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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1948
Page
4
Real estate list offers stucco cottages four to five rooms with sun porches on five lots, eight and seven room brick houses with APTs, garages, and modern steam heat. Properties vary from corner lots to two-story homes and ranch parcels including ten section Terrell County ranch at 12 dollars per acre. Financing options FHA GI may apply. Beneficial for home or business use.
Mr and Mrs Son Wilson left Sunday for Dallas where Mr Wilson went to market. Mrs Wilson planned to visit a sister in Fort Worth. During their absence Anja Wilson and grandchildren Joan and Ann are in town from the ranch to stay with them.
H L Kokernot Jr. left for Fort Worth for the fat stock show. G H Harfet of El Campo arrived for a visit. Jim Wilson spent time in Lubbock visiting his daughter Mrs Monroe Dunn. Curtis McElroy of Pecos visited Earl McElroy and family. Doc Waters of El Paso visits J L Milam's relatives. Mrs N L Casner of El Paso visits here with relatives. J C Lewis and baby left for Albuquerque to enter university. he earned a math and business administration degree at Sul Ross. Mrs Lewis is Julianna Bierschwale from Alpine.
A hometown square column comments on local issues and light community topics. It mentions postal delivery plans, sheriff race rumors after Clarence Hord, a Granada feature on hula dancers, and a jolly exchange about a cooled water pan at home. The writer recalls reading My Mom and Dad, praises Alpine theater plans, and urges street-light improvements.
R H Murrah Jr a Nine Points rancher and WWII veteran announces candidacy for county commissioner Prec 4. He vows to maintain roads including ranch routes and run county business efficiently. Mimeograph stencils and paper at The Avalanche.
Wallace Peters and guests attend. Pecos club nominates Alton Hughes for district governor. Three new members Verne Clapton Dr Thomas Coats and Clay Cade are introduced. Peyton Cain demonstrates three visual aid devices and shows films on Halloween parade and fire prevention. Ramos Package Store seeks Texas Liquor Control Board permit in Murphysville Alpine.
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