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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1939
Page
3
Fragmentary verse expresses farewell between friends through changing weather and hopeful parting. The speaker asks to be remembered with a Good Morning in a brighter time, ending with a sentimental farewell line.
The Marathon Study club held a regular session at the club house hosted by Mrs. Roy Stillwell. President Mrs. L. F. Buttrill presided as Mrs. C. G. Matthews reviewed the book Horse and Buggy Doctor. Guest Mrs. H. E. Carrell joined the afternoon and sandwiches tea and cake were served to the members and guest.
A bingo and dance party honored Mrs. Albert Chambers daughter Lillian a graduating senior at the Gage hotel Saturday evening. Spring flowers decorated the lobby. Givens Miller won high bingo score. Guests danced until midnight. Punch and cake were served. Thirty five guests attended.
The regular joint meeting of the Marathon Missionary Society was held on Tuesday afternoon at the club house with attendees present to discuss ongoing outreach and local activities.
Real estate dealer promotes affordable 6 to 9 room homes with low down payments and easy monthly terms near schools and colleges. Urges consultation on title insurance and home insurance options.
The group began with the hymn My Faith Looks Up To Thee led by all. Rev H E Carrell offered a prayer. Rev J T Morrow of Alpine presented a review of The Songs of the Years by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Twenty attendees enjoyed a salad course after the program. The meeting closed with the Watch Word.
Mrs H W Diggs hosted an Alpine I Delta Slam bridge gathering last Saturday afternoon. Mrs David Kokernot won high score and Mrs A N Brown came second for club members. guest high was won by Mrs C W Wardlaw. Afterward a salad plate was served to attendees.
Word arrived Friday of Mr Hardwich death in Albuquerque NM of his sisters in law Mrs W T Burnham and Lloyd Wade. Funeral held in San Antonio with family heading there. Fiesta celebrations attracted Mrs L F Buttrill Miss Ramona Grive Virginia Young and others who traveled or joined trips over the holiday.
Walter Armstrong of Wharton leads the Mask and Slipper Dramatic Club in Omigosh a three act farce to be performed April 28 29 and May 6 in the college auditorium under Miss Annie Kate Ferguson. Cast includes Carol Salisbury Nita Cecilia Thompson Fay Anna Goering and more with tickets 25 cents for students 40 cents for adults Curtain times 830 pm April 28 29 and 8 pm May 6 with plans to tour Rankin next week.
Robert Townsend, 62, was fined $20 for winking at a 17 year old girl amid his defense that eye trouble from a past explosion causes blinking. A separate note reports Mrs. Grace Doane disarming a thief who struck her with a revolver as the thief fled, leaving her with the gun.
Notice of sheriff sale issued by Val Verde County court in 1939 against Fred Woolf and W A Scott. Levy on multiple Tex Mex Ry Co properties in Brewster County auction date set for May 2 1939 at 2 PM at the courthouse. Witness dated April 1998 with a local trade slogan.
A vintage advertisement touts RPM motor oil as offering long mileage and new qualities that keep engines clean under today’s punishing operating conditions. It pitches RPM as the new kind of motor oil for sustained performance.
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