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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1952
Page
4
Wanted at Latin Ameri can Community Center a helper for kindergarten mornings nine to eleven thirty Spanish speakers preferred. Also a June vacation school helper thirty to thirty hours per school day. Salary. Phone number and city details present.
Help needed for a local textile project seeks clean white cotton rags free of buttons and blends. Items requested include old sheets cotton shirts and similar cotton material through 18th century style wording.
Ranchmen urged to sell bur lap feed sacks and wool or hair products while advertised by local shop. Joe Frayser offers mower sharpening using up-to-date factory machinery and repairs for hand and power saws. Bryan Kelley lists sale options with contact in Alpine Texas.
Advertises first mortgage improvement notes on Alpine property by Sto Whiteside Lumber Co with six percent return and safety. Calls for ranch loans and prepayment privilege at four percent interest, noting Marfa Texas contact.
An old classified style ad touts a sale of used cars including a 1997 Ford coupe with white sidewall tires and paint in good condition though motor needs work a 1997 International pickup with good tires and a Model A Ford pickup described as handy around the place.
A letter from Fort Davis School Superintendent George R. Moore invites all local organizations to appoint representatives to join a planning committee. The aim is to broaden school services and tailor the program to student needs without infringing on school duties. A May 12 meeting will proceed through the fall with various community groups and churches notified.
Alpine community notes boast visitors from Fort Worth Berkeley and Cleveland, mixed with local health, church and civic happenings. Mentions of Mother's Day program at First Christian Church, dissolution of Alpine Super Market partnership, hospital updates and upcoming health unit tests in El Paso region.
A San Angelo church christened Eugenia Lines, daughter of Bejand and Gane Linest, with godparents Alte Gos Gererony and Pete Kouvelis. Reception followed at the church recreation area for family and about 18 friends.
Mr and Mrs Eugene D Vann Chatom announce the engagement of their daughter Doris to James E Spann son of Mrs J E Newman Alpine. Doris will graduate Washington County high school Chatom in June. James a navy aerial photographer aboard the USS Monterey now in port Philadelphia. Wedding date to be announced later.
A Sunday school class of Mrs Oliver presents the one act play Girls Are Just Like People on Wednesday May 14 at 8 p.m. in the Alpine high school auditorium directed by Mrs Ida Adams with cast Freddy Davis Ann Devenport Janice Parker Mike Henderson Joyce Lockhart Norman Miller Virgil Pulliam Carroll Neely Vaughn Musgraves Myra Nell Hord Sally Duncan Admission 20 cents for students 39 cents for adults
Centennial Eighth Grade returned from Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico Sunday after their annual end of school trip. Principal G G Lafarelle, with Mrs Joe Sanchez and Miss Berta Valadez as chaperones, led 28 students on the school bus. Names include Decie Cavin Woodward Lee Kokernot David Kokernot Earl McElroy Edgar Martin Otis Kimball. Mrs McElroy won high score and Mrs Lee Kokernot low. Iris bloom decorates Rogers home in Alpine gardens as bridge club hosts the gathering.
Mr Lafarelle reports a school group left Alpine at 4 am Saturday and reached Carlsbad in time to explore the cavern. They lodged at Hermosa Courts, swam on the Black River, attended church, and returned to Alpine by 6 pm Sunday. The trip was funded by the class and deemed very successful. Mr and Mrs Fred Gibson left Tuesday for Port Isabel.
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