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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1953
Page
7
Fort Davis details show a family light campaign with a key aim to limit mothers away from home. Mrs. Johnson will appoint a campaign chairman soon as Mrs. Myrtle Stewart travels to El Paso for medical consultation and stays with daughter Bet.
Fort Davis records a cool cloudy week with no precipitation at Mount Locke observatory. Local residents hosted Thanksgiving visitors including Lt. J Kimball Miller and Lt. W R Burch, Miss Pat Renfro, Mrs R L Ahrens, and families from Pecos Dallas Farming ton Plainview and Del Rio.
A week long program at First Baptist features a School of Stewardship with sessions Monday through Friday nights. Adults join Found Faithful taught by Rev. Robert D. Lovell, while Youth groups hear Partners With God led by Mrs. R. D. Lovell. Juniors present The Talking Penny by Mrs. T. T. Kelly and Mrs. J. D. McNew. Primaries and Nursery offer Gifts For Jesus by Mrs. T. T. Kelly and Mrs. Frances Harvey.
Published weekly from 212 North Fifth Street Alpine Texas Forbes Publishing edited by Lynn Forbes with Nell Forbes Society editor and Alma Chambe Marathon correspondent. Subscription rates listed for Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties and elsewhere with safety clause for corrections upon notification to publisher.
The piece argues for a liberal education combining a central field with broader study in literature science history languages philosophy arts and more. It cites a 1953 Texas letter to school administrators about average daily attendance audits and the need for age grade residence certificates to justify state funds and attendance.
A 1953 homecoming on the West Texas campus drew hundreds, with residents like Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atkinson of Crane attending. The write up lists many attendees and notes family moves and careers, including teachers and students across Alpine, Crane, Ballinger, Wellington, and nearby towns, reflecting post reunion buzz and local changes.
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