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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1933
Page
2
Short blurb notes the Pecos Enterprise and Usher Consolidated publication history with dates 1917 and 1925, listing Jack Hawkins as editor and Barney Hubbs as manager, in Pecos Valley news lineage.
The notice states a yearly rate of $1.00 and a six month rate of $2.00 for Telephone 171. It notes second class matter status entered Oct 22, 1915 at Pecos Texas Post Office under the act of 1879 and requires copy in the current issue to insure publication by the next deadline.
The piece urges approval of a state bill to pay 500000 to farmers in the Pecos area and Reeves and Ward counties. It notes opposition elsewhere but credits Senator Regan for moving the measure through the senate, likely to the governor for signature. The author asserts Pecos will gain via local trade from the aid.
The Chamber of Commerce plans a Trades Day with Armistice Day, aligning with the Buy Now NRA movement. Officials defend NRA’s impact, noting 2,500,000 have been employed in two months and urge communities to cooperate with strong bargains to boost the national program. Pecos urges local support as a nationwide effort grows.
Pecos High School aims to field a real football team this season with fine exhibitions. The sport teaches coordination, rivalry and sportsmanship while not-for-profit admissions cover expenses. Poor attendance at Pecos games contrasts with the team’s claimed potential to win and attract support.
A noon birthday dinner at J. J. Pope's home honored October birthday folk P. J. Pope Mrs. Jennie Arrington Mrs. F. A. Bessire and Mrs. A. W. Hosie The group noted long lives and active health Two out of town guests Mr and Mrs W M Garlick Pecos recently visited North Carolina and Chicago World’s Fair They enjoyed the celebration with friends and the cake was baked by Mrs Arrington.
A string of Pecos, El Paso and Van Horn trips, family visits, and condolences are noted alongside a Toyah Baptist church program organized by local women. The piece closes with a headline about Roosevelt ordering 75 million dollars to feed and clothe jobless Americans.
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