Pecos Music Week Programs Highlight Local Orchestras
Pecos High School and community groups plan a music week featuring the Pecos High School Orchestra under Tiliman Durden, Pecos Baptist and Christian church orchestras led by E L Harp and Tilman Durden, and the Tri City Orchestra. Additional sessions include piano violin and voice classes, with a call for cheap usable violins to borrow for student instruction and volunteer teaching to help develop Pecos musical talent.
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Pecos
Pecos High School
Christian Church Orchestra
Baptist Church Orchestra
G. A. Orchestra
Texas Federation of Music Clubs seeks Texas clubs
Mrs. R. T. Skiles writes from Dallas to Pecos Or Barstow asking Ernest L. Harp to help federate musical groups in Texas. She notes dues for senior, junior, and juvenile clubs and cites Texas Yo- winning the Banner State title for extending clubs previously, Missouri currently holds the title, and she seeks cooperation to regain it before May 1.
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Ernest L. Harp
Pecos
Texas
Mr. Harp
Pecos Enterprise
Barstow
Club Extension
Missouri
Lyons
Rehearsal Schedule Adjusted After Church Revival
Tuesday evening rehearsal was the first in three weeks and a fine session. Rehearsals move to Wednesday afternoon and Thursday at 4 pm due to church revival. Wallace Anderson shows progress on clarinet, Stanley Peer and Harrison Beau champ expected as strong trombone players. Helen Ezel improves on mellophone, Pecos anticipates three more mellophones for choir orchestra and band with piano.
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Wallace Anderson
Stanley Peer
Harrison Beauchamp
Helen Ezel
Pecos
Woodrow Nichols Wins Public School Music Sight Reading Prize
Tuesday morning Woodrow Nichols carried off top honors in the Public School sight reading contest marked by its difficulty. Earl Wiley drew notice for his tone and pitch knowledge as the class praised the talent in the school rooms. Advanced orchestra rehearsal Monday evening showed promising progress with Mrs. Ingerson directing junior rehearsals each Tuesday at 4 p.m. Paul Carr shows strong trumpet progress ahead of a solo cornet role in the Tri City Band. Jessie Dresser Ruth Allen and Mary Townley move into higher instruction positions as Allen tackles second position pages. The orchestra provided music for a school program Wednesday and will perform again tonight at the Ward County Meet.
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Woodrow Nichols
Earl Wiley
F. P. Ingerson
Paul Carr
Tri-City
Jessie Dresser
Ruth Allen
Mary Townley
Butt
Allen
Ward County
Revival Week Instrumental Specials From Local Church
Church announces a revival week featuring instrumental specials led by their worship team. The program includes nightly services with focused music selections and guest musicians to inspire reflection and renewal.
Pecos Music Week Plans By Local Teachers
Music teachers in Pecos met at the school building to outline a week of programs all held at the Baptist church. The schedule includes solo and duet performances by local musicians, orchestras, and recitals from Mesdames Foster Mitchell Butler Runnel and Harp, with community sacred sing songs and high school performances.
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Pecos
The
Baptist Church
Mesdames
C. B. Foster
Lucy Mitchell
Lillian Butler
W. W. Runnels
R. M. Stevenson
Annie Mahala Murray
Edna Peer
E. L. Harp
Baptist Church Orchestra
Community Sacred
Tri-City Orchestra
Christian Church Orchestra
Mesdames Lucy Mitchell
W. W. Runnel
Pecos High School
Milking joke frames farmer and city slicker exchange
A cartoon caption shows a city slicker asking if the farmer is milking. The farmer replies he is feeling the cow’s pulse, delivering a rural punchline about the work of dairy farming.
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City Slick
Sonny
Sunday Dinner Hen Offer Echoed in Market Talk
A fragment suggests a person asks why not phone No. 5 for a fat dressed hen for Sunday dinner, dated the 28th, reflecting casual market talk during that period.
The Brute Cynical Husband Joke Exchange
A brief exchange shows a cynical husband asking what his wife said and she responds nothing. He replies that he knows it well but asks how she expressed it.
Roast craving at Mer cantile Market stir confirms demand
A note from the Mer cantile Market requests a roast purchase and indicates call No. 5 as the contact for those seeking meat orders, reflecting a simple real‑shop advertisement in the store.
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Mercantile Market
New Pyorrhea Treatment Promises Tooth Healing
An affordable home remedy offered by Mooreham Co promises rapid relief from pyorrhea. Mrs. M J Travis recounts ten years of suffering ended in days, with gums no longer tender and teeth feeling tighter after starting the treatment. The seller offers a two dollar test with a refund guarantee if unsatisfied. Release notes indicate a post office payment and a gateway station address in Kansas City Missouri.
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Gateway Station
Kansas City
M. J. Travis
Jacksonville
Moore
Pecos Drug Co
Pecos
Texas
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Cyril Scott
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
Dallas
R. T. Skiles
Howell Johnson
Milford Howard
Ernest Harp
Mrs. Vaughan
Mary Magee
Beverly, Vaughan
Tillman Durden
Florida
Helen Baird
Brooklyn
N. Y
John Ird
John Baird
Baird
Pecos P. O. Box
P. O. Box
Grove
Hall
FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Obie
Hunt
Bayer
E Paso
Martin
el Paso
Scott
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