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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1951
Page
6
An Alpine property loan notice offers a first mortgage with a per cent return and safety. Storey Whiteside Lumber Co lists contact details in Alpine. Loans wanted with pre payment privilege at four percent interest, Marfa Texas.
An assortment of local notices promotes portraiture by ANNE STANFORD and D. D. Spray ing for shrubbery and pest control services. It references a studio remodeling in Del Rio and a portraiture business in Alpine, with a schedule from July 16 at Bienvenido courts. Joe Prayer advertises lawn and tool sharpening services at 205 Sth St. and other moving and long distance livestock services appear.
Local listings advertise a seven room brick house near a high school with modern features, priced affordably and offering partial cash terms. Also offered are a chicken ranch, windmill, ample acreage, and multiple building sites on College Hill and North Daltion, with Liberal terms, payments, and potential apartment investments. Abstracts of title, title insurance, general insurance, bonds and real estate services are provided.
The Georgia district 7 camp for Girls, sponsored by the Women’s Union, opened at Paisano Baptist Encampment Monday with 365 enrolled. A full daily schedule includes morning call at 6 30, lights out at 10, mission study, counseling, recreation, handicraft, evangelistic services, and cabin devotions. Mrs. Allen Thomas of Pecos is listed among organizers.
A string of brief notices lists Mrs J B Miles visiting in Alpine, Mr and Mrs Charles Ives vacationing in Colorado, Miss Nellie Litchfield on vacation in California, Miss Barbara Beard visiting in New Mexico, Jim Kensel from Kerrville visiting Kerr home, and numerous others traveling to California Dallas New York and Ohio. It notes Florists conventions in Dallas and Columbia University courses for a Mrs Hill est, with extended visits and family gatherings in Fort Worth and Pecos.
Mrs Speck's daughter Mrs Reuben Smith and Carolyn Smith visit Mrs Smith's mother Mrs Lilly McAdoo in Truth or Consequences New Mexico. Kate Mosley visits sister Irby Chapling of Vicksburg Miss and cousin Annie Lindsay of hex La. Judge Alan Fraser and Margot return from a month visiting St Louis Philadelphia and Canada. C L Morrow Presidio Miss Hazel Vanney Uvalde and Marjorie Thornton Alpine visit Chihuahua City Mexico. Miss Muude Koeh returns to San Antonio after weeks with T A Beard family in Alpine and hunts near Van Horn. R C Garnett visits Los Angeles with Pfe Ray Garnett, Marine, sailing to Japan. Antonio with her for eye treatment operation advised. Mrs Joe Page leaves to visit parents in Lockney. Pages’ two sons stay with grandparents. W W Young of Fort Worth visits relatives en route from Carlsbad Caverns. George Baines E M Elliott and sons of Antonio attend a Baines family gathering for Mrs Elliott at William Baines residence. Paul Forchheimer returns to Alpine and will move his family from San Antonio in about a month. they will build a new home on College Hill. Guests at E R Miles residence: Mrs Miles's brother William S Neale and family from Wichita Falls. this week Mr Miles's parents Mr and Mrs A L Miles of Brownwood visit. K Tange who had stomach surgery at Mayo Rochester is recovering well with no malignancy. Judge Wilmer Hunt and children Robin Granger Sperry visit with Mrs Hunt's sister Mrs Henry Safford and children Ryland Elizabeth of Houston. they arrived last Sunday.
Local notes reveal Agile Bookworm explains absence while addressing inquiries about library visitors and materials. The piece highlights a freelance writer gathering Alpine Public Library material, a San Angelo Standard-Times staffer visiting, and county petition drives urging Alpine library support before August 1 to gain commissioners’ consideration.
Navy Recruiting Station officer Jonn Sessions will be in Alpine on Tuesday July 1951 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. He will set up near the post office building to meet local residents and discuss recruitment. Judge Hunt returned to Houston earlier this week and his family will occupy their summer home on College Hill.
Sul Ross College Music Department presented four student artists in a Tuesday recital. Charlotte, a pianist. Ross Hise, a tenor. Gum, a pianist. and Tommy McBeth, an organist, performed Bach, Tschaikovsky, Schubert and Mozart with varied diction and expressive contrast. Lionel Gunn complemented the program with Debussy and ornate piano work. The program closed with McBeth and Slight joining for Schubert Ave Maria, highlighting symphonic blending of piano and organ.
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