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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
5
Mrs Ba Decie left Thursday for El Paso to visit her daughter Mrs Decle. Mrs Hicks returned home Sunday with news of the trip.
Mrs Nail hosts Presbyterian missionary society with Christmas stories and carols. numerous guests attend including Worthington, Todd, and Foreman families. Christmas dances, community tree at Methodist church, and a two week school vacation noted. Several residents travel for holidays, study club gathering hosts festive decor.
The Marathon Study club hosted a Christmas program with Mrs. Louie Ritchey presiding. Performances included a Story of the First Christmas and carols with solos and duets by Mrs. Dorler, Mrs. Arnold, and Mrs. Hopper. Old Saint Nick distributed gifts to members and guests, followed by refreshments and thanks to all who contributed.
Thermometers dipped to a new low of 12 in Alpine with a Monday morning low of 14 and week long highs at 19. Light snow flurries and strong north winds affected the region Sunday, but clear skies returned Monday and the sun brightened the day.
A beautification program at the Alpine country club grounds is planting elm trees in watered, cared-for locations. J B Keefer announces the donations support tree purchases with each $2 contribution funding one tree. Managers aim to make the course among the west Texas region's finest as the project progresses.
A grand Christmas afternoon at the Holland Hotel banquet hall featured Mrs H J Kokernot Jr, her sister Miss Letitia Jackson, and Miss Louise Merk. The silver holiday decor created a fairy land as guests enjoyed four tables of bridge and forty two, with high prizes of silver candle holders.
Mrs George L Patton of Mountainair honored her sister Mrs W Patton by entertaining at a bridge gathering Monday afternoon. The newly decorated home featured a Christmas motif with festive table covers. High score went to Mrs Marshall Bozarth and high cut to Mrs BE Blalock, each receiving bath salts. attendees included Mesdames Patton Blalock Mollison Gilner Moody Moody and others.
Thirteen hobos faced imprisonment in a refrigerator car near San Antonio after being locked inside by a brakeman. The group endured darkness and hunger for about a day before reaching Alpine, where a passerby aided their release. An 18 year old Dakota boy was among the captives and later recounts the ordeal with grim humor.
Arlo Hendricks a longtime Lange Boot shop employee was found dead in Roswell late last week. He was about 55, leaving a wife and two young children. The family had spent much of the prior two years in Alpine while he worked there.
A group plans to film western reels near Fort Davis with location details and production notes. The project lists cast and crew, fees, and land use details, noting distances, equipment needs, and local permits for the shoot.
Incorporators including Hoxie Jones Otter and Joe Cole Wewoka along with C D Brown Dudley Lancaster Sem note and FHS Worencraft push preliminary work before the actual shots. A few hours after escaping police at Hugo Colo Lewis Demminton sought admission explaining extreme cold forced them to stay out.
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