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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1933
Page
1
The Van Horn Advocate reports a huge cavern 10 miles north of Kent with an entrance atop a mountain and a second chamber to be explored later. Formations resemble Carlsbad, with a 100 foot descent blocked by a wall. locals seek larger discoveries and possible regional significance.
Alpine prepares for the district 11 Interscholastic meet with visitors and contestants from Brewster Crane Culberson El Paso Hudspeth Jett Davis Loving Pecos Presidio Reeves Terrell Upton Winkler and Ward counties. The events open Friday at 8 am with tennis preliminaries on campus courts. Declamation and debate commence Friday at 2 pm with finals 7:20 pm after a musical program. The track meet begins Saturday at 1:90 pm at Jackson field. College faculty director-general Coleman leads the event.
Drury Wood of Alpine was chosen by the school board as superintendent of Alpine schools, succeeding D. M. Major who leaves for North Texas. Wood, Alpine native and Sul Ross College 1977 graduate, has seven years teaching and eight years as a principal, most recently at Alpine High School.
Harold Byler and Arthur Sharp from El Paso purchase a two seater biplane. Sharp, former Alpine Motor Company mechanic, is an experienced pilot. Alpine plans to use the plane for flying demonstrations and possibly air transport in the area.
State game wardens Pete Crawford and Ray Williams patrol the old Meire place near Limpia Canyon to guard Davis Mountains state park areas all summer. They will clear roads, deter trespass, and control eagle predation affecting goat and sheep flocks while maintaining Rio Grande patrols in Brewster and Presidio counties.
Bread and Batter Stores Inc. announces a new Presidio outlet with Whit Leaverett as manager. Frank Parker, president, notes the firm already operates in Alpine and Fort Stockton and now Presidio.
The postoffice will move to new quarters in the Puller building on Sixth street tomorrow with no interruption to mail service. All mail will be in new boxes assigned to patrons Sunday unless unforeseen issues arise. The new quarters are newly branded with modern equipment, making the local office one of the best equipped in this section of the state.
County Judge R B Blight reports a school laws receipt for teachers and trustees. The law requires recording of teaching certificates by the county superintendent before contract approval. It covers public and independent districts and exempts noncertified teaching in certain branches. Martin Rawson of Detroit was found with 968 old and new neckties in his room.
Nearly 100 visiting delegates attended the Workers conference of Pecos Valley and Davis Mountains associations held at the Baptist drum hall on Tuesday. Nineteen of 22 churches were represented with McCamey and Marfa tying for attendance records outside Alpine. Fort Stockton, Odessa, Toyah, Monahans, Balmorhea, Sierra Blanca, Grandfalls and others sent delegates. a luncheon followed at Berkeley hall.
The ME System grocery operated by Si and Mrs. Dom Adams moves from Fifth Street to the old Sandifer quarters in the Puller building. Stock moving starts tomorrow night, with business expected to begin in the new location early Monday.
Austin dispatches report a bill creating Texas Canyons State Park in Brewster County. It withdraws public school lands for park inclusion, appraises them, and reimburses the permanent school fund. The park would be overseen by the Texas Park Board, with emergency action to set aside nearby lands. The Grand Canyon of Santa Helena rises over 2000 feet. petrified trees and hydrant-lined canyon edges noted.
A pre Easter meeting announced for Monday evening at the Meth church, to be conducted by pastors. It promises serious topics, with a prayer service Friday night and a public cantata. Frances Michell will narrate the maiden ring, and several other laity will lead prayers.
Col. Wmn. F. Easterwood of Dallas national vice commander of the American Legion could not attend a Tuesday night public meeting. A telegram from Dallas early Monday said important business in Washington caused his trip, and Alpine Legion post had arranged a courthouse gathering for his talk.
The March honor roll for Central Ward and Junior High schools was announced by Supt. D. M. Major. Named are students from second to seventh grade, including Ruth Wright and John R. Whiteside, with many peers across the lower grades listed as high achievers.
Pred Clark 72, longtime Marathon resident and county commissioner, died Wednesday night after an extended illness. He was a pioneer merchant and former cashier of Marathon State Bank, served on the county board, and chaired the Marathon Independent School District board. Funeral plans set for Marathon this afternoon. An obituary will appear next week.
The Alpine Lumber Company moves its Marathon stock and closes the Marathon yard. The Marathon yard offices store room and ranch hardware stock were destroyed in a recent fire. The business has served Marathon for about twenty years with Charles E. Treadwell as manager for several years.
Henry Palmer of Flint Michigan reportedly stayed up late attempting a jig saw puzzle then went to his bedroom and killed himself. Local authorities opened a case as investigators examined circumstances of the supposed self destruct event.
Dr. Dunlap, formerly in a different clinic, has opened an optometry practice in the Ford region. He brings years of experience and has completed recent eye tests, tagging a shift in local eye care led by Dr. Monroe Slack in the same facility.
Highland calves exhibited by Margaret Gibbons at the third annual quality meat show in Lubbock on March 23 24 placed well in a large class. Two calves bred by W B Mitchell and Smith Bros of Marfa and fed by a club girl for ten months earned second and sixth, while a rival calf that placed first had also placed third at the Fort Worth stock show. A George Jones bred calf fed by Joe Miles since last December placed eighteenth in a large class. About ten calves are being fed around Alpine by six 4 H club members for the El Paso show in October.
Twenty five passenger cars and trucks were registered last Saturday, the final day of the legislature's moratorium on 1933 licenses. Nineteen were passenger cars and six were trucks. Year to date registrations total 5911, about 400 short of last year's 6317 licenses. An estimated 60 to 75 more cars may be registered before year end, but the 1933 total will remain about 400 or more below the 1932 level. Geo. Schurer of Newsville, Ky, crawled from a second story window while sleepwalking but escaped unharmed.
Tach M Holliday a 25 year old boat keeper at Study Butte mines drowned Sunday afternoon in the Rio Grande ten miles above Johnson farm while swimming with a Terlingua party. Despite many rescue efforts the body was not found until Wednesday morning and was located half a mile downstream in deep water. Holliday, from Macon Georgia, married to Corolia McNeill of Alpine, had worked at the mine since arriving a year ago. Messages of sympathy poured in from friends as news reached Alpine and Phoenix City where his mother resided.
City officials report excellent progress in the spring cleanup launched Monday. One trash truck has operated all week and another was to be in service yesterday. R F C funds support several workers. committees from local clubs conduct inspection trips and will report conditions to authorities as the campaign continues until a thorough job is finished.
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