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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1922
Page
3
Local rows of short items list visits, sales, rent offers, and service notices in Alpine. Mentions visitors from Marathon and Dallas, a cake sale, job ad for a dorm cook, a wild cow for sale, a marriage license in Marathon, and various local classifieds from The Avalanche style column.
The State Board of Normal Regents will arrive by 9:29 morning train on Friday and attend assembly at 10. Severn members will address students. Lunch is served by Home Economics department. Guests include Sup Melton and W W Jenkins. A six o clock dinner at Holland Hotel precedes an evening program in the college auditorium. Weather permitting a trip to Fort Davis and Olympia Canyon may follow Saturday.
The Avalanche welcomes Austin Callan a renowned borderland and statewide newspaper man. He traveled from California where he spent the summer and will soon resume his craft writing sharp editorials and pungent paragraphs for readers.
Master Hugh Swift. son of Mr and Mrs A H Swift. suffered a severe hand burn Sunday at the ball park when an unexploded artillery salute used by American Legion boys in a sham battle Saturday night was accidentally detonated while in his hand. It is unclear if the fuse burned or if they attempted to explode it. The injury is expected to heal without a scar. One salute reportedly failed to explode during the event and others were found unexploded by inspecting boys Sunday.
Miss Jack Stillwell, formerly of Alpine, married Mr. Cestle Ayers last Saturday November 11 in Las Cruces New Mexico. The couple plans to reside in Fabens near El Paso.
President Marquis II of Sul Ross Normal College is honored by the State Teachers Association for the upcoming Thanksgiving session in Houston. He will serve as chief speaker for the general program and preside as toastmaster at the Tex-Ex banquet at the Rice Hotel, emphasizing his Alpine origin.
Interest grows for a Sul Ross doubles tennis tournament to begin on the college courts Tuesday November 71st and run two weeks. Names entered include Donald Church Susybel Bunton Byron Yates Johnnie Weyerts Johnnie Prude Letitia Rixon Walter Caldwell Altha Yates Guy Smith Ruth Smith Ralph Tippitt Kathryn Zant Frank Cross Grace Punk William Bailey Minerva Jones Ernest Barnett Maurine McDonell Lary Higgins Irene Kehoe. Season tickets cost 100 and single-afternoon admissions are 15 cents.
A letter from Marathon with state ranger notes reports S. P. Sherman, a former Brewster County ranger, killed in Palestine when struck by a switch engine at 9 50 pm. The fatal runover split him in two. he previously worked on the river in Brewster County with Captain Bates.
A remodeling contract was signed Thursday morning for the Holland Hotel. W. A. Oatman of El Paso won the bid for a complete overhauling with steam heat running water and private baths. A three story brick addition is planned with new furnishings, totaling about 30000 dollars. Work starts next week.
President R. L. Marquis of Sul Ross Normal College says the school will be dismissed for Thanksgiving from Nov 30 to Dec 2 with classes on Monday Nov 27. Faculty may attend the State Teachers' Association in Houston where Marquis serves on the general and sectional programs and will preside at the Ex-Student banquet at Rice University.
The Brewster Chamber of Commerce will host a six o'clock dinner Friday at the Holland Hotel to honor the State Normal regents visiting Sul Ross Normal College Friday and Saturday. F E Gillett and J D Jackson lead the arrangements for this semi monthly lunch meeting, promising a representative Piney Bush civic gathering.
A notice offers nicely furnished rooms for rent close in at affordable prices. A dance was enjoyed by several young people Monday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Anja Wilson.
Alpine welcomes the State Board of Regents visiting Sul Ross Normal College. The town hopes the regents recognize the school’s value to Texas and approve needed dormitory facilities and adequate maintenance. The Avalanche extends a cordial welcome on behalf of Alpine’s citizens.
The county commissioners court met in regular session with all members present except H T Fletcher. A. L. White was elected county road engineer, J W Phelps fees approved, election returns canvassed, maintenance tax approved with detailed voting, and officers elected for the ensuing year including M S Burke as county judge and Brian Montague as district attorney. The county clerk was instructed to pay election officers and approved bills.
The Literary Digest highlights the Red Cross as the world’s great benefactor and notes its wartime service to disabled veterans. It cites that over the past year the organization spent more than $9 million and aided the families of those veterans as part of its broad relief work.
The Mask and Slipper Club present M A Thompson, blind dramatic reader of international reputation from the Boston School of Expression, at Sul Ross Normal College auditorium on Saturday evening November 25. He will perform Disraeli the Vision of Sir Laufal the Melo drama of Hiawatha and Hamlet with admission at fifty cents.
Thinking of a party, consider a theatre party at the Mojave with special rates for group celebrations. Book early to secure preferred seating and pricing.
County Judge M.S. Burke announces that Superintendent Morrill of the G H S A Railroad will begin a park at Alpine depot. The plan footlights the crossing near Alpine Lumber and Mitchel Gillett, with trees benches and vines to beautify the depot property. Morrill says he will commence soon and do what he can for the little city. The article also notes church group activities and local social events.
Let me haul your freight remove ashes and rubbish deliver your express and do transfer work. Our prices are right and service prompt. Phone 87 J. M. Gallego. Accordion box and knife plait ing hemstitching covered buttons and buttonholes. Mrs HH B Houston Uvalde Texas 13 40t.
Notice warns against trespassing wood hauling or hunting on the Kokernot ranches. Violations will be prosecuted. Signed HM L. Kokernot Sr. and Matt.
The Methodist Church offers a 10 a.m. Sunday School with Superintendent T A Beard and a brief address by W G Scott. A sermon follows the installation of officers for the church and league. Juniors meet 5 p.m. and the Quarterly Conference is at 5 p.m. The League, led by Katherine Zant, meets at 6 30 p.m. Rev Samuel E Allison of the El Paso District presides at 7 30 p.m. services with morning anthem and evening double male quartet.
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