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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
8
In Jerusalem a wounded M. P. rests at a belated meal while a comrade recovers. The Jewish agency forms a provisional council and is expected to declare a Jewish State in Palestine after the British withdrawal.
Bill Winter was installed as president for the new year starting July 1 with Al Creigh acting as installing officer. Milton Smith becomes vice president and Aubrey Webb and Fred Williams are reinstalled as secretary and treasurer along with three new directors W G Fielder J Ro Rucker and Walter Winton.
Eleven Texas A&M seniors studying range management toured the Big Bend Davis Mountains area last week. They arrived in Alpine and used Kokernot stadium facilities for showers and camping. The trip included a visit to McDonald Observatory and a scenic loop. Participants include Kerwin Manning San Antonio Cal Boykin Midland Tom Christian Sam Colemany Waco Walter Page Wyatt Lipcomb Laidlaw John Estes Hereford Walter Dew Bryan Mr Howard Kerbyville Robert Crawford Alpine John Althoff Idaho professor led the group.
June dates outline filing fees and expense statements for elections with absentee voting starting July 4 and the July 24 primary day. The text includes a stray line about a wife using a razor and a joke about powder puffs, plus a note about mimeograph stencils and paper at The Avalanche.
The Avalanche lists Democratic primary candidates with cash in advance rates. State Senate 29th District includes Charles B. Moore Henry A. Coffield Hill D. Hudson. Representative 87th District Clifford Lawrence Tom H. Stovell. numerous county and district offices with re election notes.
Billy B. West was elected wor shipful master of Alpine lodge 766 AF&AM at the regular meeting last Thursday. C. W. Livingston was chosen senior warden James L. Crawford junior warden and G. B. Crawford treasurer reelected F C Duncan secretary reelected Ray N. Morrow tiler appointive officers A J Gard J A Joyce chaplain. Senior deacon not yet chosen. Installation set for next regular meeting Thursday July 1.
Gaile Lelette Gordine Bar and companions attend the New Mexico conference Youth Rally at Trinity Methodist in El Paso Sunday. Rev. Austin H. Dillon and family join the jurisdictional Methodist conference in El Paso this week with noted speakers. Sealed bids for Sul Ross State Teachers College parking lot repairs in Alpine Texas due June 26 1948. Plans available for $1000 deposit refundable on return good plans. Final payment on engineer approved work. College may reject all bids. R M Hawkins President.
Alpine announces rebuilding of shipping pens doubling capacity. Jackson and Harmon lease 9 000 acre Holstein ranch and 4 500 acre Hard Hovey pasture plus 15 000 acres from Warren in Pecos county for cattle stocking. Board of equalization raises city valuations by 225 000 dollars. Aug 15 22 set for 39th Bloys encampment near Fort Davis. Marriage notices include Miriam Webb and Clarence Heister in San Antonio James Yancy and Willie Mae Reid in Alpine.
Brewster county announces selling the iron fence surrounding the courthouse square. Mrs Ida Kokernot and her sons John and Beebe, and Mrs Cas Ed wards visited Carlsbad Caverns during the auto tour of Arizona the West Coast and points in Canada.
Seven former roommates from Oklahoma A and M plan their annual reunion in July. Marvin C. Kay, local insurance man, states the group will assemble July 1 to 4. In the attendee list is Leslie D. Lowry of Beaumont, ex-mayor and former Jefferson County state representative, plus family.
Seven individuals including Kohler, Beaumont, county engineer Brendon Bond, S. E. Pack of Sherman, John Robert Stockton of Stanolind Oil in Levelland, Robt. A. Bond of Odessa, and others at Oklahoma A&M say they lived on beans and potatoes with a quart of milk daily, totaling about $10 per month for food.
A wry reminder urges drivers not to attribute crashes to roadside objects and suggests checking the Classified Ads for likely causes or solutions. The note frames such incidents as matters for the courtroom rather than the road.
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