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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1964
Page
10
In Alpine Texas Mayor Louis Starns announced the official Thanksgiving holiday will be November 27 after a merchant survey favored that date over November 20. Schools will observe the 27th while Sul Ross College plans to dismiss on the 20th.
Old Fort Davis area reports a flood damage in Limpia Canyon last October spurring a highway project to raise the route above flood level. The note mentions other local items including shipments from Alpine, Armistice Day events, weather, and local clergy changes.
Gerald Courtney of Sul Ross State College won a $25 prize for designing the emblem for the new Road Runner Mobile Home Park near Alpine. The contest was sponsored by Mr and Mrs Royal E Fisler, developers of the park located west of Alpine. Car ferries on Lake Const ance charge by car length.
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