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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1938
Page
1
Ranchers James Cotter and others plan an annual meeting at the Bolland Hotel Monday afternoon to discuss rate hikes and chamber of commerce matters. Reservations for dinner and agenda topics include officer reports and key business items.
A PWA loan of 4000 dollars and two grants totaling 28900 dollars were approved for the city of Maria. The action was finalized over the past weekend and allocates funds for local projects.
A fragment mentions a person asking the Avalanche to state he will prove or reflect on any consideration shown in his use, with unclear context and incomplete syntax.
Plans are being drawn for a Water Highway park at the junction of U S 61 and U S 67 and 90. The project will cost between 8000 and 12600 dollars to beautify the plot. The work is sponsored by the Highway Department in this section.
A brief note explains that social security reporting will shift to a quarterly schedule in 1938. Mr Geefield states the plan and mentions Form 88-1 and related tax return processes to clarify the new system.
Sul Ross State College announces a January trip to Mexico City for a series of basketball games January 15 16 and 17 with departure January 12 from El Paso. The Lobos seek a third straight Alamo Conference title led by Coach B C Graves Captain Homer Morris and Assistant Coach Zeldon Robinson.
A reader questions local geographic terms and a columnist riffs on Trans Pecos Texas and Big Bend. Letters discuss Alpine sun years rainfall dust storms and schooling prospects with strain on regional labeling and identity.
Campaign to raise funds for a Big Bend National Park in southern Brewster county gains momentum. Fort Worth Star Telegram publisher Amen Carter leads public subscription with goals modeled after Virginia Shenandoah effort, backed by Sen Winfield and Sul Ross College leaders. An Austin meeting of 180 state leaders will organize the drive and a statewide organization.
Reading proposals from would be mountain movers, the chief executive mused about Gov Ammons surprised by a plan to bring a peak into Texas. A new cleaning plant opens in the Fiold building opposite the Holland hotel on North Sixth Street run by Holland Fischer. Alpine business will be led by J R Holland from Winters where he has worked 18 years. The new plant is to open next Monday with updated equipment. Holland and his wife and two children will live in a Dauherty apartment on East Apple.
Breckenridge Lodge No. 1480 contributed 70.75 dollars toward land purchase for the Big Bend National Park project. The lodge secretary noted members and friends hope the needed funds will be raised and the park established with government improvements in the near future.
Alpine High School defeated Irean High in a tight final 21 to 18 to clinch the Big Bend Championship. The day featured 13 games with Sonnier and Rede of Alpine named on the all tournament team as fourteen teams competed in the Lost Pra arena.
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