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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1947
Page
7
April 8 saw wooled, fat lambs and old sheep rise with fat lambs 20s to 22s for top grades. Ewes hit a record $10.50 as stockers and feeders stayed steady. Cattle and calves mostly higher with fat cattle $20 to $24.50, stocker calves $17.50 to $20, and cows $11.80 to $19.50, while some heifers and yearlings advanced.
Machinery on ground to start a test well on McIntyre ranch south of Alpine. Alfred A. Newell sells Alpine Jewelry store to Hudman. Delmar Richardson, former Alpine resident, killed near El Paso when train hits car. Crystal Holland and William I. Hatcher marry in Fort Stockton. Melton declines Alpine schools position after re election. Ten students candidates for BA and BS degrees at Sul Ross. Candidates include Fannie May Rudolph Mellard Horace Morelock Jr. Leo Murray Zoe Murray Nancy Watson Johnnie Weyerts B J Brannon R M Bankhead and Drury Wood. Alpine Meatmarket installs Frigidaire plant. Rats quit Howell Lumber Co. when ferrets are loosed. First National Bank lists deposits of 197000 in quarterly statement. Alpine baseball loses to Marta 6 6 in season opener. S G Smith owner of Alpine Telephone Co. was team manager. Mr and Mrs W W Jenkins visit daughter in Eagle Pass. Mr and Mrs Tom Yarbro visit relatives over weekend. S D Jackson and Senator Berkeley attend Pre sidio chamber meeting. Judge W Van Sickle in Austin on legal business. George M Benson and son Gene visit Alpine relatives. Matt Smith arrives from Amarillo.
A Henpecked club meeting features a joke about Johnny and fractions, a domestic interruption, and a police line up quip. Lions Foster and Dillon share golf tales and the club prepares for city park project work with over a dozen volunteers set to help on April 8.
A brief August 1926 message from Mildred expressing enduring affection and devotion. The note emphasizes sincere love and steadfast feeling, reflecting personal sentiment in a dated exchange.
The Sul Ross Booster Club presents a rodeo in Alpine on May 19 with local participants and community supporters attending to showcase college rodeo talent and raise funds.
The Department of Commerce reports civilians average 104 ticks of chewing gum per year while troops chewed about 630 sticks annually during the war, highlighting wartime change in chewing habits and civilian consumption patterns.
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