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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1939
Page
1
A nostalgic column recalls misreading a Thanksgiving note as Franksgiving and marks Alpine’s 25th anniversary, noting the 1914 arrival, and volume milestones of The Avalanche. The writer thanks Perry Cartwright for venison, teases Everett Townsend, and teases further replies to Barry Scobee.
The Alpine Garden Club announces an outdoor lighting contest for the Christmas season. Prizes include merchandise from Central Power and Light and cash from the Garden Club. Entries are at the city office with Mrs. Kenneth Johnson recording them. registration ends December 21, 1939. Displays must illuminate nightly 7 to 10:30 from December 21 to 29, with judging by visuals.
Lake Balmorhea nears one quarter full as San Solomon springs diversions replenish it. Marfa gains a new Gulf distributor service station by Newell Oil Co. Mexico cattle import to the Presidio port last week sold to Connelly and to Jones and Howard. Grand Falls grants J J Kirby a waterworks franchise. Monahans approves a $60 000 bond for water and sewer extensions.
Alpine Methodists schedule a December Sunday to collect for the Methodist orphanage at Waco. The home, funded by Texas and New Mexico Methodists with a 125000 budget, cares for 400 orphans through vocational schooling and public education. Mrs. Hubert Johnson’s relatives in Alpine include uncles Roy Whiteside and George Storey, with grandmother Mrs. M Whiteside visiting soon to deliver her yearly gift. Rev. Ray B. McGrew will lead the local collection.
George H. Walker, noted Big Bend photographer, moved to Marfa last week to establish a new photography shop. He will operate from a building adjoining the Big Bend Sentinel office.
Cattle from the Texas High lands won top honors at the Chicago International Livestock Hay and Grain exposition. W. B. Mitchell & Sons of Marfa captured first and third places on feeder cattle carloads with Hereford yearling steers entered.
Construction of multiple new homes and remodeling in Fort Stockton northwest of the city on Monahans road is reported by the Ft. Stockton Pioneer. Eleven carloads of silver and copper ore from the Sancho Panza mine near Allamore west of Van Horn have been shipped in the last 30 days.
The Davis Mountains Federation of Women's Clubs meet in Fort Davis is moved to tomorrow with a 9:30 a.m. opening at the high school auditorium. Mrs. Lou Puttrill of Marathon announces the arrangements and a luncheon at a local Fort Davis cafe. Earlier plans to visit the observatory and dine at Prude ranch were dropped due to bad weather.
Alpine high school girls stage a 4 15 p m football game at Jackson Field with juniors facing a combined senior sophomore team to raise funds for the junior-senior banquet. Betty Ann Fulmer leads the juniors, while Wayne Mosley Jimmy Beckett and Virgil Young coach the senior-sophomore squad. Admission 25 cents adults 15 cents students.
Government announces that all British mines must install pithead bathing facilities by 1044. Policy aims to improve safety and hygiene for miners, with inspectors enforcing compliance and potential penalties for noncompliance.
The Texas State Parks board pledges full cooperation in Big Bend National Park development. Chairman Wendell Mayes of Brownwood outlines funding land purchase and acquisition as top priorities, notes rising statewide and out‑of‑state interest, and mentions a CCC camp to be reestablished January 1 for road and trail work.
State Highway department in Austin will accept bids by December 19 for grading drainage structures and paving on State Highway 17 from 11.7 miles north of Fort Davis to eight miles south of the Reeves county line. The project includes topping sections and asphalt work from Toyahvale to the Jeff Davis county line and links to U S 67 90 at Alpine.
Texas General Land Office lists more than 200000 acres of state school land to be offered January 2 1940. About 25000 acres lie in Brewster county mainly within the T S L Ry survey and block M 2 in the county's southern region. Minimum bid for Brewster lands is 1 dollar per acre. A list is available at The Avalanche office.
A letter from Harry Anthony De Young of San Antonio says he will teach art at Sul Ross College in Alpine next summer. Known for Fort Davis art classes in the 1930s, he now has a studio in San Antonio and recent works include a sculpture for a San Antonio business and pencil drawings sought by a Dallas firm. He looks forward to summer in the Highland country.
Fort Davis correspondent notes a grammar mistake on the front page of The Avalanche and compares it to a similar error in Collier’s. The piece questions subject verb agreement with collective nouns and laments editorial slip ups while defending free subscriptions.
The Eastern Star will hold an initiation ceremony at the Masonic Hall next Tuesday evening at 7 30. Members and visitors are invited to attend.
Miss Belle F Rankin born August 29 1854 in Monmouth Illinois died at her niece Mrs A V Winter home after months confined by injuries from a February fall. She lived in Monmouth Illinois and Texas and California before moving here. A private funeral was held at Livingston Funeral Home and cremation followed in San Antonio. She is survived by a sister and two nieces.
Alpine school faculty members who attended the state teachers meeting in San Antonio last weekend included Supt. R. M. Bankhead E. O. Phillips high school principal E. L. Bailey M. P. Slover Mrs. Faye Vice and Miss Ruth Keeter.
Downtown streets glow with decorative lighting for the Yale season. The lights stay on nightly through January 2, and Central Power and Light supplies electricity at no charge this year.
The Young People class of the Methodist Sunday school attended the Christian Youth federation gathering at Fort Davis last Sunday with the Alpine group leading the devotional. The Fort Davis church Young People department will host a similar meeting on the third Sunday in January.
Congressman Thomason, guest at Alpine chamber dinner, urged Texas legislature support for land purchase and possible federal aid for the Big Bend national park. He cited East interest and President Roosevelt backing, praised Sul Ross College, and noted Fort Russell Maine Red Bluff dam and local federal projects. About 40 attendees heard the remarks.
Drilling at the city’s new southeast Alpine water well was briefly suspended as the bit hung in the hole. A 320 foot depth was reported with little water encountered, and geologists expect a strong flow may require 700 to 800 feet.
The Methodist church choir will present a candle light vesper service on December 18 at 7 30 pm announced by Delbert Bowles choir director The program includes carols and solos and is expected to draw a large audience with public attendance invited.
Charles Benton Adams, son of Mr and Mrs Dom Adams of Alpine, was named best all round cowboy in a rodeo staged by West Texas students at A and M College. Adams, a senior in animal husbandry at A and M, earned the accolade recently.
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