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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1950
Page
8
The Band club bingo party last Saturday night drew wide participation and added about $375 to the fund for band uniforms, nearing $1,000 total. A spring concert is planned with High-band concert involvement in ay and census guesses for Alpine range from 5 000 to 12 000, sparking local curiosity.
Fort Worth weekly cattle receipts eased as rains swept the region causing lighter overall numbers. Prices moved higher across most classes with steers and yearlings at 25 to 28 dollars, calves up to 30 dollars, stockers 20 to 25, fat cows 16.50 to 20.50, and fat lambs 50 cents to 1 dollar higher.
Readers praise the new Alpine High School gym as a community asset while debating traffic light placements on the main route. The column offers lighthearted notes on local life, letters to the editor, and humorous asides about language trends and local business news.
The Fiesta de la Pesca in Guaymas Sonora will run May 12 to 14 ocean side with attractions including the Equestrian Olympic team led by Colonel Humberto Mariles, the Artillery Band from Mexico City, motor boat races, The Human Flyers exhibition, a parade of fishing floats, and a prize fishing contest regulated by the International Game Fish Association. Hotels listed include Hotel Rubi, Hotel Pacifico, Hotel Playa de Corites two miles away, and Hotel Miramar with varying rates.
Feeder lambs steady to 50 cents higher as Corn Belt buyers enter the market. Old sheep light in supply and generally steady. Milk fat lambs bring 26 to 27.50 dollars, common to medium 20 to 25, stocker shorn lambs 15 to 22.50, shorn fat lambs 23 to 24.75, common slaughter lambs down to 18 or less. Slaughter ewes 8 to 12, old wethers to 12.50, yearlings and twos 15 to 21, old bucks 8 to 9.50.
Sul Ross announces commencement speakers for May 21 and 22. Dr. Harold G. Cook of McMurry College Will deliver the baccalaureate sermon Our Rich Heritage Intellectual Cultural and Religious. Dr. L D Haskew UT College of Education will address the graduates.
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