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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1934
Page
3
Fire Chief Chas F Manahan announces strict enforcement of a city ordinance requiring automobiles to pull to the curb to clear fire routes. Mayor Toliver orders firemen to report violators with driver names and license numbers to impose stiff penalties to prevent loss of life and property.
Fire Chief Manahan and Mayor Toliver lead the department in urging full cooperation with a new city fire regulation. Officials say following the rules will help prevent fires and protect lives.
A dozen basketball enthusiasts met last Friday at Home Furniture Co to form a Pecos city league after football season. The Firemen will organize the loop with games at the high school courts.
The Loving county NRS office reopened Wednesday with Mrs. Sam O'Neal in charge. All registered workers in Loving county must renew their work cards whether they are local or registered in Pecos during the closure. Eight men have been sent from Loving County to the Red Bluff dam project and more are expected as demand grows.
A new well near the Shipley Monroe field ten miles north of Barstow is slated to start by December 1. Reetor Oil Co will drill Section 2, block 1, W&NW Ry Co Survey, about three quarters of a mile south of the Shipley Monroe well which now yields around forty barrels daily.
Pecos High School offers a shorthand course with Miss Smith as teacher and aims for high state accreditation. Students enrolled include Mary Clark Beverly Chambers Mary Ellen Chapman Mary Ruth Elkins Alice Fitzgerald Orena Gann Lei Kelly Gertrude McKinnis Mrs Jack May Allyne Porter Nancy Price Wazel Propp Mary Kathrin Reeder Ruth Ritz Betsy Ross and Phyllis Scott.
The Pecos NRS office has moved from city hall to a space in the Viata hotel building on the high wise. RK Shelton is in charge of the local office. Read the Advertisements.
One of 150 stallions bought with race track funds in Texas under J K McDonald and the State Racing Commission has been sent to the Lee Daniels farm in Crowley. Frank D. is a coal black Percheron four years old and weighs over 1700 pounds. A portion of the funds supports the general school fund beyond agriculture.
In a grateful note, families thank the community for support during illness and death of a loved one. The message prays comfort for the living and recalls a hopeful poem about heaven. Signatures include MR. and MRS. WILL RANCIER and others. Travel mentions Pecos and Minneapolis.
Gradye Todd, an employee of Phillips Petroleum Co., was killed at Cooper near Jal New Mexico when a 30 pound pin on the Kelly slipped its bearing and fell on his head while he worked on the derrick floor. Todd, who was in a stooping position, died instantly and his body was taken to Lubbock for burial. He left a wife and two children.
Arrangements are under way to install a moving picture theatre at the Saragosa school. Operated every Saturday night starting October 11, the Texas Theatre in Monahars, manager Lester Pollison, opens the Saragosa venue. Balmorhea Troynbraule and the CCC camp expected to supply patrons.
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