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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
3
A fragmentary excerpt praises cheering words to uplift friends during a marathon, urging motivational phrases as telecasts and hearts respond to encouragement. Henry Ward Bescher is referenced as the source of the line.
Classified listing features multiple properties and trades. Includes a fine truck farm with 200 fruit trees and irrigation, several HOLC plan homes for sale with down payments and 5 percent interest, a large house on a paved street with private water works, a six room frame HOLC house, brick and frame homes, a large residence with two lots near business district suitable for boarding or apartments, and offers to trade for ranch land or live stock. Also notes rents, prices ranging from $2500 to $815, and payments on HOLC plans.
Mrs G W Worthington led the program and devotional while Mrs H R Richburg gave a reader and Peculty Ente. On Saturday evening Mrs Tom Henderson and Mrs Carl Shockley hosted Marathon faculty for a party with bridge forty two and tricky sticks. Winners were Carl Shockley for bridge, E P Langley for forty two, Phillip Worthington for tricky sticks. Refreshments included pecan pie with whipped cream tea and coffee. Guests included E P Langley R R Cook Phillip Worthington Tom Henderson Carl Shockley Jake Wood Alma Mayfield Fay Bowman Ruby Dean. Visitors at the Gage hotel included Mrs H T Hoyt who just returned from China traveling by automobile with her son. Several local girls plan moves: Mary Alice Wade leaves for Study Butte to teach. Katherine Arnold heads to El Paso to study at the College of Mines. Frances Hargus will enter Sul Ross. Mr and Mrs Lowie Ritchey returned from El Paso. the Dunbars dined at Waterfill Gardens and danced to a lively orchestra. H W Diggs visited Lubbock for business and an optometrist. Pat Lester and W W Crawford traveled to Odessa. Uncle Jack Bourland and J W McCall visited from Okra. Mrs Feron Ritchey and daughter Jean stay in San Antonio. Mrs Arp Jolly of Toyah visited her ill mother Mrs Tom Shackelford. The piece ends noting a new Watkins ranch resort on Threadgi.
HO TE MA WE the Indian Princess Telanina famed for concert tours with Cadman arrives near El Paso on Newman road with ranch facilities and rodeo shows. Lee and Kay, equestrians, host. Cleo Allen Wikes and Ho Te Ma We perform at Sul Ross auditorium Feb 2 at 8 pm. Admission 50c adults 25c students.
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