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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1948
Page
8
The author reviews municipal government types in Texas including mayor council commission and council-manager forms. He explains incorporation thresholds, election rules, and how home rule charters allow local control for cities and towns over 5 000 population, with Alpine cited as a context and preference for a commission form under a home rule charter.
The Avalanche publishes a pre election list of Democratic candidates for various offices for the July 24 1948 primary. Names include Charles B Moore Henry A Coffield Clifford O Lawrence J T Johnson Jim Skinner P Brackley Cap Everett Anglin Avora Owens Berry J T Carney Bil King Jam Smith Wahoo Cotter David L Kobernot H C Hernandez Murrah Fulcher Burleson and others for sheriff assessor collector county attorney treasurer surveyor commissioner precincts and state senate representative positions.
The Sweet Shop will be leased as of April 1 to Mr Irwin Currie. Sweet Shop statements after April 1 are payable by Mr Currie. I thank the patrons for the business I have enjoyed and hope you will continue to give Mr Currie your business. le SPORT GUNN.
R N Massengale of the Texas Department of Public Safety will address the Rotary club and civic groups in Alpine on April 1. A former lieutenant colonel and longtime public safety official, he speaks on Communism and global Struggle and has lectured for sheriffs and investigators.
Public warning on sending chain letters via the U S Mails with penalties. Local Alpine residents dropped chain post cards at the post office this week and some were intercepted. Burden on the sender. voters urged to choose candidates in the April city election. Also an advertisement for Teol antiseptic with a money back guarantee at Alpine Drug Store.
Fifty-seven Cub Scouts from Marfa Alpine Valentine and Van Horn joined a Sunday kite-flying contest on the Worth Evans ranch between Marfa and Valentine. Sugure of Valentine won the high flying kite, Brown of Valentine and Turner of Alpine took second and third.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Brown of Alpine announce the birth of a daughter last Sunday. The infant weighs 5 pounds 15 ounces and has been named Emily Karen. Mrs Brown formerly Miss Edith Engle of Alpine.
The obituary outlines the life of Lt. Morelock from his upbringing to his career. He worked as treasurer of Southwestern Engraving Co, taught at WTSC Canyon, studied law at Texas University and Brackenridge High School, practiced with Col. Perkins in Alpine, and served as Austin city attorney before joining the FBI and then enlisting in the Navy during wartime. Survived by parents and two sisters Mrs John W. Washington of Austin and Mrs Malone V. Hill of Alpine.
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