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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
1
German alien females must register from June 17 to June 26 in cities or populations. postmasters conduct the process. Each person will be required to provide fingerprints as identity verification, a method also used in U S military and naval services.
A letter from Charley Harmon, serving as a gunner in the U S Armed Guard School, reports his crew will depart soon for the Far East. He describes the tense moment of a firing drill that resembles lightning and notes preparations to leave within a few days.
Governor Hobby issues a call for YMCA workers to join the army. Men over 31 are sought for religious educational and athletic duties, with Pershing assigning the YMCA canteen services for the American Expeditionary Forces. The need spans expert accountants bakers merchants transport workers and general business personnel.
The San Angelo Standard reports that the Texas Cavalry wards may train at Marfa. The plan states a contract for 1,000,000 ai bricks for building quarters and an estimated 4,000 men to be trained.
Miss Olive Caldwell leaves tomorrow for Austin to study at the University of Texas during the summer quarter. She is accompanied to Cuero by Ja Belle Caldwell who will spend the greater part of the summer there.
Miss Annie Webb Blanton of Denton announces candidacy for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. First woman to lead the Texas State Teachers Association, she has taught at North Texas State Normal since it opened seventeen years ago and is sister to Conn Blanton.
Last Thursday afternoon Josephine Cotter fell into a 20 foot well at the Cotter Ranch. Only about one and a half feet of water cushioned the fall, leaving her unhurt aside from a gash on the back of her head requiring stitches. Dorothy Cotter assisted in the rescue nearby.
John McSpadden earns valedictory honors as he shares a message urging preparedness for future duties as citizens. The address reflects on past years, the wartime era, and the need for character, education, and opportunity while acknowledging graduates who may leave the country to avoid service.
The piece contends that a Houston firm’s eight year tenure shifts as undergraduates prepare for civilizational reconstruction. It argues men and women must become useful citizens, abandoning dirty politics, while addressing postwar labor needs and moral questions as veterans return.
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