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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
7
COLLEGE STATION Farmers organize a county soil conservation program linking county agents and farmers in a plan that involves about 500 participants. The program offers payments for replacing depleted soil with conserving crops and for building soil by practices, based on 1935 base acreage and 1936 crops.
The May 10 Christian Science Lesson Sermon centers on Idem and Fallen Man with the Golden Text from Isaiah urging trust in God over man. It cites Matthew 5 48 urging perfection as in heaven and references Eddy and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures noting a Christlike understanding of perfect Principle and divine healing.
Mr and Mrs George Slover announce the birth of a son on May. The infant is the child of Mr and Mrs A Hindricks of this city. Mother reported doing fine.
Dealers in Kentucky report DWIN leads sales five to six times other brands in pest control. The ad touts DWIN as a champ in eradicating ants mosquitoes and other home pests with a wonderful floral scent and strong effectiveness across groceries drugstores hardware and department stores.
Oil at 40 feet depth stands in the Laura Well seven miles north of Pecos with flow struck unexpectedly at about 500 feet. Max Krauskopf plans to leave Saturday night for Dallas for the Grand Lodge I Knights of Pythias meeting. Mrs. Julia Ward departs Wednesday for a two week visit with her children in Big Spring. Mrs. T Y Moorehead buys City Cafe and with her son Otis renovates the place aiming to reopen next Tuesday.
The Pecos City Council and Pecos Volunteer Fire Department agreed to bury their hatchets and resolve misunderstandings. Fire Chief Charles F Manahan and Assistant Chief Edmund Caroline returned from a fire school at College Station. Helen McKellar won top honors at Texas Tech rally with 560 participants. Pecos-Fort Stockton road slated as a state highway by next September per a highway department delegation.
Mary Kathryn Reeder will represent Pecos in the My Home Town speaking contest at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce event next week after winning a luncheon contest. Betsy Ross won first in the state essay contest in Austin. A Pecos eye injury sidelined technician Roy Myers after a steel shard damaged his eye and required surgery in El Paso. The grand jury condemns the Reeves County courthouse and jail as inadequate and unsafe.
Retail sales in 903 independent stores across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico rose about 16 percent in March 1926 versus March 1925 per preliminary Bureau reports. Texas posted a 16 percent gain from 636 stores, Oklahoma 15 percent from 242 stores, and New Mexico about 12 percent. food stores fell nearly seven percent. When adjusted for working days March 1936 shows a ten percent rise from February.
In Austin the State Health Officer Dr. John W. Brown warns Texans to beware spring fever and outdoor dangers. He urges common sense precautions for swimming and wildflower outings to reduce snake bites and typhoid risks, advising boots, cautious behavior, and prompt medical care after a rattlesnake bite.
National Park Service technicians will craft a bird's eye relief map of about 100000 acres proposed for Bis Bend National Park in Texas. The twenty by thirty foot map aids site selection for rounds trails and developments and guides visitors. Four men work six months in a temporary lab in the Chisos Mountains near Marathon CCC camp. An assistant geologist and other technicians will gather specimens for a permanent museum collection.
Dr. Shirley Sweeney a leading Texas diabetes specialist paid a brief visit in Pecos on Tuesday with his former schoolmate Jo W Camp en route to the New Mexico Medical Convention in Carlsbad where he will speak.
Ed Struckler Lacey Pittman Bill Moore and Jim Ross of Bal morhea attended the Democratic convention in town on Tuesday.
State Highway Patrol inspector Sam Hilburn from Pecos district spent the week in Austin attending a tax collector convention and is expected to return soon.
Mr and Mrs Charles F Manahan debuted a new Chrysler Coupe bought this week from Downs Motor Co. in a local auto purchase witnessed by the community.
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