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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1947
Page
3
Well located corner business lot priced for quick sale. Building and lot ready for occupancy, suitable for any business. Building in good condition. Owner retiring. Nets about 16100 per year. Can increase income with effort. Terms possible. FOR RENT Drive In by M L Hopson and Marion W Hopson Brewster County Texas Phone 122.
Society notes from the Easter edition describe the Garden club Spring luncheon at the Holland Hotel. Mesdames Wally Davis Vernon McIntyre T H Etheridge D A Hilton T Hatch A V Gunn and R LaBert chaired the event with iris themed decor and place cards. Music by Glenn Davis and George Kelver complemented a program that included the Flower Scrambles contest and visits from Sanderson Marfa Alpine clubs.
The AAUW held a meeting in the Hospitality room of the Presbyterian church on May 8 with Miss Myrtle Whiteside presiding. After business, she reported on the National and state meetings in Dallas held April 14. Hostesses Mrs W H Perryman and Mrs J L Kerby served ice cream and brownies to about 200 members.
Infant christening of Bessie Beatrice Lovell took place Sunday during the morning service at the Methodist church. Paternal grandparents are Mrs. W. T. Lovell and the late W. T. Lovell of Afton Texas, maternal grandparents are the Rev. and Mrs. J Fred Cocke of Seminole. A gertrude dress worn by Mrs. Cocke in infancy and a tiny gold cross were part of the ceremony with a pink rosebud from her aunt. A christening dinner followed at the Lovell home with Dr. and Mrs. J B Speer Miss Elvin Speer Mr and Mrs J Reeves of Alpine and Mr and Mrs 8 J Lovell and son Jane of Kermit attending.
National Music Week was observed by the Music Dept at Central School with programs on Thursday and Friday. Grades 1 through 4 performed songs and instrumentals led by soloists Jackie Roberts, Don Burgess, Lora Leet Lockhart, Dorothy Roberts, Freddie Davis, Don Burleson, Gladys Cowell, Beverly Ann Gross, Dan Logan, Brownell Queen, Joan Wilson, Marsha Broadfoot. Friday featured grades through 8 with more songs and solos including repeat pieces from the Odessa contest finalists Dick Hawkins and others. The children's symphonette played three selections and each class sang its best loved song BPM.
The Wesley Club hosted Methodist students from Sul Ross with a promiscuous supper sequence: first course at Mrs. Virginia Link's home, second course at W. J. Smith residence, final outdoors at Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Casey’s home, sponsored by the Wesley Club. A delightful time was enjoyed by all.
At the May 13 meeting of the local club reports on the district convention were given. Lion Kay spoke on convention activities and noted that Lion Joe Toombs, candidate for district governor, was defeated by five votes.
A roundup of Lions club members and affiliates traveling between Brownwood El Paso Pecos San Antonio and Alpine. The district convention boosted Alpine's profile as 500 delegates heard campaign tributes and a $25 gift from Rep Moore funded the park project while guests included local and out of town Lions and civic leaders.
Athens, Texas, seeks recognition as East Texas’s blackeyed pea capital, asserting its 110-year Henderson County heritage and agricultural prominence in the crop’s production and community identity.
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