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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
7
Community notices describe a burnt clay porcelain burner found on the McCutcheon land offered for porch decoration, damaged but repairable. Local news records Andrew F. Newton of Valentine dying in Bertram while visiting Austin, and ongoing regional travels of the Blanton and Withers families detailing mountain scenery and thrift lessons amid hard times.
Fort Davis will host the semi annual district convention of the Texas association of local aid insurance officials on August 5. R C Withers reports twenty to thirty insurance men expected with officials from the state department of Insurance promising attendance from Brownsville to Amarillo. Also noted are visits by Mrs Expy Miller and Mrs James Prentice while stockmen visit Hereford field day.
A social group at Fort Davis hosted a bridge luncheon in honor of Mise Elizabeth Jennings and the forthcoming marriage of Miss Lady Bird Fowlkes. Guests included Audrey Miller Lillian Grubb Ruth Esther Sproul Tommy Louise Espy and others as high score prizes and gifts were awarded amid festive details.
The obituary notes W. B. Bogle who died June 21 in a El Paso hospital and was buried there. He was about seventy three, long a Fort Davis community figure, former postmaster and kin ranch worker. A tale from his past recalls a Fort Davis baseball game where his humorous moment calmed a tense crowd.
Fort Davis and Alpine residents welcome a rumored visit by Governor Sterling for a Wwok-wee event at Paisano camp. The march of attendees is led by noted state figures including Mrs H M Jones, Mrs Hicks Gray, Mrs D Wood and Dr and Mrs Me.
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