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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1936
Page
2
A fragmented historical note describes spices like ginger black peppercorns sage thyme and cinnamon used in baking apple pie. It mentions brown sugar cloves nutmeg and several aromas and textures, highlighting how spice blends create sweet tart flavors and a festive, scented finish.
A beverage idea from Jane Rogers presents iced coffee with a Hawaiian pineapple twist. Mix sugar water and orange for 10 minutes, cool, strain, then blend with cold coffee and natural pineapple juice. Serve over crushed ice in glasses for six servings.
A highway marker near Alpine on U S 90 points travelers toward McDonald Observatory atop Mount Locke, noting the 42 mile road distance though actual overland span is nearer 25 miles. Fort Devin crowds spike Sundays as motorists head to the observatory and nearby towns. Young People organize at Sikliman Grove, forming Bloys Young People Fellowship Council led by Miss Dorothy Clark with Miss Audrey Miller as VP and Tyrone Kelley as secretary treasurer. the group aims to foster social and spiritual welfare with a grounds tabernacle for meetings and planned meals apart from adult camps.
The chamber notes receipt of state health department tourist camp guides listing all approved ramps in Texas towns. Dallas shows 16 camps and courts. Fort Worth 28. We plan to place guides in hotels and camps for Centennial visitors and invite use. A monthly chamber banquet drew about 50. Bluebonnet Study club to handle entertainment at the July 27 meeting. Scrapbook expands with canyon and Rio Grande pictures highlighting bluff scenes and native blooms.
Miss Margaret Linn completed a week of intensive study at the Gossard School of Corsetry in Dallas and earned the Graduate Corsetiere diploma after passing exams in fitting stock-keeping and selling. The school promotes advances in corset design and feminine beauty through expert instruction and rigorous grading.
The most candid candidate in the current campaign emerges in Albia Iowa. Cyrus Hill says he will run for the Monroe County Board of Supervisors for the term beginning January 2, 1987. He notes that many friends did not solicit his candidacy.
Mr W T Powell of Monahans visiting Sul Ross sent three firearm exhibits to the museum a Civil War era pistol dated 1807 and a muzzle loading flintlock among others describing finds from a cave near the Chisos mountains in Texas. Also noted are local events including an old fashioned box supper at the gym and a tale of a Black Widow spider feasting on a coach whip snake. Mrs Purvell and daughter from Phoenix visited Fort Davis this week.
Eagar Peterson of Pomona California and western towns earned a reputation as a super salesman by his teens. Before turning 17 he allegedly sold an oil derrick, a barn, two unoccupied houses, a sugar company employees' club house, and other properties he never owned. Police captured him in Phoenix about to sell a Pullman train car for $100 on the way to Dallas Centennial.
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