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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1935
Page
1
Sheriff Louis Roperson and staff destroyed two confiscated slot machines in Pecos. The nickels, about twelve dollars, were reportedly put into a fund to send Pecos football players to a summer training camp. A Nebraska paper quoted a Lincoln man praising Pecos friendliness and tidiness after a visit.
The Pecos hire department praised for its work earns no material reward. An insurance rate change shows a 15 percent rate hike this year due to fire loss history. Five years of fires led to penalties and credits, with credits restored, then returned this year. The fire department is cited as a primary factor in lower fire losses.
After six years of efficient service at United Dry Foods in Pecos, manager Scrimshire and his daughter will move around March 10 to Portales to run the larger store there. Pecos expresses sincere best wishes for their success and hopes they return someday.
A El Paso Times circulation representative compliments the Enterprise as the best weekly newspaper in Texas. The remark is casual and ends with a quip about a friend from the Madera Valley.
Parker of Toyah known as the Mayor of Pecos returns praising Pecos Texas and its delegation. He says Pecos has proud representatives in the legislature both Regan and Representative Yde Bradford, noting their broad influence.
Pecos plans a modern funeral home at Fifth and Cypress by the Pecos Future Co with J. E. Cunningham as contractor in a Spanish Mission style. The Palace theater in the Patterson building debuts with To the Last Man as the opening film, leased by U. K. Theater chain and managed temporarily by I. M. Berg of Dallas. Prices are low with 10 and 11 cent dates.
Jack and Robert Wills announce a new beer garden and restaurant on Bankhead highway east of Pecos adjoining the John Dol filling station. Grand opening today from 4 to 8 with free beer for visitors, a cash prize for the best name, and a furnishing of dancing space, booths, bar, and cafe kitchen offering sandwiches short orders and sodas.
The young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E E Rambo of Pecos fractured her arm in a fall last week. She received medical care and is healing rapidly under treatment.
The Patterson building replaces the Cowan ruin downtown and houses a theater plus five-store spaces. Jim King leases the front space for a restaurant. others measure 25 by 30 feet with cement floors and large front windows. Electrical work by Electric Shop. plumbing by Kraus Plumbing and Home Furniture. materials from Foxworth Galbraith and Higginbotham Bartlett. local contractors did most construction. Owner IL Patterson invites Pecos residents to visit this weekend.
Rev. John W. Byrd has recovered his voice after a weeks long rest and will preach Sunday at the Presbyterian church. Physicians advised no vocal use during recovery and he reports feeling fully well again.
New boy born to Mr and Mrs B C Murray of Pyote arrived Thursday. Both mother and baby are doing nicely.
Registered bulls from Reeves, Ward, Loving and Winkler counties will be sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Warm Springs Georgia as a gift from local cattlemen in appreciation of his administration’s farm policies. Two young bulls, selected for quality from Marfa and Balmorhea, will travel by truck to the president’s Georgia farm after exhibition in the area. The idea originated with the late Judge Ben Randall after reading about Roosevelt’s Georgia farm in the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
The city council plans the first phase of its water project with drilling by Tom and Clyde Simmons under RE McKee Co of El Paso. A Chevrolet pickup was purchased for water system use, and a summer irrigation rate was approved. L A Schmidt will serve as Engineer Inspector for Pecos project.
Mrs. Joe Anderson, manager of the Union Cafe, saved the building when a stove overheated and ignited wooden shelving. She dashed soda on the flames, subduing them before firefighters arrived. origin of the fire remains unclear.
The State Insurance Commissioner announced a six percent saving in Pecos fire insurance rates effective March 1. The saving provides an added six percent credit for food fire record, with Pecos now vetting a 15 percent credit the maximum for any town. The reduction stems from Pecos’ strong fire record during the past year.
The spring term of Federal Court scheduled for Pecos to begin March 25 has been postponed to May 13 by Federal Judge Charles Boynton. The update was received Thursday by U S Deputy Commissioner W W Dean.
At a Thursday noon meeting the Pecos Rotary Club voted to dedicate a regular monthly income to the Rotary Boy Scout troop. Scoutmaster Virgil A. Galloway leads the troop. The program marked Rotary’s 30th anniversary with talks on Rotary International history by John Byrd and D W Bozeman and Pecos club history by Dr. O J Bryan.
After a two year shutdown the West Texas Refining Company refinery resumed operations this week. The main whistle blew Wednesday morning and crude runs began with only the straight run active. Five or six new workers are reportedly employed boosting Pecos payroll as Dixie gasoline enters local stations.
The Texas state department sends a purebred stallion and jack to Barstow for local ranchers to use in breeding. Owned by the state, they will stay in the area under care of Ward County farmers Berry Buckelew and George Dinwiddie. Funds come from horse racing taxes. Senators and county agents helped move the effort, first west of the Pecos river.
Mrs. O. L. Whaley, long a Pecos resident, died after a severe illness last Saturday. Pecos Furniture Co. prepared her remains for burial and shipped them to Bowie Texas, where funeral services were held Monday. Her son Slim Whaley accompanied the body to Bowie and had not returned at press time.
Dewey Richburg returned this week from Ranger Texas where he attended a convention of the American Legion.
Mrs Tom McKenzie of Fort Stockton is in a Pecos sanitarium undergoing treatment. Mr Me Kenzie visits Mr and Mrs Whit Waide.
El Paso faced a citywide blackout after an unforeseen strike by workers at the local electrical plant, halting power and paralyzing business. By Thursday afternoon the strike ended at 4 PM and normal operations resumed as BAU signs were raised again.
A large fashion revue featuring about 70 participants from Pecos will be staged at the Pecos high school auditorium Friday night. The show titled Miss Springtime will have no admission charge and will showcase spring apparel with 50 models and children presenting skits. Secret identity of Miss Springtime to be revealed during the event. Mrs. Ted Johnston chairs, with co-chairs and numerous models listed from Silk Dry Goods, Pecos Mercantile,Style Show, Unit, and Toyah and Barstow groups.
Tommie Warner superintendent of the Imperial refinery at Wickett suffered a severe cheek gash and a leg cut when his car steering gear locked and struck a telephone pole in the Pecos district last Saturday night. He received several stitches and is recovering, able to be up and about.
Residents in the Red Bluff Water Power Control District spanning Reeves Ward Loving and Pecos counties may save 2 million dollars as a state tax remission bill advances in the legislature. The measure remits a portion of state taxes for 30 years on dam costs, backed by local leaders, with Rep Clyde Bradford guiding House action. If enacted, the district would repay only part of reservoir costs, yielding cheaper irrigation for Valley farmers.
Jennie Johnson 86 mother of H H Johnson of Pecos died peacefully last Tuesday at her Corsicana Texas home after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held in Sanham Texas with burial beside her husband. Mrs Johnson was well known in Pecos and visited here several times. Mr and Mrs Johnson of Pecos were at her bedside and expected back in Pecos Friday.
Beauchamp Jr. district manager for Southern Union Gas Co. underwent a sinus operation in Dallas on Tuesday. He is reported to be progressing as well as expected and will likely stay in the Dallas hospital for a week or more.
M. A. Seward remains hospitalized following a major operation performed recently. He is under careful medical supervision and shows signs of steady improvement as doctors monitor his condition.
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