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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1927
Page
7
Friday evening at the high school auditorium twenty four contestants and friends gathered for the annual declamation contest. Flowers and ferns decorated the setting as contestants represented the school and grades in close competitions.
The article reports AH School students excelling in declamation and literary events at the county meet in Marathon. Junior girls Cotter and Katherine Turney won. Dorothy Ann Perkins earned third. junior boys Joel Wright won first with Wesley Mays second and Harry Menton Garrett third. senior girls Ida Ave Weyerts won first, Crystal Hotland second, Wilma White third. Writing, Extemporaneous Speaking, Spelling and Teams are listed with participants. The piece describes a swimming event, Hobo Day activities, a birthday party for Kate Baines, and a Music Memory Contest with several students attaining perfect papers.
Alpine Texas note shows John Young Land Co established in 1895 dealing in land livestock ranches and city property with law offices in Holland Hotel Building John Perkins listed.
Eile Perry Janie Bless Elizabeth Spence Mary Verne Stoorman Emma Low Ridout Lucky Taylor Eunice Rose and Alma Teske are listed as participants for Alpine. The county meet will be represented by these entrants from the group.
The county track event will be held at Marathon on April 1. Competitors include Treadwell in sprints and hurdles, Roberts and Moss in field events, Livingston and Watson in distance runs, Sparks and Taylor in jumps and throws, with relay squads led by Roberts and Whatley.
Mrs. Chastain attended the quarterly meeting of the Women’s Mission Union in El Paso. She planned to visit Sierra Blanca on return and spend a day or two with friends and relatives.
The Aivine Rebekahs unveil a remodeled upstairs lodge room in the Jim P Wilson building. Delegations from Marfa Fort Davis and Sanderson will attend a public party described as an April Fool event with a large turnout expected. The Odd Fellows group now has a complete home with lockers tea room and kitchen.
Mrs. Roy Laseiter principal of the Alpine school district reports a scholastic gain over last year of about 50. The district will receive over $700 more in state funds for school age children, with Mexican families and their children noted in the updated census for funding.
ALEXANDER POWELL, noted war correspondent and travel writer, with wife and daughter, embarks on a world tour by automobile. The route spans the eastern Mediterranean islands, through Finland and Poland to distant lands, then via Bosphorus and Turkey, ending around California. Powell, renowned for driving from Paris to India and from Mexico to Alaska, leads the expedition.
An eyewitness recounts an incident on an L train in Chicago where three Black men harassed a passenger. A German guard intervened, subduing the large man with force before ejecting him from the car. The event ends with the group reflecting on the display of strength.
An El Paso notice promotes St. Regis Hotel with listed rates and location details. It mentions prices of 100 1.50 2.00 and 2.60 with fireproof garage and hospitality amenities highlighted.
An Avaianene backed by circulation gains attention as advertising support helps sustain distribution and readership, signaling healthier market engagement for the publication.
Community members urged to act now to build homes this year. The message ties frugality and pride of ownership to timely construction rewards.
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