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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1919
Page
5
Saint James Episcopal Church announces church school at Mrs. Frank F. Gillett's residence each Sunday at 10 AM and Evening Prayer with sermon by the rector Monday at 8 PM in the Presbyterian Church all are welcome to attend.
Alpine notes show a steady stream of visitors and local business activity. R L Cartledge of Ter visits Alpine for entertainment plans, John W Christopher of Marfa and J G Webb of Gulf Refining in town, Rev Reemtsma preaches at Marfa church, and many locals travel to Belton El Paso and Marathon for work, visits, and milling displays.
Bring us your work for cleaning pressing and alterations. We guarantee our work. Standard Tailors is located across the street east of the courthouse.
A church service outline lists Christin Endeavor with Scripture lessons Zechariah 16 17 Philippians 1 11 prayer led by Mrs Bunyan and Grace Funk. Special music by the group and a roll call with verse of scripture. Herman Reed speaks on making sacrifices for friends and fostering relationships with neighbors. General discussion and benediction conclude the program.
Mr and Mrs HL Hord and companion arrived home Sunday from Corpus Christi after a harrowing trip. They shelter at the Neuces Hotel as 6 feet of water flooded parts of the city and 10 to 12 inches inundated streets. Food was scarce with crackers and cheese rationed. Mr Hord aided workers and heard three shots during looting as the storm wrecked the town.
Wile son Well No. 1 progress stalled by heavy rains delaying equipment transport to the site. Presidious Company workers battled washed roads and a rising Terlingwa Creek, spotting about two feet of water upstream, delaying drilling for 10 days to two weeks as crews await better access.
Notice from G H Yates the leather man announcing readiness to cover automobiles and install new seat overs on short notice. All work insured. Come in and have questions answered with no trouble. 36-11.
G A Howard of Marfa, buyer for Paton Packing Co, El Paso, shipped four carloads of steer batches from Alpine. A pair of horses were sent out from Alpine to Waco via the Orient, with Deo Funston of Waco the buyer. No sale details for saddle horses or mares from J S Hord or H I are fully disclosed.
For sale notices describe Kentucky Jennets and Mule Colts at Matthews ranch east Marathon with one good stallion available. Also listed is a four room house with bath in San Angelo area, cash price $1250, sold within two weeks. Contact W D Beck at 4 Highland and Boulevard, San Angelo, Texas.
The Mozart Quartette entertained with vocal and instrumental numbers and readings to a large audience at the school auditorium. Each number drew encores, and the performance was described as grand. The Lyceum Course opens with this strong showing. GH. Yates promotes leather goods and invites advance orders for ladies.
Alpine gains a modern operating room with up to date equipment for complex operations. Dr Middlebrook leads a progressive medical corps as Alpine congratulates its physicians on this expansion.
A fragmented report notes a revocation of permits referencing seventy five barrels on hand and internal revenue actions. It mentions six drug related permits being pulled and whiskey confiscations as part of the context.
Metal Products sent two railcar shipments of equipment to the smelter plant to aid ongoing work. A spokesman announced more material will arrive soon and the project will be rushed to completion.
Messrs Jackson and Harmon begin remodeling the Star Theatre building on the corner West of the Holland Hotel. When finished it will be a great improvement and will be equipped as a modern moving picture show.
Trustees announce action on bonds and deposits with bids to be evaluated for best interest. The board rejected all bids and set the date for reconsideration by the 18th of 1919. W W Causey serves as president and M H Jones as secretary.
Promotion for Carlysle Graham's The Romance of the Davis Mountains promotes a four-hundred-year Southwest history. It highlights Indians, explorers, settlers and soldiers with romantic framing. Readers urged to order for $2.65 with return postage paid if dissatisfied.
Enthusiastic reports from State campaign HQ in Dallas say Texans across all sections are ready to subscribe to the memorial fund. Maj. A C McKeand, an expo director, notes strong assurances that subscriptions will grow rapidly before the drive's midpoint.
Patrons of Alpine Schools praise the Domestic Economy Department led by Miss Price for a display of canned fruits vegetables preserves and jelly in the Candy Kitchen window. The exhibit demonstrates the practical benefits of school training.
Empire management presented the famous film The Heart of Humanity to a good sized audience last night with high praise. They will show the same title again, promising another chance to see it.
A. J. Koenig and Mrs depart for El Paso where an open performance is planned. Many friends expect satisfactory results. A report on the District Christian Endeavor Convention from Mr. Metcalf of Marfa arrived too late for publication.
City Commission meets first Monday each month at Masonic Buildings. Officers listed include F Berkeley Gillett and Geo W Baines with Justice and City Marshal roles. Train arrivals noted: Southern Pacific No. 10 at 9:23 p.m., No. 102 at 9:23 p.m., West Bound No. 9 at 8, No. 101 at 12 23 p.m.
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