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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1927
Page
6
Fort Davis items report subscription acceptances led by Mrs Yates and Mrs Dennis with numerous local names. High award went to Mrs Frank. prizes awarded to several recipients including Mr Andrew Prue and Mrs Prue, amid a list of community contributors and attendees.
In Jeff Davis County district court last week, Bob O Conner drew attention as jurors debated a sentence while two girls watched from the gallery. Four men— Hop kins, Kyne, Tyler, and others— were found guilty of various burglaries or thefts and given prison terms of two to three years, with some sentences suspended. The trial drew onlookers as the community discussed the outcomes of the cases and a separate play’s success credited to local organizers.
The Juvenile Muse Club of Fort Davis led by Miss Lena Terrill hosted a noon New Year program at Mrs. J. P. Weatherby’s home last Saturday. The event featured piano solos, readings, duets, and vocal numbers, drawing congratulations for performers and Miss Terrill.
Engineer Xd Owen leads a state highway survey near Limpia Canyon to assess a proposed road beyond Wind's Orchard. The crew, staying at Shady Nook Inn, expects a 6 percent grade and 1 degree descent with federal support if feasible, awaiting highway commission guidance.
The Fort Davis Study Club sponsored a district school play at the schoolhouse last Friday night. The judge performed with professional ease and the cast, including Mee Woodames, Mrs Le rout, Mrs Wy Davis, Mrs Carnon, Mr Hicks Gray, and many others, drew a wide audience. Two Xprewson pupils Miss Ellen Yarbro and Miss Lady Ponthes joined the ensemble, with Miss Lena Ter PAL accompanying them for sketches. The show closed to enthusiastic applause as Mr Burke delivered an encore and the crowd praised the singing by Mrs Roe Milter and Mrs Pride.
Mrs Andrew Prude and Afra John tosses entertained guests after a bridge game Tuesday at Prude ranch. Attendees included Mr. Grange, Miss Katherine Mesdames Mean McCutcheon, Frank Jones, Lee proul, J. M. Jones, Roe Miller, 8. W. Leverett, and Barry Scobee. Refreshments followed with fruit salad, sandwiches, toasted pecan halves, cake and coffee.
Kenneth Smith hosts a Wednesday afternoon gathering at the old Nunn Place in Fort Darwin with Mrs Marta and several Fort Darwin women. One table of bridge is played and refreshments include salad fruit cake and coffee. Attendees include Mesdames Pratt Metcalf Pool Hillsman Davis Camer and Afra Gal.
Cattlemen of West Texas attending the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Fat Stock Show convention in El Paso, March 14 to 19, are promised a surprise. The new Hotel Orndorft on the Mexican border, described as Renaissance in style and facing the Plaza, will be opened to them with an invitation from Ro Burt Orndorft. The hotel offers modern amenities including circulating ice water and private baths, and aims to evoke the bustle of old Spain.
Cattlemen of the Southwest have been invited by Mr. Orndorff to base their headquarters at the Orn Dorft hotel during the Fat Stock Show and cattle convention. He aims to make the Hotel Orndorft the center of interest and the home of the cattlemen during the event, regardless of hotel guests.
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