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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1962
Page
4
The writer laments constant volume adjustments during TV programs and radio. Family members struggle to hear during programs, then must lower the volume for commercials. The piece concludes that those in charge exploit audience silence to prompt conversation during lulls.
A Sept 4 Odessa meeting organized by W E Lockhart MD and committee members set plans to administer Sabin oral polio vaccine to about 315000 people across 17 counties including Brewster. Each county leads its own program with local clubs urged to cooperate under the slogan Victory over Polio.
The Alpine Garden Club will meet at 3 p.m. on September 14 in the home of Mrs Perry Johnson. Peter Koch will present a program on the Park and all members are urged to attend.
Central PTA invites all members to area and program planning meeting Monday September 17 at 4 pm in the Hospitality Room of the Presbyterian Church. All interested parents new residents and old are urged to attend.
Mr and Mrs Gary Henderson welcomed a daughter named Teri Evan born last Sunday in Bryan Texas. The newborn weighed 7 pounds. Grandparents are Loyd Henderson of Alpine and Catherine Null of Long Beach California. Gary is pursuing a doctorate in Oceanography at Texas AGM.
Regular monthly meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held in the Legion Hall at 8 p m Monday Sept 17. The executive committee meets at 7 p m. Girls State Citizens Cheryl Cox Anne Hegelund Paula Oates and Boys State Citizens Joe Wright Freddie Granado will report. Parents and friends welcome. junior members invited. A social hour with refreshments to follow. Delicate wispy cirrus clouds reflect red and yellow hues before sunrise and at sunset.
The Big Bend chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will host a 1 p m lunch on Saturday at the Holland House as Constitution Week runs September 17 through 23. The chapter urges all institutions and citizens in Alpine and surrounding Big Bend to display the American flag and observe the week. A daily radio program will be aired over KVLF during Constitution Week.
A luncheon at Ruth McCollister home featured Hazel Rector speaking on the national Girl Scout program expansion to 1963. Attendees included local leaders from Alpine and surrounding areas planning a Sept 17 all-Girl Scout meeting and school notices. The piece also notes Savannah the nuclear powered ship and the laughing death disease in Papua New Guinea with brief details.
Miss Joan Kavaraugh from County Wexford Ireland arrived Tuesday September 4 to meet her 25 year pen pal Mrs. Robert G. Larson of Sul Ross College. The European visitor, on a U.S. tour, works for the University Society after earning degrees from Dublin and Heidelberg. She enjoyed Alpine Fort Davis area foggy mountains, compares them to Scotland and plans another U.S. visit if world conditions allow.
The El Progreso club met Friday at the Presbyterian Church hospitality room to plan the year. Topics included a public library scrapbook project, a September 21 Friendship Tea hosted by Mrs. Don Geestin, and the renewal of the Ross scholarship to an Alpine student, with Mrs. E. C. Shortt announced as host hostess and 1963 high school graduate recipients listed among members.
Delta Kappa Gamma Tata Chapter opens the fall season with a coffee at Kokemot Lodge planned for Sept. 15 at 9 45 a m. The executive board and committee chairs will be introduced and hostess duties assigned for the gathering.
The Circle met at First Baptist Church on Sept 4 for a covered dish lunch with Mrs. R L Witter leading opening prayer. Members presented the book Enlistment for Missions and planned packing a box for Baptist Childrens Hospital in Korea. Next meeting is Sept 18.
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