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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1923
Page
4
The Study Club entertained member families with a Paradise Canyon picnic honoring Mrs. T. G. Harris who will soon leave Alpine. Visitors attended as special guests. The luncheon featured an H motif and rhymes, poems, and flowers, followed by ice cream and horse shoes games.
Mr. L L Hess and family from San Antonio vacation at their ranch praising rains along the route. Miss Lorraine Granger leaves for Los Angeles to visit friends. Jennie Lindsay marries Louis Newton of Alpine, to reside in Breckenridge. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Davis host Five Hundred with Delman Collings winning high and A H Boyd the consolation.
The B W M U met July 19 for a regular missionary program led by Mrs. W F E Waldron. Participants presented talks on Evangelistic Agencies of Foreign Board including Our Father's Business and The League of Missions. Next meeting scheduled July 26 at four o'clock.
The Louisville Herald reports Miss Katherine Moore and Mr James T Mullenix wed July 6 in Monticello Arkansas with Rev R R Moore officiating and the couple to live in Alpine Texas. Also a foreclosure and land lien case over 2560 acres in Brewster County Texas filed by a plaintiff for $1340 plus interest and fees. A fatal wagon accident near Valentine is noted with Wiley D Jourdon killed while riding on a Lunton ranch likely struck by a wagon and mules.
Pastor J A McMillan calls members and Sunday school strivers to attend the 11 a m morning service at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. He praises Mr Gibbs for returning to the pulpit and urges a strong audience, noting visiting strangers praised the teachers' efficiency and urging regular attendance.
W. A. Oatman, contractor and builder, announces careful estimates for all types of buildings and reports the Holland Hotel now under construction. Phone 242.
Mr J H Hamilton, summoned to Sweetwater last Friday by his mother's illness, arrived to learn she had died that day. Funeral was held Saturday. The Avalanche extends condolences to Mr Hamilton and his friends.
Mrs. Mary E. Sanford offers a brand new fireless cooker with two wells for sale in Alpine. This early 20th century classified note lists the item as a bargain and provides the seller’s name and locale.
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication commanding H. O. Spangler Samuel Stamp Edward A T McPherson Walter Columbus Cross Henry Leer A Mitchell Canter A B Murphy A G Clements Jenkin Edelen Timnenes Combs Charles W Gothard Guy A Ritter and Clarence W Woodworth to appear before the District Court in Tarrant County Fort Worth on the first Monday in August 1923 to answer Guion Gregg's petition filed June 7 1923 in case No. 63854 seeking relief against the named defendants.
The notice outlines Masses and devotions at the Catholic Church including 8:30 English Mass with Benediction, 10:00 Spanish Mass, 3:00 catechetical instruction, 7:30 Spanish Rosary, and 9:00 film at the Community Hall. Weekday timing lists 7:00 a.m. Mass and 7:30 p.m. Rosary with Bible readings in Spanish.
Bargain price listed for a six room home on half block with garden shade trees and fruit trees. Terms reasonable. Call 126 or write Box 516.
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