Local and Personal News From Alpine Texas
Mr and Mrs Joan Cox arrived from Houston to make Alpine home Mrs Cox joined Brown store Jone Cox is the daughter of Mrs Lou Singleton Ayers. Griffiths Holt from Colorado Texas came to Alpine to take a department job in San Antonio this week Miss Janie will enter Westmorland College in San Antonio Mrs Ritchey of Marathon joined by relatives in Corpus Christi and Del Rio visited Alpine residents Alpine Drug Store employee Chris Arnhart returned home to Miami Milo Bennett married on the 13th and visited Abilene Mine Irma Lee Hatey stayed in New York last year and returned to Alpine Mrs Jud Perks High School will enter Sul Ross Teachers College September 21 Mrs Davis Hinson and Mulda Weynard visited in Alpine last week Mrs Nettie Savage of Wichita Falls visiting George and Mrs Puch in Alpine Mr and Mrs Davidson left for Harlingen to operate a confectionery they bought earlier They do not plan to stay away permanently W W Jenkins visited relatives in Alpine and mourned the death of his father Mr M Gentry of Oklahoma died recently Mr and Mrs A Gilley returned from a three week trip through North Texas Ohio and Tennessee accompanied by B G Gilley and wife Mrs William Hatcher and baby visited J R Holman in Alpine Lantern Star Alpine Chapter meets next Tuesday Ruth Vaughn returned home with her mother from visiting Alpine C L Vaughn to Marfa for chiropractor care J D Jackson and J E Casner visited El Paso over the weekend R A McMurry and family visited El Paso. K Hudson visited San Angelo fair Roy Held and family visited Marathon and Alpine Mr and Mrs W G Lett left for El Paso to visit relatives and will go to San Francisco to visit Mr Brown’s sister.
Alpine Revival Without Outside Help Draws Local Support
Sparks notes 35 to 40 church professions and additions as Alpine churches lead a city wide revival without outside evangelists. The plan relies on local congregations to unite across denominational lines, avoid collections, and use a new auditorium donated by the school board.
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Sparks
Navy orders Frigidaire equipment for ship storage boxes
The Navy places a $27,000 Frigidaire equipment order for in shipboard use this year. Initial installations have been completed at Texas locations, including two eighteen cubic foot electric cooled storage boxes on vessels linked to a power system.
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NAVY
Merhe
Ies SS
Texas
Marfa Fair Promises Big Turnout and Festivities
Marfa gears up for a large county fair with at least ten thousand attendees expected. Coach Graves of the Lobos hails the event as the season’s major game and a new state‑class dance floor will host hundreds of couples. A fine orchestra will play as breeders from Davis Mountain and other sections bring top stock for judging and showings.
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Yelock
Big Bend
Davis' Mountain
Goigsted Section Reports Participation Decline
A fragmented note from the second day of the event mentions Commissioner Minekiey stating participation by boys. The text references seven entries for the occasion and notes the outing status, with unclear details remaining.
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Minekiey
Local Alpine church grief as funeral rites proceed
A fragmentary obituary note from Alpine records a man struck by an auto near his home. Pallbearers listed include Le Dickson, O. F. Biltingney, La Ritchey, J. Yar. The service was led by Rev. Bureo Sperks, pastor of the Bapt shared in Alpine, with active pallbearers named.
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Bureo Sperks
Alpine
le Dickson
F. Biltingney
Ritchey
Yaroro
Alpine to send quota on goodwill trip to Chihuahua City
Alpine will dispatch a party including Sul Ross college representatives and a Protestant church delegate to Chihuahua City. The mission is a goodwill effort aimed at fostering neighborly ties and potential trade opportunities once the Orient Gap opens. Literature will be distributed during the trip to promote Alpine and its business interests.
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Sul Ross College
Chihuahua
Alpind
David J. Murray
Missionary effort ties to Orient railroad project
The completion of the Orient railroad is seen as a chance for missionary work and community revival, with business leaders aiding the effort. A “good will party” will send a member to further the cause. Mr. and Mrs. B A Wright of Yeleta visited Mr. and Mrs. J P Parker, and orders for Sierra Vista Orchard are encouraged.
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Orient
B.A. Wright
Yeleta
J. P. Parker
Taxpayers urged to pay city taxes before penalty
Monday is the last day to pay city taxes to avoid a penalty. Citizens are warned not to delay and to attend to this important matter immediately to prevent any additional charges or penalties.
Metery Assn Plans Annual Benefit Dinner
Plans for the annual benefit dinner of the Alpine Cemetery Association will be finalized at a meeting to be held at the Christian church. Good attendance is urged.
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Alpine Cemetery Association
Christian Church
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Marathon
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Sulow
Alpine Drug Store
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Miami
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Gunday
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George Puch
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Mine Nettie Savage
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Edward
Harlingen
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Sanderson School
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Globe
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Ruth Vaughn
Mr. Hudson
C. L. Vaughn
Chiropractor
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Marfa
J.D. Jackson
J. E. Casner
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E. K. Hudson
San Angelo Fair
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George A. Brown
San Francisco
Mr Brown
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Ft. Davis
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