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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1927
Page
2
At a Skyline office meeting coach Shotwell organized a baseball club with about twenty students. Two teams will be formed to provide competition for those eager to play. Two games weekly are planned through July.
Wilbur Scofield led in a report of the annual meet at Sul Ross where J C Champs competed in 50 and 100 yard swims during the summer session. The article notes their longstanding rivalry softened by friendly relations and mentions opportunities for forming new friendships as part of the college experience on the Skyline campus.
School report notes thirty five new students enrolled at the last halt. Acknowledgments mention Daugherty and skyline head, with the Avalanche ads, and Ross for the last team amid student turnover.
Alpine attorney Judge W. Van Stekle urges voters to oppose the constitutional amendments on the ballot. He warns of a looming federal overreach and a new bureau system that would tax property and control local affairs. He urges a vote against the amendments as written, citing concerns over state rights and government expansion.
First Christian Church invites all members to attend Sunday school and worship next Lord's Day morning at the usual hour. Sermon title The Damascus Way, with Pastor Geo B Hadfield urging full attendance and welcoming student encampment attendees.
Methodist church schedule lists Sunday School at 11, morning sermon titled The Measure of Responsibility. Junior Epworth Society meeting at 3 pm. Catholic church in southern town area led by Pastor Rev Gregorio Fernandes holds Holy Mass at 10:00 am Sundays with public invited.
A church notice lists schedules for Mass and sermons in English and Spanish, Sunday School at 10:00 a.m., Evening Prayers, and Holy Mass weekday prayers. It invites non Catholics to attend and mentions St James Episcopal with services every Sunday evening at 7:36 except the first Sunday at 11:00 a.m. F A Thorold-Eller priest urges patronage of Avalanche.
The Church of Christ holds Sunday Bible study and a communion service at 10 a m at the Courthouse. The public is invited to attend.
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