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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1946
Page
4
Community items from Alpine recount portraits by W M Meador at Worth Street studio and plans for a June baccalaureate at the high school. Notices include graduates named from Spring and Summer classes, visits by Mrs. Compton of Thermopolis, and local residents’ movements and military postings.
Local society notes show Mr and Mrs W C Watson visiting San Angelo. Pecos visitors Mr and Mrs J Roy Spence. Mrs Clinton Fulcher left for El Paso to visit sister. Maude Holland to Lompoc Cal to visit son and family. J W Gilmer returned from San Antonio visit. C D Wood returned from Del Rio trip. Lt Leroy W Roark on leave from Fort Bliss visiting sister. Marshall Spark weekend in Abilene for Radford company meeting. Shellie Barnes left for Cuero. Barnes stayed. S L Stone from Uvalde with daughter. Mrs Leroy Stone joined. Major operation recovery for Jack Davis at San Angelo hospital. Mr Davis and Albert Raum return to Alpine. Raum resumes AAA post. Mrs Chas Jackson of Crystal City visited sister Mrs George Baines. Jackson arrives Monday for short stay.
Public notice lists election fees and announces candidates for Congress 16th District and various county and district offices in Val Verde County. Included are names such as Thomason, Conger Jones, Moore, McGaughy, Hord, Frazer, Patterson, Owens, Parker, Cotter, Hernandez, Davis, Clark, Dunnington, and Miller with reelection and election notes for each seat.
An informal message notes efforts to arrange with Cas to open the swimming pool for children this summer. The writer urges broad backing, praises the coordinating council, and mentions local business notes including Wason Anderson’s paint job and Dudley’s new photo studio. A concern about tax allocations to the county is raised.
A fragmented column contrasts Indian cowboys in dhotis and turbans with American Western stereotypes. It notes a sacred view of cattle, mentions permission for a planned Alpine Open Forum discussion, and references local school events, Sul Ross developments, and rising gasoline stocks. It mixes humor, local notices, and distant scenes with scattered names and places.
City health officer urges public forum focus on sanitation as growth requires water and sewer extensions. He warns that without citizen duty to keep premises clean and garbage contained, epidemics and disease will persist, urging strict garbage practices and water protection to prevent polio and typhoid from water contamination.
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