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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1951
Page
8
109 Sul Rossonians qualify for the Dean's List for the Spring semester. The list is divided into three sections the upper five percent the upper ten and the upper seventeen percent. Grades are computed on six points per semester hour for an A four for a B and two for a C.
On September 28 survey work led to a plan for numerous small check dams along washes. Conn advised keeping dams close with at most 180 feet apart, and a second hand disc plow was purchased. Construction began April 1 with one operator and laborer, seeding dams with jack grama and tobosa. By May 8, 80 dams were built and seeded, varying from 2 to 10 cubic yards of dirt each, under park conservation staff.
The Yates Ranch near Alpine hosted a Sunday barbecue attended by local families and the Bend Conservation District. Attendees heard stories from old-time cowboys, witnessed longhorn roping and branding demonstrations, and toured a revived disc plow conversion that created five staggered pits. The event highlighted a historic site once used by Indigenous peoples and noted elk and a private longhorn herd on the Old Sullivan Place.
Mrs McCall expected to return home today and will leave Monday with Mrs Earl McCall to visit her mother and relatives in San Antonio. Mm Mae Nicole of Austin is mentioned among those affected as Stewart and family.
Coupon inside this week ensures extra copies of the informational and Historical magazine section issued Sept 14. Orders must reach this office by morning July 27. Each issue will retail for 78 cents and no regular weekly Avalanche issue will be included except one to subscribers.
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