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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1934
Page
4
The notice shows Alpine Texas mailing details under the March 3, 679 act with payment from Marathon Cor and Terlingua Com. Yearly rate of $2.00. Society Tabnor Ft. Davis Cor and under the Post Office indicates a local business notice.
A garbled collection of cartoonish lines and quick quips from various settings. The snippets feature a Crews Manager, an India-Rubber Man, a teacher character, and a hotel landlady. they skewer awkward conversations, film patrons, glee club notes, and a backwoods sawmill mishap with a finger near a spinning saw.
Christian Science Church lists April 8 service with readings from the Bible and Science and Health. Baptist and Methodist notices report record Sunday school attendance, special Rainbow service, and upcoming sermons. a courtroom misnamer joke closes the page with local commerce quips.
Bovey of Mitre Peak ranch prepares to open a tourist park this spring with new equipment for summer guests. Observatories and road beautification projects progress, including steel dome construction at McDonald Observatory and plantings along Davis Mountains routes. Visitors from Boerne Marfa and Taylor arrive, while Miss Valda McCutcheon is named a San Antonio parade duchess. Photographer W D Smithers returns with Davis Mountains scenes and extensive postcard sales.
The Avalanche lists candidates for local offices subject to the Democratic Primaries on July 28, 1904. Names include Townsend Alpine for Representative 7th District, W A Hadden for District Judge ird Judicial District, W N Gourley and W E Young for Sheriff and Assessor, RB Slight for County Sheriff, Dwoop for County Attorney A M Turney and J W Frazer reelected, Vernon McIntyre for County Treasurer, Matt Smith Al Kinsey for Commissioners, Joe Mos RW Arnold Earl Clark Roy Stillwell, W D Burcham for Precincts 1 4 and Alan R Praser for Justice of the Peace Precinct … reelection details.
The Presbyterian church in Fort Davis will host the men’s presbytery sessions on April 11 with a sermon by Rev. Wister R.J. Smith of El Paso First Presbyterian. Women will meet at the Methodist church the same day. Delegates from Alpine Marfa Wink and Pt. Davis attend. Theme Forward. Public welcome, especially Tuesday evening at the Presbyterian church.
A special annual Rainbow Girls observance will be held Sunday at eight o clock in the Methodist church with Rev. RP Davis delivering a sermon titled The Rainbow of the Christian Character. Music will be featured and the public is invited to attend.
Rubye R. Barcham reports a busy weekend as families and visitors from Alpine Odessa and Alpine area gather at ranches near Marfa and Johnson Ranch. Residents recall dental visits burns and travel as about hundred locals and guests enjoy a day at the Big Grande region with a hardware line advertised in Alpine.
The Comfort Point service station at College avenue and North Smith Street has new management. Oscar Hale Jr now runs it after J M Everheart, who had operated the station with his family, left Tuesday to pursue other work. Everheart previously ran the Hub service station at College and North streets. The Comfort Point under Hale will continue selling Pasotex products, tires, and tubes. An additional note: P J B Lamb announces buying the plumbing and tin shop of the late W A Buchanan and plans to continue business at the same location.
W A Garms of Coleman county opens a new barber shop in the basement of the Puller building in the quarters formerly used by Warner's Cave. He plans to start business next Monday. Mr Garms has long run a Coleman County barber shop and recently sold that business. Mrs Garms and their two children accompany him and reside at Mrs Anderson's apartments in the town's north area.
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