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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1950
Page
6
Local families from Caridbad Pecos Trinidad Langtry Alpine Marfa and Sanderson gather for Mother’s Day and weekend ranch visits. Several ranchmen report one to five inches of rain improving pastures and sheep shearing schedules.
The Baccalaureate service will be held May 21 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym. Bro. H W Croft of Marathon Baptist Church will be the speaker. Mr. and Mrs Gene Wison of Alpine visited last weekend with Mr. and Mrs M L Causey and Robert.
The Marathon P T A held a May 16 picnic for school children at the Post. Activities included games and swimming followed by a barbecue with salad beans pickles onions and cake. Thanks were extended to meat donors and to Wilson Robinson Earl Meeks and Fred Galibur for barbecuing.
Amateur radio operators hold fifth annual South Texas Emergency net convention in Cuero on May 27 and 28 with a 9 a.m. registration at Legion hall. Program includes lectures a transmitter hunt and barbecue drawing 400 to 500 attendees last year. The group emphasizes emergency and net operation with over 100 members across hour zones and a CW net involved in hurricanes ice storms and the Texas City disaster. The net conducts weekly drills and supports emergency power and portable transmitters.
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