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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1955
Page
10
Sen Dudley J. LeBlanc of Lafayette, famed for Hada col, announces a hand fire extinguishing can called Quikie Extinguisher. Its powdery chemical requires no servicing and suits farms cars trucks schools and ships, offering immediate fire suppression without harmful effects.
Mrs F P Fulcher celebrated her 89th birthday at the ranch with guests from Alpine Terlingua Study Butte and local Fulcher kin. Easter services in Terlingua Church featured infant christening with Rosa Elya Mary Acosta as godmother and Arturo White as godfather. Easter guests later joined Mrs Fulcher Daisy Adams Elvie Williams Henry Lacey Elbert Vanney and Mary Ella for Easter egg hunting.
Chrysler Division reports record first quarter results with 44,115 delivered Chrysler and Imperial cars. Dealer sales total 44,119 units, up 70.1 percent from 25,939 a year earlier. Final ten days of March reach 6,120 cars, up 95.9 percent from 3,124 last year.
Texas dairymen foresee rising profits from better dairy practices such as balanced feeding and culling of inferior animals. University of Texas Bureau of Business Research notes technology and consumer demand will influence outcomes, with breeding programs and dairy product manufacturing linked to future profitability.
Contractors notice for a public works project in Brewster County Texas invites bids to construct 4568 miles of graded structure gravel base and two course surface along US 90 from Marathon east to Lemons Gap. Plans available via Chas. T. Holmes in Alpine and the Texas Highway Department in Austin. Public opening after 9 00 A M. April 19 1955.
Austin report says the statewide Save the Quail drive is maintaining good momentum. Civic clubs newspapers and TV stations groups schools and thousands of individuals are aiding the effort to restore quail habitat with food shelter and water initiatives.
Dr. DeWitt C. Redick journalism professor and Dr. Margaret A. Eppright home economics professor receive the Lemuel Scarbrough Foundation Faculty Awards at the University of Texas for excellence in teaching. Restoration work may be carried out.
A dense list of radio programming and daily segments for Alpine stations including Wake Up and Smile, Morning Devotion, Birthday Club, Cavalcade of Music, News from Newell Oil, Spanish Hour, Talk of the Town, Bunkhouse Jamboree, Parade of Sports, Church Services, Major League Baseball updates, and various sponsor spots. Includes times from early morning to late night with numerous program titles and sponsor references.
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