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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1933
Page
7
In and Out of Town section recounts business travel to Fort Worth and Midland. Figures include Y Casey of Winbotham Bartlett Lumber, and district lumber conference attendees. Mentions Miss Ruhlen’s transfer to Pecos and family illness updates. Visitors Irene Prewit and relatives trace Austin Pecos connections.
Bill Hazelwood Dr Brashears and Major Lang attended the Wink Lions club at a Rotary meeting held in honor of Judge J E Starley. H P Davis Pecos Chamber of Commerce secretary made a business trip to Presidio Friday of last week.
Mr and Mrs Monroe Kerr spent Sunday in Brownfield Texas visiting their daughter Mrs Herbert Prickett and her husband who are stationed there.
District Judge J A Crane and District Attorney William Kerr visited Kermit this week to handle legal business and meet local officials.
The Legion parade featured a German machine gun nest replica float and a Pecos Furniture ambulance followed by the Pecos Scout Troop in new uniforms. Lions and Rotary floats appeared with Lucille Stephens. the Grand Theater float, a tank built from a Baby Austin, won third. Twentieth Century Club won first for a Red Bluff tribute. Modern Study Club took second. A Salute and Armistice Day playlet closed the events before a barbecue and dance.
Will Wiesse of Weesatche Goliad County Texas used egg profits to fund modern poultry houses after adopting better management. In the year to October 31 1932 he sold 618.74 worth of poultry products with 181.52 in feed costs. Stocks averaged 1608 eggs per hen per year and he earned a 2 cent premium for fresh infertile eggs.
County Treasurer J. B. Hudson of Reeves County Texas releases a quarterly statement of receipts and expenditures from August 1 to October 11, 1933. It itemizes balances and transactions across multiple road and bridge funds, general county funds, courthouse and jail, and various district funds with nominal amounts credited or debited and shows an overall Over Draft total of 7,400.75 and grand totals around 59,016.60.
Washington prints a large recovery drive with 10.7 million pounds of paper and 57.5 million consumer pledge cards. The Government Printing Office under Captain Moorehead handles 6,206 jobs and 4,000 workers for NRA related materials. Judge Ben Randall was sidelined by a heavy cold this week.
October charters granted for new Texas firms show total capitalization of 2,099,000 dollars, down 54 percent from September's 85,166,000 yet up 9.7 percent from October 1932’s 1,915,000. The number of new firms fell 21.7 percent from 35 in September to 198 in October, with last month’s 40 percent September rise noted.
Poem-like reflection condemns slaughter and asks why violence persists across generations. Mentions machine guns aeroplanes and gas, alongside widows and hungry children. Credits Mrs W R Wickland Balmorhea Texas and Wesley McAllister Lovington New Mexico.
The British ministry of health reports that a woman requires only 83 percent of the food intake needed by a man. The finding emphasizes differing dietary needs between genders.
A historic Davis mountain barn at the Jim Duncan ranch burned last Thursday morning. Damage was about $10,000, including horses, vehicles, saddles, harness, feed, and ranching supplies. Duncan was burned but not seriously injured while trying to save livestock.
A drive to fill about 200 Regular Army enlisted vacancies at Fort Bliss Texas and William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso Texas covers the Cavalry Field Artillery Quartermaster Corps and Medical Department. Applicants must be American citizens ages 18 to 35 single with no dependents and at least an eighth grade education. Apply to the Regular Army Recruiting Agent at 105 Main Street Big Spring Texas. If accepted, transportation to Fort Bliss is provided and enlistees will be sworn in as Regular Army members.
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