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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1945
Page
4
The Alpine Avalanche outlines subscription pricing and rates for notices and advertisements. It notes reading notices at ten cents per line for the first insertion and per-line charges for subsequent insertions. It mentions wintering as second class matter in Alpine Texas under federal post office rules.
A string of disjointed lines and jokes appear to be clipped fragments from a humor page or column. The items include misheard phrases about etiquette and speech, a pretend conversation about ivory carvings, a golf satire, a newlywed exchange, and a car crash gag. Names, places, dates, or events are not clearly identifiable. The piece reads as a collage of snippets rather than a single event.
A humorous fragment portrays Finnegan greeting St Peter at the pearly gates. St Peter jokes that a million years pass as a minute and a million dollars as small change. Finnegan asks for cash land, and St Peter invites him to wait a minute.
Beaver church services include morning worship at 11 and evening sessions at 7. Midweek Wednesday teachers meeting at 7. Catholic Masses Sundays at 9 and 10 20 and weekday 7 30. Francis Juaniz pastor invites readers to a series of Bible themes and church board meeting after morning worship all are welcome.
A fragment discusses the Golden Text from Ezekiel urging repentance and life over wickedness, and cites a Bible verse inviting tithes to the storehouse with a promise of blessings. The text hints at the lesson structure and the practice of quoting scripture within the lesson-sermon.
Local notices announce worship schedules across churches including St James Episcopal and First Church. Service times cover morning and evening prayers with Sunday school at 9:45, confirmations by Bishop Stanley May 29, and youth programs led by church leaders.
Sunday Bible school at 10 a.m. Morning worship at 11. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening service at 7:30. Pastor David H. Walworth extends a cordial welcome.
The Presbyterian Church announces a morning program starting at 10 a.m. with worship for all ages and a 11 a.m. service welcoming all participants. Choir rehearsal directed by W. C. Friesen is scheduled for Wednesday at 1:90 p.m.
Range Pow Wow notes George Margus, a pioneer oil and water well driller of Marston, has just completed a 690 foot well on a West Pyle Cattle Co. ranch, with a 25 gallon per minute pumping test. He also brought in two other wells seven miles farther, and two more wells near town are mentioned. The report includes plans for a pipeline to a dry spot and various water findings, plus local weather and community notes. The Sanctuary is open daily and evenings for prayer and meditation, with services for service members and families. Fred S. Rogers, Pastor.
Lingua items recount visits by D R Thompson to Lutbock and Cora Fulcher, Mrs Walsh on leave from Terlingua school, Jimmie Parker visiting Irving, Ben Angus resigning at Esperado mine and moving to Golden Colorado, Sam Nail moving stock to new Marathon ranch, Herbert Wright in Odessa, and community updates. Terlingua and Study Butte schools close. several residents travel, work shifts, and local business moves noted including G H Hernandez, Rodriguez place store, windmill, and orchard plans. Christmas mountains interests pursued by F Fernandez and W Odell. Residents attend First Aid course in Big Spring. Don Hamilton from Red Cross teaches. Mrs Chandiey returns to Alpine for summer.
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