Pecos Enterprise And Gusher Consolidation Note
The Pecos Enterprise and Gusher merge entries date from 1925 with editor Jack Hawkins and manager Barney Hubbs. The paper, tracing Pecos Valley and Reeves County history, notes publication deadlines and second class matter status dated 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley News
Pecos Weekly Times
Reeves County Record
Enterprise and Gusher
Telephone
Barney Hubbs
Jack Hawkins
Traffic plan urged at Fourth and Cypress intersection
A citizen urges traffic regulation at Fourth and Cypress where heavy daily traffic from post office trips overwhelms Cypress as the through street. Proposes middle-of-road rubber stop signs to guide drivers during peak hours to prevent potential collisions. Also notes rains boost ranch prosperity and regional tourism prospects in Trans-Pecos. Odessa plans to send 20 top students to California on a two week expense paid trip, signaling civic pride and commitment to education.
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Cypress
Odessa
California
In and Out of Town: Balmorhea Visitors and Local Moves
Howard Warner of Balmorhea and Miss Mary Helen Dunn with Miss Livia Williams visited Pecos and Fort Stockton. Sheriff Roberson and others traveled to Midland, while residents like Beauchamp and Landin faced health and illness issues. Community members attended races, visited relatives, and planned summer moves in Reeves County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Dunn
Livia Williams
Fort Stockton
Pecos
Hilliard Camp Attend Medical Convention in Galveston
Dr and Mrs Hilliard Camp visit Galveston this week as Dr Camp attends a medical convention for professional meetings and updates.
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Mrs. Hilliard Camp
Galveston
Dr. Camp
Fishing Trip Report from San Angelo and Pecos Summer Visit
Mr and Mrs Charlie Menahan and Miss Wilie Sue Cole spent last weekend fishing on the Concho River near San Angelo Miss Beverly Vaughan who has taught in Post Texas for the past year returns to Pecos to spend the summer with her mother
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Charlie Menahan
Wilie Sue Cole
Concho River
San Angelo
Beverly Vaughan
Post
Texas
Pecos
Two Students Return Home for Summer Break
Thomas Cowan, a student at John Tarleton Agricultural College, returns to Pecos to spend the summer with his family. Dexter Jay, living in town for the past year while attending school, returns to Mentone with his family for the summer.
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Marion Cooper
Mentone
Abbott
Thomas Cowan
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Pecos
Dexter Jay
Local social notes from Midland and Balmorhea events
Misses Alice Fitzgerald Hieda King and Jacksey Fitzgerald attended races in Midland Monday and report an excellent time. Mrs John Lilley Mrs Lillie Cole Mrs Marvin Jameson and Mr and Mrs Thomas Lilley visited Balmorhea and the Madera Canyon on Sunday.
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Alice Fitzgerald
Hieda King
Jacksey Fitzgerald
Midland
John Lilley
Lillie Cole
Marvin Jameson
Thomas Lilley
Balmorhea
Madera Canyon
Cowdens Head West to Visit Brother on New Mexico Ranch
Mr and Mrs Bill Cowden and their children left Wednesday for a visit with Mrs Cowden s brother on his ranch near Mazdolenz New Mexico.
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Bill Cowden
Haynes Motor and Implement Company Opens in Pecos
The Haynes Motor and Implement Company in the Zimmer Building Pecos showcases a large auto shop and parts department. Owner Alex Haynes åter later remodels with Elbert Young J D Young T C Williams Bill Caim C W Wicker Hubert Isbell to serve customers and invites the public to visit Saturday for a formal opening.
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Alex Haynes
Haynes Motor and Implement Company
Pecos
San Angelo
McCamey
Texas
Haynes
Zimmer
Cedar Street
McHinery
C. W. Wicker
Hubert Isbell
Examinations For Civil Service Open Hiring Lists
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations. Posts include Assistant geologist stratigraphy at $2 600 yearly with Geological Survey and Department of the Interior, Junior park archeologist and historian at $2 000, Park historians various grades up to $3 800 with National Park Service, Principal biochemist at $5 600 with Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Senior insect pathologist at $4 600, Associate entomologist taxonomy at $3 200, Assist ant entomologist taxonomy at $2 4? yearly with Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Department of Agriculture. Full information from Dan Bowie at the post office or customhouse.
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National Park Service
Department of the Interior
National
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
Dan Bowie
Bunco party honors guest as Red Bluff hosts gathering
Mrs John Porter entertained friends Tuesday afternoon with Bunco and named her honor guest. Mrs Elizabeth Aiken of La Grange Illinois, visiting Mrs C E In, attended. Prizes awarded for Bunco high score to Mrs O W Summers second to Mrs C A Dorris booby to Mrs C A Woodling consolation to Mrs R W Coffer. Guests served fruit cocktail and cake including Miss Mary Coffey and others. In river news the big rise halted work on giant valves for the conduit while rain slowed other contractors. Lundin Bros laid off a crew. McCall completed concrete on the control tower and forms came off. dam near finished height with steel being installed in the west spillway. Jimmy Fitzgerald, Peterson foreman, confined with a cold. Mrs O H Bucheald and children returned from Oklahoma visit.
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John Porter
Elizabeth Aiken
la Grange
Ilinois
C. E
O. W. Summers
C. A. Dorris
C. A. Woodling
R. W. Coffer
E. Cumings
Pat Schooier
A. Woodling
C. A. Derris
Mary Coffey
Lundin Bros
McCall
Christian Science Lesson Denounces Necromancy and Mesmerism
The May 31 lesson in Christian Science services denounces ancient and modern necromancy and mesmerism. Golden Text cites Jonah 2 8 and Psalms 64 10 while passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy urge trust in the Lord and truth over error.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Garden Club Meeting Set at Mrs Woolfolk’s Home
The Garden club will meet Monday at 3 30 PM in the home of Mrs J B Woolfolk All members are urged to attend.
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Garden Club
J. B. Woolfolk
For Sale Or Trade In Los Fresnos Texas 30 Acre Tracts
Three 30 acre cultivated tracts twelve miles north of Brownville near Los Fresnos priced at 13500. Also a home with 10 acres and a small citrus orchard priced at 2500. No mortgage or liens. Trade considered for half clear with easy terms. Also open to well furnished hotel tourist camp or apartment valued twelve to fifteen thousand. Tolbert Garrett Pecos or write Box 162 Los Fresnos Texas.
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Brownville
Los Fresnos
Texas
Tolbert Garrett
Pecos
Charlie Chan at the Circus Opens at Grand Theatre
Warner Cloud stars as Charlie Chan in a Fox mystery where a killer strikes at a circus. Chan traces clues amid cobras and gorillas as suspects and tension rise, quietly solving the baffling case before police.
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Warner Cloud
Charlie Chan
Grand Theatre
Chan
Monahans Mans Sleep in Bed with Coppe
A fragment reports Jake Robertson sleeping beside a dead man in a Monahans room. The body of his friend lay in bed near early morning. Drs note natural death as the cause. Room occupants included Johnny Crowder and Mr Rowe, with a son entering later. Authorities say death occurred about dawn.
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Rowe
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Hubes Printing Company
Eareer
Fourth
Cypress Streets
Trans-Pecos
Davis Mountains
Howard Warner
Ted Johnston
Reeves County
Louis Roberson
Tom McClure
Patricia Green
Freddy Beauchamp
Andy Landin
Town
Mrs. Landin
Red O'Neil
Frederick F. Seely
Gene ‘Hendon
Estell
Ovida Hendon
Eugene Hendon
John Atchison of
Stanton
John Atchison
Jami
Lane Black
Barstow
Whit Waide
Beau McCutcheon
W. J. Beck
Pyote
Edwin Finley
Finley Ranch
Mexico
West
New Deal
Luther H. Gulick
New York
Charles E. Merriam
Chicago
Louis Brownlow
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Gulick
Bureau of Municipal Research
Brownlow
Merriam
University of Chicaze
The
United States Civil Service Commission
Geological Survey
Park Service
Department of the
Red Bluff
Jimmy Fitzgerald
Peterson
O. H Bucheald
Oklahoma
Christian Science Services
Yale
Home Furniture Company
Plum
Third Streets
A. F. Martin
Pate
Southern Union Gas Company
Pecos Mercantile Company
Monahans
Westinghouse
Pecos Furniture Co
Col Prewit
R. P. Hicks
Brook Mays & CO
Reliable Piano House
Dallas
J. H. Wilhite
S. Willow
Brownwood
Alex D. Haynes
Tin Inn
Monahans Mans
Coppe
Mas
Jake Robertson
Rowe. Cook
Johnny RF
Uniteds
Haynes Motor Co
Pecos, Texas
Pecos and
Vicinity
Buick
Fisher
BUC
Stendard Egeli
General Motors
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