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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1936
Page
2
Dessert guidance recipe notes frost days and appetites while outlining pineapple dessert with pineapple juice and orange juice sauce. Instructions cover double boiler preparation, custard like filling, baking at 325 to 360 F for about 20 minutes, yielding six servings.
A clipped Chamber of Commerce note praises local advertising for Bi Bend park in the Chisos Mountains. It thanks 60 Alpine contributors and asks for photos, credits, and continued cooperation to support town promotional efforts.
The public is advised that a new operator has opened the Humble service station on East Holland Avenue. It will offer fuel oil delivery by phone or in person and invites local trade to support home merchants. Phone 41. c
Services listed for First Baptist Church include Sunday school at 10:04 a.m. with Don Littleton as superintendent, morning worship at 11, Training Union at 6:30 p.m., and evening service at 7:30 p.m. Pastor M. Fulmer, Bible study and sermon themes discuss conduct and eternal records as part of religious instruction. Christian Science notes follow with Lesson Sermon for December 2 and references to “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.”
County Attorney William Granser filed eighty one delinquent tax suits in Jeff Davis County with foreclosure judgments from the district court in January. Lands, many owner unknown or nonresidents, may be sold at sheriff's auction the first Tuesday in February unless back taxes are paid. Christmas tree festivities abound at the Presbyterian church, with Santa, gifts, and children’s programs drawing the community. Fort Davis schools plan Christmas activities as students prepare to resume after holidays. families travel to San Antonio and Lubbock for visits, with several Fort Davis residents back home for the holidays.
The Mexican Baptist church held a Christmas program at the south side mission Wednesday evening. 125 pres iente were distributed to members and 140 sacks of candy and fruit given to Sunday school children. A Christmas program with diamonges pageants and carols sought to honor all in the community. Mrs. Lala Murphy, superintendent, noted 12 new converts and praised Brother W. B. Clark. A speeding summons was issued to Charles Flacken of Chicago as he left the church after his wedding.
A convoy of disparate notices appears with bids for a Texas highway construction project in Brewster County, along with assorted local names and testimonials about kerosene as a remedy for tree caterpillars. The text blends bidding details, student and faculty names, and county agricultural advice from W L Kingston about removing poplar and cottonwood pests.
Prevailing wage rates under House Bill No. 115 of the 4th Texas Legislature apply. The schedule lists per diem and hourly wages for laborers, operators, drivers, welders, masons, and other trades, with overtime and holiday pay at regular rates. Plans available at Alpine Resident Engineer and State Highway Department in Austin.
Notice to patrons announces a shift to cash and carry, dropping delivery and bookkeeping to lower meat prices. It invites visits to read season’s greetings, express trade, and show appreciation for patronage, signed Matt Smith. Effective January, patronize Avalanche advertisers.
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