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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1947
Page
3
A Marathon civic club for all women plans a meeting at the club house Thursday February 20 at 7 30 p m to organize efforts to improve Marathon. The message urges every local lady to attend and participate in shaping the town’s future.
The Busy Bee Club met February 3 at Mrs. M. H. Jones home and tacked two quilts after planning the afternoon work. A February 10 meeting at Mrs. Otto Lachusen’s featured hemming cup towels, with a luncheon including salad sandwiches pie and coffee for a group of ladies.
Mrs J B Good hosted the bridge club on February 4 at the club house. Mrs Fred Barrett won high score and Mrs Roy Stillwell was second. A dessert course and coffee were served to Mesdames J A McGonagill, Earl Young, Tom Yarbro, Zoye Decie, Archie Standlea, Fred Barrett, Sue McKinney, Lee Dragoo, Roy Stillwell, W R Green and Elmo Weston.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Green of Kvalde visit in town staying with Mr and Mrs Wm r een at Maravillas Shut Up. Mrs Roy Stillwell brings in the first bluebonnets of the season for Clinthn Ritchey family. Mrs Stillwell found the stems short but expects length with warmth. Waddy Burnham and son Bill return from San Antonio while Earl Bland List hosts guests after a Del trip.
Rural America produced a 1946 farm value near twenty-three billion dollars with meat, dairy, and poultry leading cash income. Swift & Company paid farmers 981 million dollars for livestock and raw materials and turned outputs into foods and by products. The firm says it provides a year round market and returns about 75 cents per dollar in revenue to farmers while 1.3 cents per dollar is profit and dividends go to 63,365 shareholders. The text emphasizes Swift’s role in purchasing and processing agricultural outputs and distributing profits.
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