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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1937
Page
1
A religious encampment led to a plan for guiding the lost to Christ with several public services and private interviews. Four converts joined First Baptist Alpine, two joined Marta Church, and one joined Rest Davis, with others preparing to join their homes.
Readers of the Times discuss a name change for a feature or column with playful options and thanks to contributors. Barry Scobee and Rhos Myrick are noted, and the paper hints at a new name chosen amid mixed feelings and humor about the process.
Unconfirmed reports from proms time yesterday indicate a gas and oil showing at the Dedeon Means test in section 08, block 21, THEL, 18 miles northeast of here at 5,900 feet. Details on extent or future plans were not learned. Drilling continued at the G H Storey test in Green south of here at 2540 feet.
About 19 East Texas Boy Scouts planned to visit the Big Bend-Davie Mountains area midmonth. The trip was canceled due to an infantile paralysis epidemic in parts of the state. A rescheduled visit is expected in June next year per state Parks board member Tom Beauchamp.
Coach B C Graves of St Ross College left last week to attend a coaching school at Santa Catalina Inland California. The program is led by Howard Jones Tom Lieb BA Spalling and other notable coaches. Graves is accompanied by James Parker who will visit friends in Los Angeles area, with return expected by early September.
Game Warden A R Williams reminds hunters that mourning and white wing doves may be hunted from September 15 through October 31. Licenses are available from the game warden or the Kandy Kitchen.
Nearly one hundred Sal Ross seniors will receive degrees Monday night in the college auditorium during the summer commencement exercises. Dr J G Ulmer vice president of the board of regents State Teachers Colleges will deliver the commencement address. Dr Ulmer's home is in Tyler. Rev W T Guthrie of Wink is to
Across Central and West Texas a Lupinus texensis bluebonnet is seen. The text notes the bluebonnet bears the state name but is not the official state flower. While both flowers grow statewide, the true state flower remains limited to certain regions.
Worshipful Master W. G. Fielder announces Alpine Lodge will confer the third degree at the stated meeting on the evening of Aug. 19. Members and visiting Masons are urged to attend.
A short, odd item notes a post office donating ten dollars to purchase a “peak” in a park area. The quote suggests the speaker plans to visit and see the peak bought that day, with no further context on location or official details.
A court session is scheduled to convene next week with a list of attendees including Pett Jasons G B Cencherd G A Mortis O W Roberts Joe Moss R W Arnold 4 P Foster J W Gillett RS farbrough T A Beard EV Fuller A M Brown and Clarence Hord.
The Brewster county electorate will face six proposed amendments at a statewide election on August 29. Two amendments enable state cooperation with federal Social Security programs and the rest address officer fees, banking provisions, advance payment discounts, and related provisions. The ballot order lists amendments on payroll, debt, and benefits.
Aug 1 Acting Gov Walter Weedul said he would push Gov Allred to present to the legislature, after balancing the budget, a plan to acquire Big Bend land for a park by private subscription. A $108000 appropriation was vetoed earlier. funding now relies on reduced expenses and revenue. Subscriptions trace to Del Rio and Pecos donors, including Albert R. Cauthorn and Mrs. Cross.
Uvalde county forms the first county committee to raise funds for the Big Bend National Park fund by popular subscription. Members include County Judge M. B. Walcott Mayor J. H. Ashby Jr President Tom Hardin and R G Jordan. Similar committees will be formed in every Texas county.
An enthusiastic El Paso committee met Friday and tentatively set a city contribution target between nine thousand and ten thousand dollars toward the planned Big Bend National Park. The effort aims to help reach the needed one million dollar park fund.
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