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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
4
Alpine residents hosted and visited many relatives and friends this week with exchanges across Fort Stockton Sulphur Oklahoma Abilene and Dallas. Numerous trips and gatherings include trips to Marfa El Paso Fort Worth and Houston as families reunite and welcome new births and health updates.
A compact local notice seeks a good reliable man to supply Rawleigh's products and to haul dirt for gardens or lawns. Contact P. T. Ross at Al- Disposal Service in Memphis for reasonable prices.
Mrs. Tom Smith of Migorano, mother of Mrs. Edwin McCollum and sister of Mrs. Ernest Thornton Sr., died in a Texas hospital from injuries from a car wreck near Big Lake last Sunday. Cheatham, 14, of Elorado, died from injuries. Mr. Smith was only slightly hurt. Mrs. McCollum was in San Antonio with RC. McCollum, critically ill, when the accident occurred. Thornton went to Texas to be with her sister.
Gara ana laughter returned from a month long trip to the North and Northwest. They toured Salt Lake City Yellowstone Grand Canyon and the Pacific Coast and visited relatives in Boise City and Bremerton Washington. A stop in Bremerton included Mr and Mrs George Coppersmith, former Alpine residents and Mrs Coppersmith, former Mrs Lowe Ayers.
Report describes a night withdrawal as Hays and Caldwell uncover Dawson’s near arrival, with reinforcements already dead in the shadows of the grove believed to be their sanctuary.
Fort Davis notes mark the sixth anniversary of the departure of United States regulars on July 31, 1891. The fort remains ruinous, though occasional bivouacs occur, while rainfall this year brings unprecedented July totals. Articles cover Miss Mary Ruth Clark’s approaching wedding, a horse accident involving Preston Fowlkes, the death of T C McElroy at 92, and land purchases by Graven in Jeff Davis county via the federal FSA.
The Fort Davis Weekly Dispatch changed hands last week with Mr and Mrs E E Smith acquiring from Mr and Mrs Arthur N Alkire who owned the paper for just over four years. Smiths bring newspaper experience from Corpus Christi to Oregon and intend to stay in Fort Davis for a time. The Alkires began their tenure July 1 1897. In Pecos roping, Jim Espy of Fort Davis won with a 20 calf time of 503.1 seconds.
The Alpine church dedicates a memorial organ honoring Martha Holt Irving who died in May last year. Rev. Ray McGrew of Alpine and Mrs J H Mat hall of Dallas sang aol and duet with Rev. Richard G Irving. Lacy Foster played the new instrument, costing $1,685, funded by about 100 dollars yet to be raised, with restoration and opening events described.
Attorneys from this section of Texas attended a Friday institute in the district court room as Judge James P. Alexander chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court spoke on the new Rules of Civil Procedure set to take effect September 1. He described the rule-making committee and its members including Judge James W. McClendon, delivering an informative address. The talk followed a three hour session and a luncheon at the Holland hotel hosted by local attorneys.
Tuesday night an organ was gifted for the Fort Davis Presbyterian Church. Everett Piano Company of Judge James W. McClendon of Michigan provided the organ, installed by Will T. Shutes, chief justice of the Court of Civil Appeals at Austin. E G Price, El Paso’s Court of Civil Appeals chief justice, performed several classic numbers as local attendees filled the church.
Mary Francis Duncan hosted guests including Van Horn attendees Rollins T Harris and family, Judge H O Metcalfe, Bill Holland, E B O Quinn, a Marta group led by J C Fuller and R J Bledsoe, San Angelo’s Robert T Neill, Alfred E Creigh Jr, Judge G J Henshaw of Sanderson, Alpine figures C E Patterson and A Owens plus Edith Rppson court reporter. TucFocht offered no piano numbers. Judge Alexander was introduced after study at Baylor. Ude Metcalfe presided.
Miss Reba Taylor of Pine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Taylor, a Sander gon teacher, is among poets included in The Book of Modern Poetry 1941. Competition drew over 12 000 writers from the United States and Canada. only a small percentage earned a place in this 800 page America Forever edition.
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