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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1938
Page
2
Public notice details a historical newspaper consolidation with dates 1917 1925 and publishing rules. Includes Pecos Texas postal registrations and entry dates for second class matter and weekly publication schedule. References HUBBS PRINTING COMPANY and Pecos Valley News lineage.
Marvin Jones argues the farm bill should let the Secretary of Agriculture file to correct discriminatory freight rates against farm exports. He notes cotton and wheat face higher export costs than manufactured goods, condemns regional rate disparities in the Southwest, and urges an even chance for farms and factories nationwide.
Ground broken for the $124,716 Sul Ross girls dormitory to house 118 students. President Dr. H. W. Morelock plans to seek $35,000 more from the legislature to add a dining room kitchen laundry and living quarters for employees. Johnny Bassett and seven A and M students depart for two years in Egypt as a seismograph crew. Sanderson misses the Scenic Border highway fund goal with a $450 share toward Highway 90 publicity.
Alpine collected 550 dollars in cash and pledges during a two man drive last week to publicize the U S 90 highway fund.
The Rio Grande near Presidio was rising rapidly last week amid fears of flooding after boundary commissioner L M Lawson warned that water released from Mexico's Boquilla Dam could inundate the Presidio valley.
An election to authorize a $50,000 bond issue for the Marfa Independent School District is scheduled for Tuesday September 20. Bond funds would finance a nine classroom building program and a combined gymnasium auditorium.
Two Gulf Pipeline employees died when their car overturned on the unfinished Kermit Odessa highway last week. The crash occurred on the new route amid ongoing construction, claiming the lives of the two men and prompting investigation.
Kermit residents prepare to appear before the city board of equalization Monday to contest assessed values and adjust property renditions.
Fort Stockton reports Pecos County commissioners set the 1938 tax rate at 67 cents, two cents higher than 1937. A budget was approved after lengthy talks leaving it markedly modified and with several anticipated projects omitted.
Helmerich and Payne of Oklahoma announced a major wildcat discovery southwest of Fort Stockton Pecos County. The operators are drilling cellar pits on the Don Puckett ranch about seven miles from town.
Ward county Pecos Valley Fair committee met to finalize plans for the fair in Monahans. Possible dates listed are October 7 and 8 or October 14 and 15. Ross Carr was named general manager by the Chamber of Commerce.
Monahans and Wickett districts began the school year with 1076 students enrolled. Principal figures show the largest numbers in elementary, with 400 in Monahans and 95 in Wickett, according to Supt. P. D. Lewis.
Balmorhea welcomed about 300 pupils and visitors to the new 65000 dollar school building for the start of the year. A formal dedicatory is planned for October 16.
Formative plans for a new WPA project at Lake Balmorhea aim to add three feet of water storage by raising dam low spots and building a drainage ditch from near the cut-off dam to the main canal fed by the reservoir near Balmorhea.
Allan Marthis of Martin County escaped last week by greasing his body and prying loose jail bars. He slipped through a hole large enough for a cat to pass, evading custody in a dramatic breakout.
The Gulf No. 2 State Lasster north extension to the Church Fields pool produced 236 barrels of oil in six hours and 535,000 cubic feet of gas daily while cleaning to a depth of 3,118 feet after a 430 unit shot.
With enrollments over 2500 and projected to reach 2600, Odessa's school system runs at near full capacity as Supt. Murry H. Fly notes a “full house” in nearly every building ahead of the new term.
Laborers registered at the Ector County courthouse for WPA work on a 5.7 mile Goldsmith road expansion from the Odessa Kermit road intersection north to Goldsmith. Work is set to begin Monday after the registration today.
Miss Dorothy Waddell 25 died after a lengthy illness at a Pecos sanitarium. Funeral services were held in Odessa at her uncle and aunt’s home. She was born in Midland and lived with her parents in Odessa before the family moved to Pecos three years ago. Survivors include her parents in Pecos and a sister in Pecos, plus other relatives in Odessa and Midland. Pallbearers listed, and interment made in Odessa.
The September 18 service in Christ Scientist churches centers on matter as a topic. The Golden Text from Isaiah 40 8 proclaims the eternal word of God while Revelation 4 11 asserts Gods worthiness and creation for his pleasure. Eddy states Matter vanishes under Spirit scrutiny.
Regul stated meeting of Pen Valley Lodge No. 736 AF and A M on the second Tuesday of each month at 8 30 p m. Visitors welcome. L Correll W M W W Ruhlen Sec. Knights of Pythias Lodge No 388 meets every Friday evening at 7 30 o'clock. Visitors welcome. Jno Oglesby C C.
Pryor Auto Supply promotes the largest and most complete stock of auto parts in Trans-Pecos, inviting customers to visit for a full range of vehicle needs and accessories.
W. A. Davis, Texas State Registrar, urged local registrars to purge and update vital statistics by January 1, 1939. He warned of many unregistered births and deaths and asked justices of the peace to register all past events in their precincts. Judge B. A. Oden of Pecos echoed the call and noted gaps despite regulations governing older records. Davis cited a rise in the first half of 1938 versus 1937, blamed on lax reporting rather than fewer births.
Sgt. L. B. Loewenstein known as the wandering Jew, a veteran American Legionnaire, stopped in Pecos on his way to the national Legion meeting in Los Angeles. He has crossed the United States 11 times and visited 12 foreign countries including New York Paris and Palestine in the last year.
A fragmented note reports Mrs Kent visiting with her sister and expressing admiration for the town’s growth and improvement during an early tour. The brief mentions this as a first visit in over four years and notes positive impressions.
A brief social notice notes Mr and Mrs W with Miss Alice Clyde plan a gathering on the 3rd Sunday at Red Bill venue. The fragmentary item lists names and a date impulse without further details.
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