This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1951
Page
4
Local residents report visits and travels to destinations such as San Antonio Denver and Chihuahua City. Guests include J C Mooney and Mrs Bennie Simpson in Big Bend Park. Others plan trips to St Louis New York City and Van Rey while family updates and hospital glad tidings appear.
Sul Ross college hosts a two week workshop in Child Growth and Development led by Miss Fern Van Court with a future School Administration session by Dr. Dennis Cook beginning June 19. A July session on Guidance and Counseling will follow under Dr. T Q Srygley with regional education leaders and church affiliation noted.
Big Bend Post 79 Alpine selects Carroll Neely Bobby Hammons and Bob Duncan to attend the American Legion Boys State in Austin. They were chosen by a faculty secret ballot at Alpine High School after strong junior years. They depart Alpine on Thursday June 14 for the event with post commander W. B. Dorris noting their academic and athletic achievements.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram cartoonist Hal Coffman, on a brief vacation, spent time in Big Bend National Park. Returning June 12, he created an on assignment page cartoon featuring a South Rim view and a joke about standing four miles high, with horse Careful Charlie surveying the terrain.
Recent arrivals note daughter born last Saturday to Mr and Mrs Gilmore of Jackson Alabama. The infant weighs 8.4 pounds and is named Ann Betty Selvig daughter of Dr and Mrs T C Selvig Alpine. W B Billy Fielder recalled to active Marine duty at El Toro California veteran WWII pilot and former Magnolia Petroleum district sales manager based in Pecos. His wife Betty Jo Crawford returns to Alpine during his absence.
Navy recruiting officer T. Baylor from San Angelo Texas will be in Alpine near the post office on June 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Literature will be available and current Navy enlistment programs will be discussed with all interested persons.
In San Angelo last Sunday the Goodfellow Hawks defeated the Juniors 6 to 3. The article notes earlier results, mentions Kokernot Field and May dates, with players such as Chuck Ellis and El Lowe contributing.
Granada Theatre plans to premiere Warner Bros Technicolor Fort Worth along with ten Texas theatres on June 24 25. Cast includes Ned Beitt Randolph Leo Dish Lunsford David Brian Fioca Talvot Phyllis Thaxter Helena Carter and Aug Brooks in a 1940s style adventure feature.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.