Reduction in AAA payments announced for 1939 program
The 1939 Agricultural Conservation Program in Texas cuts payments for cotton rice and general crop acreage allotments by up to 10 percent due to funding limits. New rates: cotton 1.8 cents per pound general soil-depleting crops 99 cents per acre and rice 9 cents per hundredweight. Payments to date total 58 837 374 dollars with 5 035 1 in 1939 price support payments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
George Slaughter
State Agricultural Conservation Committee
Agriculural Conservatio
Exas
Crosby Stars in Star Maker at Grand Theatre
Bing Crosby stars in Star Maker in the title role at the Grand Theatre showing Wednesday and Thursday. The Paramount film features Crosby singing Gus Edwards numbers and new songs by Burke Monaco with titles including School Days and A Man and His Dreams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing Crosby
Paramount
Wil
Grand Theatre
Crosby
Bing
Gus Edwards
Burke-Monaco ‘Am
Star Maker
Jimmy Valentine
Apple
Furr Wins Contract to Paint Rotary Field Structures
J L Furr was awarded the contract to paint the grandstands at Rotary Field. The project includes painting and stencil remarking of seats. A Newcastle woman keeper faces debt repayment of 135 dollars on a siding machine at a rate of half a cent per month, claiming it would take 160 years to settle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L. Furr
Rotary Field
Additon
Newcastle
England
Farmers Urged to Obtain Cotton Marketing Cards
County Agent Ted Johnston urged eligible farmers without marketing cards to visit his courthouse office this week and sign up. The cards certify entitlement to market the 1939 cotton crop without penalties for excessive production, with most Reeves County producers already holding cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Johnston
Ofice
Reeves
Johnston
Reeves and Ward County Oil and Land Records Briefs
Public notices record oil and gas leases and assignments in Reeves county dated August 11 to August 26 1939 including W P Stewart to J G Harrell and K M Regan to H F Anthony with Public School land tracts 560 and 320 acres. multiple assignments list Floyd C Dodson transferring five to eight acres across sections in Public School Land and GH SA H GN and related deeds. Mineral deeds note L P Read et al to A B Crane a 132 interest in Reeves county school land with state due, plus Allan Hargrave to O E Simmons covering three sections with 384 royalty acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeves County
W. P. Stewart
J. G. Harrell
NE Corner
K. M. Regan
H. F. Anthony
Floyd C. Dodson
Selma B. Cox
Daisy F. Lackard
Elizabeth Baur
William A. Bock
C. T. Carpenter
Public
J. D. Young Co., Inc
Block
Gh&sa
C. F. Brooks
Forrest Development Corp
H&gn
Herman Thomas
E. L. Farmer
Trans-Pecos Oil Co
Grace M. Blasingame
Lola Cochrane
J. Russ Barnes
Mattie L. Davis
Kathleen McB. Tooney
Leonard A. Radko
Grace M. Glassingame
Walfred
L. P. Read
A. B. Crane
State of Texas
Allan Hargrave
O. E. Simmons
Township
Toyah Topics Miss Powell Accepts College Position
Miss Frances Powell daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Powell of Toyah has accepted a post as associate instructor of Business Administration at Sul Ross College for the 39 40 session. She earned a Bachelor of Science with major in Business Administration and minor in Economics and Government from Sul Ross State Teachers College and was a member of Sachems Literary Society and Kappa Kappa Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Powell
G. H. Powell
Toyah
Sul Ross State Teachers College
Sachems Literary Society
Kappa Kappa Kappa
Powell
Sul Ross College
Seldon Robinson
Robinson
Texas Christian University
Toyah O E S Chapter Hosts Robert Morris Birthday Barbecue
The Toyah Chapter of O E S entertained on August 23 in memory of Robert Morris whose birthday inspired the event. About 80 members and guests gathered on the Moore residence lawn with festive lighting, tables, and lawn games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyah O. E. S
Toyah
Robert Morris
J. L. Moore
Teachers and visitors reported in Toyah area notes
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Butrum vacationing in Colorado. Miss Ethel Corcoran of Big Spring visited with Miss Frances Powell last Friday. Miss Iona Waller of Mount Pleasant arrived last week and is the newly appointed English teacher at Toyah High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Butrum
Colorado
Ethel Corcoran
Big Spring
Frances Powell
Iona Waller
Mt. Pleasant
Toyah High School
Sunrise vesper and breakfast service at T and P tanks
Toyah youths gathered for a dawn vesper and sunrise breakfast with attendees led by local families and ministers. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Herman Allen of Ft Worth and El Paso travelers Mr. and Mrs. J W Maggart and daughter Shirley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyah
T. and P. Tanks
Ina Mae Burchard
Louise Cleveland
Lois Cleveland
Margaret Louise Chatham
Zylpha Hawthorne
Helen Henderson
Eva Mae Powell
Jean Humphries
Margie Woolley
Margaret Ann Walker
Iona Waller
Dona Powell
Raymond Barrager
George Hayden Bruce
Bill Clark
Hubert Cleveland
Bennie Cleveland
el Paso
Malcolm McAlpine
New York
E. B. Daniel, Sr
Lodge Meetings Scheduled by Local Fraternal Bodies
Pecos Valley Lodge No. 736 AF AM holds regular meetings on the second Tuesday at 7 30 PM with Roy W Turnbow as W M and W W Ruhilen as secretary Visitors are welcome Knights of Pythias Lodge No 388 meets Mondays at 8 PM with J B Heard as C C IOOF Lodge No 650 meets Fridays at 8 PM with Aubrey Shoemaker as Noble Grand and R T Crist as secretary Visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley Lodge No. 736
AF & AM
Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 388
J. B. Heard
C. C
Ioof Lodge No
Aubrey Shoemake
Noble
R. T. Crist
Christian Science Sunday Lesson Says Substance Is Spiritual
The lesson outlines that true substance is spiritual Truth Life and Love. It cites John 6 27 Hebrews 11 3 and Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health page 468 to define substance as what endures and is eternal rather than material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Churches of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Magnificent Fraud at Grand Theatre
Akim Tamiroff Lloyd Nolan Mary Boland and Patricia Morrison star in The Magnificent Fraud showing today only at the Grand Theatre. An actor substitutes for a dictator in a mythical South American country in this dramatic tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akim Tamiroff
Lloyd Nolan
Mary Boland
Patricia Morrison
Grand Theatre
Local families return from southern trips
Georgia Daniel and Mrs. Walter McElroy and children came back Monday from a Kentucky and several southern states trip. Willard Henderson of Dallas arrived Sunday for a two week visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Henderson. Miss Willie Watson and Miss Hazel Stone, Toyah teachers, resumed duties after vacations in East Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wise and son Edmund Lewis returned from Mississippi and visited relatives in Big Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Daniel
Walter McElroy
Kentucky
Willard Henderson
Dallas
G. W. Henderson
Willie Watson
Hazel Stone
Toyah School
Texas
Lester Wise
Edmund Lewis
Mississippi
Big Spring
Queen Mary Visits Old Vic in Five Weeks
Queen Mary made her thirteenth theatre visit in five weeks by attending the Old Vic in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Mary
The
Old Vic
London
Bel gian Air Force marks 25th anniversary aviation exhibit
An international aviation exhibition will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Bel gian Air Force origin with displays and demonstrations. Organizers expect participants from multiple nations and tours of historic aircraft.
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. M. Prewit
George W. Hambrick
Bessie Emma Hambrick
Bertha Hambrick Ash
Sadie Hambrick White
Clay Hambrick
Edna Hambrick McMillan
Burrell Hambrick
Gordon Hambrick
Claude Hambrick
Ann H. Award
109Th Judicial District Court
Pecos
George A. Beard
S. M. Precit
B. H. Hambrick
Hollis Smith
Ing’ Crosby
Furr
Sound Busi
FDIC
Nesses
Pecos, Texas
Official
Reeves and Ward
Viola Burkholder Howrey
Retail Merchants’ Credit Association
Forest Development Corp
Linnie Ballow
Et al
Carl Rustad
A. D. Borneman
MO. J. Ivy
Real Estate & Insurance
Elliott & Waldron Abstract Co
R. C. Brewster
Brandon
W. W. Dean
Mgr
Pecos Abstract Co
General Insurance
Collie Electric Shop
Bill Collie
J. L. Kincannon
Hubbard & Kerr
Attorneys-At-Law
Bell & Regan
West Texas
Rufus A. Roberts
Bryan-Bozeman
Lewis Sheet Metal
Lands and Real Estate
A. E. Pye
Collings-Wilson CO
J. B. Cotten
Crane, Texas
Roy W. Turnbow
Sunset Motor Lines, Inc
Brady Freight Lines
Sunset Truck Lines
Houston
S. Oak St
Pecos Funeral Home
J. H. Wallace
L. E
Ben’s Pharmacy
Walgreen Digency Drug Store
ORLIS
Orus
Physicians & Surg Dental
Meyer’s
L’adonn
Valentine
Ee Woods
Centaur Quality
Oaks
Ps Sashha
Awit Rave
Rams
Gorte
Garden of Eden
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