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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1936
Page
6
Mesdames PV Cartwright and Beseell Duncan traveled Tuesday to Carlsbad New Mexico for the annual conference of the Woman's Missionary Society. They expected to return today.
Mrs John McIntyre of Shatter ed Mrs Lillie Williams of Sender von were week end guests of their mother Mrs D Runyan. Mrs A P Rachal of Los Angeles was a guest for a few days of Mrs RS Mangum and her granddaughter Claudia Black. Several members traveled to Abilene for Sixth District Federation events and visits to friends in Fort Stockton and Marfa. James Ferguson of Haskell, a Sul Ross student, was home for a weekend with sister Annie Kate Ferguson. Local families including the Watsons, the Sheltons, and Mrs Parks note travels and long runs of relatives visiting here.
A clipped, fragmentary report notes extensive training and experience in home economics. Miss Carpenter, brought by Central Power, showcases ideas for improved efficiency and budgeting methods aimed at housewives and homemakers.
Start work on two more miles of highway No 17 in Limpia canyon about ten miles from Fort Davis. The project includes two bridges ten culverts and rock and earth work. LB Wood is resident engineer A E Babcock in charge twelve men employed now with six to seven months of work ahead. The state highway plan aims to extend Limpia road beyond Frazer and Short canyons toward Balmorhea. Citizens hail the improvement as needed and welcome.
Mrs Minnie Cunningham Fisher Extension Editor at A M College spoke at a Reporters Training conference at Holland hotel, urging accuracy and useful information in news stories and outlining story style. Attendees from Alpine, Presidio, Marfa, Brewster and Jeff Davis counties included club members, rural home supervisors, and district agents in a daylong program for local home demonstration clubs and societies. The session also noted film credits as stars like James Cagney and Olivia de Havilland appear in A Midsummer Night's Dream as the greatest cast for a single picture.
A vintage ad text presents a chiropractor offering X-ray services with dubious claims. The muddled copy mentions complaints among wives and a promise of diagnostic methods, noting services near the courthouse. Carroll Vaughn is referenced as the practitioner with a phone contact.
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