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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1949
Page
5
The Pilot club met 20 members at the Holland hotel with Vivian McIntyre presiding. A rummage sale is set for Saturday October 1 in the Jeter Hill building and members ask for old clothes and items to be donated. Call any member to arrange pickup.
A watermelon feast was enjoyed Sunday evening when Ruby June Burcham invited a group of girls to her home They then attended a movie at the Granada to close the evening.
Knox Reid and Mrs. Reid hosted a couple of bridge night with guests Glenn Davis Frank McCollum J W Sheppard W L Winter Paul Vogt J E Burgess and James Kemp. Mrs Vogt won high for ladies Mr Burgess high for men and Mrs Shepperd won bingo. Another couple entertained a Saturday Night Cousse group with Vernon McIntyre J C Epperson J E Burgess Alfred Creigh Knox Reid and Mrs Minnie Fisher. McIntyre won high for ladies Reid high for men and Joe Burgess won bingo. The Monday Bridge club met at Mrs Jack Perryman's home with Creed Taylor Sam W Smith Mark Herring W M Kidwell Ray Berry F S Breshears and Miss Earleen Fallis. Breshears won high Herring traveled and Fallis bingo. Dessert followed hosted by the reporter.
The page records patients undergoing surgeries including Tommy McGuire Mrs Chaquer Roblano Jiggs Davis Herbert Melans Mrs C R Short Mrs Gus Lines Frank Morley Jr Ermelinda Hinojos Temple Stumberg and others. A stray zoological line on weighing Africa’s insects appears at the end.
Local residents and visitors are listed with travel and family connections. Pearsall, Lometa, Mission, Cline, San Francisco, El Paso, Waco, Phoenix, Alpine, Sweetwater, Crystal City, Yellowstone Park, Austin, New Orleans, Marathon. Notable births include Barbara Jean and Kenneth Lee.
Dr. Joel E. Wright, Alpine physician, was appointed college physician at Sul Ross by the Board of Regents per Dr. Hawkins. The Student Health Service gains renewed emphasis with this appointment and health program changes.
Alpine Public schools show a sharp rise in enrollment during the second week of the 1949 school year reaching 861 students, up 74 from 1948 and just 9 below the 1947 record of 870. High school enrollment tops 190 with Max Olsen's registration, the largest opening in years.
Texas hunters are asked to send right wings of mourning doves to the Texas Cooperative Wildlife unit at Texas A and M College Station. Wings help determine hatch success and nesting trends amid a regional decline, part of a U S Fish and Wildlife Service coordinated research effort. Mark each wing with date and location of take.
The Marathon Mustangs six man football team crushed Toyah 51-0 in their season opener. Coach Smith cited ground plays with three successful passes for 80 yards. Wade McCraley and Alton White each scored three times, with Jimmy Hampton, Bob Garcia and Buddy Granger adding scores and points. Defenders Robert Causey Buddy Granger and Augustin Garcia praised. The team meets Grandfalls in Marathon this afternoon.
The optional plan shifts student doctor selection to a campus physician who will direct health services at the Health Center. The center includes offices, an examination room, a treatment room, and hospital beds for men and women. Helen R. Clement will continue as college nurse.
Sul Ross football schedule lists games from September to November across Alpine Portales San Antonio Corpus Christi Monahans Silver City and St. Michael's. Homecoming marks Texas A&I in Alpine with a Neverted August 29 game notes and a closing line about sardines and oil.
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