Injuries and Local Happenings in Trans Pecos Area
Boots Davis was hurt when a dynamite cap exploded in his hand last week. A copper fragment lodged in his right eye, prompting a trip to El Paso for specialist care. Miss Marjorie Buckelew, Barstow, spoke on KDNT Denton from Texas State College for Women campus studios. Sanderson officers raided a rooming house, seizing what they called one of West Texas' largest marijuana hauls worth about 1000 dollars, linked to a 48 year old Mexican operator over five years.
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Clifford
Boots) Davis
el Paso
Texas State College For Women
Marjorie Buckelew
KDNT
Denton
Buckelew
Berry Buckelew
Sanderson
West Texas
Brown Enters Race for Kermit Independent School Board
W. M. Brown Jr announced his candidacy for the Kermit Independent School District board. His entry leaves four candidates vying for two open seats in April.
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Kermit
W. M. Brown, Jr
Kermit Independent School District
Hopes for Sale of Bonds Tied to RFC Purchase
The Kermit city hopes to sell bonds for a $202,000 sewer and water system after private investors failed to buy them. This week the plan hinges on an application to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for purchase of the bonds.
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Kermit
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Grandfalls Town Council Seeks Bids On Water System
The council issued a call for bids to unravel the Grandfalls water dispute. Interested parties must accept bonds totaling 36000 dollars comprising 12000 in tax bonds and 24000 in revenue bonds at face value.
Harrison to Speak on Gambling Theme at Church
Rev. Oliver W. Harrison will deliver a Sunday morning sermon at the First Christian Church titled To Gamble or Not to Gamble. It continues a four part series exploring Right and Wrong in an Age of Confusion.
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Oliver W. Harrison
First Christian Church
Leprosy Confinement Rates and Film Magnate’s Early Job
A statistic cites two percent of global lepers confined. Carl Laemmle, later a movie magnate, once worked as a store clerk in Wisconsin.
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Carl Laemmle
Wisconsin
Anderson-Pritchard Oil test announced at Masterson pool
Staking of an Ordovician test in the Masterson shallow pool area was announced this week as River oil week feature. The Anderson Pritchard Oil Corporation and Monte Warner No. 1 marks 1,980 feet from the NE and NW lines of section 104, Block 10, G and GN.
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Masterson
Anderson -Pritchard Oil Corporation
Monte Warner No
M. I. Masterson
Balmorhea WPA Project Gets Go Ahead
Reeves County Water Improvement District No 1 will sponsor a Lake Balmorhea WPA project totaling nearly 41000 dollars with sponsor funds added. Congressman R E Thomason relayed the news from Washington last week.
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Balmorhea
Reeves County Water Improvement District
WPA
Lake Balmorhea
R. E. Thomason
Washington
Water District
Reeves County Water Improvement District audit ends with tax delinquency highlight
The 1938 audit by Bob Dean of Pecos shows the Reeves County Water Improvement District in flourishing condition overall. Delinquent taxes are noted as the sore spot needing attention.
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Reeves County
Bob Dean
Pecos
Wink Merchants Form Temporary Association at Oiler Cafe
About forty two Wink merchants and business men met last week to perfect a temporary organization aimed at improving Wink business. D A McClatchey served as temporary chairman.
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WINK
Oiler Cafe
D. A. McClatchey
Valen tine Morris Store Robbed for Eleventh Time in Eight Years
Sheriff Jim C. Walker reports theft of fourteen shirts ten pants five jackets and one pair of shoes from Ben F Morris store in Valen tine last week. Three youths allege involved have been arrested in connection with the robbery.
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Fort Davis
Ben F. Morris
Valentine
Jim C. Walker
Morris
Stanton-Russell Sadler calf wins heavyweight at San Angelo show
Stanton resident Russell Sadler's calf Old Draw bred by E. B. Dickenson took first in the heavyweight class at the San Angelo event held March 6 9. The herd failed to reach Grand Champion as a lighter Mason county calf fed by Oliver Grote won overall.
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Stanton
Russell Sadler
E. B. Dickenson
San Angelo
Mason County Show Group
Oliver Grote
Monahans-Wickett School Board Election Nears
Monahans-Wickett school board race approaches with little fanfare. Election day is Saturday April 1. Ward county poll tax tally released by deputy sheriff Ed Hocking shows 2017 payments and 60 exemptions.
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Monahans
MonAhans-Wickett School Board
Ward County
Ed Hocking
Teachers gather for sixth Trans-Pecos meeting in Alpine
More than 400 teachers from far west Texas counties are expected in Alpine next weekend for the sixth annual Trans-Pecos division meeting of the Texas State Teachers Association. In Marfa three Presidio county livestock leaders were named honorary vice-presidents of the Southwestern Livestock Show Association by Henry Wooldridge in El Paso last week. They are W. B. Mitchell, L. C. Brite and George Jones.
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Texas
Trans-Pecos
Texas State Teachers Association
Marfa
Presidio County
Southwestern Livestock Show Association
Henry Wooldridge
el Paso
W. B. Mitchell
L. C. Brite
George Jones
Marfa Visit by Droll Motion Picture Comedian
Allen Jenkins, a noted droll faced motion picture comedian, stopped at the El Paisano Hotel coffee shop in Marfa last week. He was en route to Hollywood after a leisure trip to Gulf Coast fishing spots.
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Marfa
Allen Jenkins
Hollywood
Gulf Coast
Fort Stockton Bond Issue Sets Texas Record for Low Interest
Pecos county's $250000 highway bond issue, voted recently, sold last week at the lowest interest rate ever commanded by any Texas political subdivision. The issue matures in nine annual payments with the first six at 1.75 percent and the last three at 2 percent.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Texas
Thieves Loot Stock ton Wool and Mohair Safe
Unknown intruders with professional skill entered the Stock ton Wool and Mohair Company last week. They forced the safe, punched in the combination, and stole over $60 in currency. Local authorities investigate the burglary.
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Fort Stockton
Stockton Wool and Mohair Company
Drawings For Tennis Club Ladder Released By Bill Bush
The Pecos Tennis Club women ladder drawn by Bill Bush lists Elizabeth Glasscock first with 23 others following. New members joining later will start at the bottom. other named members follow in order. Glenwood Springs, Colo announces a local ordinance banning women from public dance halls and saloons. Only about 6 percent of Mexican land is suitable for agriculture.
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Bill Bush
Pecos
Elizabeth Glasscock
Glenwood Springs
Colo
Rebekah Founder Honored in Pecos Celebration
Pecos Odd Fellows and Rebekahs joined in a Wednesday night observance honoring Schuyler Colfax founder of the Rebekah degree. Colfax, Lincoln's associate and early advocate for women's rights, born 1823, authored the degree and helped secure its place. March 23 is set as Schuyler Colfax Day by the Grand Lodge.
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Pecos Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
Rebekah Order
Schuyler Colfax
Lincoln
Odd Fellowship
Wives and Daughters of
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Matter As Spiritual Substance Leads Christian Science Lesson
The Sunday Lesson Sermon for March 19 centers on matter as nonphysical and transient. It cites Exodus 20 7 Leviticus 19 4 and Science and Health page 469 to affirm God as the source of life and substance, urging readers to avoid idolatry and name misuse.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Coincidental coil springs name tiny steel product
A brief item notes the smallest steel product is a coil spring used in a necklace clasp. It highlights how even minute components reflect broader industrial materials.
Johnston Advises Farmer on Soil-Building Goal Formula
County Agent Ted Johnston shared a method for Reeves County farmers to compute a soil-building goal for the 1939 farm program. Add the general soil-depleting crop allotment and the cotton allotment, subtract from the total acres, then multiply by 50. Meeting the goal yields a penalty reduction in cotton payments. failures incur penalties per missing unit.
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OUNTY
Ted Johnston
Reeves County
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