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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1936
Page
1
A Pecos incident exposes how salesmen use quick-town coverage and swift exits to dodge law. It notes an attempt to sell fur coats by men in Navy disguise with Scottish accents, then clashing with Oklahoma police who enforce anti peddler laws. Investigators traced them to a Los Angeles company training such tactics.
A traveling hosiery salesman collected many orders before fleeing town after confessing methods to boost sales. Customers trusted the strong elastic hose, comparing them to a national brand and finding them indistinguishable. The piece warns of widespread dishonest schemes exploiting public trust and says little can be done while such practices persist.
Warm spring days hint at baseball and whilk-fed softball taking center stage as the season approaches, with fans urged to embrace a robust old he man style of play for the upcoming games.
TT Motor Company announces a Terraplane dealership opening this Saturday at their R. P. Bicks building site. J. R. Petty and W. F. Roberts of Big Spring form the new firm with years in the business. A full Terraplane showing and service department are planned with family moves tied to the setup.
The Home Furniture Company of Pecos and Monahans has been awarded the dealership for Superfex Refrigerators in Pecos and surrounding area. The line is powered by kerosene oil and is suited for farm and ranch use.
William Meinley of Fort Worth was killed instantly when his car left the road on the Carlsbad Highway four miles north of Red Bluff. Companions Wayne Ponting and E F. Reswig, both from Fort Worth, suffered serious injuries including skull fracture and collarbone break. Mrs. McGinley and Miss McGinley to join later in Artesia. Remains of Mr. McGinley to be shipped to California by Kolar Funeral Home.
Delegates from Reeves Ward and Winkler counties met with WHA representatives in El Paso at the courthouse. Paul J. Henderson and 48 Stages explained WPA rules and regulations, focusing on employee reductions to meet state limits and urging completion of ongoing projects before WPA operations end June 30.
Miss Kittie Knox, a sophomore at the College of Mines in El Paso, was voted the most popular girl by the student body last week. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W H Knox of Pecos. The announcement came at theFlowsheet year book dance Saturday night.
W P Prewit marks thirty four years of continuous residence in Pecos as he plans to settle there permanently. The visitor recalls Pecos history and West Texas desert stereotypes, noting waist deep water in the town streets on arrival, a sight few have witnessed.
The Enterprise Cooking School will be held on Main St 22 and Te with Miss Jessie Hogue conducting lectures and demonstrations. She travels from San Angelo to Abilene Plainview Stamford and other West Texas cities delivering a widely acclaimed program for three days for housewives in Pecos.
Funeral services were held for Playford James Sines 44 of Royalty who died of pneumonia. The remains were shipped to Amarillo for interment there. Sines was an oil contractor active in developing oil resources in the area. The Enterprise extends sympathy to the bereaved.
Elaborate plans are under way by P T A members for the fifteenth district conference to be held in Pecos on April 2 and 3. More than 200 guests are expected, with several state officers including Mrs De Vote slated to speak. District officers and educators will attend to lead group discussions and talks.
Superintendent R Henry Blackwell announced that four room tile and concrete Mexican school and a single room building for the negro school will start next week as a WPA project with Cunningham holding the contract. Improvements to the elementary building include painted walls, lowered blackboards, rewired lighting, sanded desks, remodeled rest rooms, and new plumbing. open house will be held when all work is finished.
The Central State Bank of Abilene reports a new producing spot in Winkler county extending the Sayre pool two miles south. Humble Oil and Refining Company expands to a mile north of Sayre pool with No 1-21 Walton drilling at 2,973 feet yielding seven barrels per hour. The Fields Cherry and Wevyves No 1 Central State Bank of Abilene in section 25 block 6 produced 91 barrels in three hours and 2,500,000 cubic feet of gas after glycerine shot from 720 to 2,870 feet.
Pecos Reeves county resident Tolbert Garrett announced this week his candidacy for Commissioner of Precinct No. 4. A longtime taxpayer living north of Pecos, he pledged honest service and dedication to improve the community if elected.
Walter L Reed was named inspector general in the army with the rank of major general. The appointment elevates Reed to a senior leadership role within the military administration and signals a restructuring of oversight duties.
KIUN highlights an American Family Robinson program aired nightly at 8 o clock. The 15 minute broadcast features two dramatic skits and is an electrically transcribed World Broadcasting System production. A report from Prince Rupert Alaska notes strong reception for KIUN. Foreign reception includes Canada Mexico Australia Newfoundland and Nova Scotia.
The DX long distance program from KIUN moves to the Federal Communications Commission on the second Friday monthly at SSAV Steel 20 acre. Previously a 20 minute late program runs one hour usually on the seventh monthly for RCA Communications Inc commercial frequency checking in San Francisco California.
The majority of old age pension applications from Reeves county were returned for insufficient information and improper completion. Fifty-one applications were sent back this week for more complete details. District 20 filings lag behind other districts, and Dennis M. Poe urges eligible applicants to file promptly to speed processing. Joe James F. Ross of Pecos was named by executive director Orville S. Carpenter as investigator for Reeves county, with duties to advise applicants on legal requirements.
Pecos citizen Charlies H. Ripley authorizes the Enterprise to announce his candidacy for Mayor of Pecos City in the April election. He has eight years in Pecos and previously ran for mayor four years ago. Ripley currently serves as project superintendent for the Works Progress Administration in Toyah and Balmorhea.
The Wink Hour program was reinaugurated this week on KIM for Wink and nearby listeners. It airs daily from 1:00 PM to about 1:20 PM.
W. P. Pat Fulgim authorizes the Enterprise to list his name as a candidate for city clerk and city secretary. He pledges to faithfully discharge duties if elected and notes business training and prior agency work with the Texas Company during 1929-32. He asks Pecos voters for support. John Ross, previously at Red Bluff with NRS, has been transferred to Quanah.
Sheriff Roberson warns that license sales lag behind normal after noon yesterday 2175 driver's licenses issued leaving about 2000 applications to April 1 only 155 automobile licenses issued thus far Reeves county car registrations expected to top 1400 if sales do not speed up in days ahead delays and inconvenience likely for applicants.
Hoodoo monarch returns this Friday as the Friday the thirteenth superstition is examined. The piece notes various beliefs on why the date is unlucky, citing the Last Supper, Babylonian lore, Norse myth, and biblical events tied to Fridays.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church for Christian Ritz a Pecos resident who died Monday from pneumonia Interment took place at Fairview Cemetery Ritz born January 25 1914 in Germany came to the US at 13 lived in Philadelphia before moving to Texas He worked as a barber for 14 years then ranching and was active in the Catholic Church He is survived by his wife five daughters and several sons with relatives in New Mexico Arizona California and Pecos The Enterprise expresses condolences to the bereaved family.
Red Bluff water project nears a milestone as a 70 foot dam rise advances toward a midweek height that secures the rock and dirt bed and allows gate installation by April 1 to stop river flow for irrigation across seven districts. J H Miller reports construction costs total 1,493,483.37 dollars through February 29, with anticipated savings and interest coverage on the project funds.
Midland will host the West Texas Press association annual meeting on May 22 and 23 during its spring race meet. Governor James V. Allred Lowry Martin Houston Harte and Gene Howe are invited speakers. A Centennial theme will run through the program.
The Enterprise endorses A. B. Tinnin for County Commissioner in Torah precinct. It notes his candidacy and his long residence and business training, praising him as a leading wind successful cattleman of the area and recommending voters support him.
Drilling in grey lime at 296 feet was resumed this week in the Porter Rankin W BD John son No 1 Loving county following the setting of five and three sixteenths inches at 2940 feet. Those connected with the drilling express belief that paying production will be struck at a lower depth.
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