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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
3
Special election returns show amendments No. 3 and No. 5 carried while all others failed. The tax increase funds pensions for Confederate veterans and the right to vote for native or naturalized Americans is expanded with absentee voting allowed and poll tax provisions. Union Labor supported the amendments. turnout was light with some counties not voting.
Superintendent Koenig praises Miss Mamie McNees for tireless work and devotion that helped Alpine High School win credits from the state educational department. He stresses that the teacher, not the administration, deserves due credit for the awards.
Mrs Eugenie Chandrey narrowly escaped eye loss after a bottle of anvonia exploded when a cork was forced out by gas. Her baby disturbed an ant hill in the yard causing the incident and injuring Mr Chandley’s face while Mrs Chandley’s eyes were spared. Medical aid was summoned.
Brewster county holds the regular teachers examination at Alpine High School on Friday and Saturday August 19 and 20. A number of teachers will take the exam this year.
The Christian Church schedules Bible school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 10 45 a m and 8 30 p m Elder Geo J Ruth pastor of the Uvalde church will preach in Rev H M Bandy absence Read The Avalanche and Watch Alpine Grow.
The article notes a gift of golf sticks and balls from Fort Moreen post of the American Legion to the U S president during a cross country journey by Miss Trand, who visited twelve states including Colorado on her itinerary, highlighting early national civic exchange.
Miss Pauline Trumbe notes a nationwide drive to present engraved golf balls to President Harding. The effort began in Denver with gutta percha pills from Governor Shoup of Colorado, Mayor Bailey of Denver, the Legion post commander, and a Denver newspaper.
Legion honors James Flanagan a Civil War veteran and last surviving scout of General Custer's Seventh Cavalry. At Mandan North Dakota a memorial service drew veterans from five wars with Grand Army survivors bearing flags and World War I veterans firing a funeral volley. Flanagan, born in Greenfield Massachusetts, later joined the Ohio Cavalry and finally the Seventh Cavalry at Fort Lincoln.
An order by John B. Jordan San Francisco chief of construction and acting traffic division head states ex service men will work as aerial mail flyers their mechanics and all helpers in the air mail service a copy has reached American Legion national headquarters
Corporal George D. Foster of Cottage Grove Oregon and the American Legion bring back war souvenirs from France. He found a gilt case with a 206 A D Roman coin inscribed Magnus and Votis XX Reatas Tranquilitas Percursa Treveris. The professor calls it worth more than its weight in gold.
The American Legion honors fallen soldiers with reburial ceremonies on American soil. Carl Andersen Post led the Cloquet, Minnesota service for John Defoe, first American Indian from the state killed in action, with his tribe permitting a burial befitting his service.
Paul J. Healy president of Chicago Grain Products Rockford UK orders only ex service men for a new distillery project veterans will have payroll preference after construction Healy served as private then sergeant was gassed at Albert and is active in Brophy post American Legion Healy calls for a broader veteran effort with the Peking post and allied groups aiding in child education in China and Japan.
Robert T. Barton of Winchester Virginia rose from second lieutenant to major in World War I. A Virginia native and University of Virginia alumnus he practiced law before joining the Second Virginia Infantry at the Mexican border. Barton served at Fort Myer Camp Lee and in France participating in the St Mihiel and Argonne Meuse offensives. The text notes his promotion to major during the war.
Clyde H Doolittle a 26 year old American Legion member and former student at DowS University is described as a fearless figure by his sergeant. He served in World War II with the 2nd Division participating in six major offensives and was wounded. After returning to college he was elected to the Iowa legislature and became a key advocate for veterans rights and the Legion's legislative program.
In Mulberry, a Sunflower State coal town, the American Legion center reports a shift from hostility to active participation during hot coal strikes. The Mulberry post shows sixty six members, fifty are union miners, and forty six belong to the United Mine Workers. The roster also includes six merchants, three farmers, three clerks, two doctors and two teachers.
The American Legion and allied groups back a plan to plant trees along the Lincoln and Dixie highways in honor of World War I veterans. Each tree would bear a veteran’s name and organization, with separate inscriptions for those who died. President Harding supports the plan and the forestry bureau offers aid. An American Legion post from Newberry S. C. pushes a veterans relief bill with a humorous slogan on a pair of shears.
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