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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1940
Page
3
County health nurse Claire McGuire reports water from two school wells and the Pete Valenzuela and Mike Scholds wells was sent to Austin for summer testing and returned good.
Mr and Mrs Joe Courand and their children returned to their home in San Antonio Thursday following a three week visit with the Hess families.
Mrs L F Buttrill entertained this weekend with guests from El Paso and Alpine. Mas and Mrs W H Henderson and daughters visited from El Paso along with Capt and Mrs C D Wood from Alpine.
Gale Doe was taken to Alpine on Thursday for a throat operation due to infection. She is now home and doing fine.
Mr and Mrs Bill Matthews and their young daughter depart this week to their new home in Sanderson where Bill has taken a position in the Sanderson schools after a summer stay with the C G Matthews family.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Mitchell of Silver City New Mexico stopped overnight with the Stillwell family on Saturday while en route to San Antonio.
Miss Dollye Henderson spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henderson and returns to Alpine. She will teach again this year at Ysleta.
Miss Laura Lee Henderson spent the week with her grandmother Mrs. Camilla Henderson on the W. T. Henderson ranch.
Mr and Mrs Joe Harry Morrow of Victoria arrived Wednesday for a week long visit with Mr and Mrs Zoye Decie. Morrow is Decie's brother.
Mrs. Egbert Coffield and her son Junior left Saturday night for Del Rio after touring New Mexico and visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hancock. They were joined by Mrs. Ed McIver and daughter Ruth Anne who were returning to San Antonio, and Guy Stillwell who will stay a week with Junior Coffield.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas Treadwell and their son Chas Treadwell Jr. of Marfa joined Buck Treadwell in Coleman for a trip to Brownwood Lake for fishing. The group enjoyed the outing despite poor luck and Buck and family had just returned from a trip to Monterrey and Mexico City, Mexico.
Mrs Margaret Harris and daughter Eugenia arrived Monday to visit her sister Mrs Jake Hargus. At last Tuesday's board meeting Mr Bill Ellis of Greenville was elected manual arts teacher and Mrs Lucille Decie was elected high school principal.
Mrs. J. M. Dove and her children departed Tuesday following a week long visit at the home of relatives.
The fragment references Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Lambert as the parents in a family obituary or notice, indicating a named individual connected to the Lambert household.
The ladies of the joint Missionary Society met Tuesday afternoon at the clubhouse. Mrs Ray B McGrew of Alpine gave a review of The Nazarene. Methodist ladies served refreshments as hosts.
New business Handy Helpers Co operates from Burke Barn with Curtis Burke as president and Tommy McKinney as secretary. Melvin Burke and Thomas Montgomery are workers offering yard cleaning mowing grass window washing hornet nest removal and wood chopping at low prices and on time.
Mr. Mark Herring and a small daughter with Mrs. Otto Lochausen have returned home from Alpine where they stayed for two weeks.
Mrs. F. T. Leary returned home to San Angelo following a two week stay on the Buttrill ranch. Tommy and Jimmie will remain a few more days on the ranch before Mrs. Buttrill takes them home so Tommy can begin school.
Texas oil and gas interests lease fifty million acres from farmers and landowners across the state. The program expands drilling and exploration opportunities, drawing attention to the scale of land leasing in Texas.
Game wardens in the Panhandle report a very good turkey hatch this year with ample streams and vegetation. A Hemphill County warden observed a large turkey hen with a brood of 14 young turkeys, all fat and healthy, indicating a robust nesting season.
In Comanche near Lake Eanes a baby rabbit near a pump station was grabbed by a snake. Two full grown rabbits then attacked the snake, forcing it to release the young can be shot. The trio then fled as the snake retreated to a lumber pile. Witnesses confirm the unusual scene.
Panhandle landowners strive to protect deer and turkey crops to restore the wildlife in portions of the state.
Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission plans next winter to deploy 122 traps to trap and transplant deer across regions lacking big game. Last winter 22 traps yielded over 100 deer, with many tame fawns previously gathered by ranchers. Officials expect more rapid restocking as traps increase and focus shifts to wild deer.
A homing pigeon from Torrington Connecticut owned by John Fox came back to him after being released on June 4 1937 at Port Huron Michigan.
Klondike Kate and her husband John Matson plan a reunion after decades. Mrs Matson, a veteran of the Alaska gold rush, will travel by boat from Matson Creek through Dawson Creek to Dawson in Yukon territory, seeking a 22 June meeting amid heavy tourist travel.
Save money on your hotel stay in El Paso by purchasing scrip from The Avalanche. The program provides a 25 percent discount, enabling travelers to reduce lodging costs while using local redemption options.
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