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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1962
Page
2
A collage style notice blends Thanksgiving imagery with a pitch about a Telstar satellite image. It references holiday foods and a 915 area code, plus an offer to view Technicolor close ups from Cape Canaveral and European stations. The message invites groups to book the image via a telephone number.
Sul Ross Lobos erased an 16 0 deficit to beat Howard Payne 22 16 in a Lone Star Conference clash. Luz Pedraza and Jerry Burleson starred in the comeback as Burleson scored the winning TD in the fourth quarter and Burleson Polson added the deciding extra point.
In the Winter Pioneer League Rod Crow der led with 218 high individual game and Doug Dorri topped the series at 370. Watson's Watch Shop posted a 52 in team game while Dorris Electric claimed 2442 in team series. Standings show Dorris Electric at 44-20 and Buck N' Chute 43-21, with several teams trailing. In the Winter Mountaineer four man event Doug Dorris posted 206 high game and 553 series, while Q and S Auto Co. led team game at 721 and Q&S Nu Co. held the top team series at 1902 as Zephers split wins with Home Furniture 6 and The Zephers 40 wins.
Alpine Junior High begins basketball practice for both boys and girls. Boys teams remain combined. girls teams draw 7th and 8th graders from Central and Centennial. First game set for November 29 at Valentine. First home game at Central gym December 3 at 3 p.m.
Big Bend Telephone posts 36 wins and 25 losses while QES Auto Company shows 36 victories and 28 defeats in the latest standings.
Herb Harow tops the indiv high in front series with 221 and 587 for the Winter Frontier event. Lions Club posts best team game with a 64.
Fragmentary list shows Lions Club 8 Big Bend Cle er 0 Safeway 398 WW 0 City Drug 6 Rotary Club 2 Casner 6 Smitty’s Place 2 Smitty’s Place 40 wins 2 roses Casner 40 wins 24 losses City Drug Store 36 wins 2.
A historic Fort Davis feature recalls the 1849 southern route to California and the Butterfield mail contract. The post’s old adobe officers row collapsed after 1891, leaving only ruins today while frontier life faded under rail, law, and shifting settlement. First National Bank
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