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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
Daisy Bread and Daisy Bakery advertise Alpine products including pure machine mixed bread and cakes. W A Weakley and others visit Alpine. Local trades, repairs, tires, and storage battery services are listed along with C E convention travel, Red Cross efforts, plant seeds, and community notices from Alpine and surrounding areas.
The Star Theater announces a weekly mix of features including a Blue Bird five reel feature and a comedy each Monday. Tuesday shows include The Purple Mask and four other pictures. Friday starts The Pearl of the Army serial in 32 reels across six episodes.
Sunday service at 10 a.m. with sermon by Pastor HM Polsgrove. No other services as the pastor lives out of town. Evening program at 8 30 features The Unpardonable. Special music planned. Teachers visiting in town invited to worship. Welcoming Methodist church invites attendees to join.
Prof A J Koenig resigns as Alpine High principal claiming election to teaching post and ranch purchase. Board meeting sees Dean Ray Camp of Midland chosen as new principal. Jessie Gourley resigns. Elisabeth Ham of Bowling Green named head of commercial department. Secretary directed to advertise for bids on 30 tons of coal.
Sunday school held at 104. Preaching occurs on the fourth Sunday each month, both morning and evening sessions.
The Christian Endeavor Society at the Baptist church invites every young person in Alpine to attend. The event emphasizes faith and community involvement for local youth.
Brame Hillyard owns five acres west of town where lis tract lies. Potatoes are near ready for harvest and expected to be bumper, comparable to Colorado’s Great Plains fields. Climate and soil resemble Colorado but irrigation from planting to harvest is needed due to lack of spring moister from winter snows. Hillyard also grows watermelons on several acres and plans about fifty acres of beans, a dependable crop.
W T Jones of Jeff Davis county published in the Marfa New Era that rumors alleging he offered $1500 then $2000 for a ranger commission to his sons are false. He rejects the accusation as a lie and asserts the truth is not in them.
Judge Joseph sentences members of the Jlen Springs Raiders after a crowded docket. The four defendants from Alpine were indicted for participation. The late fellow died here Monday morning. interment followed from the Christian church. Also noted is a marriage in Alpine performed by Judge Ragin.
United States Department of Bet calls for 15000 men for the Kansas wheat harvest and 500 for Oklahoma. Wages shown with board and lodging. Classified misprint style ad offers rooms and rates, plus land exchange references, near Artesia New Mexico and Fort Davis Texas.
Governor Ferguson has named the Brewster county federal exemption board composed of J. D. Jackson B. Berkeley and Jim Jh Wilson. The board will pass on claims of dependents those unable to meet wartime requirements or in occupation, duties not yet finalized.
Mr and Mrs fara Phelps express gratitude to friends and loved ones for aid and sympathy during the illness and death of their dear son Wilbur Phelps. May God be merciful to each of you as they bow in thanks.
Tarps and wagon sheets bought for the advance priced acc sly at GH Yates Saddle Shop.
The Pine Independent School District seeks bids by June 2 2017 for thirty tons of Domestic Lamp Coal to be delivered to Alpine High School cellar by October 1 1917. Each bid must include a certified check for 8000, and the Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J D Jackson President.
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