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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1950
Page
4
Mrs Boyd Wright visits in Lamesa while Mrs Edith Caldwell hosts. guests travel from Detroit and Palm Beach to stay with Dr and Mrs Malone Hill. Visitors include Frank Seyfert of Fabens with grandparents G W Seybert. Jim Harris and Snookie Sherril from Pecos with the Terrys. Breshears and son Frank from Houston. many others from Waco Uvalde and Cisco stop by friends and family locally. Emergency services and travel details also noted.
The American Cancer Society Texas Division highlights the states role in advancing cancer control. Texas operates 25 diagnostic and treatment clinics and supports MD Anderson with 10 full time cancer information centers in ten cities. The state contributes over 100000 dollars yearly through the Texas Cancer Crusade to the national research program with Texas scientists active in the effort.
Hospital notes list surgeries and treatments for patients in Presidio Marfa Fort Davis and Sul Ross. The annual Sul Ross Boys Fishing Trip sent eighty nine college boys and sponsors to the Rio Grande for a weekend excursion with eligibility based on scholarship and citizenship.
John F. Lane, a prominent Alpine ranchman and oilman, owns what he believes is the first Brahmalo or Buffaloma a cross between a buffalo cow and a Brahma bull. The 10 month old calf, with a mother bottle raised, shows buffalo and Brahman traits and may signal a new hardy beef stock. Lane has ranch holdings across Alpine Upton and Brewster Presidio counties and acquired buffalo stock five years ago for study.
A health education scholar from Texas leads efforts to teach cancer facts to his community. Texas becomes an early adopter of a tumor registry to track patients after treatment, uniting agencies under a single plan. The Texas Cancer Coordinating Council includes the American Cancer Society the State Department of Health the Cancer Committee of the State Medical Association of Texas and UT MD Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research.
The Mary Martha circle of the Methodist church will host a cake sale in front of the M System grocery starting at 9 a.m. tomorrow. Proceeds support church activities and community outreach.
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