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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
7
Marble weight of local news from Marathon includes teachers leaving for holidays to Austin Del Rio and Alpine events. Snow blankets the area with about three inches. Holiday visitors and family dinners fill Christmas week as schools close for two weeks.
J H Hamilton longtime agent for KC M C Railway here resigns to join Santa Fe in La Teaving. Mrs Hamilton and family will move to Angelo. J Taylor, formerly of Benjamin Texas, becomes the new agent here. A new process reportedly strengthens cardboard to iron level, addressing Scotland's complaint about Christmas cards wearing out quickly.
Otto Strid and company, world accordion champions, engage to headline UK theatres. They will appear at the Granada Theatre on January 2 3 and 4, traveling from New York and broadcast on WON Chicago. The act is promoted by WOK Charlotte and other partners for a headline presentation in the Alpine circuit.
In Alpine local merchants unite to boost town prosperity through better schools and streets. They claim city growth benefits every business, noting profits depend on residents’ purchasing power and tax support for public improvements.
F B remarks that the same act entertaining audiences on WRR Dallas and WFAA Dallas is a true attraction worth traveling miles to hear and see, according to Granada management.
The town’s business men are urged to invest in stock, display goods attractively, hire courteous sales staff, and support libraries churches and patriotic events. Their leadership is seen as vital to future progress and community welfare, linking commerce to better citizenship and taxes.
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