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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1938
Page
2
The Pecos Valley News and related papers announce the consolidation of The Enterprise and Gusher on May 16, 1925 and publish weekly dates. Readers are advised the office must receive notices by Wednesday to insure publication under the 1879 act.
Fragmentary report notes Safety Council citing public awareness as probable cause of traffic fatalities. Text references unions parents groups and rigid laws, with unclear quotations and garbled phrases about efforts to reduce crashes and improve highway safety.
Trans Pecos News reports Fort Stockton plans for the water carnival peak with Tex Robertson confirming the opening date moved from June 10 to June 17. Other notes cover Monahans Wickett district teacher re-elections for 1938 39 and local deaths in Fort Stockton.
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin affirmed the five year term for W. C. Newchurch age 59 of Winkler. He was convicted by a jury in the 109th District Court during the December 1937 term for the murder of his son in law BE L Crouse husband of his daughter.
After coast to coast telegrams Sheriff Reeder Webb travels to El Centro California to extradite Woodrow Rawls to Ector county on charges of kidnapping theft and hijacking.
A man and a woman faced indictments by the Winkler County Grand Jury for theft over fifty dollars and burglary. They surrendered to Chief Deputy Sheriff Ellis Summers and were jailed.
County Attorney Jesse R. Orth filed affidavits from P. W. Appleby and Ralph Shuffler leading Judge Charles Klaproth to issue a temporary injunction Saturday morning restraining the operators of a bingo game in Odessa.
Harvey Beauchamp district manager of the Southern Union Utilities Company returned this week from the American Gas Association convention in New Orleans.
H. G. Meyer, manager of the J. C. Penney Company store here, left this week for San Antonio to attend a meeting of Penney managers. They planned to discuss plans and buy merchandise for fall.
Mrs C C Colwell and Miss Caroline Sullivan return from a month in East Texas and Louisiana. Colwell visits relatives in Shreveport while Sullivan stays with sister Mrs Carl Smith there. Alpine superintendent Drury Wood leaves after five years to take the Del Rio schools post.
Several ranch men in Terrell county report they have been approached by representatives of drilling concerns asking they place acreage up for drilling contracts.
Martin County Commissioners agree to furnish needed right of way for the Stanton Lamesa highway if the county passes a proposed road bond issue.
Stanton S C Daughtery, a civil and consulting engineer, has organized the state highway department staffs and will begin road surveys if Martin County acts promptly.
In a state meet last week in Monahans, the local Boy Scout troop scored 101 points to secure third place among 37 teams. Scouts participated across events contributing to the overall tally and regional standings.
Fire at Fort D A Russell last Friday midnight destroyed living quarters once occupied by Major Craig. Estimated damages range from two hundred to fifteen hundred dollars for repairs and replacement.
Local campaigner Bob Bledsoe reports fundraising success reaching 1150 dollars toward a 1400 dollar goal to fund the county’s portion of the Big Bend National Park project.
The Texas Highway Department advertises for bids to seal coat 24.77 miles of the Alpine to Marfa section of U.S. Highway 90, outlining project scope and bidding deadline.
Alpine R. M. Bankhead, longtime Del Rio schools superintendent, was elected to a four year term. The action formalizes leadership and sets policy direction for the district.
The Balmorhea WPA project No. 91 at Lake Balmorhea was officially closed with the close of business Saturday, according to the Works Progress Administration office at El Paso.
Petitions asking to call an election on consolidating Balmorhea and Saragosa school districts were delivered to County Judge J. B. Woolfolk last week.
Wink High School Wildcats achieved a clean sweep of district sports titles this past season, securing championships in football basketball and track. The feat marks a dominant team performance across three major sports and reflects strong program depth and leadership from its coaches and players.
Austin May 19 General counsel J Ninian Beall of the American Trucking Association asserts Texas 7000 lb payload cap and 14000 lb gross vehicle weight curb commercial transport costs. He argues weight limits are unusually strict, noting six states allow higher pay loads and that highway wear relates to wheel and axle load beneath tires.
Miss Taddy Bihl spent last weekend visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Dan Bihl in Fort Stockton.
Local pilot Frank Hines flew United States air mail from Wink to Big Spring on Thursday in observance of National Air Mail Week.
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