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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
5
The Pecos Public School changes shift to start earlier and dismiss at 3 PM as days lengthen and heat rises. Students favor the change to avoid study hall heat and gain nearly an hour of afternoon time. Mrs Tudor outlines English work for seniors while planning the school play rehearsal continues.
Miss Mary Mount, a 1924 graduate, visited the Study Hall Thursday morning. She has been pursuing a business course at Drau whans Business College in Abilene and said high school life was easier than life away from home.
DeEtte Green, a Pecos High School graduate from the Class of 1924, leads McMurray College Winter term honor roll with a strong margin. Other honor students follow in the study list.
A student voice pleads for meaningful tasks as spring weather affects teacher mood in an English IV class. The note expresses frustration and a desire for engaging assignments during the season.
The History II class received an ice cream surprise on April Fool day. Miss Barrett allowed a short release from class as George Morrison and Bobby Dean furnished the treat. The students thank the two young men and Miss Barrett for the entertaining gesture and no lesson that day.
First grade list includes Mary Ruth Elkins Gladys Lewis Janice Wadley Lillian Bryan. Second grade shows Ray Lewis Ermen Missik Lucile Stephens Mary Hinkle. Third grade lists Robbie Collie. Fourth grade includes Evelyn Bowie Bernadette Brownlee Nora Belle Hollebeke. Sixth grade Marie Ward. Seventh grade lists Auline Stephens Leetha Prewit.
The Reeves County interscholastic meet at Saragosa on Saturday featured Toyah Balmorhea Saragosa and Pecos. Pecos placed in several events despite class B entries and the overall team standings favored Saragosa with 128 points, Toyah 55 and Balmorhea 55.
Montreal Family Herald notes a belief in spirits reappearing on earth among Eskimos Tonga islanders and Greenland seers. Doctor Churchward claims living people communicate with departed friends though spirits do not speak aloud or permit photographs. Spirits are described as ethereal versions of earthly bodies with divine permission to leave Paradise.
A compact note mentions phone number 5 as a contact for a roast item sourced from stock raised for the market. The fragment suggests a product listing or promotional line with emphasis on market-oriented supply.
A prank phone exchange leads Beatrice and a caller to plan a drive in a new car. Beatrice invites the caller to come over, then reveals neither party is who they claim, leaving the scene shrouded in mistaken identity.
The speaker notes business for soap makers will be fair to middlin through May with five Saturdays in the month, implying steady demand. No further details or dates are provided.
A short exchange shows Blecks quip his wife will have the last word while Spiffy counters that she is out of date and that the last shot belongs to the times. The banter highlights gendered stereotypes in a light, confrontational back and forth.
A humorous exchange shows a boy asking his father how to respond to a hit. The father replies by turning the question back, asking how large the boy is imagined to be, prompting a lighthearted spar of wit.
Ed Purdy notes Slim Jedson, who kept vacant lots weed free for the city, is out of work this year as every lot is now occupied by gas filling stations.
Pathfinder Magazine defines blue books as official crown reports to Parliament and, in this country, as government employee directories. It also describes blue books as society directories listing prominent names and addresses.
French savants argue over discovery of America in a College de France paper. Meillet claims Columbus did not discover the continent, only rediscovered it. He notes scarce study of indigenous languages, cites coincidences among California and Polynesian vocabularies, and points to similarities in tools and arts across regions, suggesting transoceanic contact.
The London Daily Mail notes that The Decades of the New Worlde by Peter Martyr and its Englyffe translation discuss an isthmus road across Panama. Eden calls it a costly yet globally beneficial project and argues great monuments should serve mankind.
A traveling Charlestonian stays at a tiny upstate town hotel opposite the railway. The aged Negro proprietor, also serving as staff, keeps the place running. He jokes about the 8:15 train while an outside voice mentions a 3:15 call, revealing the misaligned station timing.
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