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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
4
Local items list visitors and residents in Alpine Marfa and surrounding areas. Names include Shellie Barnes in Cuero J Yates of San Angelo Ray Ogle Morrison family miles Anderau Turney Mellard Haslet Cushman Miles Smith Cushman Davie Cushman and many more. Mrs Vaughn remains in hospital in San Angelo with improving condition.
The Westminster Choir directed by Dr. John Finley Williamson will sing at Sul Ross auditorium on January 27 and has engagements with top orchestras including the NBC Symphony at Carnegie Hall and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. Toscanini is praised as a conductor, and future plans include Verdi Requiem with Toscanini and the NBC Symphony.
Tom Stovell son of Mr and Mrs John Stovell has been selected as one of 100 from a 6000 student body to join the Ross Volunteers at Texas A M He was named a line sergeant in the Volunteers and will participate in Christmas wrapping maruals at Wildanw Valley. Also noted are visits by Mrs Winters of Sylvester to family in Alpine and updates on Mrs Vichy Young’s improving health.
The Davis Mountain Federation of Women’s Clubs met at Fort Davis High School auditorium last Saturday with President Mrs. L. F. Buttrill. Delegates from Alpine Marfa and Sanderson heard reports, chose officers for two years, and heard musical performances by Irma Lee Batey and Richard G. Irving. An invitation was extended for a spring meeting in Marathon and the annual Christmas tree program followed.
Fort Davis Sunday schools plan a December 23 program with Tyrrell E. Smith again delivering the big pinon tree. Jim Espy and Richard Merrill are longtime helpers, while Mrs. F. M. Miller leads decorating efforts. A note on picnic trash contrasts old and new, and Ernest Carlton recalls tourists who stripped apples from his orchard to show friends.
The Mile High club becomes sponsor of Fort Davis Boy Scouts. President J K Miller names a troop committee including Rev D H Joiner Arthur Bloys Leon Fairchild Espy Miller and Barry Scobee. They hire Mr Crawford, a highway maintenance worker, as scoutmaster. About 20 boys show interest.
A Sunday night candlelight service of Christmas music will be presented by the Women’s Chorus at the Presbyterian church directed by Martha Holt Irving. Soloists include Mrs J K Miller Mrs L A Singleton Mrs J W Ferris and Richard G Irving. Fort Davis residents plan to attend this musical event.
Report notes vandals damaged items at a public picnic area, with authorities urging witnesses to come forward. No injuries reported, and investigators seek surveillance footage to identify suspects.
A calm barbering scene unfolds as a man tells a woman he will extract a tooth. The exchange is quiet and intimate, focusing on the care and gravity of the moment before a dental procedure.
J. W. Frazer was appointed deputy grand master for District 58 in Brewster County at the Masonic Grand Lodge meeting in Waco last week. He has long served the local lodge as worshipful master and in other offices. Second sheets, 500 for 550, at Avalanche office.
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