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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1924
Page
2
Announcement for The Alpine Avalanche weekly edition details a subscription price per year. It notes publication by The Alpine Publishing Company and indicates the periodical is available by subscription.
President Morelock spoke on Why we should go to school during chapel. Girls' Glee Club and Mr Connell offered music. Basket ball trip to Marathon and Sanderson ended in losses. A minstrel show at Alpine High School Thursday night December 18 at 7 40. Christmas holidays soon. teachers depart Saturday with several traveling to Cotulla Fort Worth Dallas San Antonio Stephenville.
Mrs Wells McIntyre hosts the Bridge Club at College Avenue with four tables, miniature trees, and lighted favors. Guests include Mrs Burgess, Mrs Newell, Mrs Gillett, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Wil som, Mrs Kennedy and others as plum pudding topped with whipped cream is served. Measday Dairy notes clean milk support with the Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary.
J D Jackson of Alpine known as Joe and former Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association president visits San Antonio on a trip to Temple to brief Governor elect Ferguson on Sul Ross State Teachers College Alpine. He argues the school aids 25 surrounding counties with scarce population and rich tax bases, returning funds to support state schools. He cites 329 students this summer, 90 models for student teachers, and the college as a cultural and topographical beacon for Central South and East Texas youths. He plans to meet Fort Worth executives next.
Dr J J Taylor of the Dallas News urged in a speech at Autin that enacting a law prohibiting sales of automobiles with engines capable of over 20 miles per hour would reduce accidents. The piece notes the editorial advocacy four years prior and cites a fatal racing incident as context for the argument against high speed cars.
The Non political nationwide group seeks to interest all adults in child health education and equal chances for natural abilities. It urges parents and teachers to elevate home and school life and oppose unfair conditions affecting children. Clara Carson Leland signs as Texas branch affiliate holder.
A note from Camp Wood mentions a five year paid in advance subscription to the Leader-News received Monday, linked to heavy rain that night. The writer urges gradual acceptance to avoid flooding incomes, praising the generosity of the Highland-Herefor country and forward or backward support for Uvalde’s paper.
John H Sawyer returns to edit the Ovona Stockman after a brief departure to Lig Lake News. He argues a paper must carry profitable local advertising and provide local work to sustain itself in sparsely settled areas. He notes a town needs a newspaper more than any single editor and that editor influence shapes the paper.
A vintage ad invites readers to order photographs for Christmas gifts. Mrs Thain's Studio offers a personal portrait experience and promises a free large picture with each dozen photos purchased. Address listed as 4720-5.
President Morelock will address two teachers institutes next week. He will depart Saturday for San Angelo to speak before the Consolidated Institute there. On Thursday, December 19, he will deliver a lecture at Stamford Consolidated Teachers Institute titled What is Right With Our Schools.
Samuel Gompers longtime organizer and forty three year president of the American Federation of Labor died in San Antonio on Saturday December 13 at age seventy four.
The Ladies Missionary Council of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs. W. W. Jerkins home on Friday afternoon. They arranged a Christmas tree program by children, formed committees for various activities, and planned remembrances for the sick. A social hour with sewing, salad, hot tea, and fruit cake followed. Attendees included Mesdames Caldwell Garnett Studhalter McFarland Morelock McMurry Perkins Hord Jones Prude Greenwood Starns Foreshimer Bedell.
A customer notice promotes high quality, moderately priced ports or portraits at a studio. It invites patrons to visit this week to arrange Christmas portraits, promising a free large print with each ordered set and noting avoidable rush next month.
Draughon’s College promotes world famous Draughon Trains with a January start. It claims ten times as many positions as graduates and offers scholarships, with campuses in Abilene and Wichita Falls Texas.
A. M. Turney offers oil and gas leases in Green Valley for sale before price increases. Potential buyers urged to contact Turney to inspect terms and negotiate promptly.
Orient Railway reports rising traffic from Reagan County oil field enabling extensive repairs starting by January 1. plan calls for rehabbing bad order cars daily in San Angelo, with A. J. Cleary organizing crews. Beams forged in Wichita, stock cars rebuilt, and track bridges overhauled as 25 engines already in service.
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