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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
7
Thirty handmade dolls dressed by Presbyterian Missionary Society of Fort Davis head to Holman New Mexico for a Santa mission. Miss Lela Weatherby, Holman school superintendent, will deliver dolls to their destinations.
During May to September 1940 McDonald Observatory recorded 8 504 visitors. Assistant director Dr C T Elvey supplied the figures to Warren D Bloys Fort Davis chamber secretary. May 621 June 1 405 July 2 072 August 2 962 September 1 244, about 300 fewer than 1939 due to fewer local visitors.
Twenty one men attended a Fort Bend district Scout meeting at a Marfa hotel Monday night. Arthur Bloys and Barry Scobee from Fort Davis served as troop committeemen with Alan R. Fraser presiding as retiring district chairman. Ray Norman of Marfa was elected to succeed Fraser and receive a send off for his upcoming year. A C Williams and Harry DeLashmutt aided in the program.
Joe Kingston recalls a three week journey with Mrs Kingston and friends from Brady through the Deep South to Florida and a boat ride to Havana Cuba. They visited Miami for several days and observed rapid tourist season growth and bustling streets, reflecting on life from a ranching background near Toyah Vale Texas.
About 200 Rotarians and Rotary Anns from New Mexico and West Texas gathered in Fort Stockton for the charter presentation of a new Rotary club in District 115. Dr. Joel Wright presented the charter to Kenneth Oliver as Will Jackson of San Antonio delivered the keynote on Rotary.
A tour of Dr Pepper Bottling in Alpine highlights a highly sanitized plant with automated bottling lines. Bottles are sterilized in a soaker before rinsing and passing to the filling unit without manual touch. A water treater provides extra purity, according to owner Lynn Matthews.
County's chief pecan raiser Joe Kingston of Toyahvale notes rough seas but his irrigation country yields a solid crop. Kingston manages about 50 trees in Jeff Davis county along Toyah creek and crowns the season with around 600 pounds of nuts. He grows Burkett and Texas Prolific varieties and ranks as the leading pecan grower in the region.
Members of the Alpine volunteer fire department and the community heard Frank Williams from the Texas A M Firemen's Training school outline the program. About 30 attendees including city and state officials and local clubs listened as Williams presented with nearly a hundred colored lantern slides. Fulmer hosted the visit and Rev Mills assisted in inviting the Baptist church community to hear the talk.
The Avalanche lists R A Bob Serna of Marathon as a long time rancher missed in the Golden Anniversary edition. Serna drilled Marathon’s first water well in 1888, the landmark well stood on what is now the town's main street until recently filled in and the wind mill removed.
Alpine youth Bruce Williamson was the season's only hunting casualty for black tail deer. He incurred a flesh wound in the heel when his gun discharged accidentally while hunting with a companion in the Glass Mountains east of Alpine. An El Campo man broke a leg in a separate incident nearby.
A contract worth 79000 dollars was awarded to Holland Page of Austin for multiple buildings at Fort D. A. Russell Marfa including barracks mess and recreation halls. Work will begin soon as new troops join the Fort Russell post expanding the 77th Field Artillery to over 900 personnel and officers.
Rev E C Mills a missionary to Japan for 32 years will address the Baptist church Sunday evening at 7 30 according to pastor announcements
The firm increases capacity to 33 bottles per minute and remains exclusive bottlers for Dr Pepper and 7 Up in the region. It also produces a full line of carbonated beverages.
NYA seeks nonstudent youths aged 17 to 24 for college work at Sul Ross and a new project at the girls co operative home. Jobs include college cafeteria and dormitory positions for girls and similar posts for boys. Applications through Mrs. Mabel Hamilton, county welfare worker. Also notes local area updates on road progress near Limpia canyon and tributes to cattleman Mr. Prude.
The Alpine Avalanche celebrated its Golden Anniversary with a four section 32 page edition on Friday November 22 The paper is praised for its coverage of West Texas pioneers and local business support The McCamey News sends congratulations and the Sundown range area offers high praise for the anniversary issue
A postcard features the famed Judge Roy Bean building in Langtry. The card suggests a possible relation to the legendary lawman and evokes Langtry’s connection to the Pecos region.
An affidavit confirms a deer weighing pounds was killed by George, noted as the season’s largest so far. The boys involved boast about their hunting, claiming bigger and more frequent catches each year.
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