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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1941
Page
4
Alpine residents hosted many visitors during Easter with trips to El Paso and San Angelo. Local events include hospitalizations and recoveries, engagements and travel news, plus updates on area churches, schools, and civic life.
Fort Worth banker William Massie urged Texas to deed land for a Big Bend National Park, calling it a major natural asset with social and economic benefits. He said the state must supply the land, while the federal government would develop and maintain the park, with acquisition likely between one and one and a half million dollars.
Texas Highway department urges motorists to observe state law prohibiting picking or damaging wild flowers along state highways. The department notes the statute and appeals to the public to refrain from depredations amid recent incidents.
The chamber sponsors a free educational show titled Previews of Progress to be brought here next week by General Motors. The event, arranged by Sport Gunn, drew about 75 attendees, with Ray McNeill's orchestra and Pop Warner of Marfa providing entertainment.
Morning services at 11 next Sunday at Episcopal Church with Pastor G. W. F. McKinney invites all. Church of Christ holds Bible study at 10, preaching at 11, then evening 8. Woman's Bible Class at 4 pm. Thursday worship at 8 pm. Pastors A Fry and Rogers noted with service details and a forthcoming Men’s Fellowship event. Christian Science Lesson sermon for April 20 on atonement with text from II Corinthians and Hebrews.
Church notices list a 9:99 time for church school, a 10:50 warning worship and sermon, a league service at 7:15, and an evening worship with a sermon by Pastor Ray B McGrew at 8:00.
Morning worship begins at 11 with a sermon on Twin Perils of the One. Junior church starts at 11 led by Miss Jean, with Mrs Joe L Smith serving as superintendent.
Mr and Mrs Ike Sanders of Los Angeles visited relatives and friends here this week en route to Cuba on their vacation. Mr Sanders is employed by the Los Angeles Examiner. Mrs Sanders is the former Miss Bernice Stillwell daughter of the late Will Stillwell pioneer Brewster county resident and a niece of Roy Stillwell of Marathon.
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