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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
3
Local brief notes show residents traveling to Chow Chilla Castroville and San Antonio for family visits HemisFair attendance and military assignments. A shop relocation and a surplus school equipment sale at Marathon High School tennis court on Monday July 22 are announced.
Miss Molly Faulk of Alpine and Sul Ross State College will see her poem Genius published in Pegasus an anthology selecting 1000 top college poems from 1964 to 1968. Her prior poem Number Two appeared through National Poetry Press. She also participates in the Sul Ross band trains the college mascot and was elected a Lobo cheerleader for 1968 69.
The Texas Department of Public Safety will interview prospective Patrolman applicants at the Alpine Sheriff’s Office on Friday July 19 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Open to men aged 20 to 35 in good physical condition with a high school education or equivalent and at least 20/40 vision.
Dr. W E Lockhart and wife depart Friday for Denver Colorado where he will take a post graduate course at the University of Colorado Medical School to qualify for American Academy of General Practice membership. Guests at the Ittner home last Thursday included Robert Wiley Tony Mollhagen and Joe Rollin from Texas Tech. Earlier visitors were Clyde Goodman of Eden Texas. Ittner Wiley Mollhagen and Goodman were in the same Ft Hays Kansas State College graduating class.
Big Bend Unit 79 American Legion Auxiliary elected new officers at a Monday meeting in the Legion Home led by President Mrs. F E Riggs. Elected to attend the State Meat Convention in Houston August 9 to 11 were Mrs Riggs. S Kokernot, Mrs Henry Bailey, Mrs Elvie Williams, Mrs Sherman Newsom and Miss Lucille Chaffin.
Mrs Claude Arnold entertained the Thursday Night Bridge Club at her home on N St. St. The rooms featured Summer flowers. Mrs Sam Schultz won the high prize while Mrs Bob McLaughlin took low. Mrs Robert Causey won the bingo prize. Guests included Mines Causey Gerald Stockton Carl Williams Clarence Winn and David Slaughter with Mrs McLaughlin and Mrs Schultz of Pecos and a former Alpine resident.
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