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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1952
Page
4
Classified ad fragment listing Ram Lambs for sale by E. Carlton in Fort Davis Texas, plus numerous rental notices for furnished 2 and 3 room apartments in Alpine. Includes ads for real estate, furniture, and services with contact cues and local business names.
Notice is hereby given that letters testamentary on the estate of Virginia Kokernot, deceased, were granted to W H Kokernot, Independent Executor, on April 30 1952 by the County Court of Brewster County Texas. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legally prescribed time. Residence Alpine Brewster County Texas. Issued July 28 1952 JW Frazer County Clerk.
House Joint Resolution number 38 seeks adding Sec tion 80a to Texas Constitution creating State Medical Education Board and a State Medical Education Fund to grant loans or scholarships for rural medical study. It requires voter approval at November 1952 election and funding through state appropriations. Budget hearing notice follows from J C Coleman, President.
A series of social notices lists Mrs. Dick Rogers and daughters visiting San Antonio, John C. Epperson in El Paso, Ruth Blake in San Angelo, and several others from Richmond to Philadelphia visiting relatives in Alpine, with many weekend guests at the Owens and Davidson households and travel plans to Peterville and Colorado. The roster includes tragic news of Eliza Wade’s brother Gordon Bumguardner’s death and other family movements across Texas and Oklahoma.
Alpine remembers Mrs Lassiter, longtime Brewster County teacher and former Centennial principal, by naming fifteen local Bertas as namesakes. The feature profiles Berta Crk Lassiter’s influence on the community, her work with the Texas Reading Association, and ties to Alpine families, ranches, and local history alongside tributes from former students and colleagues.
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