Pecos area rodeo plans and oil boom memories noted
The article recalls an oil boom in Loving County Pecos with 7000 acres bought for oil and mentions a planned ride of prizes totaling 34 000. It notes deaths and services for Mr Wheat wife and survivors Jim Woodrow and Mrs Bob Moor head. It also covers rodeo committee changes George Maley John Correll and new cowboy street dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ot Nail Ion Rit
Omnlvy
Anda
Es- Vaantan Voip
Urchasing
Wheat
Loving County
Pecos
Jim
Woodrow
Bob Moorhead
Oliver Harrison
Monahans
Hardin Ross
W. B. Ramsey
Fred Landreth
E. L. Stratton
J. W. Massingill
H. C. Gressett
Estill
George Maley
John Correll
Harry Clinton
Thompson the mayor who slashed rates in Amarillo
A description of Thompson, the mayor, backing rate cuts for gas and phones in Amarillo. He contracted with an independent gas supplier, bought distribution pipe, and persuaded the gas company to cut from 47 to 27 cents per 4000 cubic feet. He later pressured for lower telephone rates amid a strike threat. The piece praises his voter support and asks him to handle state deficits and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ad Beterfus Thompsina
Ted
E Gas Company
Thompson
Amarillo
Smitty Smith To Be Postal Manager
T. J. Smitty Smith, former Postal Telegraph manager here, returns to take duty as local postal manager in Pecos this week after spending the past year in Ardmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. “Smitty” Smith
Pecos
Smith
Ardmore
Oklo
Dallas Druggist Joins Hinkle’s Dallas Store
W. F. McDuff of Dallas has formed the force at Hinkle Drug as a pharmacist. He replaces Renee Nelson who left two weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. McDuff live in the Ira J. Bell apartment and plan to make Pecos their permanent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. McDuff
Dallas
Hinkle Drug
Renee Nelson
Mrs. McDuff
Ira J. Bell
Pecos
Pecos Resident Earnest Marler Dies in Oklahoma Crash
Pecos resident Earnest Marler, 30, was killed instantly Friday in an automobile crash in Oklahoma. He worked on the Reeves county courthouse construction for the J. L. Hair Company and had lived in Pecos about eight months. He had no close relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earnest Marler
Oklahoma
Marler
Reeves County
J. L. Hair Company
Pecos
Barstow Couple Welcome New Son This Week
NEW SON Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Collins of Barstow are the parents of a boy born at a local sanitarium this week. Both mother and son are doing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Collins
Barstow
Toyah Resident Dies of Bronchial Pneumonia
Mrs. B. A. Barrager, 67, of Toyah, died last Friday in a San Antonio hospital from bronchial pneumonia after a prolonged illness. Funeral services were held in Toyah with burial at Fairview Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs. Gladys Slover of Pecos, husband Mr. Barrager, and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Barrager
Toyah
San Antonio
Barrager
Fairview Cemetery
Gladys Slover
Pecos
Pecos Hosts First Direct Air Mail In National Week
Pecos celebrated National Air Mail Week by hosting direct air mail service for incoming and outgoing letters. A plane from El Paso arrived at 11 a.m. with Pecos mail and returned 30 minutes later with about 300 letters. Mayor Toliver welcomed the crew and presented a key to the city as local officials and citizens gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pecos
R ‘An
Els Paso
el Paso
B. A. Toliver
Pigman
M. W. Collie
Byron Lackey
Ben Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Louis Roberson
E. M. Wells
Highway Patrol
Ralph Sparks
Charles Manahan
Jack Hawkins
W. W. Dean
Vestel Lott
FSA Gains Office Space in Reeves County Courthouse
County Judge J B Woolfolk announced the Farm Security Administration has obtained space in the Reeves county courthouse to open a local office. The facility will serve 22 counties and centralize operations, replacing current offices in El Paso and Barstow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Woolfolk
Farm Security Administration
Reeves County
Woolfolk
FSA
el Paso
Barstow
Stalcup Called To Lubbock By Death
M. J. Stalcup known as Stalky was summoned to Lubbock after his mother Mrs. M. R. Stalcup died following a lingering illness. The family formerly lived in Slaton but moved to Lubbock two years ago. Stalcup works at the Grand Theatre and had been in Pecos for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalcup
Lubbock
M. J. “Stalky” Stalcup
M. R. Stalcup
Stalecup
Grand Theatre
Pecos
West Texas Chamber honors Pecos contestant with $5 prize
Howard Collier, Pecos representative in the My Home Town speaking contest at the West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention in Wichita Falls, received five dollars this week for traveling the farthest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Collier
Pecos
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Hijackers Take $185 From Lee
Buster Lee of Hobbs New Mexico was robbed of $185 early Tuesday morning a few miles east of Barstow by two armed men in a black Ford. They ordered Lee to stand and left him after taking the cash and searched his car. He was en route to Marfa for a calf roping event with Bud Spillsbury of Fort Stockton. The hijackers headed toward El Paso and were not seen as of Thursday.
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Buster Lee
Hobbs
N. M
Barstow
Lee
el Paso
Marfa
Bud Spillsbury
Fort Stockton
Public Safety Heads Promise Pecos Visit
Col. H. H. Carmichael and Homer Garrison of the Texas Department of Public Safety will attend Pecos ninth annual July Fourth rodeo and celebration. Capt. E. M. Wells invited them to be present during the three day event and both officials promised to be on hand for at least one day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Carmichael
Texas Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Pecos
E. M. Wells
Austin
Lubbock Resident Injured In Crash
William Ezell a 52 year old Lubbock resident was injured in a Tuesday night auto crash near Toyah while en route from El Paso to home. He sustained facial lacerations and severe bruising to the eyes and is in a Pecos sanitarium.
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William Ezell
Pecos
Toyah
Mr. Ezell
Lubbock
el Paso
Witt Baby Born at Local Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs Jimmie Witt welcome a son born Friday morning at a local sanitarium. Both mother and child are reported to be doing well.
Transport Prisoners to State Penitentiary
Captain E M Wells Sheriff Louis Roberson Sheriff Hardin Ross and Barney Hubbs escorted five prisoners to the state penitentiary in Austin last weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Wells
Louis Roberson
Hardin Ross
Barney Hubbs
State Penitentiary
Austin
Balmorhea dam work approved and auditorium proposal urged
The Pecos Enterprise reports state WPA approval of a 10263 dollar Balmorhea dam excavation project to stabilize fills and provide 59 jobs. Locally, Pecos Chamber and City Federation back a municipal auditorium costing up to 50000 dollars, while a separate 72000 dollar auditorium application awaits Washington action on possible 45 percent grants or 50 year no interest loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Thomason
Pecos Enterprise
Works Progress Administration
J. B. Woolfolk
Pecos Chmber of Commerce
City Federation
PWA
Fort Worth
Washington
World Fair Plans Outlined for New York Exposition
Marvin Jameson of New York spoke to the Pecos Lions Club at lunch on Wednesday describing the 1939 world fair in New York. He outlined how damp grounds near the sea had been raised and transformed into a handsome exposition site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Jameson
New York
Pecos Lions Club
Monahans Students Strike Over Superintendent Dismissal
Monahans high school students staged a one day strike protesting the firing of Major A E Lang as superintendent. The band led parades with banners reading no Lang no school as students rode to Wickett for demonstrations before returning to classes. Lang planned a 13 month vacation fishing and praised past work at Wink before arriving in Monahans.
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Monahans High School
A. E. Lang
Lang
Monahans
Major Lang
Wink
1937 36 School Era High School Seniors List
A list of high school seniors and seventh grade graduates from the 1937-36 school year includes Ethel Armstrong Garland Card Edward Crowe Billy Pat Fulgin Henry Kelly Gussie B Oden Charles Ward Paul Warren Mable Claire Baggent Howard Collier Eugene Donnell Richard Garrett Malcolm Maley Margie Pouncey Celia Wells Lillian Young Bill Beck Josephine Cowden James Crane Dark Henderson Twilaje Mc Laughlin Lucile Rambo James Wingo Marie Cutbirth R. S. Bell Louise Crist Bill Ellis Martha Katherine Hudson Mary Nabors Kenny Richards Lee Weatherby Virgil Crist Claire Wicker Sadie Lea Buchanan Bill Fletcher Lester Hunter Charles Niccolls Margaret Simmons J Jeff Wood Ruth Bell. Seventh grade graduates include Louise Ellis Joey June Anderson Betty Joe Ailes F H Bell Edgar W Bessent Carroll Blythe Mary Ann Brownlee Bob Carey Charles Carroll Peggy Carrell Bess Cru Margaret Elliot Jerry Lee Files Addie Mae Fletcher Randall Frye Elizabeth Glasscock Lucille Hamilton Norman Harrell Hoyt Havis Billie Honaker Richard Howell Melba Kelton Lee Johnston Edward McAnally Wilford Owens Allen Propp Jimmie Slack Robbie Lee Smith Robbie Dee Smith Helen Swarangen Leroy Wadiey Marianna Wilcox Kenneth Johnston Mary Ellen McQueen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Armstrong
Garland Card
Edward Crowe
Billy Pat Fulgin
Henry Kelly
Gussie B. Oden
Charles Ward
Paul Warren
Mable Claire Baggent
Howard Collier
Eugene Donnell
Richard Garrett
Malcolm Maley
Margie Pouncey
Celia Wells
Lillian Young
Bill Beck
Josephine Cowden
James Crane
Dark Henderson
Twilaje McLaughlin
Lucile Rambo
James Wingo
Marie Cutbirth
R. S. Bell
Louise Crist
Bill Ellis
Martha Katherine Hudson
Mary Nabors
Kenny Richards
Lee Weatherby
Virgil Crist
Claire Wicker
Sadie Lea Buchanan
Bill Fletcher
Lester Hunter
Charles Niccolls
Margaret Simmons
J. Jeff Wood
Ruth Bell
Louise Ellis
Joey June Anderson
Betty Joe Ailes
F. H. Bell
Edgar W. Bessent
Carroll Blythe
Mary Ann Brownlee
Bob Carey
Charles Carroll
Red Cross Seeks Aid For Chinese Relief
President Roosevelt calls for aid as Pecos Valley Chapter must raise at least $20 for the Red Cross relief effort in war torn China. National totals include $170,000 contributed after his January appeal and $200,000 appropriated, with millions more civilians in need. Contributions may be sent to Mrs. Clarence Bell or Vestel Lott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Pecos
Red Cross
China
Pecos Valley
Clarence Bell
Vestel Lott
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Rey
Ikea Ae
Lam
Soaine
Hinkle
U.S
Nir
Fridaxere
Filerneony
Flora
Lea Cleveland
Dorothy Smith
Jimmie Witt
Cene Hendon
Brolene Howell
I Didier Weésies
May
Pecos High School
Ginnie
Abilené
San Angelo
Wpackehs Auditorium
Balmorhea
Wickett
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