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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1953
Page
6
The Marathon Study club announces county construction of a library building after long sponsorship of the project. Members praise the library’s new footing and aim to enable future projects with shared support from the community.
Mrs. Tom Yarbro hosts a dessert bridge night at Hotel Parkway on Thursday October 8. Guests include Mesdames McGonagill Worthington Allen Green Wedin Decie Garrison Sublett Roark Arnold Preston Ritchey Coe Todd Young. Winners were Mrs. Preston high bingo slam, Mrs. Coe second and Mrs. Sublett low. Cpl George Miller returns home by bus October 13 after 15 months with 2nd Infantry in Korea. son of Mr and Mrs C Miller Marathon. Mrs Ritchey Hicks and Decise visit El Paso this week.
Marathon Reading residents await details on a planned library building. Curt Carrolls Golden Herd is now available at the public library along with a new Carolyn Keene mystery. Robert L. Yarbro, recently stationed in Cuba, spent last week with family and friends before heading to Norfolk, Virginia for Navy retirement on January 5, 1954. He plans to return to Cuba after a short visit here. His mother in law Mrs. Odelia Bowman of San Antonio visited in Alpine.
The Baptist WMU held a Royal Service at the church on October 13 at 3 p.m. Six members attended including Mrs. Otto Lockhausen and Mrs. Tom McDonald. The theme was A Sinful World A Sufficient Savior with Bible readings from Jeremiah and Romans. A Presbyterian Missionary meeting followed hosted by Miss Emma Burnham on October 12 featuring devotion by Mrs. G W Worthington and a program on Missionary Work in Alaska and India.
At Camp Carson Colorado the Army maintains 410 mules and 72 horses across units including the Fourth Field Artillery Battalion and the 36th Quartermaster Pack Company. Mules, valued for rough terrain mobility, range from 200 to 250 pounds load capacity and are kept as a strategic reserve for potential future use. The Army prefers four to eight year old, dark solid colored animals, 14 three quarters to 15 and a half hands for mules and 15 to 16 hands for horses.
The encyclopedia yearbook reports a newly developed coaxial cable able to handle 1800 telephone conversations simultaneously or 600 calls plus one television program in each direction. A communist individual has abandoned the capitalist dream.
Mr. J. A. McGonagill is in a San Angelo hospital after a heart attack suffered Monday. He is expected to stay about three weeks. Mrs. McGonagill and Mrs. J. L. Worthington join Mr. Eldon McGonagill at the bedside along with family members Mr. and Mrs. Tom Yar and Mary Jack.
Hidalgo Ward PTA met on Tuesday Oct 13 with the fifth grade presenting a Halloween program. Members pinned tails on a black cat with Miss Pola Valenzuela winning a prize. Dues total 31 paid. room mothers listed for each grade. Halloween carnival set for Oct 30 at 6 pm at the SMMU hall. Hostesses served donuts cookies and coffee to about 30 attendees. The fifth grade won a $5 prize for highest attendance. Mr J V Dozier travels to San Angelo to assist his ill mother. No update on her condition.
Capt Fuchsia L Johnson of the Women's Medical Specialist Corps will visit Sul Ross State Teachers College Alpine Texas October 20 to discuss career opportunities for women in dietetics physical therapy and occupational therapy. She will outline training programs, commission as second lieutenant at the start, and contact through local recruiting stations. Johnson earned a BS in home economics and has served at multiple Army hospitals.
The State of Texas Brewster County sheriff announces a forced sale following a 1949 district court judgment against Claude Miller and Clara Hatch Woodson Miller for taxes penalties and costs. The sale covers First Tract Lots 1 to 12 Block W-3 Walton Addition Alpine. The event stems from Cause No 8029-A with City of Alpine Alpine Independent School District as plaintiffs.
Captain Johnson served in the European Theater of Operations from 1944 to 1946. She is a member of the American Dietetic Association Texas Dietetic Association Association of Military Surgeons and the San Antonio Business and Professional Women's Club.
On May 3 1949 I sold the defendants interest to the plaintiff for taxes penalties interest and costs totaling 623 07 for the State of Texas Brewster County and Alpine Independent School District. More than six months elapsed. Alpine City asked for resale. I will sell on November 3 1953 under execution per written instructions.
The notice states that the City of Alpine and Brewster County will sell property at the county courthouse door in Alpine between 2:00 and 4:00 P M for cash to satisfy judgments. Dated October 9 1953 by Sheriff Jim Skinner. Every 15 minutes a barn building burns somewhere in the U S.
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