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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1939
Page
6
The churches announce an evening service at 8 o'clock led by Vicar Rev. George Wood. The public is cordially invited to attend this devotional gathering.
Bible school at 9 45 with John Weyerts directing classes for all ages. Communion at 10 50 with E L Beiley as guest speaker on Honoring Parents. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 joined by Presbyterian youths. No evening service. Rev J A Kearns, Pastor.
Regular worship will be held at 11 a m and 8 p m at the Legion Hall. Pastor Earl C Moering will preach on Buy Without Money and O Sing Unto the Lord A New Song. All are invited.
Morning worship begins at 10 50 with a sermon by the pastor and music by the choir. Church school starts at 9 45 for all ages. A cordial welcome to all from Franklin R Poage, Pastor.
The notice lists Sunday school at 9 45, morning worship with a 6 30 sermon by the minister, and Christian Endeavor activities with Methodist church youths. May meetings are at the Presbyterian church. No evening service due to Sul Roas Baccalaureate. Pastor J T Morrow invites worship.
Hens Jorgensen near Union Grove Wisconsin reports theft by unknown burglars who stole two four foot windmill towers 200 feet of pipe and 400 pipe fittings. The incident highlights security concerns for rural farmers and equipment losses.
Classified notes seek buy sell trade of ranches farms and rental properties. Buyers offer cash payments and notes. requests include 10 000 acre fenced ranches improved French leases with good tenants and irrigation properties for Alpine or Lower Rio Grande areas. Party seeks tourist camp site and more houses for rent or sale due to high demand.
If it pertains to land call us. We offer abstracts title insurance fire and comprehensive coverage gates and rentals. We help secure loans through F H A for remodeling painting roofing repair and new construction. Have you seen our book of helps and plans.
The Farm Security Administration loaned 898,344 statewide in April to 2455 low income Texas farmers, nearing the seven million dollar annual cap. Brewster County received 14,226 of that April total, with about 40 farmers in the county and two dozen eligible for loans to boost profitability. Propst notes demand remains high and most funds are expected to be repaid, mirroring repayments from last year.
Sul Ross college hosts a summer program where students can earn a half credit. First grade duties are led by Mrs. Faye Vice. The first six weeks of fifth grade are under Mrs. Evelyn Waldrum, with the second six weeks led by Miss Josephine Steuber, elementary supervisor for El Paso schools.
Elinor Ray, vice-president of Alpine chapter of Future Home-makers of Texas, notes school board funds of 500 dollars funded new furnishings and fixtures. The Foods Lab features red ivory and black colors with inlaid linoleum, black ivory furniture, and red and white china. The Clothing Lab gains new tables and Spanish motifs with hand-printed linen drapes and colored pottery. The dining living area now has a gate-leg table, studio couch, fiddle-back chairs, rug, drapes, Venetian blinds, and a tea wagon plus crystal set from the second year girls.
West Texas high schools Marathon Buena Vista Balmorhea Valentine Fort Davis Van Horn Pyote Fort Hancock and Toyah join a six man football conference. Chairman J A Adams Buena Vista and secretary B E Coan Fort Davis lead the district. Round robin schedule starts September 16 and runs through November 18 with four home and four away games. Davis Mountains Coaching School to be held in July sponsored by John Prude.
Mr and Mrs George M Benson and their son in law and daughter Bill and Inda Hale of Odessa left Monday for Princeton New Jersey to attend their daughter Indas graduation from Westminster Choir College on the 25th The party traveled US 90 through Houston Mobile Atlanta Washington and Philadelphia and plans to return via Detroit around early June.
Cash prizes were awarded in the Poppy Poster contest sponsored by The American Legion Auxiliary. First prize went to Elizabeth Montgomery, second to Earlene Scher, and third to Evabeth Montgomery, all fifth and sixth graders in Marathon schools. supervised by Mrs. W. T. Burnham with judges Mrs. Edna Maxey Mrs. Ann Davis and Mrs. Virgil Williams.
Mrs. Earl Scudday and her son Earl of Del Rio suffered slight injuries when an auto bus collided with their car near the city pumping plant on U S highway 90 at the east edge of town last Thursday night. Both vehicles sustained considerable damage.
The report notes rains with a pinkish tinge, described as blood colored, tied to unusual atmospheric conditions. It mentions the Mediterrane an region and a sense of earthward currents washing down toward the sea.
Dr. G P Smith of Sun Rose faculty spoke at the Kiwanis club luncheon in San Angelo on Big Bend park. He repeated the illustrated lecture that evening before a large audience of Boy Scouts and federal employees.
Rotary luncheon focused on creating a boys under 18 baseball league with about sixty players divided into four teams. Each team will have Rotary sponsors and a weekly game schedule across two seasons, the first ending in mid July, then a reshuffle for a second season. Thirty nine Rotarians attended with M. P. Slover as a guest. a softball game with the Lions was planned at Central Ward school at 6 p.m.
DETROIT reports Chevrolet sales rise over 1938 through April 1939. Final April totals show new passenger car and truck deliveries up 233 percent vs April 1938, with 76,801 total sales. In the last 10 days ending April 30, 29,863 passenger cars and trucks were sold, up 4,668 from the prior 10 days. Truck sales also rise, boosting the monthly total to a new high.
Official photographer E. P. Haddon of the state game commission photographed birds on Davis mountain and antelope in the region. Game Warden Tom Redford accompanied him and said color pictures will likely be shown at public gatherings in West Texas towns.
The article notes that 43 upstairs rooms at the El Capitan hotel in Van Horn are undergoing air conditioning work as part of ongoing improvements in the county. Details about dates or costs are not provided in the readable text.
Rudolph Johns owner of the Aztec Cactus company from Presidio has left for New York to arrange a Big Bend display to be shown at the fair.
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