12 Aug 1938
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1938
Page
1
The obituary notes a longtime ranchman and active Masonic member, serving twice as worshipful master and as a Knight Templar, with affiliations to Alpina Lodge Be 708 and A. K. G. M. Ben.
Visitors at a Highland Hereford meeting praised the Big Bend region and the potential for a national park. Figures including Dr. T. O. Walton of Texas A and M and H. R. Duncan of the University of Tennessee voiced optimism that a park would attract tourism and generate state-wide economic benefits.
West Texan reports Alpine women featured in Notable Women of the Southwest. Miss Hei is assistant librarian at Bul Ross College and a Temas native educated across multiple schools including Bay der University Prep and New York Library School. Brown takes position with Denver Investment Co.
Court officials announced the opening day of the district court term with jurors summoned for the session. Celestine Lanes faces trial next Wednesday for the fatal March shooting in Alpine, as a list of grand and petit jurors is released amid election runoffs and local badge contests.
Fort Davis August 10 Scouts head to Fort Davis August 23 for a barbecue and rodeo show organized by the chamber of commerce. Tom Beauchamp of Tyler leads the event helping arrange park access and related support for the visiting 200 Boy Scouts.
Livestock trading in the region remained brisk with multiple sales. The largest deal was 6,000 mined calves sold by A. Bage Ranches to Baby Beet Packing Co of California for fall delivery. Other sales include 900 mixed calves to Farm 1 Commission Co Fort Worth at seven to eight cents, delivery in November.
Dr. Kirk's view leads the expedition to relocate operations to Sunny Glenn Cave. Mrs. Warmer Reid and her baby left Monday for Silverton after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Cotter and relatives. Reid's niece Laura Lee White saw them off home for a short stay.
A collection of local opinions mocks a jury insanity acquittal, praises cleanup efforts near town and the weed jungle, and lauds Horace Moreioch for campus work with Sul Ross college. It highlights WPA and PWA funding, campus improvements, and Big Bend park advocacy as lasting achievements.
Fort Davis reports brisk demand for ten Australian shepherd pups born to Dora Pearl owned by Richard Meral. The pups, age a few weeks, are half hound common with black and white marks on nine of them. Several will be sent to Weatherford Oxena Corpus Christi Deredo Fort Davis Marta and Aledo.
Budget committee members and attendees from San Antonio Del Rio Alpine and El Paso stress the road as a winter route. Named participants include Henry Phelps J W Dewman T H Brecle Jock Kalty Jr and Tom Yarbro with other officials from Del Rio Langtry Marathon Comstock and Castroville.
A San Antonio message says the Big Bend Museum will house historical specimens related to early Indian battles and pioneer life on the Texas frontier. Mrs Octavia Bullis Holcomb, daughter of General Bullis, spearheads the effort with local supporters including Mr and Mrs Milton Gilmer.
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