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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
5
The Avalanche reports sermons at the Methodist and Presbyterian churches, oil business visits by Franks and Mrs Wendel, a Las Cruces pastorate offer to Rev Reemtsma, irrigation farm visits near Miles, and a galore of social happenings including concerts, theater, and court house dance invites.
Last lyceum night in Alpine featured Henry & Co in a highly praised program. The act showcased new magic, unique spirit painting, and upside down sand paintings that captivated the crowd and impressed the audience.
Five dollar reward offered for the finder of a watch charm on a black ribbon bearing a Masonic Double Eagle on both sides. Reward paid upon returning the charm to Avalanche office.
Rev Reemtsma will preach at the Baptist church Friday night at Marathon. You are invited to attend. Also note electrical welding work warranted with satisfaction guaranteed by Big Bend Auto and Repair, north of the courthouse.
The Ladies Missionary Society of the Baptist Church will hold an all day meeting Thursday March 31 with lunch at noon. Morning session 9 30 features devotions readings from foreign mission boards and reports from Uruguay Africa and Mexico. Afternoon session 1 30 includes talks on prayer and world views with prayer for health and pledges to the 75 Million dollar campaign. Visitors welcomed.
Adjutant S Justing led the Alpine mission to organize an Alpine advisory board for the Salvation Army Home Service. Officers include Bry an Montague as president and Homer Ferguson as vice president, with J D Jackson F Gillett and A S Koonce among members from Alpine and Fred Clarke of Marathon. The board will study local needs to determine how the Army can best serve the county, continuing its aim to alleviate distress with a preventative approach.
The text outlines county responsibilities including poverty relief for the aged infirm and unemployed dependents, juvenile delinquency, contributory causes, and missing persons. It notes these are reported to state headquarters and directed at both boys and girls and men and women.
J D Sullivan an experienced electrician and auto repairman along with J D Childers have taken charge of a new auto repair shop and plant. Sullivan formerly supervised the military transport shop at Camp Marfa and understands automobile internals. Childers is also skilled in auto repair.
Empire Theater program lists The Tiger Girl The Woman Strikes The Girl of the Timber Claims and Big Happiness with dates and a lost watch chain reward. Mention of Calumet Baking Powder interest in Culberson county leases worth 590000 and Texas pipeline oil volumes for January 1900s with Breckenridge Pull field Gulf coast Burkburnett ranking in output.
The Baptist church adult Bible class invites all adults not in other Sunday schools to visit on Sunday March 27. Lesson titled The Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Meeting at 9:45 AM with acting secretary N. A. Westerfield. Also a note about batteries overhauled at Auto & Repair Shop north of Court House.
FOR SALE Five room house and one lot and a half south of railway tract spine Texas J L Martin Jr 12 tt r TM FOR SALE OR TRADE One four year old Hambletonian racing mare shop made saddle and chapps mare same age and size broke to match other mare with harness for both for first class work team Will sell on terms Trade in on 4 duty cows pay difference of in on a strip Ford Leos Jefius Calexico Ls miles west of Mt Signal store 12 45
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