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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1947
Page
4
An advertisement invites readers to mail a stamped envelope with $1 to Polly Trim at 1302 East Alabama Houston 4 Texas for professional decorating suggestions to refresh their writing and decor. Also Chambers Appliance Co. in Alpine offers appliance service.
Mr and Mrs Wm Sloan visited El Paso this week. Mrs Lynch Henderson travels to Corpus Christi for an extended visit. Dallas residents Mr and Mrs J W McDonald visited the Morrison home. Dr and Mrs W E Locknart visited his mother in Canyon. BE Townsend returned from six weeks in San Antonio and Austin. Several others plan trips to Hot Springs and El Paso with relatives and friends, including Engle visiting Galveston and Attwood from Nogales. Air trips bring Chicago guests to Fort Worth and Alpine connections. Easter plans involve Alpine students returning to school after holidays.
A new finance and construction firm, Big Bend Builders Inc., announces opening in Alpine at the Big Bend Abstract Company building opposite the courthouse. Plans include home construction on contract, finished homes for sale, planning, interior design, landscaping, and financing options including VA styles. Presidents, vice presidents, and secretary treasurer are named, with emphasis on affordable, quality homes and veteran financing.
George Clark and other dignitaries attended a Rotary gathering in Alpine hosted by John Newell. President Jack outlined Texas Easy disaster news while D. M. Bennett and Red Pierce announced spring football scrimmage and booster club activities. Major and minor operations for local residents were listed with dates. a May rodeo was promoted.
A daughter named Emma was born to Mr and Mrs Conrado Arriola on Mond April 14. Attending Roark funeral last Saturday were Geo Ragland Abernathy W M Robinson Lubbock Gertrude Davis Milo Bennett Las Cruces NM and Edna Maxty San Antonio. The Brewster County Commissioners Court set 1947 valuation for livestock and lands across zones with figures for stock cattle fearlings cattle girls and various animal categories plus land zone multipliers. Felix P McGaughy County Judge and J W Frazer County Clerk certified.
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