School party notes and English speech prompts from local seniors
A.H.S. seniors held a kid party at Mrs. Garretts with costumes and prizes for Sonny Carter Velma Johnson Johnnie Allen and Roy May as highlights. Refreshments featured cream cones with jaw-breakers. A mixed discussion on language use followed and Better Speech Week was announced. Seventh and Fifth Grade parties at Eliza Spence and a Home Economics Valentine party are also described with games foods and decorations.
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Elizaeth Spence
Home Economics Club
Western Union Adopts New Telegram Delivery Method
Western Union adopts a new system that speeds telegram delivery by removing required customer signatures for most messages. Officials call the plan reliable and convenient, noting it saves time, with only urgent telegrams needing receipts under the new method.
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Western Union
Wes Ings
County Commissioners Appoint Election Officers in Brewster
Brewster county commissioners held a short monthly session with Hodge presiding. They appointed Precinct 1 officers Cay Holland John D Young and J M Pouncey, Precinct 2 FE Weyerts G H Yates Hinson, Precinct 3 Terry Shely Jr D W Collins Kay Miller, Precinct 4 E A Waldron A W Akdaila E Rabb W T Furnam Joe Graham W Green. First National Bank Alpine named county depository for two years. Voted $15 monthly for three street act placements around the court house. W M Elwell Terlingua confirmed as county headlight inspector.
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Brewster County Comm
Hodge Jas. A. Burky
Clarence Hord
A. Anderson
D.C. Hourland
W. D. Burehan
Offi
Cers
Cay Holland
John D. Young
J M. Pouncey
Weyerts
G. H. Yates
Hinson
Terry Shely, Jr
D. W. Collins
Kay Miller
E. A. Waldron
A. W. Akdaila
E Rabb
W. T. Furnam
Sing
Joe Graham
W Green
First National Bank
Alpine
Adout
Court House
W. M. Elwell
Terlingua
El Paso Trade Trippers Scheduled for Alpine Visit
El Paso trade excursion to Alpine arrives March 5 in the evening. About 75 people travel in cars and will tour West Texas visiting previously omitted points. The Pass City is expected to contribute substantial trade and the group will stay overnight.
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el Paso
Alpine
el Paso Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Ham
Hiton
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
el Paso Rippers
Marble yard planned for Alpine by W Pesk
Hall etaville businessman W Pesek announces plan to establish a marble yard in Alpine. John Young provides ground near the Orient railroads for the project. Local marble from Jordan Marble quarry at Marble Mountain, 15 miles west, is noted for monuments as it polishes well and inscribes clearly.
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Mini
As. W. Pesek
Hallettavite
Pesek
John Young
Young
Ind
Brewster County's Lost Gold Mine Continues Hunt
The account recounts a group led by Seminole Bill and partners tracking a rumored gold vein in the Texas West, traveling from San Antonio to Dryden, with gear and horses readied. They push into rough Canatien country, split up to search, and later pursue leads in Mexico, hoping to locate a rich vein Bill reportedly found, while noting skepticism about the geology and the heavy river of hardship in the trek.
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John
Campbell
Bun
Henry Ware
Ware
San Antonio
Frank Reagan
O Rio
Dryden
Frank
Ickel
Bill
Brother John
Myself
We Brothers
Jim Heagin
Jeff Rownets
Canatien Cattle Company
Sonora
Mexico
Ome
Thy” Acood
Jim
A. D. Page
Aes
Nora
TM Crawford
Pecos
Evs
Sentinele
Bills
Old Mexico
John Steagan
Coahuila
Cottage Building Committee Reports Favorably
The committee notes strong progress on cottage construction with substantial funding subscribed for cottages and prospects for multiple builds. It acknowledges minor difficulties in securing funds and plans to complete seven additional cottages, while Ferguson and others push ahead with the current program.
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Rman
Commerce
Alto
Ferguson
Stop at St. Regis Hotel in El Paso
The note mentions El Paso and the St. Regis Hotel with figures 21.50, 2.00, 2.50, plus references to a fireproof garage, hospitality motto, and Thos. P. Gable as a professor.
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EL Paso
ST. Regis Hotel
P. Gable
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A.H.S. Broadcaster
Fietharade
John Young Land Co
Alpine, Texas
John Perkinson
Itolland Motel
Texas
Louis J. Baker
Optometrist
J.P. Sears
Helen M. Sears
Sears & Sears
Crawford Surance Agency
W. H. Ragin
Brewster Co
G. K. Lange
Hord
Hays Hord
Rvop
Cardus
Feral
Trou
Brewster County
Lee Reagan
Fisher
Bill Kelley
Brother
Campbel
Henil
Patagonia
EL Paso Herald
Cottage Building Committee
Py Eee el
Evra Ae
Alpine Meat Market
E. W. Fate
Fort Worth
George L. Abbott
P. O. Box
Central Power & Light Co
Don C. Littleton
Mgr
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