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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1955
Page
12
San Antonio artists Mrs Harold Roney Mrs Violet Short and Miss Virginia Fitzgerald toured Big Bend National Park last weekend en route home they called on Mrs Clarinda Estes during a stopover in the area.
Mr and Mrs Sontiaco Yacquez announce the birth of a baby girl named Rosa at Wright Hospital on April 12. The child weighs 7 pounds 13 ounces and is the ninth child and first daughter in the family.
The City of Alpine agreed to buy a garbage truck from C. L. Neyland of Del Rio for 5800. Title will be transferred when provided. Neyland brought the vehicle to Alpine earlier, tested it, and the city offered 5000, later accepting. The city added 300 for use since arrival. The City Commission also approved routine bill payments in a brief Tuesday session.
The Texas Department of Public Safety will station a license and weights inspector in Alpine to serve the area. Bert Cornelius, named the inspector, visited town midweek seeking housing for his family as plans to move here proceed.
Virgil Pulliam son of Mr and Mrs Bob Pulliam and Ray Hud son of Mr and Mrs E R Hudson spent the weekend here with local relatives. The two University of Texas students were hosted by friends and were joined by Mrs Fraser and Margot of El Paso who had been visiting Dr John O'Donnell's home.
From where I sit a reader recalls a family story of sharing a wagon to save money and learn cooperation. The piece links childhood lessons to modern debates over equal access to pleasures and rights, urging shared responsibility rather than denial.
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