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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1932
Page
2
A brief notice lists the Pecos Valley News and affiliated titles with editor and manager credits and announces subscription rates for a one year period. The consolidation dates for The Enterprise and Gusher are noted, with publishers Reeves County focus.
Hygeia magazine cites football fatalities and supports adding a medical official to the officiating crew to monitor players health. The proposed extra official could call time outs for medical exams and remove players when health is at risk to reduce fatalities. The Enterprise hints the rule could benefit the game overall. The piece promotes a trip to McCamey to cheer the Eagles opening game next Saturday.
Fort Worth editorial argues the legislature should fix title flaws in contracts between the State and citizens rather than penalize private holders. It says measures protect school fund integrity and counter claims of a giveaway to oil-rich landowners, urging clarity on the technicalities involved.
Texas landowners press the Legislature to clear title clouds from 1919 relinquishment lands. They offer to repay half of recorded rentals and leases to resolve back-rent claims arising from a court interpretation. They insist the state previously owed only ten cents per acre and seek honest, fair treatment.
Oscar De Priest and Elijah J Scott claim a conspiracy seeks to place Roosevelt’s vice president in power. They allege Roosevelt suffers infantile paralysis and relies on medicine to campaign, suggesting a counterplot to steal the medicine and undermine Roosevelt.
The Toyah high and grade school teachers were honored by the P T A with a Friday evening reception Sept 23 in the school auditorium. A short song program featured Hattie Mae Valentine Inez Thomason and Dorix Rhody with accompaniment by Mrs Ruby Seay.
Frantz Buckle Company opens a Weatherford plant for manufacturing buckles for cotton bales. Three machines, each handling 3,000 pounds of steel wire daily, are installed and in operation.
The University of Texas will offer Esperanto courses this year under Prof. Alfred Kenn gott in romance languages. Classes meet weekly in the evening as extra credit is not given. Esperanto is described as an established, living language with global support and advocates in education and world peace efforts.
The Texas World’s Fair Commission plans to designate a Texas Day at the 1933 Chicago Century of Progress exposition. A definite date may be set with special all expense tours from Texas to Chicago. Efforts to raise 150000 for the Texas exhibit building are underway with strong support to the effort led by James C. Kennedy of Dallas, general chairman.
Supt. Martin, Mr. Connally, Miss Hayes and Geo. Johnson chaperoned a Senior class picnic and fishing trip to the Pecos river Saturday morning. The class included Neal Burchard, Buren Powell, Francis Keating, Kathrine Powell, Ruby Cleveland, Noina and Inez Thomason, Helen Henderson, Hattie Mae Valentine, Jimmie Wade, and Miss Totter. A pleasant time was reported.
R S Burchard, layman leader of the New Mexico Methodist district, spoke on A Layman's Duty at the Pecos Methodist church Sunday night. Attendees included TH L Derrick and several Burchard family members. Others listed visited relatives or pursued travel plans in Texas and Washington.
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