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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
2
W. G. Gulibur has completed a revision of his basic conservation plan. He plans brush control on areas that receive extra water and to plant them to Johnsongrass.
Sergeant Alfonso Garcia 41 wife Anni lives Alpine Texas received a certificate of achievement while serving with the 97th General Hospital in Frankfurt Germany. He entered the Army in 1942 and arrived overseas in February 1958. His mother Micaela Garcia lives on Murphy Street and he is a 1937 Alpine High School graduate. Before the Army he worked for Hendricksons in San Angelo.
Promotional copy touts a sweepstakes with 1473 winners and Jet 1st Class trips to Rome Paris London with a new car awaiting winners. It advertises Jockey briefs and Power Knit T-shirts, highlighting fabric comfort, tailored fit, and value prices.
Weather and social notes from Alpine Texas reference drought conditions with ranches burning for want of rain. Visitors include Bill Cotterin family, Mischa Benson, Sam Mether, Lizie Ritchey, Frank Wedin, Leonard Hess, Gene Newman, and Arnold Reagan detailing arrivals, travel, and local chatter. Reports mention a horse accident and X-ray checks, while some areas received trace rain from nearby Big Bend National Park.
David Adams levels land at the Stillwell Crossing ranch for coastal bermuda grass planting aided by technicians from the Big Bend Soil Conservation District. Adams uses his own equipment to prepare the fields while Rev. and Mrs. T. Ray Bristol visit from Dallas with four children. Arch Pardue of Stanford in Alpine announced plans to return in October to receive cattle under contract. C. F. Cox from Sanderson was seen passing through Alpine toward the west.
Mrs. Catherine Hested and relatives thank everyone for kindness shown during Edmund Morrells hospital stay. Gratitude for visitors, flowers, and comforting words. Mr. and Mrs. G B Crawford visiting their son Bob and family in Springerville Arizona.
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