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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1932
Page
7
The Methodist church hosts the first meeting of a newly formed Men’s Brotherhood with 54 men in attendance. Mr Metcalfe and others urged mutual understanding across faiths. Monroe Kerr presided as T C Melster and G R Lay spoke.
Sealed proposals for Caliche Base and bituminous treatment on 12.89 miles of Highway 1 in Reeves County will be opened in Austin. Contract No. 1 8 P. 965-B details labor provisions and project specifications.
The Mentone Pecos road bridge across the Pecos River is condemned by the county commissioners due to a weak east side. The structure is unsafe for heavy loads but safe for regular passenger cars. No immediate steps for a new bridge are planned while a road inclusion proposal seeks state highway treatment for the Mentone to Carlsbad route as No 14.
Among those from Mentone who took in the cheap excursion of the T. and VP. to Dallas last week were John M. Green, Leslie Wenks and Miss Violet Jones.
Mr W Rand Jones offers 24292.64 acres of lead lands in Reeves and Pecos Counties and Pecos River Valley. 3820.27 acres front the river with water rights and mineral rights including oil pass with sale. For price and terms contact H F Anthony Pecos or Edge Howell Johnson Fort Stockton. Eugene Cartledge, Agents and Attorney in Fact Austin, Texas.
A regular meeting was held at the Masonic Hall Thursday night with visitors from Pecos including Mr and Mrs Davis Mr Young Mrs Holloway Mrs Beluah Wilson and Mrs Elimer Johnson. Mrs Wilson reported on the Grand Chapter meeting in Fort Worth. Cake and coffee were served by Mrs D J Hart and Mrs B F Powell.
Readers note visits by Mr and Mrs Parker and many area residents to El Paso Pecos Dalas and Van Horn for weekends and events. The notice lists numerous names including Misses Butrum Dean and Hawthorne with travel to Pecos Big Spring Cleburne and Balmorhea. A highway project in Reeves County requests sealed bids by November 29 1932 detailing labor provisions and local hiring rules.
Van Horn night watchman J R Price was freed by the grand jury after he shot Charley Jones. Authorities ruled Price acted in self defense when the assailant drew what appeared to be a pistol. The object was later identified as a patent cigarette holder.
Notice opens for the Marilla Draw and Toyah Creek bridges on Highway 27 in Reeves County. Bids due 9 A.M. November 25, 1952 with plans from G B Finley Balmorhea and Texas Highway Department Austin. Usual rights reserved.
Pink Bowie, former Pecos high football star now at Abilene Christian College, appears in Pecos as AC freshman football continue. S. W. Ward Sr. shared with family in Fort Worth while Julia Johann visits relatives in Pecos. Town sees rush on heavy clothing due to hunting season and Armistice Day festivities at the Grand Theater.
Pecos hosts the biggest toy towns display yet with colorful models set up for children. organizers expect wide local turnout and showcase structures built by dedicated volunteers across the town.
In Pecos merchants push Christmas toy sales with W L Sherrod noting oversized orders and J C Penney stocking vast toy inventories. Merchants Mer cantile and Leader hardware and Pecos Furniture promote toy lines as out of town trade grows over six months and locals hail Pecos as premier trading spot nationwide.
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