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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1955
Page
10
Gull i Kingston about 23 miles north of Fort Davis at 4725 feet elevation was waiting on cement after setting 958 inch casing at 4579 feet. The report notes the operation near the Fort Davis area with details on depth and casing steps.
Alpine High School dominated the girls invitational, defeating Barstow 36-30 to win the title and Rankin 43-24 for third place. Mary Portillo guard and Nora Payne forward were named to the all tournament team by eight coaches at Balmorhea High School.
Vaughn Musgrave of Alpine finished fourth in his go around during the San Antonio Livestock Exposition calf scramble and earned a $25 purchase certificate.
Alpine veteran Border Patrolman Fred P. Reeder announces retirement effective March 1 due to ill health. He joined in 1931 at Marfa and served at Marfa Presidio and Alpine, living in Alpine since 1936. He has been on sick leave since last September and had surgery twice. Reeder planned to report to duty at Yuma but retired on doctors advice. He and wife returned from Yuma with daughter and son in law to San Fernando then North Alpine home remains their base.
Dick Rogers argues he can beat water shortage by building his house up to the property line with no front lawn. James Kemp proposes using colored pea gravel commonly seen in arid regions as a substitute for turf.
In Alpine a speaker promoted ideas that impressed listeners including Jack Johnson, Paul Hill, Al Mileh, J Roy Spence, and Joe Lee who heard the plan and discussed its merits.
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