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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1961
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Edward Lee Wittner and their three children of La Mesa are visiting his parents Rev and Mrs R L Wittner here this week, extending the family gathering and yielding a brief local social note of travel and kinship.
Big Bend National Park hosts visiting guests from Austin Paris and Pecos and welcomes new staff. National Federation of Federal Employees held a Fourth of July dance for park personnel at Government Springs and concessions workers enjoyed a Basin watermelon feast as July 4 events.
Dean Joe Miosness announces that Hilton Gilliam of Waco will direct an aquatic show on July 21 at Sul Ross College pool from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Brewster County Red Cross chapter meeting. Gilliam will lead a Water Safety Instructors school at Sul Ross for three days prior to the show. Cathy Newsom visits Alpine grandparents for the summer, arriving from Chicopee Falls Massachusetts after meeting them in San Antonio.
The Brewster-Jeff Davis 4 H club votes to move regular meetings to the third Monday. Rifle team members meet July 17 at the county agent office. A July 22 calf feeding tour ends with barbecue and swim at Kimball ranch. New livestock show rules distributed. copies available at Hill's office or Janet Grubb's home. Next meeting August 21 at 5 p.m.
The First Baptist Church voted to buy new pulpit furniture and dedicate it as a memorial to Don C. Littleton, an Alpine church and civic leader who died recently. Treasurer O E Hilbrich reports several contributions and invites others to donate with checks marked for the memorial. Guests Guida Brown Russell Martin and Ethel Lowe from Del Rio are visiting Alpine, staying at the Holland House, while Mrs Vernie Allen returns from a 10 day Fort Worth trip with relatives in Midland.
Construction of the 41 000 mile Interstate Highway System is described as the largest construction project ever undertaken highlighting vast scale and national effort.
Stevie Anne, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pete Shouppe of Alpine, won the sports ship award at the County Junior Rodeo in Fort Stockton last week. The First National Bank of Fort Stockton presented the prize.
Local retailer Alpine Rexall advertises a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee on all products and promises money back if customers are not satisfied. The promotion emphasizes value and the payoff of shopping there.
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