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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1935
Page
2
Public notice records the consolidation of The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher with the Pecos Valley News and Reeves County Record. Editor JACK HAWKINS and Manager BARNEY HUBBS oversee operations with subscription rates listed. Publication deadlines and post office filing details are noted.
Red Bluff dam work advances rapidly after a shutdown period while Pecos business leaders urge rebuilding ties with dam workers. Turning soft water into Pecos mains marks a civic milestone after 40 years, and officials should organize public celebrations to showcase the change.
The essay reflects on T. E. Shaw and his death from a speeding crash, urging that habitual recklessness behind the wheel destroys talent and wastes national resources. It notes 35,000 US traffic deaths yearly and condemns reckless driving as a losing game that harms the innocent and the brilliant alike.
Mr and Mrs Ig Blazi and their son Al Honeyboy have moved to Deming New Mexico where Blazi serves as chief engineer at the Holy Cross Sanatorium He previously worked at O K Courts Friends express best wishes for their happiness and success.
The Grand and Palace theatres in Pecos present Anniversary Week from July 7 to July 13 with five picture changes at both venues and extra attractions. Free ice cream for children, prizes including sets of dishes and star photographs, and a four piece bedroom suite giveaway with Home Furniture Co. Admitted prices reduced to cents.
Loving county Sheriff Hardin Ross, long ill with infected tonsils, shows marked improvement and remains at Gipson Sanitarium. Mrs. J. B. Woolfolk is confined to bed at home. Mrs. Fred Curtis of San Antonio visits Mrs. A. G. Van Horn. Jane Broughton, daughter of Mrs. Katherine Broughton, had tonsils removed at Pecos Sanitarium Tuesday morning.
Tommy Warner of Wickett was there Tuesday visiting friends and attending to business.
Legrand Woods of San Angelo, former law partner of Judge Henry Russell of Pecos, was in town Tuesday conducting business and visiting friends.
Anderson and Mrs. Hill Hudson visited Monahans and Odessa last Saturday, seen in local activity and social notes with no additional details provided.
Hill D. Hudson is seriously ill with an infected foot and has been confined to his bedroom for about a week.
Rev and Mrs Joe B Scrimshire sue M D Bell. Donald Bell Miss Lillie Poe and Miss Katherine Reeder returned last Saturday from attending the Methodist encampment in the Sacramento Mountain of New Mexico. Craig Wakefield of El Paso representing Remington Rand adding machine company was in Pecos Wednesday on business.
Dr J Brian has returned from the American Medical Association convention held at Altoeve Clitr. N noted in local dispatches.
Mr and Mrs Bike Simmons and their children travel to Corpus Christi region for a two week visit with planned sightseeing and gatherings in the coastal area.
Crenshaw Jr. and his friend William Thomason visit the Beauchamps in Dallas for the summer. S B Petrie of the Southern Union Gas Co. in Dallas left after spending a week with them.
Miss Virginia Thomas departed Tuesday to study at Sul Ross Teachers College in Alpine for one month.
Hemphill Ellis reports two wells nearing completion in Loving County while another is shut down. Mason No 1 Kvile north of Mentone drills at 2200 feet in anhydrite in section 22, block 33, T&P RR survey. Hemphill Ellis No 2 reaches 4100 feet and casings this weekend in proven territory. Evans et al wildcat in section 2, block 334 remains down awaiting underreamer with pay expected around 3700 feet.
The Unique Bridge club met Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Harrison Beauchamp's home. Mrs. Niollis Smith won high score in the bridge session and a late luncheon followed for Mmes. Clarence Loring, Marvin Loring, Wesley McCree, Bill Turpin, Roy Spivey, Hollis Smith, and Clarence Spencer.
Barney Hobbs undertook a business trip to Hobbs New Mexico on Tuesday of this week, aligning with his work commitments and local engagements.
Mrs. Alton Hughes was in from Orla Wednesday for shopping and to visit friends.
MGM presents Reckless a major new feature opening Saturday midnight at the Grand Theatre. William Powell and Jean Harlow star together with production by David O Selznick and music by Jer tie Kern. Oscar Flammerstein wrote the lyric the film features glamorous dance numbers and Harlow appears as a singing and dancing star.
Helen Hayes and Robert Montgomery star in Vanessa Her Love Story in a romantic drama set Tuesday and Wednesday. Lewis Stone Otto Kruger May Robson Violet Kemble Copp Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp Jessie Ralph Agnes Anderson and others headline the supporting cast. Based on Hugh Walpole novel Vanessa it is a David O Selznick production for Metro Goldwyn Mayer directed by William K Howard.
Movie goers can see The Casino Murder Case at the Igland Theatre this Saturday. Paul Lukas stars as Philo Vance the scientific detective in this Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production inspired by recent scientific discoveries for a thrilling mystery.
Many farmers will start planting feed crops as fields dry enough. The river runs near bank full with irrigation expected for all by the time feed is growing. A sixteen foot rise is expected tomorrow. Very few farmers have a stand of cotton. Some may replace a little but too late for a cotton crop this year.
Jack Holt stars in Palace Sunday and Monday as a hard boiled racehorse owner in The Unwelcome Stranger. A superstitious horse breeder fears luck until a stranger ruins romance and fate forces Holt to confront danger and a new lease on life.
Wednesday and Thursday 10 cent admission at the Palace for the week. The Universal Studios picture Alias Mary Dow features Sally Lilers and Ray Millard. Pecos sees the first showing of this film at the Palace, promising economical and amusing evening entertainment for families.
Tom Mix headlines a fast action western drama The Fourth Horseman offering hard fighting straight shooting and thrilling scenes suited to fans of genuine western stars.
Senora Casada Necisita Marido will be shown at the Palace with matinee showings at 2 and 4 PM and evening performances at 7 15 PM and 9 30 PM. The program plays Tuesday only with both matinee and night showings listed.
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