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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1947
Page
8
The Fort Davis high school band performed a spirited pro jam in the high school auditorium on Tuesday night. Under director M. C. Britain, the ensemble showcased its new green and gold uniforms and a wider range of offerings than usual.
A sequence of opening marches and popular tunes featured Mrs. Tyrone Kelly and Miss Anne Mims among soloists with Audine Jarrett and Audrey Newton in the fanfare quartet. The Bul Hoss college auditorium heard the broadcast by station KVL and Sanderson high hosted similar offerings. Fort Davis audiences were promised a next Fort Davis High School program and a Balmorhea concert with a post show barbecue.
First grade students Beth Fitzgerald Gail Roberts Bettye Campbell Lloyd Graham W. J. Etheredge appear on the honor roll. Names Nelson Rinehart Jean Espy Myron Weir Jimmy Higgins Donald Campbell Barbara Latta and Dickie Woolley listed among first grade. More Fort Davis on Page 6.
A series of birth announcements from Alpine and nearby areas lists newborns and parents. Prank Richard Jr. Lew born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lew of Little Rock Arkansas, an Alpine native. A son born April 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brownlee Je of Peru Indiana, with Mrs. Brownlee formerly Miss Lada Taylor. Grady M. Nelon and wife welcome a daughter weighing 7 pounds born at a local hospital Tuesday, named Carol Ann. City School Supt. and Mrs. Ht L Waldrum have a son born at an El Paso hospital Westnesday. Edwin Fowlkes and wife of Alpine welcome a son Patrick Henry born at a local hospital Tuesday. A. J. Bierschwabe and Dr. R. M. Hawkins discussed Sul Ross College administration in Alpine collaboration. Buy U. S. Saving.
Yesterday at Sul Ross Rotary heard Charles A. Guy editor of the Luibbeek AvalancheJournal and John McCarty Amarillo author historian. both Rotarians spoke at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Assn convention. Guy praised Sul Ross students calling them bedrock American families and eager to learn while McCarty thanked Alpine friends. Other visitors included Wood Bozeman Pecos Cla Spikes Mission Pop Warner Marfa and John Williams San Angelo areas.
Fort Worth planners outline a Memorial Day weekend tour to Big Bend National Park with stops at San Angelo Fort Stockton Davis Mountain area and Balmorhea State Park. The 4 day trip begins May 29 from Burnett Park in an air conditioned coach returning to Fort Worth by 11 p m. The itinerary includes meals lodging campfire briefing Santa Elena Canyon Indian Lodge and McDonald observatory visits along a scenic route through Limpia Canyon and Balmorhea. The piece ends with a statistics riff on American living standards and resource shares.
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