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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1941
Page
4
Local residents and guests share holiday visits as families welcome relatives from El Paso Lubbock and Eagle Pass including the Leath Camari no and Turney households. Trips to Houston Pasadena Winters and Galveston mark the season with students and alumni returning to Alpine Fort Stockton and Dimmit County for the holidays.
Thirty two members and one visitor Ray B McGrew attended the Rotary meeting. Milton Smith led a program with five five minute talks by Rotarians John Gillett Frank Young and Parky Parkhurst spoke on Rotary plans for 1961 and community support. Frank urged programs on Eagle scout work bicycle traffic regulation and inter city meetings Parky compared Rotary to other clubs and warned against a check writing club. Several local deaths and visits to Cameron Abilene and Oklahoma were reported among members and guests.
In Texas a long established company unveils a jail project after decades of operation. The report notes cash payment and the key local figures involved, with emphasis on the impact for the community and the county.
Two small furnished cottages at Mitre Peak Guest Ranch offered for winter use at town rental rates. Contact Mrs Arthur Blucher at 189F2 or 126. Also notices seeking reliable workers for Watkins products in Alpine, a dirt hauling service ad, and a brief personal mention of A. J. Tippit visiting relatives near Albany.
Mrs. G W Martin came home Saturday from Austin where she was called by the death of her mother Mrs. R E Allen on December 20. Mrs. Allen, age 84, had often visited in Mrs. Martin's home here and died after a short illness. Burial was at New Liberty, their old home. Accompanying Mrs. Martin was her daughter Mrs. Willis Griffin of Sabina, with whom she spent Christmas.
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