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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1949
Page
4
Philco Electromaster DeLuxe stove with light clock and timer offered for 225 dollars compares with a price over 300 dollars. Sold by brand new unit at 203 N Harrison with date 1 21 3p listed.
Advertises furnished two room apartments on 1st and 2nd floors with phone contact 3861. Seeks man or woman to take over established Watkins customer route in Alpine. Full time income 45 dollars weekly, no car or investment needed. Write Roy C. Ruble at J. R. Watkins Company, Memphis Tennessee.
Lobo cagers James Dumps Williams, a 6 foot 5 inch junior with two letters in conference play, dominates near the rim and on loose balls. Wendell Henry, Lovington, N M guard and reserve staple, a senior challenger for a starting berth, brings speed and prior all district recognition.
Funeral services were held for Larry Gerald Maddoux, 16 months, at 10:30 a m at Marfa Baptist Church with burial in Marfa cemetery. He died when the car carrying his parents hit a pickup on the Alpine highway east of Marfa. Survived by parents and grandparents of Eden. Father is a Sul Ross student.
Maj. George F. Owen and Lt. A H Pasenhier completed a three day visit at Sul Ross College. They interviewed applicants for Aviation Cadet Pilot training and announced the next stop at the University of New Mexico. William H. Dodd was found fully qualified pending a final physical exam at Randolph AFB on February 10.
District champions and leaders from NBC affiliated leagues will vie in 16 state meets established by Texas Commissioner Jerry Feille. Winners advance to San Antonio playoffs for a national tournament in Wichita August 19 to 31. Conroe Wildcats are defending champs after a seventh place tie in the 1948 national meet.
Mrs. C. E. McCool and Miss Margaret Linn left Sunday for Dallas on a business trip. Mrs. Gene Benson went to Waco to visit her sister Mrs. Charles Crawford. Several others traveled to El Paso Fort Worth New Orleans San Antonio and Los Angeles for shows funerals and family visits over the past week.
Alpine PTA meets at the high school with Mrs. Wilson of the Texas State Library Extension Department presenting on home library value and suitable children’s books. A health film followed, and Mrs. Smith’s first grade and Mrs. Key’s third grade tied for the attendance award, each to receive a $5 prize.
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