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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1934
Page
1
Early next week a large groundbreaking ceremony is planned at the Red Bluff dam site. Attendees can press a jar with genuine dirt from the first turn. Full ceremony details will be released later this week.
Next Friday the Junior Twentieth Century title A Dollar Down will be performed at the high school auditorium. Cast includes Nathan Watts as the father Josephine Collie Elmer Watts Mary Ward Betty Watts Margaret Holley Ellen Watts Mrs Horace Woodruff Sam Green Bobbie Hyde Harriet Fletcher Elmer's girl friend Mrs Harrison Beauchamp Waldo Duncan Helen McKellar Catherine Armstrong Mrs Johnson Evelyn Heard Rosie Johnson Mrs Joe Roy Smith.
Sally Bell of Pecos was elected president of the Writ ts Club of Su] Ross Teachers College at a meeting hosted in Norabel Ibeke’s home. Plans discussed include publishing a c zine for Su Ross with writings by men and women to be printed next semester. J J Mooré and Mr and Mrs Clay Slack of Magnolia agents were among visitors in Pecos on Wednesday.
Pecos prepares to observe the start of the main contract at the Red Bluff dam with excavations and large shovels. C. E. Armstrong and Sons, main contractor under J. Grove and Sons, will begin Monday or Tuesday. The Pecos Chamber of Commerce plans a regional celebration with refreshments and invited district officials.
The Pecos Eagles travel to Midland for a Friday 7:30 kickoff to chase the district crown and avenge past losses. Coach Buddy Withers lists likely starters including Meda nich and B. Davis with a deep bench, while Pecos prepares to counter Midland’s potent short pass attack.
Pecos residents enjoyed a bustling Halloween with a PTA carnival, village games, and festive decorations. Reports note birdshot incidents, a minor injury, and an aggravated assault charge against a Pecos man. Red Bluff dam contract advances as Groves and Sons win a $2.33 million bid with subcontractors named and work conditions outlined.
A Barstow boxing benefit at Barstow Lines Hall on Tuesday November 6 features ten rounds headlined by Tom Bond of Pecos versus Harry Price of Odessa. Other bouts include Jack Irwin of Midland versus Kid Whittington of Claremore and Truett Peer versus Hefty Baker of Pecos with Tommy Tucker and Pete Gomez of Pecos also on the card.
Rev. and Mrs. Carlton R Wade depart Pecos to take the past orate at the Methodist church in Cotulla Texas for the coming year. Cotulla, a 3500 population town in the Rio Grande Valley, lies south of Pecos. Ruth Wade will enter school in San Antonio as Pecos friends wish the Wades success in their new field.
Arch Allington, sole survivor of a deadly gasoline blast a month ago, has recovered sufficiently to be out of physicians care. He remains in stable condition and is moving about the hospital ward as he heals.
Mrs Pate underwent a tonsillectomy here on Wednesday and is recovering nicely.
Pecos growers conclude a record season on November 1 with high profits for Pecos cantaloupes. M L Todd and J W Brooks shipped seven carloads with profitable returns, sending four to New Orleans and four to Jacksonville plus three to Boston. Express services daily moved over 100 crates to distant markets, Todd estimating about 50 000 melons shipped by his operation and an additional 12 000 by others.
Ex lightweight veteran Johnnie LaVerne, familiar to Pecos fight fans, passed through Monday evening on his way to Monahans after years of bouts on the Pacific coast.
A M Steele, a post office clerk, moves to Wharton Texas this week with Mrs Steele and family. Alvin B Carson of Wharton will take his position here. The transfer follows a mutual agreement and Steele’s need for a climate change due to lingering accident injuries.
The S658,000, 44 mile line from Pecos to Red Bluff dam site is over 16 percent complete and power sales to Mentone franchise expected within 30 days. Dallas contractor L. Fe Myers & Co rushes line work as substations at Mentone and the dam site go in. Vernon L. Sullivan leaves for Los Angeles to finalize dam plans with J. P. Lippincott. Employment climbs from 87 on October 26 toward a peak of 600 as main contract begins this week.
Work resumed on the Patterson building and the structure nears completion. Over two carloads of lumber will be used soon, and the owner L. E. Patterson is already advertising for tenants for office and business spaces on the south side.
Delegations from Pecos organizations travel to Wink next week to invite residents to attend the Pecos Wink football game and to honor both teams with a joint banquet afterward.
The American Legion post completed the final payment on Dave's Hall and will relocate the building to its property south of the courthouse. The move is timed for an Armistice Day celebration after which the hall will be called Legion Hall. A detailed dedication ceremony and program are being organized.
Pecos receives notable publicity from Magnolia magazine which features a photo of Carlsbad Cavern and notes the site is reached by good roads a short distance from Pecos Texas.
Pete Steel and his daughters Martha and Nanna Lee, who were badly hurt in last Thursday near Kent, have shown slight improvement this week as doctors report their condition steadies.
The two Prescott victims from the Kent accident include Mrs Pete Steel and her two month old daughter. They were shipped by Kolar Funeral Home to Prescott for funeral services and burial Monday.
The body of Austin Ellis, one of three victims in the recent auto accident, was buried in San Antonio on Saturday night by the Pecos Furniture Co. Funeral services were held there Monday. Ellis is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Austin Ellis, his wife, and three children.
The agent's office, previously in civy hall, has moved to the Crockett Hotel building in Crockett County. Farmers cattle raisers cotton growers and others with business will find it on the north side of the building.
The article notes election day is Tuesday with an overwhelming Democratic majority expected and no local conflicts. Precinct 1 Pecos voting at the courthouse 8 AM to 7 PM with appointed judges. Toyah Balmorhea and Saragosa list election officials. Red Bluff pending new appointments. Absentee ballots are scarce with only five applications. Nine proposed constitutional amendments draw attention.
American Legionnaire Newton Trenham rode his bicycle from Los Angeles to Miami covering 3000 miles in 500 days to attend the annual convention held October 22 25 in Miami. He arrived on time and without mishap after passing through the local area weeks earlier with a notice in the Enterprise.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cunningham have returned to Pecos to make their home after a year's absence. Mr. Cunningham is a well known contractor, and their many friends will be glad to know of their return.
T Y Casey spoke on Vocational Service during Pecos Rotary Club luncheon Thursday at noon in the Orient hotel. President Harry Hinkle presided over the meeting.
The contract and work order for Mr. Grove is the largest single PWA job yet to enter construction in Pecos. Regional Fort Worth office announces the project. Men seeking PWA work in Reeves, Ward, Loving, and Pecos counties should register at local NRS offices in their towns.
Mrs G F Paulson and Mrs Rossie Clark of Monahans were badly cut on the scalp when their car collided with a Mexicans driven car near Hoban late Monday night. The Paulson driver and a small baby escaped injury. a state highway department truck carried the two women to Pecos for treatment.
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