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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
8
Alpine greets a long list of visitors and residents returning for Christmas. Frank Nevins visits with Drury Wood and family. Marguerite Koehl and Opal Chattin travel from San Antonio and Vernon. J.B. Casner and the Harmomett family also arrive. Many others from Fort Davis, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas join relatives for the holidays, with students and teachers returning to Alpine for the break.
A new brick filling station, nearly complete in West Texas, will feature floodlights and full-night illumination. The site will be operated by a company that handles its own pipe and pump work, with completion and construction costs exceeding $8,000 and more than $5,000 for the contract. The leaseholder may carry accessories and tire lines to expand stock.
The article describes Alpine relief efforts aiding arriving workers during Christmas and details a strict dairy grading system. It explains that Grade A milk must meet low bacteria counts and requires tuberculin testing, clean barns, sanitary handling, and monthly tests, with health officer inspection and city oversight.
During the relief program a daily average of 15 drifters visited, with 176 receiving meals and over 100 housed before registration began. Many drifters list northern states as home, California migrants traveling east, and 84 states represented led by New York Ohio and Illinois. Alpine survey indicates Christmas spirit persists.
A county note states that one appointment will be made at the upcoming commissioners meeting. Details on the position and candidate list are not provided in the fragment.
New officers take office and prepare to appoint directors as the Santa Fe right of way committee, led by Senator B. F. Berkeley, pushes pledges toward the promised $10,000 for railroad right of way and terminal grounds at Presidio. Clay Holland is president, with T. A. Beard and John Gillett as vice presidents.
The inspector states all dairy samples must be graded and the same file is used by over 96 Texas towns. In Alpine eight dairies were inspected and with improvements several could soon sell grade A milk. Hargie expects the state to send an inspector within ten days to grade the dairies after action last week.
The report of secretary A F Rouson on the past year’s program is ready and will be presented to the Directors for approval. The program committee for the meeting January 5 announces that some excellent entertainers have been secured and promise an interesting affair.
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