Gas Line Progress Slows Through Pecos Valley Fields
Work on the main Pecos Valley to Fort Stockton gas line and onward to Alpine and Marfa advances slowly as Sidney Words, manager of the Big Mend Pipe Line Company, promises Alpine residents the line will arrive by winter. Ditching nears completion with seven miles done and two more miles laid on the 22 mile main line. pipe is tested at 400 pounds pressure. The Fort Stockton distributing system will be the Fort Stockton Gas Company, purchasing fuel from the main line.
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Pecor Valley
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Marta
Sidney
Fig End
Alpine Folk
Pecos Valley
Stockton
H.C. Laneton
Cmpany
Albert Woods
Artesta
New Mexico
Anstall
Marfa
Fort Jockton Gas Company
Langston
Memorial Services at Skillman Camp Meeting Grounds
Memorial services will be held at the Skillman Camp Meeting grounds at Skillman noon by French Pont No 08. Announcement was received by the Avalanche early this week. Everyone is invited to attend and bring prayers. All veterans and families are urged to be present.
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Mloys
Skilman
Pont No
Marfa Quartet Sings at Local Revival Services
An Indian quartet from First Christian church Marta performed revival services at the Christian church here. Singers included Mas dames Mentor Slack Winnie KiL patrick Daley Wilton and Maco Kilpatrick with accompanist Miss Lucille Slack. Intercepted letters using lemon juice foiled a prison plot to free 21 inmates.
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Marfa Quartet
First Christian Church
Marta
the Christian Church
Masdames Mentor Slack
Winnie KiLpatrick
Daley Wilton
Maco Kilpatrick
Lucille Slack
Balt Lake City
Kitchen Lore Practicing Balanced Meals and Simple Baking
A fragment from Kitchen Lore discusses balancing foods for health and energy. It mentions emphasizing fresh fruit cereals and whole wheat, then provides a rough baking recipe using flour baking powder salt shortening and egg whites. The text is garbled but centers on healthy menu planning and a basic bake.
Sanderson Drops 20-5 Contender in Alpine Loss
Alpine basemen hammered Sanderson in a 20 to 5 rout. Booker Connally opened and worked five innings with multiple strikeouts before the Two Story twins finished. The Cal Socal lineup exploded in the sixth, tallying ten runs as Sanderson faltered. Alpine will be weakened by nine players leaving this week, per manager Frank Yous, with summer squad plans in flux and no Sunday game set.
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Booker Connally
Nooker Connally
Felton
Socals
Sanderson
Tweeler
al Taso
Alping
Hove
Frank Yous
Aline m
Alpine Scouts Prepare for Mountain Camp Adventure
Young scouts train with passing tests and drills for a weeklong trip in the Whit Mountain area. The camp sits in Moncalero Apache Indian Reservation as preparations continue for the ascent toward a 12,000 foot peak.
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Thoughty
Moncalero Apache Indian Reservation
Whit Oountain
Alpine Demolays Wed. several members reach age twenty one
In Alpine a group of Demolays aged 21 and older were ceremonially wed from the rolls. Lysle Rien Smith Milile West Calvin Wetely and Vickey Young reached maturity and were removed. A delegation to the state convention is planned for sometime next year with several boys attending. Officers were reported as part of the first week’s updates.
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Aly
de Molays
Lysle Rien
al, Smith
Milile West
Calvin Wetely
Vickey Young
Terlingua to Have New School Building
Terlingua in south Brewster County will gain a Spanish style school building by Chisos Mining Company. Plans show a four-room structure with an auditorium stage and ample space, plus a principal’s cottage. W. W. Jenkins, Alpine editor of the Avalanche, is in charge of the school.
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Chisos Mining Company
Terlingua
Arewster
W. W. Jenkins
Alpine
The
Avalanche
Seho
Climbs Mountain At Car's Wheel
Robinson proved a car could reach the hill summit by a rock trail south of town. The stunt tested a proposed road to the highest point on the hill amid prior talks. Monte Cochrane of Ridgettes Wash died by suicide after drinking rat poison and moonshine.
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Town
Robinson
Yoon
River Bt
Monte Cochrane
Ridgettes Wash
Oldest Ford Driver’s Anecdotes Through Time on Crow’s Path
An elderly Ford driver recalls a lifetime from rough corduroy roads to paved highways. He mentions a boyhood memory of Tenecal Scott’s 1870s Chapultepec march, the southern cause, and a 400 mile trek to an old homestead in Ethel. Five generations share trains, farms, and Model A reliability across eras.
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Xed Talay
Ethel
Crow
Brooks Boucher Selected for Aviation Training Camp
Drayton Boucher, Sul Ross student from Spring Hill Louisiana, has been chosen for aviation training starting July 1. He qualified among 700 candidates after passing examinations and was assigned to Brooks Field at San Antonio.
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Drayton Boucher
Sul Ross
Spring Hill
Orfers of Aviation
Chosn
Brooks Field
San Anant
Moucher
Alpine country club to host golf contingent event in El Paso
Visitors lodge free for golfers and wives with others paying a small fee. Alpine plans improved fairways and tees ahead of the west Texas golf event expected to draw about 60 entrants from Alpine and nearby towns. Local players from Alpine and El Paso aim to field a strong team as 25 Alpine men are anticipated to compete along with about 20 from El Paso.
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Axon
Alpine Country Club
New Country
Kokernot Springs
West Texas
Alp
el Paso
Teneti
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