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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1952
Page
4
Help wanted notice for a neat pleasant waitress no experience required at Rose Cafe located at rear of Pop's Lunch. Signage references Kohler signs of all kinds. Date stamp 12 7 41.
A public ad seeks ranchers and trappers to sell feed sacks and ringtail furs to Bryan Kelly, with contact via phone 838. The notice also pitches first mortgage improvement notes on Alpine property at six percent, from Storey Whiteside Lumber Co., Alpine, phone 74.
Mrs D J Pollock and Mrs Ed Win McCollum present a winter driving display at Alpine Flower and Gift. The panel stresses hazards from snow, ice, and reduced daylight, urges extreme caution for pedestrians, and offers skid control and safe stopping guidance for icy roads. It also warns against carbon monoxide poisoning from open garage doors and emphasizes engine warmups and proper exhaust checks.
Amateur breeder Miles Pierce, of Alpine area, readies Rambouillett Topsteed for display at Fort Worth events this week. The breeder has shown often at Pecos county fairs and plans to exhibit his Show flock at Dig Bend Livestock, per local notes.
Local items list travel and visits across Texas. Otis Kumball and spouses head to the Fort Worth stock show. Jane Carradine returns from Houston and other points. L D Harris visits San Angelo. Eva Hill hosts J W Buck Hinson and Hinson of El Rio. Homer Rackley’s sister adjusts after Sidney Russell Jr. dies. Ross H Coney visits her mother G H Hartst in Garden City. W B Sharp stays at Holland hotel while Applebrook in Fort Davis is noted. L W Dumas travels from Albuquerque toward Randolph Field en route to Lowry Field for three months training. Mrs Henry Bailey of the state welfare council will visit Houston to coordinate Cancer Research fundraising with J Howard Hodge and M P Anderson.
State Health Officer George W. Cox outlined a three step plan for city sanitation drives to reduce flies rats and disease. A trained team would survey towns for hazards inspect garbage handling food sources and water supply test sewage systems and check residences and businesses for sanitary violations with owners held to cleanup obligations. Continuous work with proven methods could cut disease from unsanitary conditions and stop fly spread.
A reprinted article labels Truman era expenditures as a moral debacle. It cites rising personal staff costs and luxury items funded by taxpayers, urging Congress to address what it calls spendthrift government. The piece rails against payrolls, aircraft, yachts, and transport costs as fiscal excess.
Don Burleson of Alpine and Yap Kountz of Fors Davis counties will travel with Brewster Jett Davis boys to exhibit at the Houston Livestock Show next week. Don enters two Hereford steers and Van three fat lambs. Frank Newsom says the show is among the nation’s largest and most competitive. They return for the Big Bend 4-H Livestock show in Alpine on Feb 9.
Mrs Frank Hord and Mrs GE Babb welcomed a daughter born in Fort Stockton Hospital. The newborn girl weighs six pounds six ounces and has been named Carol Ann. Grandmother Mrs GE Babb of Sanderson is visiting with the new granddaughter.
Eighteen members met for the Big Bend Pistol Club monthly shoot in misty cold. Joe Lane set a .22 Cal 50 yard slow fire club record with 180, and Bud Fisher broke the 48 cal National Match club mark with 275. Lane led in multiple events, with Ralph Fabian, Bob Pope, and H M Hutchings among top finishers. spectators included W G Fielder and others. A closing quip notes wedding gowns signal commitment.
The Presbytery of El Paso will convene at Alpine Presbyterian Church on Tuesday Jan 29 at 2 p m with Rev Fred B Rogers announcing the weeklong meeting will end Wednesday afternoon Rev Raymond Burns of Marfa is retiring and Rev E E Diggs of El Paso stated clerk Dr James W Lowrie president of Trinity University San Antonio will speak at the public service Tuesday evening The Alpine Cemetery Assn will meet Monday Jan 28 at City Hall at 8 p m
A formal hearing is scheduled for Holland 29 at 1 03 pm. Attendees are invited to come in and have their cases heard, with details about pour hearing and potential roubles discussed.
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