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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1941
Page
8
A committee of Alpine business men and chamber members will begin a morning membership push for the local organization. Citizens are urged to cooperate to raise back subscriptions to fund the new manager’s start on November 1 without handicap.
Alpine Wood & Mohair Co. reports the sale of 34,000 pounds of mohair to Guy Barton, buyer for Forte, Dupee, Sawyer Co. in Boston at 5.5 and 6.0 per pound for grown and 7.5 for kid. The third sale from fall accumulations, value $973, with market notes and local recollections of Fort Davis and Davis Mountains.
About 37 members attended the Rotary luncheon as District Governor Oscar Allen of El Paso spoke during his official visit. The group approved buying land on Hancock Hill belonging to C. G. Morrison for 650 dollars to support a Rotary led project aiding Alpine high school FFA livestock efforts. Shirley Seales was named trustee to facilitate the deed. Governor Allen urged a classification survey to avoid member overlap and highlighted Rotary’s ties to democracy, freedom, and postwar Europe opportunities. The assembly met at the Holland hotel with other community notes noted.
Thanksgiving hunters delivered the deer to the ranch house after a rugged chase. Taxidermist B M Caraway of Dallas mounted Old La Mota, an 18 point buck with 32.5 inch antlers and 202 pounds dressed, estimated 275 pounds on foot. The museum piece is valued around 500 dollars and is described as Texas’s largest mule deer on record.
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