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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1949
Page
4
A columnist recalls a page from the September 10 issue detailing 1949 college football schedules. He notes bowls remain, jokes about tossing the old schedule, and jokes about clutter while awaiting the 1950 list.
A nostalgic notice laments the absence of traffic officer Jack Johnson due to illness and notes how Alpine observes December 26 and January 2 as holidays. The piece recalls aging and the desire for the officer’s return, with fond memories of Central School and its students awaiting his smile and wave.
An El Paso Times front page highlights a Dallas cafe scene with Mr Human Fader and a discussion on coffee shortages. The piece notes shifting prices from five cents to four, signaling ongoing cost concerns and public interest in the commodity.
In Dallas Hyman Fader cuts prices to ten cents per cup asserting no shortage and projections that the cafe can still profit at five cents per cup even if coffee costs one dollar per pound. He claims his coffee business has tripled. An Arkansas teacher exam question to a Negro applicant asked for two Indian tribes and customs, and the answer referenced the Coca Colas and Semicolon s with feathers and bad habits.
Tomorrow isElection day for Alpine-Special School bond. Property owners should go to the courthouse and vote to finish the school building program with no tax rate increase. The bond supports the Alpine system’s progress and urges registration of ballots.
Fort Worth December 14 open cutting horses contest at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock show runs January 27 to February 5 with a 24 entry limit due to stall space. Last year had 53 entrants with prelims trimming numbers. Judges are Orville B Burtis Frank Daws and Dink Hall. The last year's winner Housekeeper owned by Robert Corteett of Breckenridge later topped the season. The mare is half quarter horse and half thoroughbred ridden by her owner.
Most Texas land was originally measured in varas, a unit equal to about 33 inches, reflecting early Spanish surveying practices and influence on property descriptions in the region.
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