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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1924
Page
6
Pecos School News Notes compiled by the students of the Pecos Public School. Tillman Dardin and Margaret Howard listed as senior and junior class reporters with Billie Harrison as junior class reporter and a sophomore and freshman class reporters.
Interest rises as Pecos High School hosts its inaugural soccer football match. Spectators abandon other games to watch, while crowded courts highlight need for organized play and proper practice. The piece notes potential teams and a competition that could showcase the sport’s ethics and bring organized play to the playground.
The next Lyceum number at the Rialto Theatre will be The Mollusk a comedy drama by the New York Players. It is billed as the best part of the course expected to please Pecos audiences and rally school support.
Miss Jenson joins the freshman class asserting herself as a promising pupil. Barstow origin noted as she aims to excel among peers.
Principal Mrs. Lillie Cole says the grammar school record is solid for the past term. Some failures occurred and demotions were made as needed. Next year aims to strengthen students, with little change expected in the four grades and few new pupils. Mother's Club Day draws families, and activities continue through the marble season.
Reports from the primary department show this has been one of the banner years for the little fellows. The corps of teachers in charge are among the best Pecos has secured and their work is reflected in student achievement. All rooms meet the standard.
The three fish are given charge of the Keeping Up Club program at the school. They are described as a cohesive unit that has supported the juniors all year and are expected to perform well, with optimism that they will prove up.
Hoyt Davis has become a pupil in the Pecos school the last week. He is a member of the freshman class.
Velma Tackett and Thelma Tackett are enrolled as new pupils in the high school with the Sophomore Class. The entries mark the sisters as current sophomores among the student body. Both are listed under the Sophomore Class roster.
Debaters will showcase their skills at Keeping Up Club meetings open to students and the public rather than during school hours. The plan aims to strengthen P. H. S. contenders with Wilson likely to lead the boys’ team as teams form from available material and competition grows.
Mr Harp returned to the Pecos study hall Monday morning and led the opening singing exercises. Students praised his work in bringing music to the school and thanked him for supervising two programs.
The Basketball Girls' play occurred last Friday with a goodly crowd in attendance. Details of the event will be announced next week.
A whimsical remark found on the Mathroom board on Monday describes a pencil appearing to walk up the steps. The line reads I saw a pencil walking up the steps and reflects a playful, surreal note among students.
The new year rule on tardies is now strictly enforced to keep students from staying after school to makeup lost time. It matches prior years and aims to reduce after school detentions.
Grandfather tests Johnny with a catch word at school. Johnny spells D U M and explains the teacher says the B is silent, while the grandfather notes the H at the end. The exchange reveals a playful misunderstanding of spelling rules.
Claude Hendricks is dropped from the sophomore class role and is missed in school athletics and studies, leaving a gap in both athletic life and classroom participation.
In Spanish III Miss Slaton asks Floy for a subjunctive mood sentence describing an unreal condition. Floy offers two examples: If it were not raining I would go to town and If I were rich I would be happy.
A dialogue notes that Mr Gray cannot meet his creditors, while the speaker doubts that he desires a direct resolution. The exchange implies financial strain and a reluctance to face obligations.
A short exchange unfolds as a stranger asks a boy if his mother is home while the boy replies by joking about mowing the yard to cope with long grass. The vignette captures a fleeting street interaction.
A stern father's rebuke interrupts stock reports as a young boy asks which nation is most warlike. The father replies with a punchline about vaccination being "in arms," turning the moment into a playful quip.
In a terse exchange, the attorney asks where the prisoner was milking the cow and the witness replies he was a little back of the center. The line suggests a courtroom moment focusing on the prisoner’s whereabouts.
A speaker asserts she is not a star but emphasizes she stays behind the scenes. She notes that others are more handsome, yet her value lies in what she inspires, as the public pays attention to those in front.
The Institute of American Meat Packers reports 1923 total meat output reached a historic high surpassing 1922 by about 1.5 billion pounds. Pork production drove the rise as packers bought about 10 million more hogs than in 1922.
An article advocates a business education as essential for success, noting skilled office workers are in high demand. Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas offers courses in shorthand bookkeeping telegraphy and more with modest costs and job placement. A second anecdote contrasts boxing show value with a father recalling marriage license cost.
A parent asks how many seasons there are and Izzy replies two busy and dull. The quirky exchange captures a child’s view of time and daily life.
Fragmentary line reads a cheerful toast or greeting with joyous wishes. The wording suggests a holiday or celebratory note wishing happiness and laughter. No clear event, date, or named entities can be confirmed from the fragment.
An oil lamp designed by T. E. Johnson of Chicago claims to emit brighter white light than gas and ten ordinary lamps. It reportedly burns 94 percent air and 6 percent kerosene, with no odor smoke or noise and no pumping. Johnson offers a 10 day free trial and a potential agency with earnings of 250 to 500 dollars per month.
A reflective column discusses whether the rich should shoulder government burdens via taxation or if all should pay proportionally, noting that wealth has blocked industry by capital flight. It highlights Mellon plan support, hopeful business sentiment, and a wary eye toward possible policy shifts affecting farmers, foreseeing optimism if Congress does not “spill the beans.” It ends with a quip on thrift and a dubious prison sentence for contempt of court.
An ad-promotional claim for a cold remedy titled To Cure a Cold in One Day markets LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE tablets. It notes the product bears the E W GROVE signature on each box and is priced at 30 cents.
A sermon urges removing seven stumbling blocks hindering faith. Inactivity, insincerity, selfishness, worldliness, unbelief, and related doubts are named as barriers to progress. The speaker calls for bold, passionate believers to clear the road to the eternal city.
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