Court gate quip marks Merrill’s long service
Fort Davis reports recount a courthouse moment as County Commissioner J W Merrill recalls forty five years in office at the west gate. The issue notes an Eastern Star installation with officers named and local business and personal updates follow including a ranch addition and a tale of a youthful robbery ride. Jury venires for the July term are being summoned.
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J. W. Merrill
Court House Yard
Eastern Star
Coh Bird
Lily Maude Opslen
J. W. McElroy
Vivian Fryar
C. B Eaton
Lavey Weatherby
Pauline
Jesse Cinduetross
Vida Moe
Lala Carlton
Four Men Who Went Up The Trail Living At Ft Davis
Fort Davis reports four men who joined the old cattle trail era still alive. The narrator recalls W. Merrill, W. L. Kingston, Bob Mulhern, and Tom Grampp who reportedly went up the Chisholm Trail in the late 1800s. Kingston reached Tulsa in 1887 and Mulhern in 1889, illustrating the era’s daring cattle drives.
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Ft. Davis
Fort Davis
Mes Panhandlerill
Kingston
Tulsa
Mulhern
Trai
Smiling Through at Mask and Slipper theater
The stage play Smiling Through will be mounted by Mask and Slipper on Wednesday night July 1 at Su Ross college auditorium. Curtain at 8 09, doors locked during the first act. Admission 40 cents adults 25 cents children. students admitted free with activity tickets. Cast includes Mrs. Freda Powell as Monayne and Kathleen Buck Treadwell as Jeremiah and Kenneth Wayne, Bll Powell as John Carter, with Sanders as Owen Harding.
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Norma Shearer
Su Ross College
Freda Powell
Monayeen
Kathleen
Buck ‘Treadwell
Jeremiah Wayne
Kenneth Wayne
Bll Powell
John Carter
Former Instructor at Sul Ross Dies in El Paso
Miss Nett Scott, longtime art department head at El Paso’s Austin School, died after a career that included Sul Ross College and El Paso High School. A Sul Ross graduate, she studied at Columbia University and gained recognition in national art circles with exhibits in New York and Chicago. Her fiancé was the late W K Homan, brother of Dr. Robert B. Homan. Born in Red Oak, she had taught since 194? and influenced student art competitions nationwide.
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Nett
Seth
Carly
Athe Homme
Ware
Tenas
Mar Scott
Jan Iy
Auating School
Mix Scott
New York
Chicago Art Institute
Scott
Beally School
Austin
Sul Ross College
Pine
Sul Ross
Columbia University
Ticket Arrangements In Jeff Davis County
Fort Davis June 17 The Democratic county or precinct committee drew by lot the candidate slates for the primary. District attorney nominees: Mowell Fraser Fisher. County judge: William Granger Charles Jones. Sheriff nominees: Mrs F Sproul incumbent and James Walker. Treasurer Miss Wisconsin Lee Elis incumbent and Mrs Myrtle Stewart. Constable Roland Rheade incumbent and Sam Lavedocke. Roy Bloys present county treasurer unopposed. Commissioners seeking reelection J W Merrill W L Kingston Will Reynolds and Herbert Kokomot. Carmack district judge opens July 13 with substantial term business anticipated. Patronize Avalanche Advertiser.
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Fort Davis
Mowell
Fraser
Fisher
Earn
William Granger
Charles Jones
F. Sproul
James Walker
Wisxin Lee Eilis
Myr
Tle Stewart
Roland R. [Rheade
Sam Lavedecke
Roy Bloys
County
Feterk
J. W. Merrill
W. L. Kingston
Will Reynolds
Herbert Kokomot
Carmack
Taxing Natural Resources Advocated By Tyler Candidate
Tyler June 1 F W Fischer a Tyler candidate for Texas governor on a pension platform promotes taxing natural resources from oil gas sulfur etc as new state revenue to fund schools highways agriculture and gasoline taxes while opposing NIRA and citing constitutional law. Fischer a West Virginia native and Oklahoma area lawyer is a Mason and Methodist.
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Tyler
F. W. Fischer
Texas
NIRA
United
J Fischer
West Vir
Oklahoma
Old Age Pension Payments To Begin Next Month
Omvlle Carpenter reports old age assist payments start July 1 for about 68 000 people with average benefits near 20 dollars monthly. Funds come from state and federal sources including a Social Security Board grant of 1 1250. The system, under statutory need, aims to raise aid from 15 to 30 dollars and begin promptly in Texas treasury. The tale of a sick cow follows as a separate anecdote about a dairyman’s misguided remedy.
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Omvlle
Carpenter
Atte
Federat
Texas
Social Security Board
Six Amendments Voted On In November Election In Texas
In Austin the November ballot will feature six constitutional amendments. The first creates a state liquor monopoly system. Others cover teacher retirement plans, workers compensation for state employees, a new board of pardons and paroles with tighter clemency limits, salary increases for the governor and certain officials, and a cap on county representatives. Stanford drew the office of secretary of state according to law.
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Austin
Stanford
Special Demonstration at City Drug Store This June
A special demonstration featuring Charles of the Ritz Treatment preparations runs one week starting June 22 at City Drug Store. Public invited to learn about the product line and take part in demonstrations and samples.
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Charles
Ritz
City Drug Store
City
Classified for sale items and rentals from Alpine area
Classified notices advertise Hereford cows and heifer yearlings from W A Daugherty Grandview Courts. Also multiple dwelling for sale near High school with terms. Otis Turner offers several properties in Alpine: modern stucco dwelling, 10 acres land and 20 acres as well as a 4 room house. Also roomers wanted near Presbyterian church. Sewing machines repaired by C A Fishel at Model Tailors.
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W. A. Daugherty
Grandview Courts
High School
Alpine
Otis Turner
Trullinger
4Th Ave
6Th St
C. A. Fishel
Model Tailors
College Band May Skip Centennial Trip
Sur Ross College band faces doubts about a Texas Centennial trip. Director Thomas B Granger cites union musicians in Dallas and only partial funding as obstacles. If canceled, funds will buy sweaters for band members to advertise Alpine and the school.
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Sur Ross Colege
Thomas B. Granger
Granger
Dallas
Here's One Barber Shop Where Barbers Listen Not Talk
Washington report describes the exclusive House of Representatives barber shop where barbers remain silent and do not respond to congressmen speaking to them. They break their silence only when addressed, continuing a unique quiet routine inside the precinct.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Barbers Silence Shapes Washington Style in Wartime
In a peculiar display of restraint barbers William Neal and Thomas Butler pride themselves on quiet conversations. They believe even casual remarks about weather or boxing prowess could affect state affairs as lawmakers respond with near whispered yes or no. A representative once began a speech while his face was lathered and a barber waited for the proper phrase before the congressman spoke. Special Demonstration: Charles of
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William Neal
Thomas Butler
Joe | Louis
Jack Dempsey
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