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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1951
Page
2
Midland livestock report shows a 740 head run, the heaviest since price toll backs. Better grade and good to choice stockers steady to stronger, but plain stockers $1.00 to $2.00 per hundred lower than last week. Calves and yearlings sold from $31 to $36.50, mediums $25 to $31, cows $22 to $27, bulls $23 to $27, stocker steer calves $82 to $36.50, cow and calf pairs $257 down.
The Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission authorizes the pronghorn antelope season for seven counties west of the Pecos. Ban permits, slots set for first hunt period October 4 5 and 6 second period October 7 8 and 9. Each licensee may harvest one antelope per period. In 1950 425 permits issued at $5, total bill 375. A 1948 tally shows 702 permits and 629 total. Brewster Jett Davis Pecos Presidio Reeves Hudspeth Culberson counties studying herds to set permit numbers. ranchmen get 20 percent of permits at $5 each, may charge hunters up to $40. The notice also includes a probate claim settlement for the estate of Drago Deceased.
Entry shows historic postal notice with subscription rates for Brewster Presidio and Jett Davis counties. Rates listed include $2.50 per year and $3.00 per year with six month options, referencing the act of Congress of March 1670 and second class mailing status at Alpine Post Office.
On Wednesday evening in the college auditorium Glenn Davis presented the summer concert choir in an hour of song. The group showed attack release tempo and nuance unusual for strangers, with Land of Hope and Glory and Pilgrim's Chorus from Wagner highlights. Charlotte Slight sang and Gaines provided piano, flute accompaniments as two Negro spirituals moved the audience. Encore Massa closed the program.
Alpine Junior Legionnaires, two time district champions, were eliminated in bi district playoffs by an El Paso team sponsored by Rollins Motor Co. The series featured a rain delayed opener and two games in Cowboy Park. El Paso dominated the slate, scoring nine runs in the first five innings of Sunday’s game, with Alpine managing six hits and two runs across seven innings.
Sixty-five high school graduates receive Texas A&M Opportunity awards totaling 61200 to fund college education. Fifty-three four year and twelve one year scholarships announced by the A&M College Development Fund. Most winners are 1951 Texas graduates. one Norway student also awarded.
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