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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
4
Hopson & Hopson advertise secure insurance plans including family group policies and fire coverage with rent protection. Also promote loans on city property dwellings farms and ranches, notes for sale, and a ranch buying inquiry, Box 29 Texas with phone numbers 122 and 328.
Local residents welcome a steady stream of relatives and students for the holidays. John Gentry returns from a Texas university, Baylor students Byron Dutton Bow and Edward Wittner come home, and many families from Houston, Detroit, San Antonio, and Denton join relatives in Alpine for Christmas.
The passage from Luke 2 anchors Christmas carols and their popularity across holidays. The writer notes shepherds and angels as central motifs and argues the songs embody peace and goodwill, reflecting the world’s hopes and American aspirations for harmony.
Two girls discuss a locally planned Christmas cantata at a church on Christmas Eve. Miss Smith recounts a tale of a great uncle in Italy who composed it in youth, hid the manuscript, and sailed for America with the music found later in a trunk.
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