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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1932
Page
1
In this Out Our Way column the author recalls the first Thanksgiving and urges gratitude for basic comforts. The piece highlights Pecos residents' shared charity, charitable work, local businesses, banks, and a spirit of generosity amid hardship.
Pecos merchants under the Chamber of Commerce announce a December 10 Christmas Trades Day to inaugurate Yule decorations. Santa Claus will visit Pecos, with plans for advertising across multiple towns and a uniform holiday decor scheme downtown.
E B Kiser, former Reeves county sheriff, recalls a hunt with his wife Mrs. Kiser on a McCutcheon range. While he stood on a ridge she aimed at a buck near him and fired the 30-30. He survived and noted the shot barely missed him as he hunted bear.
The Leader Grocery and Hardware Company promotes a Thanksgiving Hardware sale in Pecos featuring a wide home article selection. Prices are described as News in themselves with a varied range to attract customers.
Pecos establishes a new Boy Scout troop sponsored by the Lions Club with Dr J L Kincannon as Scoutmaster and assistants Dick Starley and Dan Mount. Meetings occur each Tuesday night at the usual hour. The inaugural meeting on Tuesday November 24 drew 21 boys, who formed patrols and enjoyed knot tying contests and games.
About 100 men and boys attended a Pecos Wink banquet at the Pecos High School library organized by the Pecos Chamber of Commerce. Speakers from both towns praised sportsmanship, friendship, and future support in games. Thanksgiving was observed with local effort to aid the hungry as churches held services and a good will offering was taken.
The chamber of commerce will sponsor the annual More Beautiful Christmas contest again this year. Full details and prize list will be announced later. The contest promotes exterior Christmas light displays and clever downtown decorating schemes.
Judge Q. Thorpe, Pecos resident for 10 years, has purchased the T. and P. farm south of town from Mrs. Rose Starvey. The 250 acre, well improved tract includes seven houses and four flowing wells. Thorpe plans to operate the farm himself next season and will announce further plans later.
American Airways plans to establish Pecos as a central West Texas aviation hub linking air, road, rail and bus transport. The airline will light the Pecos airport, install weather reporting facilities with the government, and designate a local agent to sell tickets nationwide. Bell's garage bids to carry passengers during emergencies.
W P Hurt prominent Van Horn rancher dies at his Guadalupe mountains ranch after a 20 foot windmill fall on November 10. He endured 12 days of complications from multiple fractures before passing. Funeral in Van Horn with many Cowmen from trans Pecos region attending to honor a pioneer. Surviving include widow Mrs Hurt and several children living in Van Horn and nearby towns.
Pecos delegate Mrs. T. Y. Casey returned from the Abilene state meeting saying the Baptist convention was entirely harmonious and belying reports of controversy. She dismissed media accounts as exaggerated or distorted.
Quail season will begin next Thursday, December 1, signaling hundreds of hunters to the fields. Officials note plentiful game this summer but sightings have dwindled as the opener approaches.
The state highway commission will award contracts next Monday and Tuesday in Austin totaling over 150000 for road and bridge work in Reeves County. Two contracts cover asphalt paving on the Orrisbad road from Arno to Orla about 20 miles, and two Por-Pad bridges on the Old Spanish Trail in southwestern Reeves County. Much hand labor is required, promising more months of local employment for Pecos men. Contractor C. E. Armstrong continues blacktopping the Carlsbad road’s first 17 miles, employing about 55 men.
A beef canning event at the C. O. Kinley residence last week drew many interested observers. The Finleys, a ranching family, are noted for preserving beef for their own use. Home canned beef is said to have exceptional palatability and quality.
Nancy Camp daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Camp of Pecos was crowned Queen of Football at Pecos High School last Friday. Seventeen Pecos princesses and visiting royalty from Wink Kermit Balmorhead and nearby schools attended. The coronation opened with a vaudeville program directed by Mr Pat Martin and featured a Negro play Al's Technique a tumbling act a chorus including Nancy Camp and a song by Bill Fletcher.
The Associated Charities office has received several busts of Red Cross cloths fashioned by eastern textile mills from Farm Board cotton. The cloth will be dispensed to needy presens in the regular manner, as flour was last year.
The Enterprise prints a large contract for the A-Plus Tourist Court Association led by Pecos secretary-manager Bill Rossman. About 240000 impressions will place Pecos literature in superior tourist courts from San Diego to Hot Springs, showing Pecos as a growing commercial center.
City Marshall L. H. (Red) O'Neil left at 6 a.m. last Thursday with a bear-hunting party and returned by 3 p.m. with a big buck. He reported jumping a bear but lacking a clear shot during the first day of the season.
Bob Lewis brought in a beautiful 10 point buck with a 2S inch spread and plans to mount the head. He shot the deer on the run at 549 yards. Harry Hinkle also killed a buck in the same party. Accompanying them were J A King of Lubbock and J C Wilson of Pecos who both had shots but did not connect.
First National bank crew needed one day to hunt. On Thursday G Parker went out in the morning and returned with a buck. On Sunday Harrison Beau champ visited Juan Navarette's place near Kent and came back by dusk with another fine buck.
We Brack returned during the weekend from a hunting trip to the mountains. His party brought in an S point back from the country near Madera Springs.
Ed Dety felled a ten point buck on the X ranch, a noted perennial hunting ground, earning a notable harvest amid steady wildlife activity on the property.
Ray Lewis landed a six point duck in the previous week, a notable score for the local hunting scene. The mention highlights a successful hunt attributed to Lewis and ties to recent wildlife activity.
Karl Masterbrook and City Alderman Publisher Barney Hubbs returned Saturday with a buck apiece. Parl shot a 10 pointer while Barney landed a 4 point white tail.
H Martin shot a six point buck in the country around Fort Davis. He hunted with Herb Holloway who intends to return for another hunt on Thanksgiving Day.
R. E. Whalen reported a sizable deer harvest last week, showcasing a notable buck among his catches.
Mr Mack Little and Mrs Little reported two deer killed in the Davis mountains last week. He brought a 12 point buck while she accounted for an 8 point buck.
Dick Roddy posted a strong hunting achievement with a big buck. Details point readers to follow pages 2 and 8 for full coverage and context.
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