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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1932
Page
4
Public school offers a course for those interested in teaching art in the grades. Lessons twice a week cover crafts excluding wear tooling, pen work, paper cutting, drawing and painting. Prices modest. Information at Mid WayCale Lois Nevill 427-20.
Classified layout lists items for sale and rental notices with names and phone numbers. Includes wanted typewriter in good condition, several rental ads for furnished rooms and duplex, a lost item notice, a meals and boarding listing, dairy products, and a local mattress company advertisement. Names shown: Mrs 4, Mrs TF Burke, Mrs W A Daugherty, Van Binion. Locations: Central Ward school grounds, Grandview Courts, Highland House, Willard station. Phone numbers appear: 361 527-tfe, 342, 315.
The Avalanche announces candidates for offices subject to Democratic primary actions on July 23, 1912. Includes State Senator 29th District XK. M. RPGAN of Pecos, WENJAMIN FRANKLIN BERKELEY Alpine for reelection, E. E TOWNSEND Alpine for Representative 17th District, WART JOHNSON Fort Stockton for District Attorney 3rd Judicial, AUD SLIGHT WOOD reelection as County Judge, SHERIFF and Tax Collector WO. HALE and others, J. W. FRAZER reelection as County and District Clerk, MRS. J. T DAVIS and others for County Treasurer, and several precinct commissioners including W. VAN SICKLE and OW YATES.
Alpine residents and visitors are noted in a bustling social roundup. Mrs. HP Burns travels to Sabinal to join her husband, Pred Daughty joins briefly, and many relatives visit from El Paso, Marathon, and Pecos. Travel plans include trips to Fort Worth, Houston, and Colorado, with graduations and family gatherings shaping a busy week.
JAM NELSON ORTS an DISTRICT BANAOER Game Nelson, Sul Ross graduate and principal of Marathon and Anderson schools, was named district manager in the Texas Panhandle for Continental Life Insurance and will base in Lubbock. Mrs. Nelson, former Miss Ployd Gilley, is from Alpine and may attend Texas University.
A fragmented OCR note touts Purina Feed as the best value for egg production, claiming more eggs per dollar and urging proof at Beard Feed Store by phone. The text is garbled with several unclear names and phrases.
Chas Chambers advertises as a dealer carrying a full line of Delco parts and service items including PROWOUTS SUPERFEX Frigidaire and Delco Service. The ad lists trips to Alpine Texas and highlights a complete range of parts for customers.
The pastor Buren Spars urges full attendance next Sunday at the Baptist church and Sunday school at 9 46, with B Y P U at 7 pm and services at 11 am and 8 pm. The note highlights Texarkana to San Angelo travel along Highway 67, rich agricultural regions, and West Texas oil fields in Reeves Upton and neighboring counties.
The passage notes areas near Alpine and Marfa including Paisano Pass at 5,071 feet and Livermore Peak at 8,302 feet. It claims Paisano Pass is the highest point on the Southern Pacific railway system between New Orleans and Portland, Oregon, and praises the climates and scenery of the region.
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