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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1933
Page
2
Local notes report County Assessor C E Jones completing 1933 Balmorhea district assessments and visiting Valentine. A Shady Nook Inn study club session covered Browning with programs on Browning, Rabbi Ben Ezra, and Pied Piper of Hamelin. Members planned donations to Sul Ross loans and color for Christmas trees.
A mixed bag of rural notices, plays, local lore, and personal tidbits. A school production of An Arizona Cowboy draws praise from Miss Weatherby and the cast including Mabel Bloys and Otis Grubb. Nearby, Emily the Apache girl’s grave is marked by Girl Scouts with local memory of Emily’s bravery. W. C. Meeks builds a stone fence at Stone Village camp to shield yard from livestock. The column also notes a Port Davis Monterrey trip plan, a July 17 to August 12 schedule, and Fort Worth rodeo results alongside family visits and light tragedy and humor from everyday life.
Brewster county commissioners appointed election board officials to serve the next two years at the Monday meeting. Precincts list named officials including JW Garett Pink Phelps J D Young Otis Kim and others across five precincts. The court also rejected extending the county demonstration agent’s contract for another year amid routine business and a one day session.
Joe Harmon, service officer for Big Bend Post, American Legion, this week ordered twelve government headstones for deceased Confederate veterans buried in the Aline cemetery. Anyone knowing the name of any veteran of the Civil, Spanish American or World wars buried there is asked to contact the local service officer with the veteran's name to ensure no grave is left unmarked. The headstones are furnished free by the government with freight paid, and if no relative is known, the felon will erect the monument.
One school trustee seat will be filled at the Batundtay election to be held at the courthouse. Dr C E Eatons name is expected to appear on the ticket via citizen petition led by RC Withers and son Le Robert. Also noted: Mr Withers and son plan to visit San Angelo to see Mrs Withers, possibly returning in two to three weeks. An art camp for Mexise is mentioned in a letter from Harry Anthony DeYoung regarding his art students.
Local items report visits by Al Jones and family of Cordell Oklahoma to Castalon Terlingua and Study Butte, with relatives W R Cartledge and R L Cartledge. Other entries note trips to Alpine Marathon Presno Canyon and Marathon area, a ranch weekend ride, a school visit by Billy Jack Burcham, and a photo-friendly local picnic at Johnson farm.
W H Southwell at 30 the old Oakes property began an experimental quicksilver resort last week. Mr Crawford of Ingersoll Rand Machinery Co renewed acquaintances in Study Butte and Terlingua Sunday.
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