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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1927
Page
4
Local column from Alpine Texas discusses notices and notices fees, with references to management and reporting of statements about character. Mentions conscription, rates, and post office regulations with historical dates and names.
D J Guinan secretary Ayoreo town visited the city Monday meeting local officials. The aim was advice on operating a chamber and to promote more trade for the Mexican Border highway through Alpine and Sanderson linking El Paso with San Antonio. Delegates from southern route chambers invited for Monday May 23 to coordinate promotion efforts and joint advertising.
The fire at the residence was contained before spreading, with efforts limiting damage as a stream was directed onto the site. No further details on casualties or exact location are available in the fragment.
Coach Shotwell directs junior midgets aged 69 in a yard dash at Piel Day. Meth Wright takes first place, Sublet second, with the event marking a win for the East Siders and illustrating local youth competition and athletic effort.
Melton, longtime Cuero schools superintendent here, will take the Cuero post next year. J H Head, current Cuero superintendent, will replace Melton here, with an exchange of places. Melton stays through summer and will teach at Sut Row summer school. Cuero’s schools are reputed among the best in the state and the new position is described as very lucrative.
Col. John Perkins former Brewster County chamber of commerce president was named as delegate by the organization to the West Texas chamber of commerce meeting in Wichita. Wade, head of the West Texas Chamber, asked Perkins to fix a pulpit in a Bartburnett church for Sunday evening. Delegates would visit Various Churches of West and neighboring Vinnelton that night. Perkins may not stay to reach Wichita on time.
The Woman's Council of the Presbyterian Church met Thursday afternoon with four brief business sessions followed by a social hour. Hostess duties featured a tea course as Mesdames Perkins McMurry Foreheimer Caldwell Engle Walter Garnett Burns Hurnam Wood Etheridge Turney and Mrs Bal Davin attended.
Highland Realty in Alpine Texas advertises multiple properties including a 5 section Brewster County ranch with 97440 address, a 25 600 acre Brewster County patented railroad land sale at 2 00 per acre, a 40 acre truck and chicken ranch near highway with fruit trees and wells, a 100m modern home near High School for 5500 with terms, a 6 acre Alpine tract with trees and water, and rental and oil lease opportunities plus a downtown garage for 4 per month. Contact E A Peffley manager for particulars.
Weather notes describe light rain with hail in Alpine and nearby regions. Reports indicate showers northward to Kimball County, with no major damage or lasting impacts observed. Authorities caution motorists about slick roads while the hail subsided by evening.
A small ad promises a remedy for pyorrhea with a guarantee of return if unsatisfied. It mentions a druggist and Leto’s pyorrhea and urges readers to seek the Hatace Pharmacy solution.
Alpine’s Mothers Day services did not boost turnout with a 24 person drop in Sunday School attendance. A record crowd of 173 attended at the Baptists, just 18 below the Easter high. Weekly totals reached 429 across Episcopal, Church of Christ, Christian, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist groups.
Sparks and Bledsoe of Presidio met Alpine chamber of commerce directors Wednesday to discuss matters pertaining to the building of the Orient.
County Commissioners in regular monthly sessions sit as board of equalization this week per Judge James A. Burke, chairman. The board has been in session since Monday and will complete its work as an equalization board today, with D. G. Moumand, J. A. Anderson, W. D. Bureham, and Clarence Hord present.
The Alpine baseball club will play a home game Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock against Sanderson at Jackson Field. A good contest is promised to fans as the teams meet on the home diamond.
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