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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1923
Page
3
Fort Davis visitors John Prude Herbert Kokernot Jr and Charles Coleman update the Alpine scene. Rentals for furnished rooms near Normal Hill and a five room house for rent or sale are listed alongside autos and a Ford sedan sale. Local visits include Marfa and San Angelo, with church and funeral notices and a Brewster Oil Co interest.
Married at the Baptist parsonage in Rock Springs Thursday afternoon Rev Woods officiated as L Ed Booker of Alpine wed Miss Ollie Bridges of Youngsport Bell county Texas The couple after overland travel to Alpine will reside there with well wishes from The Avalanche and their families.
Next Sunday the First Presbyterian church invites members and others to celebrate Easter. The program features 10 o clock Sunday School on The Walk to Emmaus, 11 o clock Easter service with special music, quarterly communion, and an Easter recital titled A Handful of Clay by Miss Ruth Jenkins at 8 o clock. J A McMillan is the pastor.
The notice urges punctual worship at 9 45 a m and promotes the church’s mission to help people become virtuous. It invites unemployed readers to join a great enterprise by following Reader Jesus, with a series of meetings ending Sunday evening and additional sessions before then.
Students are preparing an entertainment for Saturday April 7 to raise funds to send the district winner to Austin. The county track meet runs April 6 and 7 between Alpine and Marathon. An elimination contest will decide who represents the school in the district Declamation. The Senior class flag was raised and floated until Friday. the Junior flag also raised but did not float long.
The program lists topics and participants for an April 1 1923 Junior Christian Endeavor meeting. Leader Anna Dee Phelps conducts sessions on Remember God and When should we accept God. Includes songs 159 and 133, scripture Ecclesiastes 12 1 7, prayers Mrs Brown and others, talks by Miss Billingsley, and roll call by the secretary.
The church announces a full week timetable with events led by T A Beard Ruth Jenkins Inez Evans Dorothy Derrick Mrs W Van Sickle and H M Smith. Activities include choir practice Sunday school Easter service junior program league mission study and prayer meeting across Saturday to Wednesday.
The arrival of J W Breiner from Pittsburg restores activity in Alpine with Arco Development Company resuming work on the Hovey well which stands near 3700 feet and to be sunk about 1000 feet deeper. Portland Syndicate head C Coulter and J E Doddridge are at the Portland well as machinery is being installed. The Brewster Corporation well waits on casing while Texas Joe is revealed as EK Forrester of El Central visiting Brewster prospects.
Mr Howard E Perry entertained guests for a weekend at his Terlingua home with Judge and Mrs Wigfall Van Sickle Miss Billingsley Miss Eva Sweet Miss Bess Newton Miss Grace King and Mr Thos V Skaggs. They toured the Grand Canyon of the Rio Grande near Santa Helena and praised Miss King violin and Miss Sweet readings. The hosts hospitality helped overlook the long rough road to the event.
A steady rain arrives after a cold snap easing with fog and mist, aiding grass and pasture growth. The county hears a declamation contest at the high school and invites cake orders from Mrs. A L Alldridge. A list of Marathon residents and supporters for a manual training table is published, noting 16 present and nine missing. The editor recalls a prior visit to Marathon and a conversation about local public-spirited citizens in Alpine.
Obituary recalls the life of Rev. George W. Baines Sr. a Texas Baptist minister and educator born 1848 in Louisiana. He served many Texas towns including Alpine and El Paso, built churches, taught at Baylor University, and died March 21 1923 in Fort Worth leaving wife Annie M. Baines and six children.
The Court of Civil Appeals in El Paso affirms the trial court ruling sustaining Brewster County against Pecos County over a boundary dispute. Lands in the contested area have taxes held in escrow for two years awaiting settlement. A new hearing motion is filed and a Supreme Court review seems likely.
An early 20th century advertisement explains nasal catarrh as a cold related illness. It promotes Halls Catarrh Medicine with an ointment for local use and a blood acting tonic claiming to reduce susceptibility to colds. Distributed by Wall Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
A. J. Beaty, agent, lists all types of insurance including accident health and auto. Alpine location noted with contact line 7-15-tf.
Fragment mentions taking someone to Murray opposite the Ree House if she does not hit on six. No clear individuals, events, or verifiable details available.
Mr H T Fletcher of the O2 Ranch purchased a carload of registered Hereford bulls from George Boles of Lubbock and a small herd from City Secretary W A Daugherty of Alpine. He may travel to Lubbock this week to arrange shipment. Highland Hereford president W B Mitchell and Fletcher attended the Arizona Cattlemen's Association gathering before the Texas convention in El Paso.
The Woman's Council of the Presbyterian church hosts an Easter Cake and Candy Sale on Saturday March 31 at Palace Pharmacy. A great variety of Easter cakes and candies will be available for purchase. Proceeds support church activities.
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