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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1936
Page
7
The Board of Trustees ordered a bond election for June 17 to authorize a $100,000 issue of Coupon Bonds to finance a new school building and equipment for the district to educate its students.
In Ector County Independent School District voters authorized the board to issue bonds totaling 86 000 for a new ward school building. The election carried 202 to 6 in favor, the largest county bond majority to date, following a taxpayer petition for improvements.
Future possibilities of the territory east of the Cowden field are strengthened by Stanolind No. 29 J. M. Cowden which produced 629 barrels of oil in 24 hours from a depth of 4 289 feet after a 285 quart shot in the lime section. The location sits 440 feet from the south line and 2 200 feet from the east line of section 35, block 58, township 1 north.
Marfa’s Sunset Park undergoes rapid restoration with fifteen city workmen clearing weeds and debris. New grass spreads as sprinklers water fresh plantings while trees are pruned and shrubs trimmed. the old bandstand is removed and the park gains a revived foundation.
The Highland area of Texas was recognized as a leading producer of high grade cattle as centennial preparations. Twenty four Highlands calves from Marfa were shipped last week for display as feeders at the Dallas Centennial exposition. The group included 12 steer yearlings and 12 steer calves.
Monahans prepares to send a large delegation to the Fort Worth Frontier Centennial and the Central Exposition in Dallas. The group will depart Monahans on July 15, including the Monahans High School band if funding plans materialize, according to band director Charles G. Walker.
Sixty men are now employed on grading and drainage at the McNary project with a few on paving east of Sierra Blanca. When all four projects start, four to five hundred men will be employed. The dirt project underway will likely use about 120 men.
Barstow Ward County recorded eleven new locations last week leading West Texas. Winkler County followed with nine new sites. Five wells were added to Ward County's producing list during the period.
The Christian Science Lesson Sermon for Sunday June 21 centers on the question Is the Universe Including Man Evolved by Atomic Force The Golden Text from Proverbs 3 19 affirms wisdom foundations while Revelations 21 6 proclaims I am Alpha and Omega The Science and Health passage on page 471 states God is infinite and there is no other power or presence The spirituality of the universe is the only facet of creation
A Chicago case shows how moving picture cameras trapped fake accident racketeers by recording staged crashes. Two cab drivers were approached, reported to their companies, and state officers arranged footage with telescopic lenses. The footage led to arrests and guilty pleas, highlighting cameras as a new weapon against crime.
Mrs. M. C. Glover and daughter Caroline leave Pecos with Mrs. H. C. Glover and son Darrell and Preston Glover and daughter Peggy from Albuquerque for a family reunion at Glen Rose Texas on June 20 26. They plan to visit the Centennial at Dallas and will be away for almost a week.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hinson formerly of Pecos now of Odessa spent Saturday and Sunday visiting friends in Pecos.
Mrs Clyde Bennett and her children came home last week after visiting relatives and friends in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller and Miss Frances Miller were among attendees at the Water Carnival held in Fort Stockton on Sunday.
Miss Mary Sue Johnson spends a few weeks with Mr and Mrs Bill Ross at their ranch home.
Mr and Mrs Monroe Kerr traveled to Lubbock this week to visit Mr and Mrs Ray Prickett and Jane Edith.
Mrs W H Knox and Misses Kitty and Millie Knox depart Monday for California to spend the summer visiting.
Charlie Daniel of Toyah was in town Monday for the Democratic County Convention meeting.
Mrs Oscar Schanaubert of Van Horn Texas was in Pecos Monday for shopping and visiting with friends.
Mr and Mrs Hilding Lundin and daughter Dixie Lee and Mr and Mrs August Stadeen and son from Red Bluff visited Pecos for a few hours Sunday while traveling to the Davis Mountains.
Vv. H. Guy a Monahans city councilman was in town this week for business and social visits. Mrs. C. B. Jordon and Charlene of Wink called on Mrs. Tena Adams and other Pecos friends Tuesday.
Mrs. Gilbert Murray and her daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Brownlee and family and friends Wednesday. Benjamin F. Berkeley, candidate for State Senator, was in town Wednesday shaking hands with his many friends.
Mr and Mrs Earnest Kelley and Bill returned this week from a week long vacation in Dallas where they visited the Centennial Ex position.
Miss Anice Clark resumes duties at the Elite Cafe in Pecos after six weeks away. Miss Virginia Thomas departed Sunday for Mexico City to spend the summer visiting and studying.
Brown Seay, who has been working in Fort Stockton, was in Pecos last week visiting with his mother.
W. S. Crowe of Balmorhea visited Pecos on Tuesday to join the Enterprise subscriber roster, adding to the growing list of local readers supporting the newspaper.
Miss Alice Blank arrives Sunday to spend the summer with her father A. B. Blank in Pecos. She taught in the Colorado public schools the past year.
J. B. Graham from the Community Public Service Company in Fort Worth spent Monday visiting the district office.
Miss Thelma Wood of Red Bluff spent Sunday in Pecos visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Evan J. Wood.
Mr and Mrs D H Armstrong moved this week into their new home that has been under construction for a month.
Miss LaRue Pittman, currently living in Kermit, visited last weekend with Miss Flora Lee Cleveland. The pair spent time together and were seen in local social circles.
Mr and Mrs George Ross with Suzanne and Buddy Ross visited with Mr and Mrs Bill Ross at their ranch Saturday night.
Mr and Mrs James P 7 Rog from Balmorhea visited Monday to discuss the formal Balmorhea Pool opening and to attend the County Convention on the 27th in CD OC Pati.
Miss Tracy Buchholz and Mrs Novella Simmons spent last Sunday in Stockton taking in the Wat Carnival.
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