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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1948
Page
2
The Alpine community celebrates two straight weeks of football wins for the Bucks and the Lobos while planning attendances for upcoming games. Local notes cover adobe buildings, school expansions, President Truman events, and community columns by Nig Bennett and Aubrey Webb.
Alpine Chamber hosts Davis Mountain Big Bend Year Round Association delegates at the Holland Hotel for a dinner meeting. President T A Parker asks for ideas for future projects and highlights a tourist accommodations list to assist travelers in six area towns.
The W M A house party for District 7 girls will be at Paisano encampment October 15 16 17. Rev R L Wittner district missionary says Mrs Allen Thomas El Paso leader will run activities including study recreation and worship with Baptist church reps from Ozona to El Paso expected.
The Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce with 25 000 members forms a statewide committee led by Raymond Fields to promote the Ellis Plan prison reform. Local prison reform committees will form in Jaycee clubs statewide, Alpine lists Rep Tom Stowell as chair.
Livestock supplies at major markets were high with most classes rising except sheep. Steers and heavy yearlings about 50c lower. light yearlings and heavy calves down $2 per cwt. Cows off 50c to $1. stockers and feeders weak. Fat calves $22 to $24.50. best to $27. Lambs around $22 to $23. stockers $15 to $20. old sheep $7.50 to $9.00. Campaign plans announced with local figures Stowell Fenley Newsom involved.
Local ad states Hugh's PIANO Co offers a brand new spinet piano never unboxed for sale at a sacrifice to avoid shipping to Houston. Readers are asked to contact the newspaper to reach a courteous representative promptly.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn announces a wool based sewing contest for girls aged 14 to 22 with Junior and Senior divisions plus young married entrants. Three divisions coats suits dresses with dress types for street sports and formal wear. Contestants model their garments and are judged on workmanship fabric and trimming choice fit and overall appearance.
Mrs C L Hancock area chairman Marfa Texas announces an Area Style show in El Paso in early November with several prizes. A state style show is planned for San Angelo in December and a National style show in San Antonio with many wonderful prizes.
February appears on the back of entry blanks as readers are urged to buy U S Savings Bonds. The Navy underwater demolition teams are described as reclaiming fear with "the toothy grin of a shark or barracuda."
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