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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1936
Page
2
Fort Davis reports a serious car crash Saturday night injuring the Brennand family. Their twenty month old daughter was severely injured, possibly with a skull fracture, later said to likely recover. Mr. Brennand and his wife were shaken. the crash occurred at a street intersection with the other driver a friend of the Brennands.
A birthday dinner honored Mr Merrill's eighty five year old grandmother Mrs M B Anderson at the Merrill home in Limpia Canyon. Also celebrated were milestones of Mr and Mrs J W Merrill and Barry Scobee. Other guests included Mrs Scobee Hicks Gray Mrs R Le Irving her mother Mrs M J Boyd ninety four and Miss Verna Gray. It was a splendid dinner and a pleasant day for all.
Piano tuner with thirty years experience offers college tuning and stringed instrument repair services. Leave inquiries at Avalanche office, J. B. By.
West Methodist Church lists Sunday programs with church school at 9:45, departmental worship, a Mother's Day sermon with choir music by Tom Reworth, and an evening sermon by Pastor R F Davis. Baptist Church announces Mother's Day observance next Sunday with Sunday School at 9:45, BTU at 7:15, and sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Pastor Buren Sparks leads.
The Presbyterian Sunday school will meet at 9 45 a m and public worship at 1 am with Mother's Day observed in both. Special programs are planned. Pastor David J Murray leads the Christian Science services and the lesson subject Adam and Fallen Man will be read in all churches. The Golden Text is Cease ye from man for wherein is he to be accounted of Isaiah 2 22. The lesson includes Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven Matthew 5 48 and material from the Christian Science Health section.
Bill Cotter announces candidacy for precinct No 1 commissioner. Reared in Alpine he ran ranching ventures and aims to handle county affairs in a businesslike manner, serving taxpayers to the best of his ability. He asks voters’ consideration of his candidacy.
Drilling at the city well on South Hill was temporarily halted due to a breakdown. The drill reached 490 feet with about 10 feet left to completion before operations were suspended amid a hard black rock formation.
Mrs. Graves Bogel's Fort Davis class earned the loving cup at the Southwest Piano Tournament held at Sul Ross College last Saturday, with medals awarded to Mary Loui Smith Fort Davis high school, Tyrel DeVolin Fort Davis sub‑high, Margaret Ann Carter Rankin intermediate, Charlene Taylor Rankin sub‑intermediate, and Coralyne Lewis McCamey primary. Towns represented included Alpine Fort Davis Rankin Mel Camey and Valenteen with their respective teachers.
Texas Railroad Commission extends emergency feed rates to June 30 after livestock groups request prolongation. County Agent Ernest Gibbons notes original expiry was April 10. Rail lines aligning with extension include Rock Island, St Worth & Denver, and Southern Pacific, with Texas and Pacific opposing.
A freak sheep exhibited this week by Al Kinsey at his North Alpine home. The animal has four horns two on the right shaped like mountain sheep and two on the left one curving downward and the other backward. Kinsey, who found the sheep south of the river country, seeks an exhibitor for the animal at the Centent Dallas.
Texas Centennial in Dallas drives information requests as residents and visitors seek state literature and details on observance. The campaign mails descriptive material to each inquirer, reflecting broad public interest in the yearlong celebration.
The Avalanche urges readers to print candidates’ cards locally at reasonable prices and questions sending orders out of town. It promotes advertising in the home paper to keep trades and information within the community.
Considerable local interest attends a series of roping contests run by Frank Woodward near Northwest Alpine. The inaugural event on April 26 drew cowboys from Alpine Fort Davis Marathon. Clive Acton led with 112 seconds, followed by Ray 112 and Dave Waller at 134. Judges were Earl McElroy John Young and F Woodward. A case of beer was awarded to the winner. Next contest scheduled Sunday afternoon with biweekly followups at the same spot. public invited.
The article describes a May wolf and antelope fight, a wolf driven off by the herd, and eagles preying on lambs near Davish mountains. It notes antelope sightings in Jeff Davis Presidio and Brewster counties, a fast pronghorn described with a mane, and speeds of 45 to 50 mph. It mentions anticipated antelope population growth with the Trans-Pecos region. Advertisements for garden tools and local officials follow.
The text notes Sam Houston retired to a beautiful estate within Huntsville city limits and that thousands will visit his old home during the Texas Centennial year. It also reports Mrs. H. R. Gard of Alpine won a Post cereals Texas history contest prize amid thousands of participants.
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