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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1921
Page
5
Local residents travel for ranch work and business across El Paso Pecos and Marfa. Many guests visit Alpine homes including Miss Grace Vandiver joining Sul Ross College and visitors from Marathon and Coleman City. Community notes report rooms for rent, dairy ads, harvest shipments, and upcoming church gatherings.
Next Sunday at 1 o'clock Christian Science services will be held in the new opera house with sermon titled Are Sins Disease and Death Real. Everyone is welcome to attend.
On September 26 the State Park Committee toured Alpine on the Marfa to Sabinal route. Alpine citizens served a luncheon in the College Cafeteria with ice cream cakes and pies, then speakers addressed the group in the College Auditorium before the four thirty SPL train departure to Sabinal.
Sheriff Townsend pursued a man named G M Adams for passing worthless checks over a chase spanning more than thirty three hours and five hundred miles. Adams fled in a high powered car into Alpine and was later arrested near Valentine and turned over to Brewster County authorities.
Pastor M Bandy of the Christian church logs a 1400 mile September mission missing only one Lord's day from Alpine appointments. He baptizes nine, all heads of families except one youth, with ceremonies at Alpine Globe Hovey Nichols' Ranch and Brite's Ranch, plus one Alpine addition by statement.
A local plea condemns a city dump near Sul Ross Normal college describing foul sights and odors. The writer urges a proper dumpsite away from educational grounds and cites health and aesthetic concerns. Also notes Rev H Mo Smith and Res Henson of Marfa leaving Sunday for Fort Stockton Pecos and Artesia New Mexico for annual Conference.
Alpine Society notes edited by Mrs Sallie E Burke list attendees speakers and participants including Mamie Lease Troy Murray Sallie Stroud Ophelia Tumlinson Lucille Vivian Melvin Vivian and others with contact for the club at phone 220 Stillwell.
Allen Martin celebrated her fifth birthday Tuesday afternoon from three to five o'clock at the Martin home with 24 young guests. Games followed by birthday cake and ice cream were enjoyed. guests included Gene Parr Inda Enson Anna D. Phips Grace Newill Lorena Crawford Julia Gentry Catherine Slight Ruby Ruth Penrod Beatrice Martin Eula Brown Mary Ruth Ray Johnie Allen Elizabeth Hord Sybil Robertson Walter Garnett Jr Anja Wilson Joe Richard Martin Ralph Slight Alfred Neil Brown Bird Babcock and Junius Ray.
Judge and Mrs. A. M. Turney gave a dinner Friday evening and had as their guests Rev. and Mrs. J. A. McMillan, Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Smith and son, Guy Smith and Mrs. J. W. Etheridge.
Mrs J A McMillan entertained her Sunday School class at her home Monday evening with refreshments of fruit salad wafers and orange cups. Attendees included Miss Adrian Turney Estelle Ragin Carrie Mae Vogt Catherine Turmney Katie Lee Ragin Walter Garnett and Paul Vogt.
Attendees included Mrs Wills the honoree and her daughter Mable along with numerous local couples and individuals from Riverside California and nearby towns. A separate luncheon at the home of Mr and Mrs James Casnet featured Mr and Mrs J D Jackson Mrs W J Kincaid and several guests.
B Y P U at Pasiano reports a group picnic with attendees from Marfa and Alpine. Listed Marfa participants include Gladys Morton Pauline Quick Gladys Johnson Thelma Mitchell Marguerite Evans Lillian Peace Marie Grande Rose Garrett Mattie Mae Bellew Frank Barton Doyle Jackson A C C Easterling J W Cooper Orr Kerr M T Chastain R S McCracken Mattie Wills Anna Laurie Smith Roberta Davis Stelle Williams Head Ieva Jones Lucille Reeves Annie Clair McCracken Matlock James Walker Donald Church Ward Perry Kerr J P Pinfroih S M McKean Ernest Hurley L Hurley Raney Casner J W Christopher Lamond and others. Alpine attendees include Jane Henderson Jack.
Miss Francis Adrienne Mayer and Mr. William Loyd Webb wed at St. Mark's Church in San Antonio on September 27 1921. Matron of honor was Mrs James Allen Wilson and best man Robert Webb. The bride wore a brown brocade and velvet gown with yellow chrysanthemum bouquet. the groom is a Crosbyton ranch man son of Sidney Webb of Mineral Wells. The couple visited Fort Worth and Mineral Wells after the ceremony.
Miss Pauline Terry and her brother King Terry hosted a dancing party Friday night in their parents home. The spacious rooms were decorated with American Beauty roses and ferns as guests enjoyed dancing throughout the evening.
Miss Georgia Benson hosted a slumber party at her parents Mr. and Mrs. George M. Benson home after an evening at the picture show. Guests included Miss Pauline Cater, Miss Terry Cater, Miss Dorothy Cater, Miss Beth Cater, Merrill Pounce, and Ethel Clitford, who enjoyed cake and cream.
The article notes a strong apple crop in Brewster and Jeff Davis counties with Stark Delius and blacking varieties, comparable to California. Peaches also did well, with trees bearing abundantly, highlighting fruit growing as a profitable, irrigation ready industry with thousands of acres suitable for trees to yield fortunes.
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