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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1930
Page
3
County Clerk H D Bloys departed Monday for San Antonio for about a week. He is accompanied by his mother Mrs We Ti Bloys his sister Mrs Leslie Fawcett and three children returning home after a month-long visit here.
Dan Wiggins began drilling a well for BIN Granger on Tuesday morning. In two hours he reached twenty feet and after another hour hit water but not enough. A few more feet would yield abundant supply in one of the town’s shadowiest wells. Mrs. Fryar hosted a bridge party on Friday afternoon with guests including H J Thompson, F M Miller, Fo Sproul, R E H Fowlkie, Marco Stewart, W W Negrey, Sam Ensley, John Prude, J K Miller, B C Williams, H Clay Espy and Misses Luella Bisbee, Marie Edwards, Audrey Miller, Jane Jones, and Lady Bird Fowlker. Prizes went to Mrs Negley, Mrs J K Miller, Mrs Williams, and Miss Edwards. Mrs Percy Denton of Thurber, visiting her parents, plans to stay about three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. B B McCutcheon Jr welcomed an eight-pound daughter born July 27 in Thomasville, Missouri. Cephas Wilson and L Robert Withers, Fort Davis boys, were baptized at Marfa Baptist Church by Rev. R L Millican. Fort Davis men staged amateur theatricals at the schoolhouse, presenting A Womanless Wedding with Slim as the bride, Henry Gray the groom, Keesey Miller and Herbert Bloys in drag, Johnny Prude the prettiest gal, and Robert Miles the cutest. J R Johnson gave an Irish reading that drew laughter. The event benefited the Methodist church and raised over $70 for painting and improvements. Betsy Lee and her brother Frank of Wichita Falls visited their uncle H G Thompson. A clipping from Erle Higgins advocates jury system reforms discussed at the Texas Bar Association meeting in San Antonio, favoring juror recreation and allowing discussion during trials.
An account recalls a family from Alpine seeing a wild bear along the road between Fort Davis and Alpine. The animal moved away into the wild, and the incident brought curious excitement to the area. Families with children enjoyed the unusual wildlife moment during a drive.
Rain crows are plentiful this year in orchards and yards around the area. Joe Mulhern had a narrow escape on Alpine road when floodwaters stalled his car. he waited four hours coatless in the rain as water rushed by Tippit creek before the engine finally started again. A bear trap by the bank, a steel trap set to spring with a touch, draws curiosity and worries locals about accidental injuries.
The State of Texas issues a writ commanding Sheriff or constable to summon Frank Barnest McFarland to appear at the next Brewster County District Court in Alpine on August 18 1930 to answer a petition filed July 17 1920 in case 1228 by Viola Marie McFarland seeking divorce and maintenance alleging cruelty abandonment and separation. The defendant is to be summoned weekly for four weeks and to show execution of the writ. Clerk J W Frazer signs with deputy E Hopson.
Motion to amend Article V of the Texas Constitution proposes adding a section on government terms and redefining Supreme Court session dates. The amendment seeks alignment of the court’s term structure with calendar years and would modify when sessions begin and end.
A constitutional amendment is set for vote by qualified Texas electors on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1930. The document also commands the sheriff to summon Frank Chandley in Brewster County for a divorce suit filed July 17 1930 in Alpine district court, seeking dissolution of marriage to Eugenia Chandley with costs and relief.
Shreveport resident at 616 Leon Street recounts a confusing scene as her daughter appears distressed. The report notes her daughter’s condition and mentions a longstanding product, Whites Cream Vermine, claimed to aid worm issues.
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