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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1958
Page
1
The mourning dove hunting season runs from Sept 1 to Oct 20 in Big Bend counties. Do not exceed daily limits and obtain landowner permission before hunting on private property. Some borders near the Rio Grande have dates set mid month for certain areas.
The International Conservation Education Association plans its next annual gathering August 16 to 22, 1959 at Sul Ross State College Alpine Texas. Over 200 teachers officials and interested citizens from Canada the United States and Mexico will attend with sessions at Sul Ross and events at Kokernot Lodge Cathedral Mountain Lodge Prude Ranch McDonald Observatory and nearby parks. W E Bill Williams led the bid securing Alpine as host.
Brewster County's 1958 tax rate remains 80 percent per $100 valuation, with assessed value unchanged at $12,000,000. The 1959 budget totals $257,413.88, based on 90 percent collections, and includes changes such as $1642.72 for Social Security and $771.16 for insurance, offset by other line-item allocations.
J W Shepperd of Shepperd Jewelers becomes local outlet for the Otarion Listener eyeglass hearing aid. Dr Henry Schlichting Jr of Midland coordinates area distribution. Hearing tests and fittings offered at the store or at home by arrangement with an optical specialist. The Listener, ten years old, hides the hearing mechanism in the temples using transistor technology for power and clarity.
Alpine schools plan to open Tuesday September 2 serving an estimated 1005 students split among Centennial Central and Alpine High School. Staff assignments list Centennial teachers for grades one through eight and Central and Sed with several specialists. High School faculty includes Brown Schulty Powell Jay Dyke Phillips Bromley Cade Kourk Weyerts Terry and others.
Over 700 high school musicians from 11 Texas schools attend the 8th Annual High School Band Clinic on Sul Ross State College campus. Director Joe Bellamah plans final Sul Ross appearance before taking over at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. Bennie Greve Williams leads Friday night twirling events at Jackson Field with a mass display and a solo routine.
The Fort Worth Star Telegram editor recounts an early Washington weekly bought before World War I. A vendor’s coins from an Indian subscriber sparked a lesson in crediting subscriptions. The note also salutes Alpine coach Pete Bromley for Shrine ring victory and shares light anecdotes about TV and cinema novelty.
State Game Dept announces deer season in the Trans-Pecos from December 1 through December 8 for male deer only. Bag limits: two bucks with pronged horns, or one mule deer and one white tailed, or two white tailed. Special doe permits available on designated ranches with contact to ranchers. Hunters arrange hunts with ranch owners. prices set by ranchers. Antelope season dates given for Alpine Marfa Van Horn Kent areas with applications due August 4.
Alpine’s Cowboys dominated Cherokee Oklahoma Chiefs 12 0 to extend their National Semi Pro tournament streak in Wichita Kansas. Their open er Wednesday night Aug 20 saw 13 1 rout of Westburg Long Islanders led by Toby Newton and Les Schulten on the mound with homers from Sullivan Plaster Leek and Snow. Next games included Jim Hiland’s 20 0 win over Hampton and a 12 0 shutout of Bellingham as Alpine built a four game run amid strong field notes from the Wichita Beacon.
Seldon Hensley star football and baseball player for the Sul Ross State College Lobos will succeed Bob O Day as sports publicity director for the 1958 59 season. O Day graduates last spring and enters Marine Officer Candidate School next month. Hensley will do graduate work this year and was cocaptain of the 1958 Lobos football team.
Most Alpine business firms will be closed Monday September 1 in observance of the Labor Day holidays according to Chamber of Commerce officials. The day is observed as a legal holiday by many Alpine businesses.
Buck Grid Practice reports show Alpine High School Fighting Bucks to play at traan Saturday with coach Pete Bromley leading a conditioning session for the 1958 season. Thirty-one players reported Monday and workouts continue before school opens. Starters listed include Robert Lujan Harold Hensley Pete Salgado Bud Sawyer Dell Hoffman Amando Leyva Russell McAfee.
SAC B 47 jet bombers from Biggs AFB El Paso will conduct daylight low level navigation training starting Sept 2 near Alpine. Missions will stay around 500 feet above ground and follow a planned route avoiding populated areas. The exercise aims to train crews in low level navigation as part of ongoing SAC training.
A 50 foot by 3000 foot runway will be paved at Alpine Municipal Airport in the coming days with a total cost of 6000 shared by Brewster County and the City of Alpine. A 70 by 3000 foot caliche base was laid earlier, with Jones Bros. Construction Co. progressing from city streets to the runway, rolling the base and preparing to shoot oil.
Robert Valadez was reelected as Brewster County commissioner from Precinct 2 in last Saturday's Democratic runoff, 29 votes to 122 for H. C. Hernandez. Judge Robert Hamilton of Midland and El Paso won a bag victory over Edwin Jones 331 to 7 for Supreme Court justice. The vote by precincts follows.
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