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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1924
Page
3
Local notes report births, rentals, and sales. Names include Ezra Cook family with a newborn girl, and Mrs. Moyer listing furnished two room rentals. Visitors and residents like Pete Morgan, W E Caldwell, Miss Gladys Peters, and Dr. David Lee Clark appear amid community updates and upcoming Sul Ross events.
President Casner of the Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from Walter Yaggy noting the San Angelo Friendship Tour will reach Alpine on September 6 and depart the next day. A luncheon was called to discuss entertainment plans and a special train to the fair and Sul Ross Murry College game was proposed.
A political advertisement questions Jim Ferguson's suitability as Texas leader and manager. It asserts Texas is a corporation and voters hold responsibility for the state's governance. It notes Ferguson's admission of taking about 156000 from Texas brewers while liquor legislation was under debate and calls for vindication of his name.
A Saturday dance at the Gourley residence honored Miss Viola Emerson on her Denton Texas vacation. Guests included Nellie Mac Gourley Ruth Winder from California and many local youths. Mr and Mrs E F L Nunnally and children left for San Angelo after summer terms at Sal Ross.
Church announces services at usual hours with Epworth League at 7 45 p m Charles Simpson president Sunday School at 9 45 a m T A Beard superintendent Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 8 30 p m Decisions on evening preaching will be made at morning service due to camp meeting at Skillman Grove John K Beery Pastor.
Mr J P Castel of El Paso traveling passenger and freight agent for Southern Pacific visited Alpine last week. He supports the International Fair and Exposition in El Paso this fall and predicts about sixty thousand bales of cotton from the Upper Rio Grande Valley this fall, with Alpine and the Big Bend likely to visit the fair on reduced railroad rates.
Mr and Mrs R W Arnold and daughters Jean and Katherine left Sunday for El Paso to visit Mrs George Dascomb.
Alpine society pages detail fords: Mr A Spalding heads to Dallas, Miss Lavenia Crawford and My Teddie Bradford attend weekend events. Families host and visit from Mason and Detroit. Mah Jong Club hosts at L C Ritchey home with a salad and ice course. Eunice King of Loving NM lectures for Baptist Sunday School and B Y P. State college commencement address by Marge B Ned from the Board of Visitors. Rev C Bowles and Mrs Emma Schober noted in parish and Wells visits.
Delightful lawn party hosted by Mrs. W. J. Brown. residents attend with a long list of names. County officials meet, approve bills, and review monthly reports. Fire damage prompts courthouse and jail reinspection and a list of losses totals several thousand dollars.
Work continues at the Casner new garage and automobile department store as Alpine mounts its formal opening. The commodious building showcases up-to-date machinery including a Motor Service Press and a growing debattery department, drawing attention to the plant’s advanced features and service capabilities.
The San Angelo Standard reports a proposal for a special San Angelo to Lie Lake service to serve rising oil-city traffic. If feasible, the plan would extend to Alpine with mail facilities improved and better connections to Sweetwater and the Texas Pacific system, boosting regional travel and promising broader district benefits.
A social gathering at the Newish home featured a bridiy party honoring Mr and Mrs J Carlister of Palestine. Guests received gifts including a card tray and powder box while prizes went to Mrs R A McMurray and Miss Bess Newton. Mrs Haynes served refreshments as attendees praised host hospitality.
The public is notified that taxes due the City of Alpine for 1924 are now due at the City Offices in the Berketes Building. Taxes not paid by August 30, 1924 will be delinquent and penalties and interest will accrue. W. A. Daugherty, City Tax Collector.
Mr and Mrs Lee Harmon express gratitude to friends and neighbors for help during their baby burial and for kindness and sympathy shown in their bereavement.
The T E L Class will hold a regular social meeting Friday at 4 p.m at the Baptist church. Members should meet there and then ride by car to the meeting site. Those without transport should phone Mrs Leonard Aldridee. Prosecutions proceed for taking wood water or grass or for hunting or fishing on the Nevill Ranch or lands owned by Mrs Kate Nevill.
A September 1 to 5 session at SUL Ross State Teachers College conducts a consolidated teachers institute serving Brewster Crockett Davis Pecos Presidio and Terrell counties under H W Morelock supervision.
The document outlines multi day sessions with opening exercises, prayers, general sessions on the Mexican child, and sections for Primary Intermediate and High School teachers. It notes the Texas State Teachers Association efforts, membership fee, aviation club note, and library access for members each day.
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