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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
8
Reporter writes on Texas life politics and culture including Dallas Fort Worth dynamics oil wealth and a British trade note. Mentions Mr and Mrs Douglas Bennett visiting Alpine and footnote on American views reflecting Texas as a power.
Our Best wishes go with the 1950 Labos on their last game trip this week. The team is praised as fine players and good fellows, with high regard for their coach and leader Ret Pierce.
The Lobo band will complete its busiest Sul Ross year with a December 2 appearance in Commerce for the Sul Ross Fast Texas State game. A 3 day East Texas tour will cover about 1300 miles and nine performances at Lobo games. By December 3 the group returns to Alpine after roughly 4000 travel miles. Led by Drum Major Melba Bloomer and Bandmaster John Carrico the unit plans a Christmas themed show and will become a chorus during the trip.
In South Alpine a man named Brown employed by a local auto dealer was stabbed in the wrist during a fracas. The incident involved Rey Tel and others as part of a busy scene at a band event with a routine stage setup led by Darrell Phillips and Ross Hise. After a Commerce appearance, the Lobo group will begin a busy concert season with performances in West Texas high schools.
Brewster County sees a rising honey industry as Big Bend Honey Co ships a USDA shipment of 1740 five pound cans. The plant extracts three to six thousand pounds daily, filters and heats honey to 160 degrees, then stores it in amber tanks before jarning. Photos of the plant interior appear in this issue.
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