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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1933
Page
2
Alpine AVALANCHE features local news in Brewster County with notices and classifieds. The paper lists staff and columnists including Mra CD Wood, Terlingua correspondents, and local police or civic figures, highlighting community events and public notices.
A historical note traces Christmas customs to ancient festivals such as Saturnalia Yule and Mithra, with gifts and evergreen decorations like mistletoe. It questions the creation of the Christmas date and the modern emphasis on gift giving over the religious event, noting regional variations and the absence of Santa Claus in some cultures.
Members of Troop 41 visited a proposed headquarters site and approved Rotary efforts to develop the plan. Scouts plan to collect cactus for a hillside display and Rotarian H W Morelock gave a flagpole pipe. Minor Hoffman named chief scout executive for the Paso area. Scout week planned for February with promotions for Patrol Leader Mitton Bretton. Three boys pass tenderfoot, new members Hel Moyd and Pishel join twelve year olds aiding Hoovel award pursuit. Ivy Smith cut out Joseph Dugmore’s ear. George Raymond ordered to pay a $60 debt at six cents per month.
Fragments recount a suicide in a hotel room on the seventh floor with a porter and clerk discussing the death. Other notes describe street noise, a locksmith exchange, and general chaotic chatter about crime, local jobs, and community life. The text mentions water project costs, CCC holiday plans, and a cattle roundup in Musquiz canyon with a young roper.
Fort Davis report notes the first pumping of water at Mount Locke's McDonald Observatory well. The process began minutes earlier and appeared to be a twelve callonsa operation, with the pump rig completing the drill rig and final pump rod, and costs including casing and pipe estimated to date.
Mrs HK Slaughter of Norman Oklahoma says she found relief from persistent side pain after taking Cardus. She notes lifelong use by her mother and reports feeling run down and weak before starting Cardus, then rapid improvement and less pain.
The report notes an Oklahoma boy earned grand champion among 4H boys with a Hereford entry. Other winners include a trained calf and ribbons. Several students from Baylor Waco Texas University and Waxahachie return home for Santa Ceus. Mr Fisher’s mother in Abilene, ill but attended, is mentioned alongside the Hereford calf prize.
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