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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
1
The Avalanche notes warmer business this season despite cold winds. Shops report higher sales than last year with modest purchasing and careful spending. The paper announces a temporary shutdown for repairs and extends holiday wishes, then reports Mrs. Walter Garnett's improvement after a stroke and visiting relatives arriving for Christmas.
North Alpine adds three new wells and No 4 well on South hill cleaned and tested. No 4 produced about 500 gallons per minute over four hours. Kokernot field well 550 feet deep expected to yield 150 to 200 gallons per minute. No 3 and East wells have supplied Sul Ross College and city since cooler weather. Continued on Last Page.
Admiral Spruance and Mrs. Spruance stayed overnight at the Antelope Lodge in Alpine on December 15. They toured the town on foot, praised the climate, and indicated a desire to return. He declined to comment on Washington Navy consolidation controversy.
Anne Maria Heck a Belgian newcomer to the United States and Alpine says America offers greater tolerance freedom and abundance than Europe She trained in Belgium Vienna and Switzerland and worked with Allied doctors during the Battle of the Bulge Now attached to the Lockhart clinic as a special duty nurse she speaks French German and English and hopes to adapt quickly to the Southwest culture
Alpine and the chamber of commerce presented evidence to the Civil Aeronautics Board to preserve the temporary certificate for Trans-Texas Airways Route No 82. The exhibit highlights Alpine population growth, rising postal receipts, bank deposits, and county retail gains from 1940 to 1948, plus travel times by auto, train, and air to major Texas cities.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Thorne and daughter Mary arrive in Alpine to run the local bus depot and cafe. Thorne brings 23 years in the bus business, previously with a Toledo company. Mary is a sophomore at Alpine High School as the family settles into their new home.
Alpine High School fans witnessed the Fighting Bucks overpower Pecos 43 to 22 in the new Alpine gym. Gordine Barrow led with 11 points, Martin Moreno 10, Celso Gallego 9, Luis Hernandez 7, and Andy Joe Keane 6 as Alpine jumped to a 25-15 halftime lead and stifled Pecos in the second half. The Eagles’ B. Bryan scored 14. A freshmen game followed a 35-34 Alpine loss.
Mrs. E. E. Townsend departed yesterday for Austin to spend the holidays with relatives, planning to be away for several weeks.
Churches schedule special services for Christmas Day with morning worship, a musical program led by Mrs. Edwin McCollum, soloists Bettigene Slover and Glenn F. Davis, and narrator Jack Perryman. No evening service. Santa Claus will visit. candle lighting at 11 p.m. Rev. Dr. Raymond Burns to lead devotional. Christmas Masses at Catholic church set for Dec 25.
Services will be held at the Alpine church with confessions on December 24 at 2 5 and 7 to 10 PM. A Midnight High Mass is planned for December 25 followed by Christmas morning Masses at 8 30 and 10.
Family Christmas service invites all to worship from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m. on Christmas morning. The brief 45 minute service emphasizes spending time with loved ones and preparing Christmas dinner afterward.
Reverend Austin H. Dillon announces all regular services will be held at the First Methodist church on Christmas day. Sunday morning worship features the sermon When The Night Is Darkest. Evening service presents a Feast of Carols and combined choirs performing Nazareth by Gounod.
Friday evening at seven o'clock the Presbyterian church hosts its annual Sunday school Christmas program inviting families and neighbors to attend the service and enjoy the holiday lesson and carols.
The Alpine school bond election carried 209 votes in favor by 17.45 to 1. The measure authorizes up to 125000 in bonds to complete physical plant work across all campuses including brick veneering on the high school additions, stuccoing, sidewalks, and new athletic facilities. Weather conditions will determine timing.
Antonio Ramos about 25 died at 1:45 a m Tuesday from five gunshot wounds after an altercation with Ramon Garcia, 25, a beer parlor bartender, at 6:30 p m Monday in New Town Latin American section. Garcia is charged with the fatal shooting. Ramos, WWII veteran, had recently returned from Artesia New Mexico where his family picked cotton and had moved from Terlingua. Garcia allegedly barred witnesses from leaving until police arrived.
Mrs. Arthur Mitchell of Marfa is in the Lockhart clinic with a fractured hip from a Sunday night fall at her home. She is reported to be making a satisfactory recovery.
Miss Bonnie Chaffin arrived from Washington D C to spend the holidays with her mother Mrs David Chaffin and family.
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