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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1946
Page
1
A reader note on the Paisano meeting reports large attendance and support for governor candidate John Lee Smith, with mixed in-page commentary. It references Brewster results, local sentiment, and a letter from Bob Slagle of Houston Watch Co. praising the Highland country and urging a return visit.
The 26th Baptist Encampment began last Monday with the largest opening day crowd in its history. About 1025 meals were served Monday night and 800 at breakfast Tuesday. The encampment, covering about 1000 acres near the grounds, hosts many first-time attendees and features Dr. Perry F. Webb and Dr. E. H. Westmoreland sharing preaching duties through the week as tents and cabins overflow with visitors from nearby towns and distant churches.
A vocational agriculture instructor and an athletic coach were appointed for the Alpine area by Superintendent H L Waldrum. E E Turner of Sweetwater, with 10 years total service and three years in Sweetwater schools, will lead VA instruction and has held office as president of the VA Teachers Assn Area 2. TL Cook, previously at Eastland High, will coach and bring pro football and baseball experience from his time with the Detroit Lions and Fort Worth Cats. He arrived and invites students to a meeting Monday at 2:30 p.m. at Central Ward school.
Frank L. Young acquired G C Mellard's half of Mellard and Young Texaco station in Artesia New Mexico. Mellard operated the business for over two years before selling. The Mellards plan to move to Artesia and pursue other plans as the desk notes a playful local column tone.
A writ of injunction stops the Brewster County commissioners from selling the Alpine Courthouse property. Sheriff Clarence Hord reported no acceptable bids by an Aug deadline, while negotiations with a telephone company aim to secure a higher bid. Eight new offices will be added and the building modernized under the approved plan. J. T. Davis Jr. discharged from the Navy after 18 months service.
Le Turner was discharged from the Navy on July 24 after nearly three years of service including 18 months overseas. He served as a crew member on the USS Mounteail USS Chatham and USS C J Doyle and took part in the Okinawa invasion and the Philippine liberation.
A notice instructs many subscriptions expired August 1 and urges immediate renewal. It warns that delinquent accounts will be removed from lists and nuts will be revised accordingly. Readers are asked to attend to renewal if they wish to continue the paper.
Joyce Lockhart daughter of Dr and Mrs W E Lockhart remains in El Paso hospital after a major operation on her knee performed Monday for injuries received last winter.
Photographer Peter Koch reports a profusion of blossoms in Big Bend National Park's white brush pink senesa and purple sage. He notes the scenery rivals Southern Appalachians blooms and aims to popularize it as a tourist lure. Koch, his wife and child reside at Hot Springs near Tornillo Creek. He builds a yucca fiber kayak and works with the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History on a color motion picture and lecture titled Desert Gold slated for UT Austin then a 30 city tour east and midwest.
In Fort Davis the Saturday primary saw narrower turnout with 640 sheriff and 637 clerk votes. Beatrice Wooley led county clerk with 373 votes, Tyrone Kelly 266, and George Elliott 296 for state representative. Other races favored Cotter and Clark for commissioners Precincts 1 and 3, and W. T. Dunnington won in Precinct 4. Multiple county offices had incumbents renominated or unopposed, while state contests showed Connally leading for U.S. Senate and Jester top governor candidate locally. Election boards labored late into Sunday tallying results.
Chase Moore of Del Rio defeated H Conger Jones of Del Rio for state representative from this district in last Saturday’s primary by 2736 to 2044. Complete but unofficial returns received this week show the five county vote totals.
Rev. EV Pickering, returning from Mississippi where his ill father was visited, will fill the pulpit at his church Sunday morning. He will preach on The Everlasting Reward and invites the public to attend.
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