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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1925
Page
3
Alpine residents share holiday travels and arrivals from Valentine to Dallas. Notables include Mr. M L Shelton returning home, Miss Mamie Lease visiting family, and Miss Ruth Jenkins preparing for Sabinas studies. Readers hear of local shop notices, theater drinks, and a humorous travel mishap tale involving Jack Hurst.
At the close of our first year's grocery business we thank our many friends for their loyal support and friendship. Our desire has been to give service that makes you friends as well as customers, realizing that your goodwill is our greatest asset. With best wishes for the New Year, Yours to Serve, Sandifer's Grocery, A. B. Sandifer and Erte.
Mr Zeb Decie and Miss Gesna McIntyre wed at the bride’s parents home on Wednesday December 11 at 10:30 performed by Rev C Bowles. The couple left for El Paso in a wedding gift car and will reside in Alpine with many friends offering best wishes.
Alpine Lodge No. 1 G O O F calls all members to attend the installation of two officers for the new year on Monday night January 4. Odd Fellows and guests are invited. Refreshments and a social hour will follow. Officers elected in December to be installed include Noble Grand J W Frazer Vice Grand Cecil Duncan Secretary Chas K Arthur Treasurer Eric Williams Warden Jim Wade Chaplain Chas Treadwell Inside Guardian H A Weyerts Outside Guardian M L Hopson Right Supporter to Noble Grand Fritz Weyerts Left Supporter to Noble Grand Bob Wade Left Supporter Vice Grand J A Weyerts Right Supporter Vice Grand S G Smith Scene Bearers Pink Phelps Henry Lacy.
The Avalanche notes corrections to the Alpine Chamber of Commerce year financials. Telegraph and telephone expenses should read 58.69 instead of 100.09. West Texas C. of C. dues of 100.00 were omitted. A B Sandifer dues should be 60.00, not 30.00. Holland Cafe dues were 30.00, not 48.00. N Winkler dues should be 47.50, not 47.00.
Irene Peters, deputy county tax collector, retires from the courthouse and says she will devote time to her 72-year-old mother while continuing her non resident tax business for hundreds of clients. She is also a notary public and may open a downtown office later.
Miss Berta Ferris resigns as principal of the Mexican public school at Sanderson to become principal of the Alpine Mexican public school. She succeeds M. P. Slover who leaves to become a bookkeeper with Howell Lumber Company. Her parents plan to build a home nearby on the west side of town.
Mrs Travis G Webb expresses sincere appreciation for the help and influence received during her appointment as manager of the Gulf Refining Company station. She acknowledges officials of the company and hopes friends will support the local Gulf Refining Company stations with their trade.
Local notes recount visits by Mrs. E H Moore and son Eddie Jr of San Antonio, E Coffield and Jewell Coffield from Del Rio, and many others. Christmas gatherings at J J Roberts ranch with Alpine guests are described along with school reopening and various family visits across Marathon and surrounding towns.
Mrs. W H Terry entertained Tuesday afternoon from two to five thirty in honor of Mrs. Gay Meriwether Miss Bertha Mae Hancock and Miss Merrill Pouncey. The Terry home gleamed with Yuletide touches as guests enjoyed bridge and refreshments while winner Mrs Anja Wilson received high score and gifts were given to honorees.
On December 11 the Woodman Circle elected officers for the coming year to be installed January 13 to 25 in a joint installation with W O W. The slate includes Guardian Minnie Riggs Advisor Mamie Lange Chaplain Azile Davidson Clerk Eliza Wade Banker Irene Treadwell Attendant Pearl Pulliam Assistant Attendant Bessie Jordan Inner Sentinel Jane Louise Burling Outer Sentinel J S Hord Manager J C Wade Retiring Guardian Lydia Arthur will serve Past Guardian All members and families invited. Eliza Wade Clerk.
A sheriff helps a mother chase down a missing washer woman after Christmas while explaining the duties of a peace officer. The tale illustrates how sheriffs handle small, unpaid tasks beyond strict law enforcement and introduces the new sheriff Mr. Gourley as an accommodation officer.
Many friends and relatives gathered for the funeral of Travis G. Webb who died in Alpine Texas at age 48. Services were held at the Levy home in Rayne and interment followed at Crowley Protestant cemetery. Webb was born in Plaquemine Bayou and educated at Cherry Brothers school Baylor Waco and Tulane. He worked with Dr H C Webb in Crowley then farmed in Prairie Hayes before moving to Rayne and later to Alpine to work in the oil business. He was married to Margaret Elizabeth Wise and had two children Lambert Wise who died in infancy and Miriam, 19. He left a wife a daughter and other relatives.
The Presbyterian church plans New Year messages to guide listeners. At 11 a.m. the sermon titled Messengers of the Highway and the evening topic Looking Forward will be delivered. The Sunday school superintendent urges starting the year on time with a 10 a.m. gathering led by Pastor J. A. McMillan.
The Rev. Father M. J. O'Callaghan, priest in charge at Marfa, died at the Holland Hotel Monday night while seeking a lower climate for recovery. His remains were taken to Marfa by Livingston Undertaking Co. and interment occurred Tuesday afternoon.
A brief classified ad urges quick action on close in acreage. It mentions A. M. Tutney and Sodar posts in car lots loaded at Uvalde Texas and directs readers to Frank W. Miller in Reagan Wells Texas for more information.
W A Daugherty advertises a sale of 35 head of Registered Hereford bulls. Bulls are coming yearlings and coming twos, on feed four miles from town. Delivery available now or later. seller can slow them in an hour. City Office. 48-27-11.
An advertisement describes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a local ointment for fast relief and an internal tonic that cleanses the mucous surfaces through blood action. It notes the product has been sold by druggists for over 40 years and lists J Cheney & Co of Toledo as the makers.
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