Government cotton rental payments reach Pecos area
About ten thousand dollars flowed to Werd and Reeves county cotton raisers as a second Bankhead Act rental payment arrives. Officials say roughly twenty thousand in certificates were cashed, with further payments expected. Nat Mason, AAA administrator, notes the act faces a December 14 referendum among farmers. Voting sites likely Pecos county agent office and the Balmorhea Berkstresser gin.
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Werd
Reeves
Nat Mason
AAA
Ofice
Pecos
Berkstresser Gin
Balmorhea
Water's effect on local children’s teeth studied
Dr. W R Dean of the U S Department of Health examined local schoolchildren last week. He found the water left a mild stain on teeth, less severe than stains reported in Midland and Lubbock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Dean
United States Department of Health
Midland
Lubbock
Loving county druggist visits Pecos on business
If B. McClure, a druggist from Loving county, traveled to Pecos on business Monday for professional matters.
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If. B. McClure
Loving County
Pecos
Work Starts on Pecos Saragosa Highway Improvement
The long delayed surfacing project on the Pecos Saragosa highway finally began this week. Forty workers, largely from Pecos, secured employment as the State Highway department funds cover about five miles near Iloban. Right of way issues delayed the start, now resolved by the county. project cost exceeds $25.00.
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Pecos
Saragosa
State Highway Department
Iloban
Gift of Gab Feature Adds Henry and His Show of Wonders
Special attraction announced by manager H. H. Johnson for Grand Sunday and Monday. Henry and His Show of Wonders, a magician troupe, is booked as an added feature with no price increase.
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H. H. Johnson
Henry
Tregupe
City Beautiful committee selects Pecos flora and plants
In Pecos the City Beautiful panel recommends a town flower petunia and native plantings including yucca and salt cedar. Background plants include vitex and Russian olive with morning glory as a vine, California poppy and chrysanthemum as supporting plants. The group adopts the committee report and schedules a Jan 7, 1950 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Finley
Pecos
Johnson
Bicycle Shop Ad Near City Hall In Town
Classified notice for a bicycle shop selling bikes with parental work guaranteed. Contact Tom Kibby located across from City Hall for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Kibby
City Hall
Gift of Gab at Grand Theatre stars Ruth Etting and more
Universal musical comedy drama Say It With Music titled Gift of Gab features Edmun d Lowe in a six song program at the Grand Theatre next Sun Man. The show showcases Ruth Etting Phil Baker June Knight Kate Waters Gene Austin and others in performances of songs by Don Conrad Herb Magidson and others.
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Ruth Etting
Don Conrad
Herb Maidson
Charles Tobias
Murray Mencher
Phil Baker
Don Conrado
Herb
Wake Up and Dream at the Grand Theatre Saturday
One of the season’s outstanding ballad hits Too Beautiful for Words by Russ Columbo features in Wake Up And Dream a rollicking universe of song. Bernie Grossman Jack Stern and Grace Hamilton penned many recent hits and Broadway shows are referenced. The comedy features Columbo Roger Pryor June June Knight Catherine Doucet and Henry Armetta in a Kurt Neumann directed production.
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Russ Columbo
Grand Theatre
Bernie Grossman
Jack Stern
Grace Hamilton
Crea
Columbo
Roger Pryor
June Knight
Catherine Doucet
Henry Armetta
Kurt Neumann
Pecos Residents Subpoenaed in Van Horn Murder Case
Three Pecos residents are summoned to appear in 64th district court in El Paso on December 5 as witnesses in the murder trial of Arthur Wilson the Cleveland chemist charged with killing Mrs. Irene DeBolt near Van Horn last fall. Wilson allegedly confessed he murdered her in Fort Worth then carried her body through Pecos and dumped it near Van Horn. The witnesses named are Wim Rossman Wyeth Donk and Sheriff Louis Roberson.
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Wilson
Cleveland
Irene DeBolt
Vaniorn
Pecos Teacher Visits Sul Ross Leader on Tuesday
Miss Frances West a Pecos schools teacher called on her uncle Dr Hi W Morelock head of Sul Ross Teachers college while R L Parker of Qoyah visited Thursday for business.
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Frances West
Pecos
Hi. W. Morelock
Sul Ross Teachers
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