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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
4
An advertisement offers good prices for burlap feed bags dead wool and wool remnants. Contact Beyan Kelley at 2081 10th Street, with phone 538 3 3 the. Also notes Marfa Texas loan pre payment privileges and interest.
Advertises a two year home study program with no classes or travel. Claims progress based on individual time and ability using standard high school texts. Provides free descriptive booklet from American School, Box 388, El Paso.
A notice from Whiteside Lumber Co. of Alpine outlines an offer on first mortgage improvement rates that will earn 1x percent with safety. The firm, Storey contact, White Side Lumber Co. Phons 74, P.O. Box 899, Alpine, provides the details dated 3-30-tfc.
For sale or trade, seven room brick house considered one of the nicest in the city, priced low with liberal terms. Located on a paved street in College Hill area, near well-kept lots and building sites, some including curb work and ready for occupancy. Includes household equipment, loan value, and potential investment in apartments. quick sale possible with favorable financing.
Small, nicely furnished efficiency apartment available now with electric refrigerator fluorescent lights tile floor and utilities paid. References and contact numbers listed for Hil ton Rppriments and others. several local service notices appear in the ad cluster.
Odessa field office urges June brides and others to correct names on Social Security records by changing Mrs. John J. Newlywed to Mary A. Newlywed. Officials stress benefits extension for dependents and the need for accurate worker accounts, advising action at the Odessa office.
Florida professor Dr. Ted Srygley directs a July 10 13 three week workshop in Guidance and Counseling at Sul Rest tate College. He is known nationally for work with the Southern Association and has held educational posts in Texas North Carolina and Florida. The program is open to teachers principals and superintendents seeking guidance and counseling training.
Alpine locals host relatives and friends from El Paso Pasadena Austin Long Beach San Antonio and beyond. Visitors include Mrs Grace Hord, Mr Dixie Dretenderter, Mrs Buna Wilks and son Fred, Mrs C S Kerr, Mr Kerr, Mr John Speck and Fredrick, Mrs J C Henderson and family, and many others. Nearby residents and service members from El Paso Houston Austin Dallas and Midland are also noted with various hospital trips and travel plans.
Four Pasadena college students present a service at the Church of the Nazarene on North 7th and West Ave. B at 7 45 p m. A ladies trio from the group will sing while Roy Hoover— Berkeley, Calif— delivers a devotional and discusses Pasadena College. The college, in Pasadena, is a four year liberal arts school affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene with a diverse student body from 30 states and nine foreign countries.
SGT A G McAdams of Marathon leads a training platoon inside a Japanese base. The 279th Tank Company members, including Texas and Oklahoma natives, run a problem involving concealment and maintenance checks in a quiet exercise with their Sherman tanks. Promotions and notes of camaraderie accompany their drill as they prepare for further field work.
Sul Ross State College prepares for its August graduation as 108 students, the largest number in the college history, are candidates for masters degrees. Newly elected officers of the student body include Simeon Me Simey as president and De A TM Poster as director of Teacher Education, with Mary Alice Couns El Paso as vice president and Mrs. Doris Bagley Alpine as reporter.
Sul Ross College conducts its summer concert band with veteran bandmasters directing. Hilmar Wagner of Rowena plays clarinet while pursuing a master’s. Ralph Pauley of Alpine works on his music master's degree and demonstrates versatility on several instruments. John Armstrong directs percussion and woodwinds. Pete Hernandez of Del Rio joins as a veteran musician and dancer. Maria Wheat of Del Rio lends expertise during summer school. Prof. Joe Bellamah directs a growing series of campus concerts as Cora Lee Thomas leaves for a Fort Worth vacation.
Soil and moisture survey of Big Bend National Park conducted in fall 1950 led by Dr. Ross Maxwell in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. The plan focuses on Tornillo Flat with small check dams and seeding as erosion controls, surveyed by Carter, Burleson, Pearson, and park officials, with continued pages forthcoming.
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