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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1958
Page
8
Field personnel of the Game and Fish Commission will for the first time wear uniforms. Biologists hatchery staff and field assistants will receive a hat and olive green wool shirt jacket and trousers. The uniform identifies public contact and uses patches for rank and assignment.
A Maria Sullivan family descendent arranges luminaries around an Albuquerque home for Christmas. Thousands of paper sack lights glow along walks reflecting a Spanish colonial custom now paired with aluminum foil wrapped vigil candles for safety and longevity.
College Station officials warn cattle owners that after frost sorghum can spike prussic acid, a deadly toxin to livestock. Dr. C M Patterson notes frost wilt triggers chemical changes, with young plants higher in acid. rapid veterinary treatment is critical to save poisoned animals.
The Texas Department of Public Safety will hold preliminary field exams for patrolman on January 20 21 and 22. Men ages 21 to 35 may obtain applications at DPS offices or by writing Austin. Speir urges applicants before January 12 1959 as 100 more patrolmen are authorized.
Lawrence J. Cochrane of the Veterans Administration in San Antonio announced that about 25.46 Texas GI policyholders will receive a portion of a national 1959 dividend total of 256 million dollars. The payments come as refunds of part of premium costs due to a lower death rate than actuarial tables.
About 35 years ago astronomers revised the view of outer galaxies. New telescopes revealed these galaxies are massive, rivaling the Milky Way in size, and lie far apart across the cosmos at extraordinary distances.
George Porter Hair aged 76 died Friday December 19 at his daughter's home in Alpine. Funeral services were held Monday December 22 in Hope Arkansas with burial arrangements via Livingstone Funeral Home. Hair, born September 18 1882 in Texas, was a farmer who had lived in Alpine for two years. Mrs. Walter W. Esch attended the services.
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