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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1933
Page
3
Fragments describe a Southern Baptist church drive urging parishioners to donate worn jewelry and trinkets to fund foreign missions. The appeal, led by AR Davis, aims to raise 280000, inviting nonmembers to contribute.
Fort Davis notes report a local Red Cross committee received blankets coats socks and undergarments for the needy and plans for an auxiliary. Mollie Belcher longtime resident dies at 83 after illness. services held with Baptist and Presbyterian ministers. burial with large turnout and Masonic honors. Easter services planned with Alpine district Masons and Valley churches. community events include gatherings at Alpine and Marta. local social notes cover bridge games and road improvements on Davis Mountain state park highway.
Local notes report Judge R. B. Slight visiting the Terlingua district and several residents traveling to Temple, Alpine, and San Antonio for medical exams and family visits. Amid a flu and pneumonia outbreak, community members assist in the search for Jack Holiday’s body from the Rio Grande. Ralph Selway oversees Rio Grande Quick river project. others travel between Alpine and Devine for winter visits and cattle shipping.
In a Columbus Citizen letter, A. R. argues against balancing the budget with beer. The writer contrasts Germany England Belgium and Italy’s troubles with beer abundance and low prices, suggesting sobriety and solvency are not aided by alcohol. He questions the notion that beer alone can steady finances.
In a pointed reflection, the speaker questions if the United States seeks more trouble and suggests the appetite for beer could inflame unemployed men, signaling concern over social tensions and coping behaviors during economic strain.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled line about helplessness and covenants, with unclear nouns. No coherent event or entities emerge to anchor a fuller summary.
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