The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-02-21
NEWS ITEMS CLIPPED FROM
THE ALTERNATELY REVIEW

Today is 81. Valnetine's day in
Alternately, and we "kalkilate" IL is
the same elsewhere. We have spok-
en- % every one we have met with
the Good Morning, IT'S Valentine
Day. but marry respond have we met
with. Il seems the old Shakespeare s
custom is about played out IN our
old home town IL was. during our
young days, that the first person ad
dressing another on this day had the
right 90 expect a present from the
person spoken 90. but we have vast
ed the whole entire day reminding
every one we met that this is Nalen-
tines Day but no presents have ar
rived yet We may have left off the
verse that should have followed this
knew some roses were red, and the
greeting, but we thought everybody
"Candy Kid was abroad. We even
went 10 the front of the church near
the school house 20 see If the lonely
maiden bearing a cupid and wearing
a colored dress would be found seat
ed on the steps, but marry maiden,
SO we gave up and will wait TIL Feb
ruary Ia, 1928, and see what hap
pens.
Saturday. February 18th, is the
day set for the voters Of the town
10 decide whether or not they want
stock Of all kinds % run al large
ON the town of Alternately It's up
to the voters and u should be the
duty Of everyone 70 vote one way
or the other
Or. McBridge and Rev. Hembree
made a business trip Co Lubbock
Friday.
The young society set Of Alternately
en- owed pleasant moonlight party
given 20 them by Miss Helen Schroe-
ten mo her home Saturday night. They
PLAYED games Of various kinds, music
etc. till about II o'clock. when their
fun was broken up and all returned
home after sucnding % very enjoyable
evening Those present at the party
were. Mcesrs. Oliver. Stamhaugh,
Orvai Murray. j b. Hudgins spur
seon ONeal. Royal Jackson, Keith
VIM. Lamar Mckenzie, Alvah Don
nell. Wseley and Rudd Hardesty,
Vergl Zema. Marian and Arthur
Struve and Bill Miller; Misses Fern
and Rlanch Zeman and Charlett Rip
let. Elanor Strive, Connie Darden.
Hazel Dodson. Opal Daniels, Bess
Houston. Lois Merrill, Hilda Braudt,
Anna Mana Mana Strive. and Elsie
Struve.
Mr.. Ramsey, brother Of our towns
man. Joe Ramsey, was here from
his home IN Breckenridge last week
for short visit
NJ. z. Holland was in Lubbock
Saturday on business.
The elevators are kept busy these
days and prices very satisfactory.
They reported Tuesday that the
market for kafir and maize was
very good and were paying eighty
and eighty-five cents per hundred.
Frequently a live-wire travelling
salesman has a shocking effect on
current expenses.
II you want your town TO grow
and become good business town
and a good place TO buy, spend your
money with your "Own home merch-
ants"
Homer Rantz let the contract
this week FOR a well to be put down
on his lot in the west part OF town.
Mr.. Rantz viii probably build on
this property in the near future.
c. c. Pearson. assistant cashier in
the Citizens National Bank of Lub-
bock spent Monday in Alternately
visiting with relatives and friends.
Fred Harvey, seed buyer for the
Mengelsodorf Seed Company of At
Gibson, Kansas, was in town Monday
with the grain sellers Of Alternately.
Robert r. Lee spent Sunday visit
ing at the Harold home in Aber-
nathy.
IN the majority Of the voters Of
Alternately vote in favor Of the stock
law next Saturday. the next best
thing would be TO get into com
munity work and have a clean at
tractive little city.
Elder o. NJ. Runnels, Of the Christ
ian Church Of Plainview, will hold a
three days meeting at the High
school Auditorium, beginning tonight
Thursday. The meeting will hold
over Sunday and possibly longer.
J. ID Oliver was IN town from
his farm a few miles west Of town
Friday and was a vesy pleasant Wis
tor % our office. leaving his name
10 be- entered on our mailing list,
as n constant reader II the Review.
The winter has not been very cold
40 far, but a few days last week We
feli pretty shaky when We were
Out in the cold. cold street
Several couples ~ Ahcrnathy'r
young people attended The ball Al
lnhhock last Thursday night
Clarence Schuls arrived wedng....