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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1931
Page
4
Local residents and visitors gather for holiday time across Alpine and nearby towns. Names include Graves, Waldron, Hutchinson, Terrell, Parr, Gilmert, Pollitt, Brown, Caldwell, Bedell, Kimball, Whitehead, Stevenson, Runyon, Munter, Harmon, Perkins, Whipkey, Moody, Moseley, and others as families travel to spend Christmas with relatives in Plainview, Monahans, Pecos, San Antonio, and Port Davis.
Ray McNeil and Ox Cowan, former Rows grid stars, arrived Sunday night from Manhattan Kansas where they attend Kansas A and M College. Ray will spend the holidays with family while Ox visits Sierra Blanca. Both are expected to join the Kansas school varsity next season under conference eligibility rules. Sixty head of baby beeves are used in feeding experiments at the government station in Big Spring.
The Avalanche publishes notices of candidates for precinct offices and others with fees in advance. The AVA LANCHE announces entries subject to Democratic primaries on July 23, 1949, with fees of 8 dollars for precinct offices and 10 dollars for all others.
County note shows RB Sligh as county judge and commissioner 1 3M Yates listed among local officials in sparse OCR readout.
The Church announces services at CHRISTIAN SCIENCE and FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Sunday school 9:45, morning worship 10:50 with communion and sermon, Young People's Endeavor 6:20, evening service 7:30. Pastor L. W. Bridges invites the public to attend.
The notice invites readers to attend a weekly prayer meeting Sunday at 7 00 PM and Wednesday at 7 30 PM. It wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and asks all to join in making and keeping the best resolutions.
The Church of Christ announces regular holiday services with Bible Study at 10:00 A M. and preaching at 11:00 A M and 7 30 P M during the Christmas holidays.
A local ad announces unusually low prices on all kinds of feeds at T. A. Beard Feed Store. Shoppers are urged to call 244 for the lowest rates ever offered.
Stella V Byrd of the Big Bend has been made a bond ed member of the Florists Telegraph Association, joining 6 500 dealers worldwide. She can now wire flowers globally and handle orders in the Big Bend. nearest members are in San Angelo and El Paso.
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