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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1951
Page
4
Nicely furnished four room apartment for a couple with floor furnace and carport. Available on 272 102N 2nd beet area with kitchen privileges. Reasonably priced. contact Men at 28 tfe. Also furnished house inquiry at old Micou residence S 10th St below S Mill near city water works. 9-28-20.
Local items note furloughs and visits from USAF personnel and relatives at Scott Air Force Base. Guests include Mrs Edward Randall of Galveston Mrs Hallie Perry and families of Mission and Randall families. Several observers travel for business and family events. Mary land Gazette noted as historic first southern paper. Funeral services held for Mrs Rachel Noel in Mississippi.
Mr and Mrs W E Holland of Pumpville welcomed a son named Scott born in a Del Rio hospital on September 18. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs Wylie Holland of Alpin. Mr and Mrs E L Courtney are the parents of a son born September 36. The boy is named Edward Lee.
Gene Hendryx, manager of Ra suo Station RVEE, attended the Snyder meeting of the Democratic executive committee yesterday representing Mrs. Hendryx. He has chaired for the 20th Senatorial district in 1948 and backed Lyndon Johnson in the 1948 Senate race. Hendryx joined Young Democrats in Le Charles, Mos and attended the 1960 Brownwood State Democratic convention after service in the Marines.
Frank Mangum notes out of town relatives attended the funeral. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Hord and children, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hord, C. G. Hord of Las Mesa New Mexico, Mr. and Mrs. Hayes Mord, and Mr. and Mrs. HL Hord of Marfa.
Central School lads won two games last week as the junior and big boy squads impressed on the trip to Alpine. Alpine coaches James Brown and Bill Wallace led 41 players across the matches, harmonizing drills and discipline. Sanderson midgets were defeated 20 to 6, while Alpine’s big boys enjoyed a size edge over their Sanderson counterparts. The trip drew praise from Sanderson care operator Mr. Hie Lemmons for Alpine conduct. Ahead, they prep for the Big Bend Junior Conference opener against Blackwell Junior High of Marfa, a schedule still awaiting a confirmed opponent.
The article describes ORDINANCE NO. 423 regulating solicitors, peddlers, hawkers and transient merchants in Alpine Texas. It notes the ordinance classifies out of town firms as nuisances and imposes fines up to 100 dollars for violations. It also excludes farmers selling farm and garden products from the ordinance. The piece comments on local tax burdens and the impact on small merchants.
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