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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
1
The author cites Dr. Dudley Jackson and recounts Texas lore about snakes, cows, and ranch life. He describes rattlesnakes in the Big Bend, past bites on livestock, and his own skepticism about cow cud chewing while seeking more factual input.
Citywide Christmas programs include Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist choirs. Methodist service Sunday at 7:30 pm directed by Delbert Bowles. Presbyterian Sunday school Christmas program Monday at 7:30 pm with White Gift drive. First Baptist presents Sun day cantata Chimes of the Holy Night at 7:30 pm featuring solos and choral sections with Luke’s nativity text.
Fort Davis reports a deed filed with County Clerk Roy H. Bloys transferring about 50 acres and buildings known as the old Keesey property from the I O O F Grand Lodge of Texas to Worth Evans. The Evanses plan to make it their permanent home. The sale disposes of the remaining Odd Fellows ownership of Keesey estate. J W Espy is the surviving local trustee who signed the deed along with other Grand Lodge officials.
A brief note from Everett Townsend advocates naming the Trans-Pecos with a dedicated title. He urges awakening the effort and calls for progress on the naming matter.
The Young People's department of the Methodist church will host an old fashioned box supper in the basement tomorrow night at 7 30. The public is invited to attend.
The public school band stages A Mother Gcease Christmas on December 19 at the college auditorium. About 70 local children perform in three acts featuring Old King Cole Little Boy Blue a Christmas Travelogue and familiar Christmas music. Proceeds aid the band uniform fund.
Brewster county will map the 1940 AAA range program at a meeting in Alpine next Monday at 10 a m. Miss Winnie M. Van Nort says ranchmen from the county should attend at the courthouse where a 1940 county committee will be elected. A county marketing quota referendum for the 1940 cotton crop was held last Saturday with one vote cast.
City schools and Sul Ross college will dismissThursday for Christmas holidays. Classes resume January 3 in all schools and the college.
Argentina plans to trim state costs by sixty million dollars this year aiming to stabilize public finances. Officials say the measure targets nonessential programs while preserving core services and social spending.
The Big Bend Medical Society held its first regular meeting in Marfa with doctors from Jeff Davis Presidio Brewster Terrell and Pecos counties attending. Officers were elected and 16 of 22 local doctors applied for membership. The group toured Fort Russell Post Hospital and hosted a dinner with officers and guests from Ojinaga and the post hospital.
Fort Davis high school girls volleyball team defeated Kermit 63 to 7 in the Rankin tournament final to claim the championship. They earlier beat Imperial 41-10 and Barnhart 63-13, earning a sun-gold statute.
Charles Henninger of Woodbury Heights New Jersey constructed a 27 inch tall miniature cathedral using hundreds of old razor blades and about 100000 beads.
The Avalanche urges Alpine residents to patronize local firms during the Christmas shopping season. Read ads weekly to compare prices with city shops and support a community newspaper. Local merchants, neighbors and taxpayers help educate children through their Tax contributions.
District Attorney Alan R. Fraser gained statewide notice for his crime prevention talks titled crime clinic. He spoke in Iraan Big Lake Pecos McCamey with a return visit planned to Iraan. At Pecos he addressed Lions clubs Federated Women’s clubs and the PTA and spoke at the Rotary luncheon. He sent letters to football captains and coaches of Big Lake opponents then collected their opinions, later presenting the letters to Big Lake’s team and coaches.
The district PTA meets Monday December 18 at 3 30 p m in the Junior High school Mrs J B Woolfolk district president will attend A tea will follow the meeting and honor her Reporter
Wen dell Mayes, mayor of Brownwood and chairman of the Texas State Parks board, sent a 72.90 contribution to the Big Bend National Park fund. The gift supports a statewide fundraising push to establish Texas first national park, with hopes for a 1940 completion.
Dr Lee W Fisher regional manager for the State Game Department who had been stationed in Alpine and moved to San Angelo was seriously ill in a Big Spring hospital after a car crash. Edgar Moses San Angelo fish hatchery superintendent was killed in the same accident.
J C Casparis of Dallas has been nominated as official flight instructor for Sul Ross student pilot training. Dr Morelock reports Casparis will oversee flight instruction at Alpine's new flying school, arriving after Christmas. W J Smith will run a two week ground school after medical exams. A flight surgeon is due soon for physicals. Hangar construction begins and Alpine with the Chamber of Commerce authorize work. An extra 110 acres of land is added to the airport site being prepared per Civil Aeronautics Authority requirements.
The Sul Ross band will perform its third annual Christmas program for the Assembly on Tuesday December 19 under director W Russell Pinkerton. Soloist Wilfred Carrico will play Honeysuckle Polka, with Charles Livingston on marimba. The program includes Don Quixote Suite Two Guitars Duke Ellington selections and audience carols.
Sportsmen from Marfa Presidio Shafter Ruidosa Valentine and other Big Bend towns will compete Sunday at the range east of Alpine for a handsome silver trophy the best all round shooter. Bruce Duncan promoter said the first regularly scheduled event of its kind in Alpine opens at 9 a m and runs all day with the trophy on display at the Kandy Kitchen.
A protest in Ireland denounces tourism to the country arguing that foreigners make the Irish discontented by their wealth and lavishness. The complaint focuses on the perceived social impact of wealth brought by visitors.
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