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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
2
Local items report births and family visits as Mrs. Johnny Chandley welcomes a daughter born January 25. Various residents including Mies Nora Fails at Alpine hospital with throat infection and Kathleen Lundy recovering from flu visit the Westminster Choir concert.
Forty two Alpine Rotarians and visiting Ray mond Pitts discussed housing needs. M L Hopson urged FHA use noting Alpine lags behind Pecos and Ft Stockton. over 100 houses built in Pecos and 25 in Ft Stockton since August. He warned vacant lots burden communities and urged placing houses. Rotary Day set for February 22 as bring a neighbor event.
Notice to candidates states advance payment of announcement fees: Precinct five dollars County ten dollars District fifteen dollars. The Avalanche lists Sheriff Assessor and Collector of Taxes candidate Clarence Hord County Treasurer Sam E Nelson and County Judge R B Slight seeking re election in the Democratic Primary on July 27 1949.
Honor Roll lists subscribers across Marathon Alpine El Paso Lubbock and other locations thanking readers for renewing subscrip tions and urging those with due payments to settle promptly. Names include George Hargus Hulda Hollis Lloyd Wade R. W. Bourland Jack Roberts and many more with several notes such as by N M Clifford or Mrs. Gertrude Moss.
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Austin January 30 Dr Robert M Hutchins president of the University of Chicago urged greater inter university co operation citing McDonald Observatory built jointly by the University of Texas and Chicago as the world’s most effective astronomical setup and a model for cooperation He warned of declining endowment income and gifts and rising competition for state appropriations
Local church announces a February visit by evangelist Roy E. Gulle for a preaching event at the Church of Christ. Details on date and service times are provided to parishioners.
Mothers of the Kindergarten children held a meeting Monday afternoon to organize a Mothers club. Mrs Howard Johnson was elected president with Mrs George Bowie as vice president and Mrs W N Wright as secretary treasurer. The club will meet the first Monday of each month, first meeting set for February 4 at Mrs Bernal Slight's home. Those present included Mesdames Johnson, Bowie, Barrow, Coz, Murphy Johnson, Owens, Pinkerton, Slight, Williams, Carter, and Miss Prances Slover.
Sul Ross College in Alpine has attracted $2,630,820.70 in state appropriations since 1920 while faculty salaries totaled $1,859,582. The college enrolled 7,268 students in 19 years, with 951 degrees awarded, and its presence spurred population growth, housing, and school enrollment. Supplementary funding added nearly six million dollars, and the college supports a cooperative school program, library access, and local employment, boosting Alpine’s economy and growth.
Miss Betty Woodruff, registered nurse and Phillips 66 highway hostess, tours the middle west since last May guiding travelers. She greets motorists, offers aid for flats, wrecks, and first aid, inspects rest rooms, and promotes comfort and safety at Phillips service stations in Alpine and beyond.
Balmorhea FFA will hold its first annual stock show and auction on Saturday February 17 at 10 a m. at the high school feeding pens directed by R L Merz Jr with about 25 boys exhibiting 15 fat lambs and 13 calves in classes with prizes up to 10 7 50 and 5 dollars ribbons for all places and an after show auction for closing out projects some stock may be taken to other shows Balmorhea F F A chapter extends invitation to friends and buyers Is your subscription paid
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