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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1927
Page
6
A collage of sale notes lists numerous dwellings and plots near colleges and towns. Listings include small homes with options, corner lots, and a 16 840 acre goat ranch with water, fences, and irrigation potential priced around 110 per acre with state debt assumptions.
Fort Davis prepares for a May festival on April 30 with Miss Lena Terrell as director and Ruth Sproat as maid of honor. The program features a cabaret skit, vocal and instrumental numbers, and a 7 PM parade start with an admission fee. Local residents and Alpine Marta folks invited. a high supper and fortune teller planned. venues include Fort Davis and Jeff Davis county. An accident in Rev. area injured a Baptist preacher en route from Oxoha to Valentine but he continued his journey after treatment.
Land for a golf course is assured with donations from Joe Expy tles along Alpine road near Fort Davis. W. 8. Miller leads the promotion and C. M. Burke will lay out the course. Alpine’s Mr Kertor offered additional private support for a nine-hole layout. Several locals attended the Presbyterian gathering last week, including Mira Rte Irving and Judge Merri, with others present from the community.
The Fort Davis Sunday schools present an Easter program at the Bayiet on Sunday. After an audience opening, the lineup includes Scripture reading by Audrey At Mrs J A Molt, a recital by children in the first grade, and pieces labeled Elgabett and Greeting by Geor.
A long, fragmentary school program lists students by name and activity such as reading and singing. It mentions 0. So Simms leaving for El Paso for possible appendicitis surgery, WH Colquitt undergoing operation there, and Mr Shipman and Mr Fuller visiting to inspect Bankhead highway work and a well spudding in Jeff Davis county.
A quirky column recalls a visit to San Antonio with a misadventure at a downtown service station where a purse was left behind and recovered. The piece names Prof W. Jones and C. L. Sims on a El Paso Shriner trip and notes lively local scenes, mixed weather, and a Mexican street worker each morning.
Fort Davis school events lead with Kina Edith Jones and sack Dumas earning first places at Alpine district meet. They advance to the state contest in Austin. John HIlls left early to compete but did not win. Easter egg hunt for readers at courthouse yard by local Sunday school concludes the weekend. Mr and Mrs Hasbrook return to Fort Davis as Hicks Gray moves into Stewart Hotel apartment. Travelers exchange dialect in local humor piece referencing Davis Mountains.
The report notes residents gathered for an ice cream social with Mrs Harold Thompson as chair of the organizing committee. Assistants included Mrs W C Grubb Mrs Jesse Fisher Mrs Kenneth Stewart Mrs Kenneth Smith and Miss Ruth Sariton assisting the event.
Alpine Motor Company manager C. K. Gowan says Ford cars attract more showroom visitors during the big auto buying season. Prospects express surprise at numerous improvements including colors, Pyroxylin finish, wind wings, balloon tires, and a new vaporizer for better engine operation and mileage. Personal inspection reveals the full range of enhancements.
Alpine Ball Club defeated Sanderson in a tightly contested match. Both sides struggled offensively as pitchers held firm, with Alpine edging ahead in the late innings. Key moments included strong defense and a flurry of hits that secured the win for Alpine.
Mrs G H West declares she has received no collections in any location and has not authorized anyone to use her name. She notes her husband’s salary, rents her town property, and suggests banks would know if funds were deposited for charity.
A vintage hotel advertisement promotes stops at the St Regis in El Paso with room rates of 1.00 and 1.50 depending on location. The copy highlights hospitality as a motto and notes a fireproof garage facility.
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