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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1937
Page
1
Fort David reports a cold spell that began Saturday and dropped to about ten below. Apricots peaches pears and most plums were wiped out by the frost while apples appear untouched. Dust and northerly winds with occasional southeast gusts accompanied the chill.
Sul Ross band returned Sunday from Crystal City where it joined the Spinach Festival events in the Winter Garden city. The two day festival included the unveiling of a Popeye statue and the crowning of Queen Aeelys. Movie company representatives attended the ceremonies and the band will be shown in news reels nationwide soon. Samas West directed the band with Dr. G. P. Smith and Mrs. Dom Adams as escorts. The band received a hearty reception and favorable comment.
The unemployment act will set up benefit accounts for 233 Brewster county workers under District Fieldman C. B. Hahn based in the El Paso chamber of commerce. The next Texas commission payment due April 25 requires employers to pay a tax of 1.8 percent on February and March payrolls for 1997.
Fort Davis reports State Game Warden Tom Redford observed deer in good condition during rounds though a year ago the herds suffered from short grass.
Bend Sentinel argues the Big Bend National Park would draw 250000 visitors annually, spending at least ten dollars daily, totaling five million dollars a year for the area. Alpine leads fundraising. Marfa should contribute to secure the park, as the region benefits all. The call urges Marfa to pay its share and work together to obtain the park this year.
Alpine winners in the bi county meet will perform tonight at 8 o clock in the Junior High School auditorium. The program includes music by the Central Ward Chorus club a one act play Spark and winners in declamation extemporaneous speaking and debate contests. An admission of 15 and 25 cents will fund the school annual. Public invited.
Purchase of the interest in City Drug Store of W. T. Patton by P. D. Coulson and C. B. Slichter was announced this week. The business will continue under the same name with Coulson and Slichter in charge. The partnership was formed a year ago. Patton said he had no definite plans for the immediate future. Brazil's key industries are operated at high levels.
Mrs Emma Wilkins Foster, age 92, died Monday at her Alpine home after a prolonged illness. Born in Hamilton County Ohio on October 4, 1852, she married Joseph K. Foster in 1867 who died in 1871. Survived by daughters Mises Sedie and Louise Foster of Alpine. The family moved from Cincinnati to Houston in 1900 and settled in Alpine in 1927. She was a Presbyterian church member for about 11 years.
Drilling is under way at two of three county tests this week. Dodson Means northeast of Alpine reports water shutoff casing at 4000 feet. Deck ranch near Marathon paused awaiting casing at 1670 feet. Green Valley south of here reports drilling below 1900 feet. Inability to shut off water caused delays at the Deck ranch.
National Park Service preliminary study shows about 1.9 million visitors to Texas parks over four months. About 506000 visited sixteen state parks with Boy Scout tours and CCC development noted. Data cover picnicking camping hiking nature study swimming boating fishing and sports.
Alpine High led the Bi-County meet with top scores totaling 275 points, Sanderson 214.44, and Marathon 120. The event included tennis, track and field events with results corrected for misprints. Noted corrections list Alpine athletes over Sanderson in several categories and Marathon member Julia Nail tied for second in girls’ events.
Thirty men report for spring football practice at Lobo Field with several junior college transfers and three veterans from last year. A tentative May 1 game with Texas A and M is planned to coincide with the museum dedication and home-coming of ex-students, with a month of practice ahead to prepare for the spring contest.
Officers elected for the Fifteenth district of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers were announced after the ninth annual Alpine conference. Names include President Mrs. Clarence Longnecker El Paso and recording secretary Mrs. Joe Bryant Hi Paso, with other vice presidents and officers listed, plus courtesy resolutions thanking Alpine workers and district leaders for hosting the meeting.
About 47 Texas senators and representatives will arrive by Pullman for a tour of the Big Bend National park area. Alpine hosts will provide cars to shuttle the group to the Chison mountains for a South Rim trip via CCC camp, with lunch en route and a return to the CCC camp for an overnight.
Austin April 1 appointment of Dr Walter Prescott Webb author of The Texas Rangers as consulting historian on the proposed Big Bend National Park announced by Herbert Maler regional officer of the National Park Service Webb on leave from the University of Texas undertook his duties after returning from Big Bend research The 788000 acre park would link with a Mexican area to form the Big Bend International Peace Park He will also prepare a complete history of the Big Bend wilderness and lecturing in London in 1988 on Southwestern history. Fort Davis April 1 Edward P Burrell designer of the McDonald Observatory died March 21 in Cleveland Ohio In a Fort Davis letter Al J Craig said Burrell helped make the observatory modern with new gadgets and improvements He was 66 and praised as a warm gentlemanly engineer by the Cleveland Plain Dealer as a loss to his firm and to astronomical observatories.
A group including H. L. Winfield of Fort Stockton will tour Sal Ross College and a museum, visit CCC camps and the South Rim, dine at Dona Chata and Boquillas areas, then rest in Marathon before returning to Austin. The trip is financed by the local chamber of commerce with support from other towns in the Trans Pecos region.
MARFA April 1 Trans Pecos News A full day program organized by Fort D A Russell marks Army Day on Tuesday April 6 Open house invites all in the Big Bend area Army mess serves at noon A 9 30 start includes Regional Colors presentation to the Third Field Artillery and concludes with an evening boxing match at the Army Airport hangar Gate charges apply The event aims to attract a large regional turnout and support from Fort Russell residents Also note: school officials corrected the honor roll list to include Mary Bess Hamilton ninth grade
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