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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
4
In a valedictory speech the Governor reflects on four years of service to Texas and thanks supporters. He praises truth, duty, and public service, notes no spite, and passes leadership to Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, bidding farewell as a private citizen. He pledges to stay hopeful and healthful while leaving office.
Sul Ross students preview the 1925 Brand annual with full page outdoor scenes and college color. The Lobo features throughout, a humorous section titled The Branding Iron, and witty photos by Tub. Faculty praise the artistry, claiming the drawings are among the best for a college yearbook.
The column includes a challenging crossword dubbed The Hundinger with instructions and partial clues. It ends with a tax notice from City Tax Assessor W. A. Daugherty requesting property renditions for 1925 at the Berkeley Building, noting personal property not needed.
West Texas city superintendents join the Sul Ross State Teachers College summer faculty. J. H. Head of Fort Stockton to conduct and teach education and history. G. W. Page of Brownwood to teach mathematics and science. Session runs June 2 to August 3.
The American Legion of Alpine donated seven volumes titled The Great Events of the Great War to Sul Ross Library. Originating materials include illustrations by the U S Signal Corps and bindings reproducing the Versailles Peace Treaty art. The gift enhances the library and was well received by students.
A poem from the Blossburg Herald complains about readers blaming printers for errors in manuscripts. It humorously notes delays, rushed submissions, and the frantic proofing process, highlighting the clash between expectation and actual print timelines.
A broad informational letter to Texas superintendents covers apportionment payments, census procedures, and changes to census forms. It notes March census completion, revised family surname enrollment, and the impact of bills on textbooks, county superintendents, and school funding. It also references Sam Houston Day programs, pupil classification rules, and multiple prize essay opportunities with deadlines.
In Austin Texas March 5 the National Tuberculosis Association cautions against false hopes in sanocrysin an alleged TB cure used by Danish professor Holger Mollgård. U S health authorities require a license for interstate sale and animal studies will take months before any human treatment is considered.
There are six whole time county health units in Texas most run with International Health Board support. Counties on cooperative work are Tarrant Falls Hidalgo McLennan Nueces with Dallas funding locally. Programs cover quarantine prenatal care school hygiene water milk safety and health education.
A man tests affection of a bulldog with a pat, finds the dog unfriendly. Another uses a candle to search for a gas leak and confirms it. A man fails to beat the interurban at a crossing. A man touches a live wire to test charge and confirms it. He also trims advertising to save money without success.
The calendar lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m preaching at 11 00 a m Sunbeams and Junior B Y P U at 3 00 p m Mexican Mission at 4 00 p m Senior and Intermediate B Y P U at 6 45 p m prayer meeting every Wednesday at 7 30 W M U every Tuesday afternoon at 3 Evening Service at 7 30.
The Methodist Church lists Sunday activities including Sunday School at 9 45, preaching at 11, Junior Epworth League at 3, Senior Epworth League at 6 45, evening sermon at 7 30, and weekly meetings on Tuesday 3 pm W M S Wednesday 7 30 Bible Study, Friday 7 30 Choir Practice. Visitors welcome. Pastor John W Chisholm B D.
Sunday Morning features 8 30 Holy Mass Benediction in English sermon. 10:00 Holy Mass and sermon in Spanish for language learners. Evening offers catechetical instruction at 3 and Rosary in Spanish at 7 30 plus 8 30 moving pictures. Weekdays include 7 00 am Mass 7 30 pm Rosary and Bible reading in Spanish.
Sheriff W N Gourley will sell at public auction in Alpine Texas on the first Tuesday of April 1925 between 10 a m and 4 p m the lands of Herbert Wigzell abstract 6534 6535 6536 totaling about 1630 acres located 60 miles south of Marathon Texas to satisfy an execution in Roy Stillwell vs Herbert Wigzell district court Brewster County Texas. Deputy W B Hamilton assists.
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