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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1936
Page
6
Odessa Elmer Pruitt, a Black suspect in the murder of the parents of R. T. German, was reportedly captured in Dallas Wednesday night. German was said to have gone to Dallas Thursday morning. reports are unverified but deemed probably authentic.
Alpine-A residents gathered about 125 signatures at a called county commissioners meeting last Saturday urging a vote on issuing 15000 in warrants to aid securing right of way for the re routing of U S highway 90 through the city west side. State law delays action until the next regular commission meeting Monday.
Local businessmen and civic leaders in Monahans push subscriptions to capital stock for a proposed bank. The bank committee reports the required 27500 will be raised in the next few days.
Plans disclosed this week show a bond issue of 15000 dollars to finance a new Monahans school house. Passage would unlock an additional 12000 dollars in PWA funds for equipment under the grant terms with the government agreeing to match funds available locally.
Hobbs residents will vote in the morning on issuing 72 000 dollars in bonds to build a new high school. If issued the bonds may be bought by the federal government at par for about 60 000 dollars plus a 24 900 dollar federal grant, with no voter registration required and real estate owners eligible to vote at the high school polling place.
Fort Stockton High School band director Joe Berryman was chosen to compose the official Texas Centennial march. His piece Goliad was selected from fifteen entries by leading state composers in a Lubbock contest.
Wink Charles Hh Dotson of Mentone was killed Wednesday afternoon while tearing down a Trans Pecos Oil Co rig at Atlantic Oil Co well No. 6 on Hendrix Brease. He stood on a 72 foot scaffold when a wind gust dislodged a corner post and dropped on the scaffold board, throwing him six feet.
J G Lott told Hudspeth and El Paso county commissioners in a joint session that more than half a million dollars has been set aside for paying newly graded projects on the state highway between Sierra Blanca and the Green T, for grading near McNary, and for paving the project just west of Sierra Blanca.
The Marfa city government published bid advertisements for a citywide distribution system and a butane gas mixing plant. Mayor Coffield, back from Fort Worth, reported that all contract red tape has been cleared though some legal tangles remain. The project may take six months or more and could employ up to two hundred workers.
Barstow bids will open March 17 in Austin for 13.534 miles of new highway between Monahans and Pyote replacing the worn federal highway No 1. The project will be funded as a federal aid highway.
Chevrolet reports February retail sales in the United States of 70 087 and a year to date total of 145 789, a new first two month record. February used car sales rise 60 000 units to 149 678, with January February total 16662 units, a Chevrolets high. W E Holler credits used car advertising and campaigns for the sales surge alongside better buying conditions.
Mrs. Winthrop Coffin and her daughter Gertrude of Brookline Massachusetts visit Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bell in their home. Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Coffin were schoolmates at Vassar.
A Baptist week of prayer met at Mrs. Rupert Matejowsky’s home with the Keith Meredith Circle leading. Talks covered missions in Kentucky China Cuba Texas New Mexico and among deaf and Mexican communities. The day featured songs, a violin solo, prayers, and a concluding social lunch.
The third national farm accounting contest encourages 4 H boys and girls nationwide to keep books. Participants must show opening and closing inventories, all receipts and expenditures with purposes, and a 12 month profit and loss balance sheet. Prizes totaling at least 7500 dollars will be awarded to winners designated by the cooperative club leaders.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Peer have relocated to their new home within the Elmer Johnson residence which was formerly occupied by Mr and Mrs Jim Deakins.
Mrs. W. E. Gould and daughters Ruth and Irene of Balmorhea traveled to Pecos on Saturday to visit Mrs. Gage Van Horn, Sr.
A meeting reviewed Cuba work with advertisements. The group sang Bringing in the Sheaves and closed with a prayer by Mrs. B. L. Collings. Attendees included Mesdames Parker Slack Collings Cowan McKinnis Holloway Campbell Hubbs Henderson Donnell Rowden Nabers Garlick Morrison Toliver and Mr. and Mrs. Turhof.
The Twentieth Century Club met Wednesday with N F Chapman presiding for a brief business session. Members voted to donate to the Penny art fund as part of the program reviewing Willa Cather's Lacey Gayheart. Mrs Thomas Lilley outlined the author life while Miss Wylie Sue Cole summarized the book. Ruth Newell joined as a new member and Winthrop Coffin attended as a guest.
Mrs. Katherine Broughton Miss Babe Finley and Mrs. R L Boone spent the weekend in El Paso with Mrs Boone staying as a guest of Mr and Mrs Percy Douglas former Pecos residents.
Magnolia Petroleum Company completed a heavy producer on the Crane-Waddell pool in northern Crane County. Magnolia No. 4 Edwards in section o block B 23 public school land gauged 102 barrels of oil per hour from 5556 feet. The company plans deeper testing to raise production. A second test in section 11 block B 27 public school land western Crane County has been cased at 4262 feet, with prior oil showings at a shallower depth.
Misses Mable and Myrtle Crum spent the week end visiting Mrs Roy McDonald in her home at Crystal Water.
Scrimshire opens a ladies clothing store in Monahans this weekend in the old post office building under manager B S Scrimshire. Workmen remodeled the building this week. Scrimshire previously managed the United store and was later with Stool's Dry Goods Store.
Ralph Sparks went to Dallas on business Monday night and returned home on Wednesday.
Members of Pecos Chapter 81 OL Els invite all to a covered dish supper next evening at 7 30. For details call 40 Mrs Olean Smith secretary. Florence Resid if
Fort Street resident Lee White visited town Saturday for a routine business engagement.
The ad touts visible economy with Kelvinator using far less current and offering a 5 year protection plan. It highlights convenience features like flexible ice tray grds automatic defrost and interior light and invites buyers to learn about ownership through a liberal Deferred Payment Plan.
Kelvinator announces a Certificate of Low Cost Operation as the 1936 model uses one unit or one third as much current as many refrigerators in use. The saving may justify replacing an old refrigerator and adopting the new energy efficient unit.
The advertisement promises long service from the 1936 Kelvinator refrigerator and notes a five year protection plan. It cites the oldest company in electric refrigeration and emphasizes written, signed protection.
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