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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1934
Page
4
Be and Mrs Binion visit Fort Mekion Inst Sunday. Several residents travel, visit relatives, or recover from procedures in Alpine, Fort Stockton, Sanderson, Del Rio, and nearby Texas towns. Notables include Mrs Mab McCool, Mrs J T Mullenix Jr, Inez Hatley, Vernon McCall, Augusta Hinson, I D Whittle Jr, Matt and Quincy Smith, A Kroll, Lorene Pflester, Alice drone, Mae M Ament, Patton family, Bill Winter, Ward Winter, and J B Spence.
Weather notes report that Big Bend remains largely dry despite widespread rain in other areas. Local showers occurred last Saturday with Alpine and nearby ranches receiving beneficial moisture. The piece mentions local flower growers Spence and family, plus Mrs Daugherty and Mrs Bryson visiting relatives in Alpine. Reverend Buren Sparks returned from Pauls Valley after closing a revival in Barstow.
The Krenek Barber Shop has relocated to a new site in Breost area. Details are unclear due to garbled text but indicate a move to a different building with updated facilities. Local patrons are advised to watch for opening notices and updated contact information.
Fort Davis reports Marty Scobee and Corremandant Joe and Vina Carlton leaving for work near El Paso. Major General George T. Bartlett and wife head to San Antonio after summer at the Bivouac cottage. The going-to-college list includes Vada McCutcheon, Nelle Ferguson, Audrey Miller, Evelyn Whiteside, Dorothy Clark, Alfred McCutcheon, John Prude Fowlkes, Melvin Pape, Hugh Fantis, and Tommy Paterson with entries to UT, Trinity, A&M, Vanderbilt, and Cornell. Fort Davis Study Club holds first meeting of season to study Texas geography and resources with new members welcomed. County tax rate set at 73 cents with state 77 cents. budget includes current expenses and bond interest. Dick Swartz named county surveyor. former surveyor J W Merrill’s long service noted. Swartz to use Merrills’ transit.
Mrs RS Mangum and Claudie Black returned from Paris Illinois with relatives. Rev N L Linebaugh of Roswell New Mexico visited and preached. Rev David J Murray left for San Angelo with Mrs Murray and children. The group enjoyed Chicago fair and delightful interlude with Dr and Mrs G R Mays and family.
Two funerals were held Saturday afternoon in Fort Davis with graveside rites at the local cemetery. The young Burdine family mourns the two year eight month old son Boots of Mr and Mrs Frank Burdine who had lived here three years, nicknamed for his fondness for cowboy boots. Reverend McKissick led the services and also presided at another burial for Mr and Mrs McBride who had moved from Marfa about two years ago, as the community extended sympathy to the bereaved families.
Mrs. Mary Garner of Burleson Texas praises Thedford s Black-Draught as beneficial for biliousness constipation and foul taste in the mouth. She and her family used it for decades and recommend both Thedford s Black-Draught for adults and Syrup of Black-Draught for children as a laxative during illnesses.
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