Red Bluff Dam Plan Outlined From Pecos To Fort Worth
A detailed description reveals a two mile Red Bluff dam project using rock concrete and dirt fill from Pecos to Fort Worth and El Paso, with onlookers including a six year old boy watching the cliff work and his father explaining the vast basin to be filled. Senator Morris Sheppard is praised as a gracious and brilliant guest, noted for his wide knowledge and friendly discourse.
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Red Bluff
Pecos
Fort Worth
el Paso
Bob Starley
Judge
J. E. Starley
Bob
Daddy
Sheppard
Texas
Morris Sheppard
Helpins The Eagles a Enterprise Light Pecos Field
Community efforts to light Pecos football field gain support from local donors including R. J. Blackwell. Donations listed for athletics fund raise include 125 toward a spring training camp and equipment for the teams.
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B. Armstrong
Roberson
Henry Russ Lion Wink
Pecos Senator Morrison Sheppard Defends New Deal at Lunch
U S Senator Morris Sheppard spoke to about 65 Pecos Valley business leaders at the Brandon Coffee Shop, defending the New Deal as humanitarian yet fiscally sound. He argued the program is a path to opportunity and rejected claims it harms liberty, citing budget surpluses and emergency spending as justified by national needs.
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Pecos Valley
Brandon
U. S
Morris Sheppard
Pecos
Sheppard
America
Stores vote to close on Armistice Day
About 15 local merchants voted Monday to observe Monday November 12 as Armistice Day since the 11th falls on a Sunday. The action followed word that other towns planned a similar observance.
Pastor Scrimpshire New Pecos Methodist Leader
Rev. Joe B. Scrimpshire is appointed pastor of the Pecos Methodist church succeeding Rev. Carlton R. Wade who moves to Cotulla Texas. Scrimpshire a noted New Mexico center figure and Pecos native is married with one son Norman. The family has arrived at Pecos and will reside at the parsonage. A welcome reception is planned by the Pecos Methodist auxiliary led by Mrs Elmer Wadley and parsonage committee chair Albert Sisk.
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Joe B. Scrimpshire
Methodist
Irann
Pecos Methodist Church
Carlton R. Wade
Cotulla
Texas
Scrimpshire
New Mexico Center
and Istersence
Pecos
Norman
Perry Steel Leaves Hospital After Crash Recovery
Perry Steel, one of the victims in the Ke it s crash, has recovered enough to leave the hospital though he remains under physicians care.
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Perry Steel
Great Temperature Swings Reported In Recent Days
A historic fluctuation in temperatures showed nights near freezing and daytime highs near 98 degrees. The range spanned 63 degrees within a single day, dipping to 35 degrees overnight and rising to the 90s by afternoon.
Iron Man Show to Feature Texas Strongman This Saturday
Local business and professional men bring Jack Kern known as the Iron Man to downtown Saturday at 4 00 pm for a free 45 minute performance. Kern weighs 160 pounds and claims world class strength pulling a five ton truck with neck rope and with an inner tube. He has held the world weight moving record and recently beat a German strongman in St Louis. The event is free with no collections, funded by merchants and professionals inviting all to attend.
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Jack Kern
Iron Man
Kern
Oak Street
St. Louis
Germany
West Texas
Queen of Pecos Football Pageant Set At High School
A glittering preliminary program will be staged next Monday night at the high school auditorium for the annual Queen of Pecos Football contest. Nominees from the football team and neighboring towns will attend with escorts as the coronation closes the evening with an elaborate ceremony. Princesses and escorts named include Waurieta Kunl cliff and Dexter Jay from Mentone, Marjorie Buckelow and G. B. Crouch from Barstow, Oleia Claiborn and Bill Tripp from Odessa, Jane Rooneyr and Shelby Blaydes from Port Stockton, plus representatives from the elementary school Alawiyne Atchison and Jim Vom Kelton. The program features songs and dances including Sweethearts on Parade, Little Gypsy Sweetheart, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi, An Old Sweetheart of Mine, School Days and a tap dance finale.
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Waurieta Kunlcliff
Dexter Jay
Mentone
Marjorie Buckelow
Bb. Crouch
Barstow
Oleia Claiborn
Bill Tripp
Odessa
Jane Rooneyr
Shelby Blaydes
Port Stockon
Mrs Finley Recovering After Tonsil Operation At Hospital
Mrs C O Finley underwent a minor operation at a local hospital Saturday, having her tonsils removed. She is recovering nicely at her home.
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C. O. Finley
Senator Kidnapping Hoax Ends in Pecos
A committee pursued a man who claimed to escort Senator Sheppard after a Red Bluff damsite visit. The supposed kidnapper turned out to be a job-seeker seeking conversation with the senator, and the party returned to Pecos without incident.
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Red Bluff
Pecos
Broncs Ready for Rugged Clash With Odessa
Odessa Broncoes showed strength by holding Wink to 12-6, signaling a tougher game for Pecos. With key quarterback W. Card out with a broken ankle, Pecos faces a hard grind against Odessa and a tight schedule ahead.
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W. &. Card
Eagles
Pecos backs Wink game day shopping pause
Pecos directors approve a resolution urging employers to allow workers to attend the Wink Pecos basketball game and keep stores minimally staffed. Citizens are asked to avoid peak hours Saturday November 17 from 2:30 to 5 and a delegation will invite Wink Lions to the city with a key to the city.
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Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Henry Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Pecos Lions
Pecos Rotarians
The
American Legion
Wink Lions
Light Voter Turnout in Reeves County General Election
Reeves county saw just 415 votes cast about 25 percent as voters chose in the general election. The outcome favored Democrats with a statewide rejection of all eight constitutional amendments except the University land amendment which passed locally.
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Reeves County
University of Texas
Sheppard Visits Red Bluff Dam Site
U S Senator Morris Sheppard, longtime congressman and Pecos ally, turned the first dirt on the Red Bluff dam project. He spent the day inspecting the site, meeting Pecos residents, and learning local issues with a Pecos Chamber escort and a local committee.
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Red Bluff Dam
Arch Allington Recovers From Severe Gasoline Fire
Arch Allington, badly burned in a gasoline explosion near Mentone four months ago, has recovered enough to be up and around this week.
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Arch Allington
Mentone
Peace Disturber Given $100 Fine
A Balmorhea CCC camp youth who became hostile at a Halloween night dance hall tried to confront Deputy Curtis McElroy and Ranger Curry. He was fined $100 and costs in justice court last Saturday and must serve the fine in jail.
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Balmorhea
Red Bluff dam begins massive construction effort
The first dirt load was moved at 2:80 PM from an emergency spillway area as crews led by contractors Armstrong and Long start spillway work. Local spectators watched. Contractors Grove and Lone began a Pecos river bridge. The Pecos to Red Bluff power line was finished and a tram transformer station readied. O'Brien Marr rush the cottages and lodge building costing £26,000, with Lundein Brothers unloading heavy machinery for dam excavation. Senator Morris Sheppard turned the first dirt, with numerous officials present.
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Chiff
O’brien and Marr
Junior 20th Century Club To Present Play
The Junior Twentieth Century Club stages a humorous drama at 8 o clock Friday in the high school auditorium. After weeks of rehearsal the group promises an entertaining evening with plenty of laughs. Admission is 35 and 15 cents.
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Supt. R. H. Blackwell
Wink
Twentieth Century Club
Shotgun Accident Injures Miss Gertrude Bell at Alpine
Miss Gertrude Bell daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Bell of Pecos remains in serious condition after a shotgun test in a store near a hardware firm in Alpine while attending Sul Ross College. The shot pierced partitions injuring her. her mother is with her.
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Gertrude Bell
Clarence Bell
Pecos
Alpine
Bell
Sul Ross
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