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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1951
Page
4
A mixed ad page lists an ATR compressor for 80 18, paying breaker rates, and a line about earnings at 3 dollars per hour up to 30 hours. It also mentions a mortgage note rate of six percent, and contact details for Alpine property and a lumber company. Additional items include a high school course prospectus, a ranch supply note for burlap bags, and a Rawleighs salesman opportunity.
For sale or trade an apparent real estate listing in Alpine. Items include a stucco frame dwelling with a butane gas system and a well with pressure pump, plus a block of paved street near Bite School. Price listed at 2000 with easy terms and low interest. Also mentions land with windmill storage outbuildings for a chicken ranch, central Texas ranch prospects, and connections to Dallas Houston San Antonio markets. Abstracts of title and title insurance offered, along with land and loan services.
Local ad notes Kohler offers sharpening of lawn mowers and edges on hand and power saws joined, set and filed by machine. It lists Joe Frayser at 208 South Street with a monthly rate of 1468 dollars.
In a Texas Christian University event, Joe Frederick later Rev Joe Frederick of Marfa gained national attention as the "Ugliest College Man in the United States" after a 1930s campaign. He later preached in Richland Springs while balancing a pastorate. The item references Life magazine and other syndicates. An Alpine Cemetery Association meeting is noted for next Wednesday at 8 pm in City Hall.
Local residents and families share travels and relocations from Pecos to Alpine. Highlights include Coulson and Carlton family weekend in Alpine, Lines family visiting Eagle Pass, Major Leahy’s weekend stay, the Jones moving from Sierra Blanca to Alpine, Kingles attending a funeral in Uvalde, and multiple travelers visiting Calexico and Riverside with plans toward Washington, D. C. Also noted are Easter gatherings in Eagle Pass and a Desert Cavalcade pistol tournament participation.
Thirty eight new motor vehicles were licensed in Brewster County in March, 11 more than February, bringing the year’s total to 103. Names listed include A R Williams Alpine Chevrolet sedan, Yates Alpine Chevrolet sedan, Musgrave San Diego training notes, and numerous Alpine residents with various makes such as Buick Ford and Plymouth. The note ends with a local cultural remark about the modern girl not pursuing a man.
Mrs M R Freder son is reported to be recovering at home from a collapsed lung and severe heart attacks suffered in the first week of March. Indicated are several more weeks of bedrest and inactivity, but she is much better.
Mr and Mrs Claude Garner of Sweetwater welcomed a son born March 26 in Sweetwater. The baby weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and is named Richard Harrell. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs C R Garner of Alpine and Mrs Hattie Garner. A sister, Mrs Hattie Schaeffer, is also mentioned. The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness of Mrs Charles Traet. ST JAMES EPISCOPAL morning services at 9 a.m and church school at 10 a.m with Friday choir rehearsal at 7 p.m.
A fragmented clipping notes a booklet The Ranchers Side published by West Texas men and distributed by oil firms. It also reports an Alpine Independent School District election notice dated March 16 1951 calling for two trustees to be elected at the Alpine Court House on April 7 1951.
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