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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1924
Page
5
Pecos orchestra rehearsals show rising enthusiasm as twenty-five players are hoped for next week. Notables include Miss Beverly Vaughan and Mrs. Clinton Ezell at home practice with challenging Conservatory pieces. a peculiar ear anecdote closes the tale.
In Pecos the shortage of pianos in the local orchestra is noted while church ensembles grow. Mrs. J. W. Brooks, pianist for the Baptist Church orchestra and choir, is highlighted for her orchestral study and advancing role since instruments entered church music.
Howell Johnson solo trumpet leads a quartet with Miss Florence Colwell Milford Howard and Bunk Moorhead as the new trumpet section in Pecos. The piece extols Christmas music as inseparable from the season and urges readers to recognize music’s uplifting power in daily life.
The Pecos division of the Tri City Symphony Orchestra gains several new players this week and last. Ralph Williams orders a cello. A G Taggart and J W Brooks will take up the bass viol. Misses Ross and Ima Dardin, Hoyt Budaly and James Garner join the violin section. Bunk Moorhead and John Hibdon Jr prepare for the cornet section.
Readers recall a past claim that Pecos would fail due to jazz bans, noting the new members list shows the orchestra thriving despite earlier warnings. The tone mocks the rejected forecast with light humor.
A Christmas present for Miss Ima Dardin is a fine new Stamer model violin, signaling a generous holiday surprise and a notable instrument upgrade.
Barstow musicians receive fine violins and cases during Christmas. Mrs J W Raynor and Miss Eleanor Black are highlighted Stradivarius players. Barstow’s new bass violist Ruth Allen shows strong progress, per Director Harp. Nearby churches plan orchestras with violins cornet trombone and drums, Pecos churches expanding instrumentings, Baptist orchestra rehearses Thursday nights for combined church services.
A spoofed guide to writing a hit song lampoons the dream of quick success. It mocks pleading for an advance, copying melodies, copyright schemes, and lavish purchases, ending with the idea that a single so‑called hit makes a songwriter a legend.
A short quip recalls a woman who bore triplets in February and twins in May the same year, with the twist that one of the triplets died. The remark plays on timing and unexpected outcomes.
Monroe Slack oversees a one day service on watch work near the post office with local officials noting efficient handling and brief assignment.
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