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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1921
Page
5
On June 1 the Avalanche subscription list will be revised. overdue accounts may lose their status due to mailing limits and press-room constraints. Readers are urged to pay in advance to avoid dropping from the list. Local social notes follow with many names and weekend visits across Alpine and nearby towns.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Middlebrook Ethel and Jim Watters and Family express gratitude for acts of kindness and words of sympathy following their mother's death.
J B Spence owner of ten acres in Alpine Valley west town sent five Bermuda white onions from November planted seed a four pound sample with the largest at one and a quarter pounds grown without fertilizer on irrigated land. The garden sample was photographed and a cut will be made.
At a Monday meeting in the chamber of commerce rooms the Alpine Retail Merchants Association perfected its organization by electing Gillian Bechtel as permanent secretary. Bechtel is expected to be an efficient officer and the group, composed of active members, anticipates good results.
Mr and Mrs A Dewee of Palm Beach Florida announce the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebrated at their Palm Beach home last week in May Alpine friends send greetings and wish them long life and happiness.
The Methodist revival led by Dr John Andrews Evangelistic Company attracts attendees in Alpine. Rev Andrews delivers forceful sermons while Miss Andrews showcases a powerful mezzo soprano and Dr Starbuck leads the choir. Each service grows in attendance as hope rises for spiritual influence and church membership. Hubert M Smith Pastor.
W P Ray pastor of the Baptist church returns Tuesday from Chattanooga where he attended the Southern Baptist Convention. In the Pecos field the derrick destroyed by fire at the Laura well is being rebuilt.
The Alpine High School auditorium overflowed for closing exercises led by school board president J D Jackson. Awards crowned top students, Miss Francis Gillett earned a ten dollar gold piece, and Little Miss Blanche Cotter won the Garnett medal. A production titled Princess Chrysanthemum featured Kathleen Newell as the princess with attendants and a cast of young students, praised for costumes and performances.
On a Sunday night a newsboy or train newsman was arrested by two officers after allegedly possessing four quarts of liquor on a Southern Pacific eastbound train between here and El Paso. He reportedly offered to sell more during the stop, resisted arrest, and was jailed locally before being taken to Marfa for federal processing.
The Alpine Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion meeting slated for tonight is postponed until June 14 Flag Day. An appropriate program will be presented then.
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