17 Mar 1933
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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
1
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Ralph Sparks of Pecos recalls traveling 300 miles with the son of the President of the United States from Dallas to Big Spring aboard an Ameri Airways flight. Sparks says the president's son was friendly and cordial during the trip.
Messengers of the ifedos announce a Good Will tour to Reeves towns on Tuesday afternoon. The group will host a Get Acquainted event and visit the empire work sites as part of the series promoting community understanding. A committee of local ladies led by Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Kerr will organize, with plans to inspect the experiment farm at Balmorita and visit nearby communities.
The Pecos Utility Users' special committee chaired by Dr. J. L. Kineannon announces a move toward municipal ownership of utilities. The panel studies costs and financing, seeks supplier and other city input, and plans a mass meeting later. Council harmony reported. customers to be billed under new charges soon.
Saragosa farmer died at midnight Wednesday from wounds received in last Friday’s shooting near Baker garage. J. W. Goode, 60, pioneer of Saragosa, is jailed in Reeves County on murder charges. Down’s death follows six days of treatment including blood transfusions from his brother and a friend. Funeral held at the Downs home with burial in Fort Stockton Cemetery. Rev. Ramage officiated.
City council under Alderman Glen G Breen tests a new soft water source south of Pecos. A well on the Itz ranch bridged to 144 feet was cleaned and pumped. Water sent to University of Texas and School of Mines labs for softness tests shows promise for domestic use and boiler needs with simple treatment. Quantity appears adequate and residents view the find as a top goal.
Pecos observed a bank reopening day with deposits surging. Total deposits reached around 100000 in Pecos city across First National and Security Bank, with no accounts closed and only modest withdrawals reported. Bank officials noted a buoyant mood, predicting quicker recovery and renewed business activity.
Census work proceeds in Pecos Independent District with manual counts under district direction. Officials emphasize accurate data collection as the project continues in local schools and public sites.
Rules for the annual Pretty Up campaign of the City Federation of Women's Clubs outline how entries may be made at any time. The effort targets Pecos, highlighting improvements in home appearance over five years and the roles of participants in classes of homes as defined by the campaign.
Mrs G R Lay and Mrs H H Johnson lead the Merry Matrons with president Mrs Milford Howard as sponsors join with the Chamber of Commerce and Federation of Clubs to organize a civic contest. A Loving Cup grand prize awaits three year winners with entries open and more details to be announced.
Hoberson, indicted for theft of a calf in Want county, pleaded guilty. Judge in Barstow scheduled sentencing and, upon prosecutor’s request, imposed a two year suspended sentence.
Tremors in California last weekend stirred worry among Pecos residents but relatives of Ralph Sparks Albert Sisk Sam Winkler and John Ivy and his wife Lela McCullough all reported safe after the quake.
Circle i, Bowlen of Winkler county was tried in Ward county district court on theft of about $1300 worth of pipe from Magnolia Petroleum near Wickett in 1981. The jury assessed a two year penitentiary sentence.
About 125 Lions and Lionesses from Wink, Rankin, Big Lake, Alpine, Fort Stockton, McCamey, and Pecos Roarers gather at Pecos country club for a full day. Afternoon golf tourney and bridge party plus evening banquet and program headline the inter city convention. Weekly Lions luncheon planned at Brandon Coffee Shop.
Train schedules on the Texas and Pacific were disrupted Sunday and Monday by a burning of a bridge on the railroad tracks at Hillside station about eight miles west of Toyah. Normal traffic was not restored until Monday night.
Burglars broke into the Gold Bond grocery early this week and knocked the knob from the safe but could not pry open the door. A small amount of cash was in the safe. Owner A. B. Young said no groceries were taken as far as he could tell.
A baby boy named Billy Hart Hubbs was born at the Camp and Camp hospital after a car halted on Fourth Street. The newborn tipped the scales at 8% pounds and the proud mother is recovering, while the father, Barney Hubbs, celebrates the arrival with the phrase Its a Boy.
The Ailes Motor Co announces a complete repair shop tied to a modern filling station. Bob Dean, ex Baygent bus line serviceman, will run the department and specializes in Buick cars.
H P Davis of the Chamber of Commerce demonstrated a soap test on Pecos water mountain water and a new water at a luncheon. The new water showed lather similar to mountain water and far better than Pecos water.
Rev. Hall Pierce will conduct Episcopal church services in Pecos Sunday at 7 30 o clock Bishop Howden il pe at St. Mark's.
Charley Miller with extensive retail and wholesale grocery experience joins Ray Lewis Market staff this week. The notice invites all to attend and see Miller’s expertise in action at the community market.
Frank Joplin of Pecos apartment grocery announces purchase notice from A. The record notes a financial action related to Franks Joplin.
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