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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1940
Page
1
Fort Davis columnist notes growing readership figures cited by reader Scobee while joking about others. He praises a Courtesy Card from Texas Highway Commissioner Harry Hines, recalls a Phoenix visit, and contrasts Texas heat with Arizona warmth in a humorous mock column.
A new Gulf sign at the Gulf Gervicenter is described as the largest neon lettering in the region. It is visible for blocks to motorists traveling Holland Avenue along US 67 and 90 through Alpine.
Rev. Fred R. Rogers accompanied by C. D. Wood attended the El Paso Presbytery meeting to arrange Rogers’s installation as pastor of Piney. Piney residents welcomed him as the new church leader after his return yesterday.
Research into Fort Davis cottonwood trees uncovers a 1838 bounty warrant chain linking land grants to the site. John James, the surveyor, used a 12 inch cottonwood as a boundary marker, suggesting the grove was young 100 years ago and native to Limpia canyon unless preexisting inhabitants planted them.
More than forty new students registered on the first day of the second semester at Su Ross College as classes begin Tuesday. Late registration continues through the week. New girls dorm residents include Ann Bennett Groesbeck Anna Marie Hoffman Marfa Emma An Session Sonora Sallie Myers Corpus Christi and Lois Shannon Marfa. At the Girls Cooperative home new students include Marjorie Brown Donna Fay OConnor Corpus Christi Connie Shanks Rotan Jamie Lou Searcy Del Rio Ann Tennant Shafter Joe Ed Wade Clairmont and Llewellyn Gildart Camp Wood.
Mr and Mrs George M Benson leave Alpine after more than thirty years to settle in Fort Worth. Benson will enter the livestock commission business there and manage interests in Olney.
C O Copeland purchased the property just south of the Baptist church from Mrs. Sarah Williams Moseley of San Antonio. The occupants had lived there for four years.
Fourteen games are scheduled for a full day of junior high boys basketball on February 10 starting at 8 30 a m and concluding around 9 30 p m. Sierra Blanca and Sanderson are favored in the larger division while Iraan Marathon lead the smaller. Local juniors hope to win with energy and hustle and awards will go to winners runners up and consolation champions in both divisions. A pre tournament trip to Marathon on February 3 tightens the week’s slate.
Evangelist Roy E. Gulley of Fort Stockton starts a gospel meeting tonight at 7:30 in the Church of Christ. Weekday services are 7:30 p m Sundays 11 a m 3 p m and 7:30 p m He was baptized into the Church of Christ in Abilene on June 7 1936 and has preached in Fort Stockton Edna Paint Rock Comanche Christoval Sonora and Eloorado The meeting invites public attendance and features a capella songs.
About 1500 poll tax receipts were issued by the tax collector's office as of yesterday. The office stayed open late to accommodate late payers with Wednesday the final day for payment. Receipts this year are expected to be 100 or more below the 1938 primary total.
State and district AAA representatives will lead a county wide meeting at the courthouse at 9:30 a m tomorrow to discuss the 1940 program. All ranchmen and interested parties urged to attend this local event. A junk dealer complained that two men had been stealing scrap metal from his yard and selling it back to him for three weeks.
City ministers praise the response to the 1972 religious census taken last Sunday with over 70 canvassers reporting 1752 returned cards from the town. College participation adds 247 cards, bringing total to 1972 and expected to exceed 2100. Baptists lead with 630 cards, Methodists 530, Presbyterians 206, Christians 179, Church of Christ 143, other denominations and non affiliation 284.
Dallas reports Captain J F Lucey urges Texas chairmen to mark February 4 as Help Finland Week with Finnish Labor Day on February 7. Labor leaders and local relief committees are asked to boost donations, stage fundraisers, and aid evacuations for homeless women and children on the Eastern front and shelter efforts on the Western front.
A UT study shows 62 percent of college students would back U S loans to Finland asking Congress to let Finland draw on its World War II payment. The survey bases on over 100 campuses and represents about 1.5 million collegians.
Fort Davis reports First Lieut. A V Chapin describes how soldiers kept warm during frigid maneuvers near San Antonio. Enlisted men dug shallow pits, built fires to embers, covered with dirt and blankets for comfortable rest amid cold nights. He notes faster modern logistics and rapid deployment capabilities compared with World War I.
Honor guest Dr. Anna Powell of Denton state president of the American Association of University Women will speak at the Alpine branch dinner at Sul Ross College Cafeteria Saturday night. Powell, a political science professor at North Texas State College, is touring West Texas visiting El Paso Odessa and Wink. She attends the Pan American conference in Lima Peru 1938 and will discuss International Relations Among the Latin American Countries.
Fort Worth Geologic Society members heard from an executive committee representative about plans to create a national park and recreation area in the Big Bend region. The talk noted benefits to Texas and the goal of turning the vast area into a year-round playground and vacation center.
Nearly two-fifths of Uruguay's wool exports were shipped to Germany this year, highlighting Germany as the leading destination for the South American nation's fleece shipments. Other major buyers included the United Kingdom and Italy as trade patterns shifted.
County chairman Dr. B F Berkeley said turnout for the President's Ball at the courthouse is expected to be large with admission set at $1 per couple and 25 cents for adults 10 cents for children. The event features cake and coffee and a no holds barred costume af fair.
Paul Chaffin son of Mr and Mrs E A Chaffin of Alpine died suddenly in Hobbs New Mexico yesterday morning. His death details were unavailable at press time. He had recently worked for C G Morrison and Co in Hobbs.
The Westminster Choir of 44 members arrived Saturday afternoon and dined at Kokernot park after a chuck wagon supper brought in from the head quarters ranch. Local women’s clubs and invited guests joined the event, described as the most enjoyable affair of the trip.
In Fort Davis locals report orange prices surged after a cold spell. Trucker J. B. Simmons recalls oranges at a dollar per bushel in San Antonio and up to two dollars and six bits elsewhere. Industry chatter suggests the Lower Valley crop may be wiped out for the winter with recovery unlikely until next season.
Evangelist Roy E. conducts a religious series with services on Sundays through February at 7:30 p m and 11 a m 3 p m and 7 p m. The text notes additional weekday events in the same period.
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