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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1935
Page
2
The Valley News and Pecos Weekly Times announce their consolidation with the Enterprise and Reeves County Record effective June 14, 1917. Jack Hawkins serves as editor and Barney Hubbis as manager in this regional print merger across Reeves County.
Subscriptions listed for one year at 2.40 and six months at 1.59. Notice shows second class matter status dated Oct 22 1915, Pecos Texas, with copy deadline to insure publication in the current issue.
Two Pecos residents released four thousand government supplied fish into Irvings Springs after a year of effort by one local man. The article lauds their work and urges catch and release as the fish grow. It notes Pecos gains soft water supply and radio station KIM expanding presence. Federal grants totaling 88091 are approved for Pecos schools and county courthouse construction.
Local contractor advertises bonded roofing services with quality sheet metal work. Free estimates provided for any roofing job with cheerful, courteous service.
Commercial failures in Texas rose sharply in August from both July and the same month a year ago, per the University of Texas Bureau of Business Research. Total liabilities of bankrupt firms fell from July but stayed well above August last year, with an average of seven failures per week and about 40 dollars per failure. Charters granted in August declined 14.4 percent from July amid reduced transportation sector activity.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's detective drama set aboard a warship opens on Saturday at the Island Theatre. Lt. Cmdr Frans Weal leads a swift night of intrigue as all aboard are suspects while Edward Sedgwick directed a tale by himself with Robert Taylor and Jean Walker in lead roles.
A film feature at the Grand Theatre presents Janet Gaynor and Henry Fonda in a tender love story set on Erie waterways. The plot follows a canal worker and a girl drawn together amid rivalry as Fonda proves his courage in a dramatic finale. The upperting cast includes Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Roger Imbert, Jane Withers and Margaret Hamilton.
Fox Film star John Boles headlines the new vehicle To You in which he plays a lead opposite Jean Muir. The production features a strong supporting cast including Ruthena Stemens Harvey Stephens and Arhhar Lake, with Willitts A Seiter directing.
The popular game Screeno, previously held on Saturday nights at the Grams venue, has been rescheduled to Thursday evenings starting this week.
The second Money Night award in Pees will reach 100 dollars on Tuesday night. An elevator company worker from the federal building completed work and left for El Paso Tuesday morning, and his name was drawn for the 75 dollar prize that night.
George and E B Daniel of Teyab were business visitors here Tuesday, meeting local officials and touring facilities. They discussed potential investments and signed preliminary arrangements for future cooperation.
The fragmentary report notes W. L. Adams was exposed to gas and died after eating. No clear cause or agency is provided, and witnesses or subsequent actions are not described in readable text.
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