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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1938
Page
2
The Pecos Valley News and related papers consolidate dates and editor information. Publisher Barney Hubbs and Editor Vestel H. Lott are listed along with subscription rates and postal entry details dated 1915 to 1925.
National Safety Council data show home accidents last year caused 32 500 deaths with falls leading at 17 500, burns 5 600, poisonings 1 706, firearms 800, and other risks. Red Cross urges rigorous home inspections to remove hazards and protect loved ones.
Forecasters agree recovery gains will continue with momentum and strength. Analysts say next year should become the most prosperous since the downturn began in 1930, despite possible minor security value pullbacks and ongoing pump priming concerns.
Governor elect W Lee O Danial and party travel to Marfa to dedicate the newly paved U S highway 90 in a ceremony on Monday Nov 14. They arrive between six and seven after visiting McKittrick canyon near El Paso before continuing their itinerary. BALMORHEA Reeves county irrigation district reports a WPA project to upgrade the Madera Valley including Benz cut off dam work site improvements enlargements to curb seepage upraise dam height and a new spillway construction.
Mrs. Mattie Gaither Anderson longtime Fort Davis resident and former Highland country first school teacher died Thursday at her daughter’s Merrill ranch home near Fort Davis. She arrived in Fort Davis in 1883 and taught the area’s first school for 13 years.
State highway commission listed WPA projects and right of way costs for U S 67 near Shafter and a new approved U S 67 location from west of Fort Stockton to the Brewster county line. The plan includes grading drainage on 4 5 miles of U S 67 and a $10 000 appropriation for securing and fencing the right of way.
Twenty eight carloads of sheep totaling over five thousand were received at Toyah vale last week for W. W. Mc Cutcheon 76 ranch. This marks the first of two shipments totaling 10 000 head bought from Menard and Sonora to partially stock the ranch.
Fort Stockton Lions Club members voted last week to sponsor Christmas decorations in Fort Stockton and to send the Fort Stockton band to El Paso for the Sun Carnival on New Year’s.
Heavy rotary equipment arrived this week to deepen Trans Pecos Oil Company's No 1 Popham at the western tip of Pecos County moving a step forward in development plans.
Visitors to the American Legion Rodeo in Sanderson on November 11 can view the Sanderson 4-H Club’s activities, now in its second year.
Federal approval for a 40 house Casa Bonita restricted addition has been secured in Monahans. Construction began last week on the southeast side of town. The city council forwarded a formal $136 000 WPA project application to El Paso with preliminary clearances from El Paso and San Antonio offices.
Texas attorney general nominee Gerald C. Mann is invited to give the principal address at the December 2 dedication ceremony for the $225000 expansion of Ector County Independent School District. The new buildings form the core of the county's modern school system. Alpine hosted many delegates for the 11th annual U S Highway 67 Association meeting to discuss plans for a route from North Texas to Presidio near the Mexican border.
The 109th district court grand jury returned indictments against O. G. Hardman and Ferrel J. Stewart. Trials on murder charges were scheduled for November 14 at 10 a.m. Hardman faces murder in the June death of C. S. Cercy. Stewart faces murder in the October 20 death of Clarence W. Austin.
KERMIT Cooper Davis a World War veteran and assistant city tax assessor was elected commander of Kermit Post No 339 American Legion in a court house meeting held Tuesday night.
The Kermit Parent-Teachers Association held its organizing meeting Thursday afternoon in the high school auditorium. About 75 people attended, including several faculty members, and officers and an executive committee were elected.
Janet Gaynor Robert Montgomery and Franchot Tone lead a comedy romance in which a small town girl attracts three suitors. The film opens next Wednesday at the Grand Theatre for two days. Supporting cast includes Guy Kibbee Claire Dodd and Reginald Owen with Richard Thorpe directing.
Whalen and Bari star in Speed To Burn at the Grand theatre this Saturday. Previewers hail the film as romance racing and entertainment all in one.
A list of Texas visitors from Wichita Falls Greenville San Antonio Dallas Goldsmith Midland Fort Worth Athens Monahans Electra Sebastían El Paso and other Texas towns is joined by out of state guests from Washington D C Oklahoma New Jersey New York California Michigan and Wisconsin. The group includes individuals from Dallas Fort Worth El Paso and Midland among others.
A printed employment notice seeks reliable qualified men for servicing and installation in fast growing utilities industries. Candidates must supply age, education, and present employment and may be trained in spare time. Apply at Utilities Inst., Box X-1, c o Enterprise.
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