship and fellowship.
Mr and Mrs M W Collie departed this week for Dallas to enjoy a vacation at the Centennial event.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDonald of Barstow visited Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Burkholder, enjoying a weekend gathering.
Harvey Beauchamp attended to business in Monahans on Wednesday. Barney Payne was a visitor from Monahans in Pecos Sunday.
Miss Johnnie Brashners of Pecos Mrs Roberts and Miss Heath of Big Spring visited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Arrant and son and Mrs. Harry McTier and sons, all of El Paso, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wells.
Miss Helen Henderson traveled to El Paso during the early part of the week.
R S Burchard returns from Mineral Wells where Mrs Burchard is under a physician's care. Williard Henderson comes home after attending Texas University to spend the summer with Mr and Mrs G W Henderson and family. George Daniel returns from Mineral Wells. Mrs E B Daniel Jr and children with Mrs E B Daniel Sr and George Athrup and Miss Janie Duncan motor to Big Spring last Wednesday. Mrs E B Daniel Jr and children stay in Big Spring due to her father's illness, Theo Andrews, while Mr and Mrs J R Walker and children and Mrs Floyd Hosie depart Sunday for Abilene.
Jack Seay of Eunice New Mexico spent several days of last week here with his mother Mrs Ruby Seay and family.
Mrs. F. W. Burkholder and Mrs. G. H. Powell attended the Baptist Worker's Conference in Grand Falls on Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs J F Keating and daughter Frances with Ernest Schubert left for Austin to attend George Keating's Texas University graduation. Afterward they plan visits to Virginia and other relatives.
Reeves County Equalization Board will meet on June 22 to transact business. J. B. Woolfolk, County Judge, Reeves County Texas.
Mrs. F. H. Bailey and her daughter Irene along with Misses Ivadell Thomason Barbara Humphries Dana and Frances Powell traveled to the Davis mountains Balmorhea and San Solomon Springs last Thursday.
Miss Elizabeth Chatham returns from Lubbock where she attended Tech to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs W M Chatham and her sister Margaret Louise making a family reunion and hometown pause.
Mr and Mrs S H Winn and family and Margaret Louise Chat ham motored to Fort Davis Saturday. Sammie Winn, visiting friends there for three weeks, returned home with them.
J C and Margaret Duncan were in from the Duncan ranch Sunday morning. Mrs Tom Duncan and Miss Dorothie Humphreys, who have been visiting on the Duncan ranch, returned home. Mrs Clark and small son of Tucameari visited her father Arthur Jackson here last week. Mr Curtiss McElroy of Pecos was in town last Thursday on business.
Mr and Mrs Silas Merritt and children returned from a Louisiana and East Texas vacation. S G Merritt transfers to El Paso as assistant manager for the National Reemployment Service. Haliburton grocery moves to Kermit this week. C E Cummings and guest Elizabeth Aiken visited El Paso Juarez. Peterson adds truck shifts to speed rip rap for the dam, nearly finished in a month. Coffey and son Robert caught a 18 1/2 pound catfish at the dam, the largest this year.
Mrs C E Cummings hosted a banco party Friday afternoon for guest Mrs Elizabeth Aiken. Prizes went to Mrs C A Dorris for high score, Mrs R W Coffey second, and Mrs C A Woodling consolation. angel food cake and orangeade were served to guests including ElizA Aiken and others.
Robert Valliant, recently employed by the Community Public Service Company, has been transferred to Kermit where he will serve as store manager. The move follows about a month of service with the company and places him in charge of the local store.
Miss Mary Catherine Doug spent a weekend visiting with her mother Mrs. R N Couch. She returned Monday to Lubobek where she will attend summer school.
Mr and Mrs W B Cummings and family visited Mrs Jackson in Van Horn on Sunday.
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