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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1941
Page
2
Local notes report residents traveling to visit relatives in Colorado City and Dallas for shopping, a death in Eagle Pass prompting calls to heirs, land ownership and legal notices in Brewster County, and requests for dirt hauling and dirt from a Baptist church basement excavation. The fragmentary items reference Alpine and Monahans and include brief community updates.
Mrs Mary Rankin Irwin aged 2, mother of Mrs Vick Winter, died last Friday night in Los Angeles after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at Glendale, California. Mrs Irwin was a 1870 graduate of Monmouth College Illinois. Family members traveled from Cisco and Jacksonville for the services and related travel plans appear in the notice.
Sul Ross College to stage comic opera The Marriage of Nanette in the college auditorium on February 4. Miss Irma Lee Batey notes holiday delays moved the production forward with Mrs Evelyn Bishop Bentley in the title role and Rene as Harold Fry. Cast includes Wilfred Carrico as Frederic the Duke and Connie Burris as Yvonne the Gypsy with a large chorus and villagers. Mary Bess Hamilton will accompany the chorus.
Farris Hensley pleaded guilty in Cass county justice court at Atlanta on January 6 to selling wild ducks to a game warden. He paid $190 fine plus $12 costs. Game department records show the charge involved Tilden B Oliver, a free service game warden. Mrs Irwin is noted for red teat club activity and literary pursuits.
Four young men in the Vocational education class taught by E L Batley spoke at the Rotary club. Eddy Scuddy outlined becoming a Naval Officer, Hal Smith discussed later life vocations, Bobby Coleman pursued civil engineering, and Bill Hancock talked of becoming a ranchman. President Dick Bankhead noted Assembly sections and planned ladies night. Cemetery Assn meeting set. E A Huffman sued wife for divorce over coffee humiliation in campaign to humiliate him.
Treasurer A B Sandifer reports a balance on December 31 1940 of 40 32700 and total receipts of 132 06759 against disbursements of 92 34053. The county's outstanding indebtedness lists multiple bond issues including Refunding Bonds Series 1921 1931 and other warrants with amounts totaling about 200 90009.
Sunday services are listed for St James Episcopal with 11:00 am worship and 9:45 am Sunday school. The pastor E Buford Isaacks and minister Jas A Fry are mentioned with morning and evening services, Bible study, and midweek activities, inviting participation from parishioners.
The Presbyterian Church announces Sunday school opens in all departments at 10 am with Mrs Joe L Smith serving as superintendent.
Morning worship at 11 marks Young People’s Day with junior church led by Miss Jean Engle. Evening vespers at 5 feature youth leadership and the theme The Christian Answer. Pastor S. Rogers notes a next Sunday no services due to ministers attending a gathering in Albuquerque. The church invites all to participate in Bible school at 9:30 and evening service at 7:40. Negro mother in Little Rock has newborn triplets named Gone With Wind.
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