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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1948
Page
1
Alpine readers urged to vote in city and school trustee elections with emphasis on civic duty, sound judgment, and frugality. Note resignation of Bud Chamberlain and promotion of local business openings. Clean-Up Week proposed and downtown improvements highlighted. new haberdashery praised and readers encouraged to attend city hall for the April 6 vote.
Alpine hosts the district Parent-Teacher Association conference at Sul Ross College with District President Mrs. N H Keller presiding. State VP Mrs Henry Mings will be the principal speaker. registration starts April 7 at 8 a.m. with sessions and reports planned at Sul Ross and Kokernot Lodge.
Four Alpine businesses shift sites in rapid moves. Model haberdashery relocates to East Holland avenue with new fixtures. Winter Cleaners takes over adjacent laundry operations on April 4 and modernizes equipment. Big Bend Photo & Curio expands on North Sixth street while Big Bend Photo & Gift moves into Granada theatre building. Min-Sol to occupy Holland hotel quarters after renovations.
A fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage to the residence and contents of Ben Gallego in South Alpine Monday morning. The blaze started in a store room and was well under way before the alarm. No insurance was carried. Alpine Latin-Americans raised 168.80 dollars through a subscription list and presented it to the Gallego family.
Wm I Bill Winter was chosen president of the Alpine Rotary Club for the coming year starting July 1. Milton Smith becomes vice president with M A Webb and Fred Williams retaining roles as secretary and treasurer. New directors are W G Fielder J R Rucker and Col Walter Winton. The group will attend the 115th district conference in El Paso April 11 12 and 13. A M Bob Massengale of the Austin Public Safety Department spoke on the Communist movement and its tactics in government and industry.
The Alpine Garden Club holds its annual plant exchange and covered dish luncheon today in the basement of the Methodist church. Everyone is welcome to participate. please bring a plant or packet of seeds for exchange. It is a casual event, so come in everyday clothes.
Scouts from Alpine Fort Davis Marathon Marfa Valentine and Van Horn attended a district Camp-O-Ree at the city park last weekend in preparation for a council Camp-O-Ree in the Davis mountains April 23-25. Troops 41 44 and 48 competed with events and a Court of Honor awarded Star rank and merit badges. The Border Patrol offered marksmanship instruction and Cub Pack 41 planned a May soap box derby with visiting Scout executives from Yucca council.
Dr. R. M. Hawkins president of Sul Ross State College is Texas representative to the national board of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He is the sole Texas college appointee. The Texas group will hold its first annual conference in Austin April 12 to 14 to address supervision and curriculum development.
Alpine FFA members will present their annual style show at the Granada Theatre on April 13. The event features members modeling women’s fashion with finishing touches as an added attraction to the night’s movie schedule. Jim Spann chairs the show with theatre manager Wally Davis coordinating tickets set to go on sale next week.
Sul Ross Mask and Slipper club members debut radio drama Sunday afternoon with Prelude to Invasion written for radio by Rev. Frank E. Walker. Directed by Freda Gibson Powell the play has rehearsed since March and parallels the Dieppe raid with Christian Incarnation to convey deliverance from oppression.
Mr and Mrs Ross Sterling of Houston were weekend guests of Dr and Mrs B F Berkeley while en route home from Tucson where they spent the winter. Sterling is the former governor of Texas.
Roy Richard Whiteside Alpine and Carolina Menjores Alpine receive treatment and major operations listed for March 25 27 28 29 30. Mrs G A Rushing Alpine undergoes major operation March 25. Mrs W L Holland Alpine and Miss Stella Willes Sanderson also noted for major operations. Bicente Ramos Ojinaga Mex and Antonio Rojo Alpine listed for treatment in March.
Supt Peyton Cain thanks the Pilot Club for a generous grant to Public Schools to build two standard tennis courts with asphalt surfaces and curbing. He reports immediate work starting and notes the board will fully match the gift. Cain expresses gratitude for the welcome gift on behalf of trustees teachers present pupils and future students.
The Alpine Cowboys postpone spring workouts planned for Monday due to bad weather. Manager Ray McNeill said the sessions will begin as soon as conditions improve, with no set start date yet announced.
David George Walker of Alpine defeated Edward Nobles of Amarillo to win the 175-pound intra mural boxing championship at the University of Texas Fire Night bouts held March 24. Walker, a sophomore engineering student, represents the Wesley Foundation.
Coach Paul Pierce confirms a month long spring session starting April 5 for about 75 candidates seeking Lobos berths on the 1948 team. He notes roughly 35 newcomers to join defending New Mexico Conference champions as they rebound from graduations.
The Gulf Servicenter was burglarized Friday night with about $40 cash taken from the register. The front door stayed locked at opening Saturday. a rear window was found open. A second burglary at Storey-Whiteside Lumber Co. Sunday night saw about $300 in guns and $25 in tools stolen through a loading door by the railroad sid ing.
Tomas Mata is jailed in connection with the stabbing early Sunday in South Alpine of Antonio Rojo. Rojo suffered a side wound and is out of danger.
Fort Davis dedicates public tribute to Dr. C. E. Eaton the town physician since 1930 at a banquet attended by 64 people. The Mile High club presented a monogrammed physician bag noting 618 births under his care and praising his service to Jeff Davis County and Fort Davis schools.
Eight candidates appear on the ballot for the city election next Tuesday with the chance to vote for a mayoral candidate and two city commissioners. Voters may select any two of the five commissioner hopefuls and the two mayoral contenders. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the city office with absentee ballots allowed through Wednesday.
The fourth quarterly conference will be at the Methodist church next Monday with a supper at 6 30 for 50 cents per plate. Dr L L Evans district superintendent will preside and year’s reports will be presented. Dr R T Schaefer to lead an informal Sunday school teaching plans discussion. Church board members and Sunday school teachers urged to attend.
A severe sandstorm swept the Alpine region with a persistent west wind on Tuesday and Wednesday. Visibility dropped northward prompting highway patrol to halt traffic between Pecos and Balmorhea. No local damage reported as conditions eased into late Wednesday with a light rain and a temperature drop.
The Sweet shop formerly run by A. V. Sports Gunn has been leased to Wm. Irwin Currie and his wife, both Sul Ross students. Currie began managing the shop yesterday while Gunn notes his future plans are uncertain.
Telegram of congratulations from Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Muenster and son Dan of Belton was read to the assembly while Dr. Eaton, still on the school board, received praise for decades of service. Led by Mr. Prude the celebration closed with a singalong of For He's A Jolly Good Fellow.
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