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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1941
Page
3
The Davis Mt. Federation of Women's clubs presents the tale Sleeping Beauty here on November 18. Leading psychologists across the nation endorse fairy tales as beneficial for children, citing ongoing debates since Rousseau and Lamb on whether fables instruct or distort reality.
Dennis Allen plays Prince Berenday in a fairy tale presented at Sul Ross auditorium on November 18 under the Davis Mt Federation of Women's Clubs. The plot centers on a prince arriving on the princess's sixteenth birthday bearing a miniature spinning wheel as a betrothal gift, amid comments on fairy tale imagery and enduring appeal in modern editions and popular culture.
A Cherokee county Alto sportsmen group offers a 25 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone using explosives to take fish from the Neches or Angelina rivers. The move supports the Game department in enforcing a long standing law against explosives or contaminated substances in fishing. The article also notes a discussion on imagination and a planned theater event for children featuring Sleeping Beauty at Sul Ross auditorium with admission 65 and 35 cents.
In the Texas history canvas, Deaf Smith is famed for a single pivotal act. Charles O. Hucker recounts Alsbury’s 1861 Almanac narrative of Smith and six scouts burning Santa Anna’s bridge to delay pursuit, then charging into Mexican lines to create an opening for retreat.
Marfa Oct 24 Sniting sere the Marfa High scoot cota team were greted by smack L B Martin with the announcement that there would be to practice for thees uttering fhen cole rated to coach or he want do uy them ill ii own town. There were smiles all around as they lined up at a soda shop and heard Martin ask the clerk if he had good castor oil. Each man was seven drinks after it. Martin is authority for the state.
A clipped line notes that there is no motion on the squad, indicating status or lack of movement within the group. The fragment suggests a pause or standstill affecting the roster or leadership dynamic.
The Strewster County Commissioner's Court invites bids by 2 pm Friday Oct 31 for construction of a wall around the boiler and outside entrance steps. Specifications available at the County Clerk's Office and local Alpine lumber yards. Court may reject any bids. County Judge R B Slight and County Clerk Worth Frazer.
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