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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1933
Page
3
Charles Smith and Marjory Ostman of Balmorhea wed quietly at the Alpine Methodist parsonage with Rev. R. P. Davis officiating. The couple plans to reside in Balmorhea and both are prominent in the valley community.
Mrs. J C Coleman and Mrs. R 4 Ratliff hosted the Forty two club at Coleman's home with honor guest Mrs. W R Hunton of Miles Texas. Giant Shasta daisies decorated the Coleman home as dainty luncheon followed a game. Guests included Mesdames Whiteside Whitehead Ferguson Beard Keefer Hancock Carnes Morelock Taylor Bennett Hard McMurry Barnés Hunton and the hostesses. Additional guests for lunch were Mrs. Richardson Perry Cartwright and Vernon McIntyre.
The tea table drew attention with a lace cover on yellow. yellow tapers and crystal holders framed bright flowers. Mrs D O Jeter and Mrs W Van Sickle presided the tea service with helpers in summer frocks, as Virginia Rooney Elizabeth Baines Mildred Elliott Edith Engle and Dorothy Ann Perkins assisted. About 150 guests attended and moved to the living porch for socializing.
Mrs. Rarl Clark reports Alpine visitations as Miss Joanne Martin calls on Miss Martha Louise Stetson. A Marathon crowd attended services at Skillman Store and pleasant day observed. Various locals visit Alpine, El Paso, and Valentine as weddings, missions, and club events populate the week.
At The Churches Weekdays 7 15 pm Rev. G Fernandes leads the service. The brief notice notes the evening gathering and the officiant for weekday worship at the church.
Local church notices call for loyalty next Sunday as summer students depart. Baptist, Christian Science, and First Methodist pages list Sunday school at 9 45, sermons at 11 or 8 15, and youth service at 1 30. Pastors cite timely messages suited to post summer needs.
Sunday school begins at 10 in the morning followed by public worship at 11. There will be no evening service. David J. Murray serves as pastor.
A. Justice preserves two aging papers, prized relics: his father L. H. Justice’s commission as a second lieutenant in Co. D, 34th Alabama Infantry dated August 20, 1865, and a Confederate balance claim from October 8, 1862 to August 5, 1863 showing $109.66 due for nine months and 27 days service, plus $26 for a pair of shoes. Justice’s father served throughout the Civil War and died in Bosque county, Texas, in 1920.
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