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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1926
Page
2
A vivid early morning scene describes the eastern range and pale mountains. A shifting light forms a white line above the range as the sun rises, turning orange to yellow, then a misty gold. The sun breaks free, a great golden ball, sending yellow rays outward and spreading light across the valley.
The scene opens with the town waking to a brighter morning light as dawn reveals pale blue sky and yellow clouds turning misty white. The early stir hints at a shift from the prior quiet to active daily life as the town begins its routine.
At Tuesday chapel Bias Bates arrived to lead a morning program. She sang various items including Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes and playful songs such as What the Cow Said and The Mouse, Woman Who a My Fiddle. The audience expressed happiness and looks forward to a future return.
The Dundie seniors met with Mrs Garrett for a Friday picnic though seven were absent. They rode to Sunny Glen on a moonlit trip, enjoyed Vietrola music, and games like Three Deep and Wolf Over the River. A fire was lit, then a lunch of sandwiches, wieners, and marshmallows followed before returning home.
A group of freshmen and sophomores enjoyed a Diente at Presbyterian canyon Friday evening. Mesdames Baines, By tans and Brown chaperoned the crowd from First Baptist church. Autos carried the youth to the canyon where they ate and played Three Deep by moonlight before returning to town.
A fragmented 1920s school outing recounts a Fifth Grade picnic to Kernet Springs with food, games and songs. The document includes a legal sale notice from Brewster County Texas, detailing a public auction of land interests in the Ogle property by order of the District Court, Alpine, set for December.
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