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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
4
Alpine Avalanche notes its weekly publication by Alpine Publishing Co Inc with listed directors including J D Jackson president and W T Henderson director. Livingston is noted as secretary and director. postoffice entry under Alpine.
Last Friday morning W C Barman and F J Moyer left for Pecos to pack furniture and ship it to Alpine where they will live. They traveled by jitney and reached Fort Stockton before continuing toward Alpine. Mrs Moyer and the boys were expected to join around early November. Sparman noted damaged bridges between town and Orient depot that have been out of commission for weeks.
Next Sunday morning the Sunday School presents a Rally Day program with all departments present. Children may pledge to the new church fund named the children's fund for the building project. Parents are urged to attend and instruct their children on the amount to pledge for a large congregation expected.
Chas F Cross son of Mr and Mrs F S Cross Sr returns home from Brest France after nearly a year with the U S Army Ordinance Department. He is greeted by family and friends and cited for his faithful service. Matt Smith arrives from Ft Davis with a King wagon train and notes fierce road conditions ahead.
Alpine, education center of Southwest Texas, reports rapid school growth as new facilities draw families from the West. The High School houses 104 students with crowded primary classes, while departments span history, languages, science, mathematics, and domestic arts. Superintendent Ray M. Camp leads a trained faculty. several department heads hold degrees from Baylor, Texas University, and other institutions. Patrons are urged to visit and support Alpine’s expanding educational system, including the High School and Normal school connections.
Notice of sale issued in Brewster County Texas under a court order. Follows a 1919 judgment in favor of L F Buttrill against G T Wilcox and wife Jesusa Wilcox and J A Walton. Describes parcels Lot 8 and 1 Block 6, Lot 9, and other tracts in Brewster County. Sale set for first Tuesday in November 1919 at Brewster County Courthouse to satisfy $2790 plus interest and costs. Sheriff E E Townsend of Brewster County signs the notice in Alpine Texas.
A scrambled wartime news item describes American army rations and methods to sustain soldiers with iron ration cakes and dehydrated foods. It notes ten trenches and the Stars and Stripes life in France, plus Arizona predator control and bank practices from 1906 to 1918 framed as home front resilience and endurance.
Mr and Mrs J W Ferguson came back Tuesday from two months in Vicksburg and Jackson Mississippi reporting the trip was good Their Alpine friends are glad to have them home J C C Door of Grandfalls and J R Sterling of Des Moines arrived in Alpine via ranch near Terr ingua Thursday but were delayed by heavy rains and remain there Friday afternoon
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