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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
4
Advertisement fragment for gift fruit boxes with express prepaid delivery options. Mentions Big Bend Photo & Curio Shop offering delivery on a date chosen by the customer. Also includes an employment ad for Rawleigh products seeking home service representatives with contact details and interview information.
Local items list numerous Thanksgiving visits and travels. Families from El Paso, Midland, Austin, San Angelo, Uvalde, Del Rio, and other Texas cities attended gatherings or pursued football games at Austin. Names include Gilmer, McIntyre, Kempen, Newsom, Hawkins, Cross, Doda, Vanney, Berkeley, Kokernot, Benson, Winter, Prestridge, Dorris, and Daton among others.
Kohler advertises investing surplus funds in secured first mortgage notes on Alpine property. Inquiries directed to Storey-Whiteside Lumber Co. Also offered are hand and circular saws and shop tools. Contact Joe Frayser at 2085 South Street.
Clay Hol land Jr and wife welcomed a son born last Sunday at a focal hospital, John Riley. J C Wade announces granddaughter Mary Beatricus born November 22 to Dr. and Mrs. Burk Lex Smith of Midland, grandmother Wade at Smith home. Louie Miller and wife of Washington DC announce a daughter born November 26 at 8 35 am, weight 6 pounds 2 ounces, Mrs Miller is Viola Holland daughter of Maude Holland of Alpine.
The article lists sophomores J. W. Shepperd, Billy Cowell, Dick Hawkins, John O'Donnell, Jack Richardson, George Davis and HB Ramos. Freshmen mentioned include vavia nernan, with Musgrave noted for a first and a second.
PRESIDIO November 28 Paul E Propst 66 died at his home after a long illness chronic asthma attacks over years Born in Illinois he moved to Texas married there and lived in Marfa Fort Davis Presidio later He served as highway maintenance supervisor Farm Security Administration and water system organizer He is survived by his wife a stepson two daughters and a son four brothers and four grandchildren Funeral services were held at the First Christian church in Marfa with graveside rites by Marfa Lodge No 506.
Details from a Shreveport paper arrive about the Nov 14 crash near Rich Mountain in the Ouachita National Forest. Lt. Gg. E. O. Phillips, former Alpine High principal and Navy instructor, died with three naval officers as the aircraft burned. Survived by widow and mother. Phillips had served in VA education.
Big Bend Junior football conference officials met in Alpine on November 22 to rename Supt. Sain as chairman for 1951, set a May meeting for scheduling, and approve Fort Stockton Butz School’s withdrawal. Fort Davis grade schools seek two-level competition by combining with Anderson and Fort Davis Central.
Fort Davis mourns George Grierson 81 a link to the frontier era and son of General Benjamin Grierson. He died in Alpine hospital Thanksgiving evening after a decline, with family noting his long residence near the old Fort Davis. He and his brothers entered local life as guardians of frontier memory and ranch holdings, leaving a scattered family history and a marked grave at Fort Concho.
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