Alpine Coastal Area News Highlights Town News
Alpine residents and visitors are mentioned in a string of brief notes. Walter Garnett Jr. and family return from Hamlin. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins teach in Terlingua. Mrs. Stroud of Jon undergoes hospital care. Mrs. M A Wells attends revival in Marfa. Dorsey couple back from six weeks in Texas. James Logan and family visit. local figures travel to San Antonio El Paso and Lampasas. Senator Berkeley returns from Austin. various relatives attend school events and summer plans noted in Alpine and surrounding Brewster County communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Stroud
Jon
Brewster County
Alpine
Stroud Hay
Turney Hospital
Local program Aims to Show Friendly City Growth
Women in a community program showcased how a welcoming town could expand with limited funds. They demonstrated researched topics and drew on approaches from other towns. Miss Irma Lee Batey, Mrs. Benton Howell, and Walter Elkins contributed music and helped present several segments.
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Irma Lee Batey
Benton Howell
Walter Elkins
Sterling Protests Forts Ringgold and D A Russell
Governor Ross Sterling urged Secretary Hurley to reconsider any plan to abandon forts Ringgold and D A Russell. He warned that pulling back could open the Big Bend region along the Rio Grande to border banditry and urged continued protection for the area.
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Sterling
Austin
Ross Sterling
Patrick J. Hurley
Firging
Ringgold
D. A. Russell
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Memorial Day Parade and Services Detailed by Local Post
The article describes a Memorial Day sequence with Alpine band leading a parade to the cemetery, followed by four Fort D. A. Russell veterans and other posts in a Legion procession. At the cemetery a regular Legion ritual occurs with decorations, and Captain A. B. Owens delivers the principal speech on Memorial Day. Music returns to the courthouse lawn after services.
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Fort D. A. Russell
American Legion
Legion
Japper
First Cavalry
Craven
A. B. Owens
Alpine welcomes and improvements urged by residents
Community members urged better city approaches for tourists and warmer hospitality in Alpine. Mia Hord and Mrs Carmee emphasized road and welcome improvements, while Mrs Redmon and Mrs Ferguson highlighted church roles and manners to reduce visitors’ sense of being strangers.
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Mia
Joe Hord
Alpine
Mra
Ros Carmee
J. T. Redmon l
Homer Ferguson
Carroll Burns Rivalry Sets Boxing Card at Queen Nan
Alpine fans travel to Marta for a wrestling meet and preliminary boxing bouts headline a card at Queen Nan. Burns weighs about 180 pounds while Carroll is near 178, with Otis Cannon of Sul Ross paired against Bit Ans. York Wilburn of Sul Ross collides with Kid Assell, while another bout features York 1% against Sa Hight. The standup slugfest night begins at eight oclock with multiple bouts expected.
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Sul Ross
Kidassell
York
Marta
Queen Nan
Chambers Named Delco Dealer In Western Texas
Charles Chambers has just been appointed dealer for Delco light products in the counties of Jeff Davis Presidio Pecos Brewster and will handle the Apex oil burning refrigerator in the same region. TOR SALE Solid oak dining room extension table Mrs. W. B. Hancock. S-00-180.
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Charles Chambers
T He Delco Light Producte
Jett Davis
Presidio
Pecom
Brewster Vo
W. B Hancock
Smiser Engaged by Princeton Faculty for Spring Term
Dr. Jerome Smiser will assist Dr. Cottle in the biology department and teach geography at Princeton this spring. He has been engaged on the Princeton faculty for next year and previously taught in Dr. Cottle’s department in 1928, according to Sul Ross Skyline.
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Jerome Smiser
Cottle
Princeton
Smiser
Dr. Cottle
Sul Ross
Man Dies Here Saturday in Alpine Elderly Resident
Omin Franklin Fry, an elderly citizen of Alpine aged 82, died at his south Alpine home last Saturday and was buried in the local cemetery after funeral services by Rev. LW Bridges. Born February 2, 1849, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he lived there many years before moving to Texas. He is survived by two daughters, one of whom, Mrs. H. L. Brake, currently resides in Alpine.
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Omin Franklin Pry
Alpine
South Alpine
LW. Bridges
First Christian Church
Mr. Fry
Pittsburgh
Pennsyvania
Tex
H. L. Brake
Teaching Staff Now Announced for Sul Rose Session
The twelfth annual Sul Rose summer session opens June 3-4 with a large and highly qualified teaching staff. Notable graduates join the faculty, including Annie Brice, Eva Brown, Mae Cannon, W. H. Finfrock, E. Gregg, Bertha Mae Landers, and Fannie May, each holding degrees from institutions such as the University of Texas and Our Lady of the Lake.
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Sul Rose
Sul Rous
Annie Brice
B. A
Our Lady of the Lake
Eva Brown
Mae Cannon
University of Texas
W. H. Finfrock
University] of Texas
E. Gregg
University of Texb
Tory
Marta
Bertha Mae Landers
Dent
State Teachers College
Fannie May
University of Te
City Tax Rolls Near Ready After Equalization Board Meeting
Alpine faces finalization of property valuations as city secretary M J Foorman says few protests were filed during the board of equalization session. Once complete and approved by the city commission, total Alpine property valuation will be released. The board members M J Hopson Leo Howell and Shirley Seales thanked Alpine residents for cooperation during the link process.
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M. J. Foorman
Board of Equalization
City Commission
Alpine
M. J. Hopson
Leo Howell
Shirley Seales
Lost White Gold Elgin Wrist Watch and Bracelet
Missing white gold Elgin wrist watch and bracelet. Watch re enamaled in front corners of ease and engraved A E 3 on back. Finder please return to Avlanche office and receive reward.
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Elgin
Avalanche Office
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