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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1949
Page
1
The article previews a longer column on the Alpine TIadependent school district committee report and notes upcoming campus plant projects. It mentions a railway express service ad featuring Joe Parks and a Weslaco staff transfer, plus expected visiting players and a pro fusion of blossoms around Alpine.
Gamma Alpha Epsilon at New Mexico A and M initiates 11 new members including Milton Gilmer a sophomore from Alpine Texas in agricultural education.
Rainbow girls will be honored at the annual service at the Presbyterian church Sunday evening at 7 30. Each girl must attend and be accompanied by a Mason. Mr and Mrs W G Peelder were visitors in El Paso for a few days this week.
The Andrews Trio an instrumental group featuring marimba violin and piano will perform a program of selections from classical to popular at Alpine High School auditorium on Wednesday April 13 at 2 00 p m Beverly Reynolds marimbist from New York Mary Nell Snow Dallas pianist and Marguerite Gillette Miami Fla violinist comprise the trio The program features notable backgrounds and performances by each artist with a welcome for interested parents to attend.
D L Cross Sr president of the local school board notes the building committee J C Coleman Duane Smith and Peyton Cain filed a progress resume on reconversion and building at Central and high schools. Foundations for Central gym are complete and bleacher work proceeds slowly. Centennial gym exterior walls nearly done and interior sheathing advancing. The VA building is in use with 2000 square feet of floors varnished and waxed. The high school gym is about 60 percent complete with roof and plumbing progress and underway floor refinishing. The heating system design is contracted to Mr Smith.
About 1 200 high school band students and directors will gather on Sul Ross College campus for the Region VIII Band Contest of the Texas Interscholastic League. The event includes concert playing sight reading and marching with John Carrico as contest director and nine judges including Dr D O Wiley Homer Anderson Maurice McAdoo and Robert C Davidson.
Large crowd of 6000 watched the Cubs defeat the Browns in an exhibition held here yesterday. Highlights included solid fielding and timely hitting as the offenses exchanged leads in a competitive contest. The game served as a showcase for both teams ahead of the season.
A kickoff breakfast at the Holland hotel at 8 a.m. next Wednesday will launch the Boy Scout finance campaign. Don Littleton, drive chairman, will outline plans with Preston Stedman as toastmaster. Dick Cross Jr. is auditor. Peyton Cain chairs the prospect committee. Ten teams will work. cakes for the winning team, courtesy of Christian church Cub Pack 41. Workers report to the hotel ballroom at 4 p.m. for check-in.
The Alpine chamber of commerce will start its first intensive membership drive in years on April 4 with an organization breakfast for the membership committee and helpers at the Holland hotel at 8 o clock. Membership is open to all residents, not just business people, and aims to improve the community through shared projects led by volunteers. W. J. Newell explains the drive seeks to mobilize citizens to cooperate for town and county development beyond individual means.
Dr H W Morelock recalls Kokernot Springs as a strategic site near Alpine Texas. A Texas Centennial memorial marks Burgess Water Hole while J D Jackson fostered early Sul Ross trips. The writer proposes turning the springs into a civic center linked by a paved highway, with Kokernot family conditions and a fence protectively securing water rights.
The Alpine revenue bond election carried by 98 percent last Saturday with 240 votes cast and four against. The funds will extend water mains and connect a new well, upgrade pressure, and place new lines. sewer extensions and new lines will be added as needed to serve customers. Mayor Gillett said the commission was pleased with the outcome though a broader vote would have been preferred. Bonds will be issued for work and improvements as required.
Funeral services for Mrs. Claudia Cox were held at Sanderson last Friday evening after she died in Sabinas Thursday at 2 45 p m from a heart attack. Surviving are two daughters and one son Mrs Harry Davis Alpine Mrs Mary Cox Sanderson and C F Cox Jr Alpine. The Coxes settled in Brewster county in 1901 and were active in the Methodist church with ties to Sul Ross and Alpine schools.
More than 6000 fans from West Texas and beyond watched the Chicago Cubs defeat the St. Louis Browns 7 to 6 in an exhibition at Kokernot Field Alpine. Smalley homered for the Cubs while Zorilla and Priddy connected for the Browns. A postgame barbecue awaited players and followers at Kokernot headquarters.
Registrations for the Mitre Peak camp surge well beyond expectations with Brownies to two periods, Intermediates three, and Seniors the closing session. Permian Basin area scouts receive first preference, then out of area candidates if vacancies remain.
The Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Balmorhea will host its annual Cattlemen's Field Day and barbecue on Saturday April 9. Ninety two young purebred bulls and heifers from various ranches have been fed since November 24 to assess rapid and economical gains.
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