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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1940
Page
2
Local residents report trips to San Antonio Dallas Fort Stockton and Salt Lake City. Names include Mr and Mrs J W Gillett M C Pete Adams Mab McCool S B Slight D N Scott and J F Scott. Also F C Spann J L Anderson Roscoe Casner and others face health issues and relocations.
Miss Frances Cotter a Seagraves teacher is due in town for a weekend visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Cotter. Olin Blackie Tipps a Sul Ro graduate also teaching at Seagraves will accompany her to see former school friends. Mrs Carroll Vaughn returned from San Angelo where she spent weeks under chiropractic treatment and her condition is improved. Dr Vaughn drove to San Angelo to assist recovery.
Texas Game Fish and Oyster commission tests one deer at a time traps in the Hill country, modeling after Pisgah forest devices. Twenty-one deer were captured the first night, with plans to install 200 traps next season to restock depleted areas. C. C. Reeder reports a four bearded turkey and a small horned buck as unusual trophies. A released deer near Foote ranch in Colorado county was killed after three years, showing the home-liking trait. Squirrel season seeks a general closed period due to declining numbers, with exceptions for orchard owners. Church notices follow.
Notice to candidates states that announcement fees are payable in advance. Fees list include Precinct 46, County 10 dollars, District 16 dollars. The Avalanche authorizes announcements for offices subject to voters in the Democratic Primary on July 21, 194. Per Shortt, Assessor and Collector of Taxes, and County Judge B. Slight seeks re election.
Max Henry a stage performer retired and known as Friday to Kate Davis joins Sul Ross College as a freshman in the student body. He lives in Beach Hall majors in band and claims to be a psychologist able to analyze any student. Henry came to Sul Ross from Wink via Hollywood and vaudeville circuits.
The readable fragments reference a lesson sermon citing Bible verses about seeing God and the Son, alongside an ordinance from Dayton Ohio banning cow feeding or sidewalk use. The text remains incomplete with garbled OCR but indicates a municipal rule affecting public sidewalks.
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