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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1959
Page
10
A Des Moines Register feature recounts a driver at dusk on rain slick roads as fatigue and speed converge. Flashing countdowns echo the last moments before a collision with a truck, highlighting dangers of extended hours behind the wheel and poor visibility.
Twenty five years ago Alpine readies for the Old Settlers Reunion and Cowboys Roundup starting next Wednesday. The community anticipates Highway 90 completion talks, a J C Penney store opening July 19, and camp plans for SP-33-T in the Chisos Mountains with a barbecue and platform dance at Marathon Service Club.
Conversational Spanish BYM describes Mr Slover on KVLF from 7:05 to 7:30 p.m. Fridays and provides a bilingual tale about an old burro. It lists questions and answers in Spanish and English about selling or killing the donkey and the donkey escaping toward the countryside.
Services conducted yesterday in Midland for M. J. Knight 28 an employee of Texas Electric Co who died Monday in Abi lene hospital He is survived by his widow Maxine a son Jackie a daughter Jeannette his parents Mr and Mrs C A Knight of Marfa a sister Mrs Jeff Graham Alpine a brother Jack Marfa Services were held at 2 30 p m in St Mary Methodist in Midland
Mr and Mrs Mayo Cleveland and family will spend the holiday weekend in Gonzales with brother and family, Mr and Mrs R W Cleveland. Other Cleveland kin include sister Mrs Frank Haas and Mr Haas of Garden Grove California, another brother Mr and Mrs J B Cleveland and sons of San Antonio plus Mayo’s daughter and husband Mr and Mrs las Profitt and son of Pecos. Lindy Creigh and daughter visited San Antonio. Gage Holland is in San Antonio briefly.
The item notes the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shepperd of Alpine in connection with a Texas event.
Jim Devenport, son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Devenport, visited Alpine for a weekend. He is a Buckeye known as Seacher in Midland Public Schools and works at an oil plant in Ohio.
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