Out Our Way recounts a bone brittle boy and gold surrender notes
The column cites Herman Boles of Uvalde Texas at 15 with eighteen broken bones nine times in the arm eight in the collarbone and six in the leg due to bone brittleness. It also notes Pecos area gold sent to banks under President Roosevelt programs and a Big Spring exhibit by Poe with Cap Weyer promoting regional travel and infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Boles
Herman Boles
Uvalde
Texas
Boles
Pecos
U. S. Treasury
Roosevelt
Torah
U. S
Carlsbad Highway Progress and Bonus Army Debate
HWE Texas and Pacific Railroad Co earns thanks for smoothing the Carlsbad highway crossing, promising a paved extension to Pecos. Easterwood opposes a Bonus Army march on Roosevelt, criticizing demonstrations while noting Roosevelt supports veterans' relief and justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HWE Texas and Pacific Railroad Co
Carlsbad Highway
Carlsbad
Fecos
Pecos
Bell's Garage To Handle General Tire Franchise In Pecos
Bell's Garage of Pecos has been granted exclusive General Tire distribution by General Tire and Rubber Company of Akron. Owner Young Bell runs a four year old retail tire and garage business and says the Pecos store will serve as General Tire headquarters with a full line of sizes for the new streamline Jumbo tire on low pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Tire
Pecos
Bell’s
General Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Young Bell
Bel
Branson
Bell
General
Fire destroys Pruett Lumber yard with $9000 loss
Fire of undetermined origin at about 3 a.m. last Saturday razed the old Pruett Lumber Co. building and destroyed about $9000 worth of lumber and supplies. About half the loss was insured. The Pecos Cantaloupe Association stored crates on the premises and a Brown residence was destroyed. The wind fanned the flames as residents watched from the railroad crossing and nearby streets. The 3 o'clock Texas-Pacific train gave the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pruett Lumber Co
Foxworth- Galbraith Lumber Co
Pecos Cantaloupe Association
C. I. Brown
Bells
Texas-Pacific
Red Bluff Cement Contract Let In Progress Milestone
Red Bluff Water Power Control District directors let a 75000 barrel cement contract to Southwestern Portland Cement Co at 3.15 a barrel and formalized a labor contract with J S Groves and Sons Co for 1133750. Work starts ten days after RF C financing. dam to rise 100 feet over the Pecos with siphonic spillways and road around it.
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Piacingpe
Red Bluff
Brandon
Southwestern Portland Cement Co
J. S. Groves and Sons Co
Minneapolis
Pecos
J. E. Starley
Vernon L. Sullivan
Graves
Cement Company
Washington
Observatory to be built near Pecos at Mount Locke
A Texas observatory project moves forward with the McDonald endowment to place a large lab on Mount Locke in the Davis mountains north of Fort Davis. A $375,000 fund plus $10,000 yearly maintenance is planned, with $30,000 yearly for University of Chicago personnel. The 68 hundred foot telescope will be second largest and four scientists and families will live onsite.
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Ega
Pecos
Ken Regan
Enterprise
University of Texas
Davis Mountains
Mount Locke
Fort Davis
State Highway Commission
Davis Mountain
Texas Highway System
State Highway Department
Regan
University of Chicago
Regional Farmers Meet to Challenge Quarantine Fees
A Thursday Reeves county courthouse gathering formed a district organization to recover fumigation and sterilization charges levied on eleven counties in the pink bowl worm quarantine zone. J. B. Woolfolk was named chairman with a slate of directors from Pecos Ward and Reeves counties and several local businessmen and officials attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Ward
Reeves Counties
Reeves County
J. B. Woolfolk
H. P. Davis
E. B. Borren
A. Dieman
Pecos County
H. B
445 Head Cattle In Pair of Sales
Sale of 445 head of cattle in the Pecps vicinity over ten days disclosed this week. Ab Tinnin shipped 400 head to Jerry Dean in Illinois from his Reeves county ranch. Lee Driver of Loving County will deliver 55 head of steers to John B. Lewis of Stanton on the 15th.
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Pecps
Ab Tinnin
Jerry Dean
Illinois
Reeves County
Lee
John B. Lewis
Stanton
Texas
Moratorium Law Invoked In Reeves County Foreclosure
District Judge J A Crane used the Texas governors moratorium law to enjoin a sheriff s sale on Pecos real estate in Reeves County Tuesday morning The court may extend the moratorium for up to six months and each case requires an individual application and treatment by the court
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Texas
Ferguson
Reeves County
J. A. Crane
Pecos
Hawkins Resigns As Relief Chairman
Jack Hawkins, chairman of the R F C Relief Committee for Reeve county, has sent in his resignation to Governor Ferguson. He cites that administering the relief funds began last fall has become a burdensome task that interferes with his other duties. Ferguson is expected to name a successor in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hawkins
R. F. C. Relief Committee
Reeve County
M. A. Ferguson
Ferguson
Reeves Youths Seek Forest Work
About ten Reeves county young men have applied to the local RF committee for employment in the federal reforestation program. Reeves county has an 18 allotment with one ordered to report to Fort Bliss. Applicants should have dependents in distress, be 18 to 25, unmarried and Reeves county residents.
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Reeves County
R. F. Committee
Fort Bliss
Chamber of Commerce
Prief
Sacred oratorio The Creation at Carlsbad Cavern
A choir of trained voices from across the region will perform Haydn The Creation inside Carlsbad Cavern. The program starts at 7 30 o clock Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Carlsbad
Sheriff Roberson to Judge Juarez International Rodeo
Sheriff Louis Roberson and Mrs Roberson depart on Wednesday for Juarez Mexico where he will officiate as a judge in the Juarez international rodeo. Several Pecos residents are expected to attend the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Roberson
Delegation from Pecos to Attend West Texas Chamber Session
A Pecos Chamber of Commerce led delegation of about twenty five to thirty business men plans to attend the West Texas Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Big Spring over three days next Thursday Friday and Saturday. Former governor J. E. Ferguson and Attorney General James V. Allread head a lineup of speakers. The Pecos group will reserve a room at a Big Spring hotel and invites all to join, with special entertainment for ladies. Departing together at 5 AM Thursday, the group anticipates strong attendance.
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Pecps
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Big Spring
West Texas
Pecos
J. E. Ferguson
James V. Allread
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Maury Hopkins
Decorator Jess Lett Works At Hotel Brandon
El Paso interior decorator Jess Lett is refinishing interiors at Hotel Brandon this week, working on multiple rooms.
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Jess Lett
el Paso
Hotel Brandon
Scouts Skip Big Spring Jamboree This Weekend
Tecos Boy Scouts will not attend the Big Spring Jamboree as planned. The Tecos troop was not ready to compete and will instead save resources for the annual summer camp.
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Tecos
Toyah Remembers Cattle Shipments and Cow Country Heritage
The article recalls Toyah as a cattle shipping center noting 97 cars of cattle since April 1. It reports 1879 head of grown cattle and 83060 head of calves shipped, averaging $22 per head, totaling about $110,000 for Reeves county. Neighboring towns and history are celebrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyah
Reeves County
Murder Trial Set for Next Monday in Rios Slaying
Ernesto Pinedo of Pecos faces a murder charge for killing Marquez Rios in the Mexican section last October. The case to be heard in 109th district court before Judge J A Crane with a 72 man jury pool. Rios, a war veteran, was shot multiple times and died in peacetime. The trial is the first of two in the term. J W Goode's murder case for Fane Downs goes to Barstow on May 22 after a venue change.
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Ernesto Pinedo
Peecos
Marquez Rios
109Th District Court
J. A. Crane
Rios
10Th District Court
J. W. Goode
Saragosa Farmer
Fane Downs
Barstow
Fine boy arrives at Camp sanitarium in Grandfalls
A fine boy arrived Thursday at the Camp sanitarium to grace the household of Mr. and Mrs. William Cleghorne of Grandfalls, Texas. Mother and child are doing nicely.
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Camp Sanitarium
William Cleghorne
Grandfalls
Texas
Second Game For Rotary and Lions Wednesday
The second of three Lion Rotary baseball games is set for next Wednesday at 5 30 PM on Rotary field. Lions won game one 12 9, with early lead despite Rotary veterans. Proceeds fund Lion scout uniforms. Beauchamp and Sisk were absent last game and are expected back to strengthen Rotary lineup.
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Lion-Rotary
Rotary Field
Rotarians
Lions
Rotary
Crane
Bill Kerr
Lion's Scout
Roarers
H. Beauchamp
Albert Sisk
Frances Caywood Chosen for Home Town Talker in Pecos Event
Miss Frances Caywood of Pecos was selected as the Home Town representative at try outs this week for the West Texas Chamber of Commerce event in Sweetwater. She will speak on Pecos in competition with speakers from across the western part of the state.
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Frances Caywood
Pecps
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Sweetwater
Miss Caywood
Pecos
Fr W Elliott Visits Mentone on Thursday
Fr W Elliott proprietor of the Loving Drug Co Mentone was in town Thursday for business.
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Fr. W. Elliott
The
Loving Drug Co. Mentone
Flower Show Saturday by Merry Home and Garden Club
The Merry Home and Garden Club announces a Saturday May 6 flower show at the old Nathan Department Store building beside City Pharmacy. Displays include a Japanese tea garden with iced tea and cookies, a bake sale of club items, and a tea garden dance by Madame Butterfly. Proceeds support the Pecos cemetery gate fund. live auction at 9 pm, judging 11 am to 1 pm, open 1 pm.
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Merry Home and Garden Club
Nathan Department Store
City Pharmacy
Woman Deputy Struts Her Stuff
County's woman deputy sheriff Mrs Ns ora DeRacey proved Wednesday she can handle the job with courage equal to men. Deputy J W Duncan was summoned to the depot to fetch three negroes causing a disturbance. At courthouse corner two inmates fled. DeRacey, watching from the sheriff's office, pursued and caught one, marching him back to jail without resistance.
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Nsora DeRacey
J. W. Duncan
Stork Busy as Reeves County Births Rise
Census figures show Reeves County births up from 205 in 1930 to 219 in 1932. Deaths also increased from 7% in 1930 to 12% in 1932, reflecting a rising death rate alongside civilian births.
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Pecos
Stork
Reeves County
Department of the Census
Will Celebrate 61 Years Married
Mr and Mrs Chris Ritz will celebrate 61 years of married life on Saturday May 6 He has lived in Pecos 46 years and is among the town 11 oldest citizens The family includes 8 living children 32 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren 16 great great grandchildren 2 great great great grandchildren The couple welcomed a new granddaughter Betty Bell this week born to Howard and Betty Harris
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Chris Ritz
Ritz
Pecos
Joe Caroline
Betty Pruett
John B. Frank
Bisbee
Ariz
Charles Goedeke
Ella Brown
Kansas
Max Ritz
Ensenda
Calif
Richard Ritz
Fd Ritz
Hurley
N. M
Howard Harris
Betty Bell
Great-Great-Great Grandchild Arrives in Harris Household
A baby girl named Betty Bell arrived Tuesday to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harris. The child brings joy to her great-great-great grandfather Chris Ritz of Pecos. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely.
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Betty Bell
Howard Harris
Chris Ritz
Pecos
Rodeo to Run Three Days This Summer
The American Legion rodeo and cowboy reunion will span July 2 3 and 4 enlarging the event. Officials promise a bigger better show with growing interest and note last year’s success established the Peco Rodeo as a leading state act. Further details will follow.
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American Legion
Legion
Broadway Caravan Stops Briefly in Pecos
More than fifty cars in the Broadway of America motorcade paused in Pecos last Sunday morning en route to the highway association convention in El Paso. The procession, led by 17 Colorado carloads and escorted by four highway patrolmen, featured a brief concert and remarks from Pecos delegates Dudley Yard and H P Davis.
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Frondwiny of America
Pecos
The
Highway Association
el Paso
Coldaroo
Ad Pi Don Band
Colorado
Texas
Dudley Yard
H. P. Davis
Mr. Davis
Resolutions Committee of the
Asso
Texas Relief Funds May Halt Over State Action
Lawrence Westbrook, chairman of the Texas Relief Commission, warned that the Rural Free Delivery emergency funds may stop for Texas. He said the R F C refused to approve May-June allotments until Texas matches federal efforts to relieve distress and unemployment statewide.
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Texas
R. Fr. C
Austin
Lawrence Westbrook
Texas Relief Commission
Westbrook
Cattle Buyer Clarence Sloan In Pecos This Week
Fort Worth cattle buyer Clarence Sloan has been in Pecos this week inspecting numerous prospective cattle purchases.
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Clarence Sloan
Fort Worth
Pecos
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Senate
Poe
Cap Weyer
Fwol
W. BE. Easterwood
Bonus Army
Easterwood
Dallas
Os. Easterwood
RED Bluff Cement Contract
Violet Locke McIvor
Con
Cord
N. H
G. S. Locke
Davis Mount
Ain Country
Flat Top Mountain
Jeff Davis County
Fowlkes
Fowlkes Hill
Lick Observatory
Hawkins
Reeves
Juarez Rodeo
West Texas C. of
C of C
Venice
Garden Club
Mem
Cem
Etery Gate Fund
Broadway
Texas Relief
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