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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1935
Page
1
The Texas Interscholastic League will enforce an eighteenth birthday ineligibility rule next season, a move praised for curbing football commercialization but feared to lower play standards and push some students to drop out. Ray B. Henderson in Austin invites opinions.
Pecos marks Armistice Day with morning services at 11 on KIU and a radio program from 11 to 11:30. The American Legion post in Wink hosts events honoring the date, while Pecos residents are urged to listen or join local patriotic services.
Eegle hosts Bronc Monday at 2 30 on Rotary Field in a pivotal District 7 B showdown. Pecos seeks undefeated conference run while Odessa and Midland fade from title chase. Coaches Withers and Holcomb shuffle lineup as Kelton rests injured quarterback Wicker calls signals while Richards and Davis bolster the line.
J. K. Stagg, district engineer for the Works Progress Administration from El Paso Texas, says relief rolls in Ward County are shrinking and work projects may be available for eligible unemployed residents. He noted visits to Pecos Tuesday and Ward Wednesday to assess potential job programs.
Laurel travels from Hollywood to the East with two friends on a Pecos-bound trip. He is described as affable yet not a comedian, traveling with the Laurel and Ha amedy team.
Last week M Prank Kelton’s home near Cypress Street was moved to a Lot on Second Street owned by Mrs. Kelton. A house from the Kelton ranch was relocated to the Padgett property as part of recent site changes.
Smitty Smith, longtime Post Telegraph employee, begins soda clerk duties at Hinkle Drug Store replacing Robert Valliant who left Pecos Monday for Los Angeles. Olin Bollin also takes a job at the Postal Telegraph.
A tourist, Harry Stein, hitchhiked through the country with two women in a 1935 Ford V-8. They offered a ride toward Florida and spent the night in Toyah. Stein woke to find his wallet missing and the two women and car gone. The motel owner says the women left earlier with the car and left an $810 bill for Stein.
The county court opened its regular fall session with routine matters. A three member jury commission selected juries for three weeks, noting a light docket and one probate case. State of Texas vs W L Arnold is set for jury trial November 20 for drunkenness in a public place.
Miss Cathryn Armstronge, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brainstrong, is improving from a rheumatic illness at a local hospital. She has been there twelve days after an acute rheumatism attack a month ago. Her tonsils were removed in an attempt to rid infection.
Mrs J G Love is ill with the flu after her daughter Miss Aileen Love recovered and resumed teaching. Mrs Love is being cared for by her daughter Mrs Stanton Brunsen of Midland formerly Miss Margaret Love.
Mr. C. L. Duncan of El Paso arrived Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Cc. M. Little.
Brenton Root, a Pecos High School graduate of 1922, was killed in a Memphis Tennessee hotel. His wife Daisy Alexander Root is jailed for murder. Family says jealousy and teasing sparked the tragedy, not mad love for another woman. Funeral plans await arrival of relatives from Chicago and El Paso.
Eleven Pecos Lions Club members attended District T-2 last night in Iraan. The group presented a four minute skit about a city editor at a metropolitan newspaper. Attendees from Pecos included W. L. Sherrod president Luke Woods Joe Hinson Rev Joe B Serimshire Judge J B Woolfolk Frank Burns Dick Chaimathers Guy Walker Pop Fives deputy district governor George Milner and H P Davis.
Buck Sturm prominent west Teas oil driller known for many west Texas wells was found dead from gunshot wounds at his Kermit home late Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 11 in Kermit. Sturm had many friends in Pecos and across the region.
In observance of Armistice Day Pecos will close all stores for the day Monday. A school program with panto mes war songs and skits will be held Friday morning. A joint Pecos Odessa parade leads at 11 50 with the Odessa band and four uniformed members. At least one hundred automobiles join the procession. The afternoon features a football game at Rotary Field between Pecos and Odessa with kickoff at whistle. A large crowd is expected, second only to the Wink game turnout.
Stone ornamental archways at the CCC camp near San Solomon Springs in Madera Valley are nearing completion by the CCC boys stationed there.
Mr and Mrs H C McNew are the proud parents of a six pound boy named Walter Hedrick who arrived last Friday at the family home.
Fifth annual coronation planned as a radio style program at the high school auditorium. Mistress of ceremonies Helen Toliver will host with acts from elementary and high school students, including singing duets, tap dance, skits, and a crowning of the Queen of Football for 155.
E B Barron president J H Miller secretary Fr L Sharp director and Judge J E Starley attorney for the Red Bluff district traveled to El Paso to arrange a transfer of about 700000 in PWA funds from the Federal Reserve bank to El Paso National Bank for the district. The funds release ensures no interruption in dam work for several months. Concrete work is underway with two irrigation turrets being built across the river bed. Completion of river bed concrete is hoped by year’s start. Verdon Son Construction Company runs full evening shift to gain schedule.
KIUN Radio will air its November DX program on Saturday morning November 9 starting at 1 o clock. RCA Communications will perform external checks at Point Reyes California to calibrate the transmitter. The two hour program will feature local talent and transcribed numbers and records with KIUN signals heard across the nation.
Three red granite markers with bronze plaques are allotted to Reeves county by the Commission of Control Texas Centennial Exposition at a cost over 1000 dollars. One will stand at Pope's Crossing on the Pecos river about 50 miles north of Pecos another at San Selomon Springs now being beautified with COC labor and the third at Pecos division highway offices bearing Reeves county history. Dedication ceremonies are being planned by the local Centennial Committee.
Mr and Mrs HI L Holloway sold their Cypress and Seventh Street residence this week to Mr Andrew Theodore manager of the Elite Cafe The house is being remodeled and stuccoed outside Theodores plan to move next week The Holloway family now lives on Sixth Street across from Mrs Will Cowan residence
Mrs Mabel Atchison attended the West Texas Beauty Show in San Angelo from Monday to Wednesday last week where she learned new methods of permanent waving and the latest hairstyles and haircuts.
The Kiun amateur night at the Grand Theater featured fourteen entries with cash prizes. Odis Long of Monahans won first place with his own accompaniment, followed by "Smitty" on harmonica and Pop-eye acts, and Frenchie's Missouri Hill Billies from Wink taking third. Winners will perform on KTSM in El Paso soon.
A barn dance will be held Saturday night at Legion Hall starting around 7 15. Local string orchestras provide music and a 50 cent admission. The entire program will be broadcast by Station KIM, and a square dance may be added if confirmed.
Radio station KIU announces a Armistice Day program to be broadcast Monday morning from 11:00 to 11:30. The musicale program will harmonize with the day’s theme and honor veterans.
The Pecos school board forecasts a strong 16 000 dollar bond vote on Tuesday for fifteen year bonds at four percent interest funded by a WPA grant of 13 091 dollars. The project includes repairs and new buildings for Mexican and negro schools with extensive elementary improvements and requires voting by residents to avoid grant cancellation.
Gil Gilchrist chief highway engineer for Texas and John Wood of the highway department stopped over in Pecos. H P Davis and Young Bell conferred with them on improvements to Highway 27 south of town. Gilchrist said the highway must be designated a Federal Highway before work can start. Davis said the designation application has been made to proper officials.
Gene Hendon, manager of the Grand Theater, left Thursday night for Dallas to confer with booking agents for the O. K. Theaters.
The two day old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gressett of Mentone was buried in Pecos Fairview Cemetery Saturday afternoon. The Pecos Funeral Home handled arrangements. Many Mentone friends attended, and the paper expresses heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved parents.
Jim Dezendorff of the O. K. Theater in Marfa traveled from Pecos to Monahans to supervise construction of a new O. K. Theater and oversee the light plant at the Grand Theater in Pecos.
Harvey Beauchamp returned Monday night after a three weeks business and pleasure trip through East Texas and up to Chicago.
Mr. Si Merritt, N. R. 8S. representative in Red Bluff, is constructing an office beside S. J. Groves and Sons in Red Bluff.
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