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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1951
Page
4
Block of land offers a new five room house with bath and hot water and one large outbuilding. Could be converted into apartments with a garage above and fences. two blocks from Ward school. Priced at 9000 dollars with terms. Contact M. L. Hop won by phone 122. 7-27-tfe.
Marfa No. 1 Marfa Texas advertises ranch loans with payment timing flexibility and a four percent interest rate. Also offers sharpening services for lawn mowers, hand and power saws, scissors, shears, cutlery, and tools with repairs. Joe Frayser at 2058 Fifth Street advertises service from 4 to 6 months.
A conservation effort on D McGill Ranch uses a seed stripper to collect grama seed from grass near the ranch. Plans for a broader Catto Gaye ranch program are under preparation by Travis Roberts with Soil Conservation Service help. The project covers 178000 acres in Brewster County near Marathon with ongoing conservation plan applications from multiple ranches and agencies.
National scrap drives mobilize 832 committees nationwide with federal agency support. Edward W. Greb reports large scale goals including 220,000 tons of scrap steel and equipment like cruiser ships planes guns tanks and trucks to boost wartime production. Open house noted at Alpine Lumber Co appliance department in St Paul on Oct 8.
Dr Elizabeth Barrett spends the weekend in Bam Antonio. John D Young Sr Ane men and Mr and Mrs James Cotter of Midland visit home folks. Otis Kimball returns from West Coast trip. Anja Wilson leaves for San Antonio Dallas and Oklahoma. F S Breshears heads to Houston for dental surgery. A Vick Winter heads to Florida. Bill Caldwell promoted to corporal in Rapid City SD. Ross Coney of Garden City visits Hart family. Gene Benson flown to El Paso for hospital care. J J Roter of Dallas visits sister T J Templeton and niece Dom Adams. Asa Jones hosts Bessie Baylor Henderson of San Antonio and Sue Steel of Dallas. Sarah Bond of Los Angeles visits sister Mrs T B Davis and Mr Ingersoll. King Terry and wife visit Odessa for ill daughter. W R Hunter of Covington KY visits sister-in-law Mrs F P Gibson after California trip. W B Hancock leaves for Atlanta to visit daughter. Fred Olson flies to Dallas to escort grandmother Mrs John Mowatt of Chicago to Alpine. Clay Holland family trip to Dallas Tennessee Mississippi. Mrs J W Graham travels with them to Junction. Rio attends Miss Patricia Wilson wedding to William J Cason at James Episcopal Church. violin solo to be played. Gordon Price and Harold Knox, geologists with Phillips Petroleum, rent new cottages on North Fifth St. Jack Brown to West Coast route from Navy. George Buddy Brown travels to San Antonio for art study under Xavier Gonzales.
Sunday evening at the First Church of the Nazarene Reverend Charles Wretling will draw a picture of the New Jerusalem lit with colored lights Willamina Wretling will sing the Holy City This continues nightly through October 7 Services start at 7:48 each evening Alpine Lumber Company note credits J Corr House Alpine Lumber
The Big Bend Junior conference saw four teams in action with Marfa midgets upsetting Centennial 13-7 while Alpine Central blanked Alpine Central won 9 touchdowns in a high scoring outing Blackwell and Alpine Central prepare for upcoming games as the league shifts to a single meeting format this season. season culminates with October 27 finals and a barbecue trophies awarded for champions and sportsmanship Mrs Kokernot Jr returns from Europe with daughter Mrs Lacy of Waco
A commander states the conflict is about defeating Communism and defending individual freedom, beyond aiding South Korea. He argues Western civilization must prevail and warns of the drift toward a godless world, urging sacrifice for survival and honor in the armed forces. They later returned to the U S Sept 11 and visited Capt and Mrs Bill Blevins in London.
Mr. Leroy Roark directed the first girls intramural tennis matches for the 1951 82 school year at Alpine High School. Lydia Gallego, a sophomore, won the meet after a daylong elimination tournament from 8 30 a m to 4 50 p m. Twelve girls competed: Donnelle White Maudie Lou Cox Celia Gallego Marsha Broadfoot Elinor Subleti Irene Gallego Pat O Donnell Dolores Markham Dora Lujan Margot Fraser Sue Grebe Lydia Gallego. Roark plans a similar boys tournament soon as about 15 boys receive instruction.
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