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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1933
Page
2
Pecos weekly newspaper details date of consolidation May 16 1925 and editorial staff Jack Hawkins editor Baekney Hubers manager with publication deadlines and subscription rates for six months and one year.
Washington coverage lists prominent supporters of the National Recovery Act. Alfred Smith and John D. Rockefeller Jr. headline a broad radio push with other figures including William Green and Harry Byrd. The schedule runs from September 2 to September 10 with NBC CBS broadcasts and performances by major bands and actors.
The week brought widespread shutdowns across West Texas fields. Only one new location reported in Ward county while several wells remained paused or under repair. multiple rigs active or rigged, with some tests showing limited production and others awaiting orders.
The record lists multiple oil and gas well entries with drill depths, line distances, section and block references, and company names such as Plains Production Co Rector Oil Co Southern Oil Corporation and Texas-Pacific Coal and Oil Co. It notes total depths ranging from about 466 to 5970 and mentions cementing and anhydrite drilling across sections in H T C surveys.
W. G. Smith, son of Smith of Pecos, died this week of appendicitis in Houston. Reports say the late Young Smith was held in life by many old time friends in Pecos who expressed sympathy to his bereavement.
Mrs Ailie Coon owner of the Pecos Flower Shop departs Tuesday for El Paso to take a weeklong course in the first business. Miss Mary K Couch will supervise operations in her absence as she attends the program.
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