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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1926
Page
5
Pecos residents and visitors fill the town this week with social calls and travels. George Coon returns to the bakery after illness as W C Kountz and friends visit from Sul Ross for the Firemen’s Ball. Many attend opera events in El Paso and San Carlos, with committees and shops around town.
Mrs. and Mrs. Wm. Robinson returned home to Toyah after months in Florida. Many residents and visitors travel to Pecos El Paso Balmorhea and Eastland for visits church business and work. Notable notes include Rev R A Dawson preaching in Toyah and E E Adams now in Venezuela with an oil company.
Mrs H Prickett and Mrs H Johnson organize a Little Players group for kindergarten and expression classes. The aim is to train children to talk develop speech and poise, not to create actors, listing members such as Mary Reeder Lee Ferris Chapman Ogiesby and many others.
A Girls Circle organized last Thursday elected president Lillian Ors born secretary Annie Sue Caruth ers and treasurer Elizabeth Lilley. Regular meetings are scheduled for Thursdays at 5 15 at the Manse.
A Kentucky mountaineer plowing a hillside with four oxen explains he named each animal after denominations Methodist Baptist Cambelite and Presbyterian. The Methodist is willing but sometimes loud, the Baptist strong yet pools cause him to lie down, the Cambelite honest but stubborn, and the Presbyterian quick to act yet self centered.
A pleasant Saturday evening dance hosted by Miss Catherine Morton honored Miss Betty Rose McMann of Mobile Alabama. The party featured victrola music with snappy piano numbers, end with sandwiches and coffee. Guests and attendees included Betty Rose McMann Inez Farr Ruby Lee Farr Ya Lawson Oberia Lawson Mary Daniels Florence Burchard Catherine Morton and others plus several male guests and Mrs J C McElroy.
A compact listing shows Mildred Kory Thelma Connally Mildred Eudaly and Lester Weatherby among eighth through eleventh graders in this class report. Names include Jack McCombs Ora Bell Ward Howell Johnson Bessye Ross and Virginia Maulding.
The High School reports about forty five percent of mid term grades near failing with exams weighted as one third of the term. Seniors may retake failed subjects, and in 1926 27 calendar no condition below fifty percent can be removed except by completing regular work. W A Davis joins the Toyah contingent as seniors prepare a weekly 15 minute program led by Prof. Humphrey.
The Juniors report all members present and in good spirits after a friendly Santa stop. They begin the new year ready to study and make the long term the best yet.
The sophomore class adds Horace Willard from Grandfalls as a new member they welcome. They reflect on growing wiser during Christmas and gain in knowledge rather than loss.
The Freshmen Class notes Ben Colwell joined the term and Rex Havis has been absent since Christmas, leading to belief he has quit school.
The seventh grade notes an extra holiday before Washington's birthday and a spelling contest with girls leading 17 to 9. They praise Mr. Korn for a reduced rate show of Ten Commandments and report efforts to start the new year strong and avoid finals. Two returning pupils Merle Allsup and David Ramsey rejoin the class. several classmates are absent for trips or illness. Marvin Whalen travels to El Paso and Old Mexico. Mary Ward, Dorothy Hall, and Loraine Lewis miss time this week.
The class expresses pride in a Christmas reading table from Mrs. Humphrey. Four students can sit together, but talking disqualifies reading that day. They are making peep boxes in History class this week and find the work very interesting.
Senior Class at the Chapel High School presented a village entertainment on Wednesday. The program featured a welcome speech for the Justice of the Peace returning from Barstow, with acts by Gordon Stine and Gage Van Horn, recitations by Milford Howard and Louise Starley, and choruses including I am Forever Blowing Bubbles and Home Sweet Home.
The fourth grade notes that girls lead boys 27 to 17 in spelling and that the class welcomes new girl Ndith Coke. Students report a pleasant Christmas and New Year, express happiness to be back in school, and note most students passed midterm exams. They vow better grades in the coming term.
The Third grade resumes work as pupils promise better grades. The Second grade studies the Eskimo as they prepare a sand table. A new contest has started with the girls leading two to one.
The first grade shows high enthusiasm for a new reader as the spelling contest nears a close, with keen student effort noted in class activities and school event planning.
The Latin II course begins with a positive reception as students dive into core grammar and vocabulary. Instructors report solid enrollment and eager participation across lessons.
The class resumes Caesar studies after a period of rapid progress planning a strong focus on Latin. The first week included a resolution to move quickly and dedicate substantial time to language work.
Spanish II class struggles with conjugating verbs across fourteen tenses. The group seeks a resolution to strengthen their Spanish practice and achieve better fluency.
The Spanish I class has renewed a little before taking up new readers titled Elementary Readings, which the article notes as very interesting.
Students finish exams and begin a new term in Latin I. The class, amused by the New Year, focuses on the comparison of adjectives and sets year start resolutions to make the study engaging.
Mrs Nellie Martin arrived from Hot Springs Ark to settle her brother J S Riter s affairs after his death on Friday night. Elizabeth Green joins the County Clerk s office under Bird S Hayes. Sheriff Wade tours Grandfalls Monahans and Pyote for tax rounds this week. The Walker half of Lagerton was sick but improving. the Burkholder family moved into the Patrick residence. Dr and Mrs Black returned from Hillsboro after Mrs Black s mother died. Beatrice Beaty visits Monahans. C L Valliant visited Abi ine. J R Armstrong left Clint after a three week visit. Elizabeth Black s illness improved. Dinwiddie family moved to Balmorhea for cotton leases. Swan sick with indigestion. Several notices missed. candidacy announcements to follow next week. Uncle Noah Key leased Balmorhea farmland. irrigation water hoped. J T Swan ill earlier in week. J B Underwood leaves prescription work to rejoin Highway Dept. Cantrells return to Tempe after visit with Bashams. George Stayton appointed county attorney. plans to move to Barstow. New radios installed at Miller home and Tucker home. both men stay close to home.
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