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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1957
Page
3
Alpine won all four games Tuesday with wins by both girls and boys teams. Tonight the girls play Fabens at Fabens and tomorrow the boys visit Alpine to face the Bucks in the high school gym. Student Council sponsors polio drive at the basketball game with per-point pledges from each class.
Mr and Mrs Ken McAllister announce the birth of a daughter on January 10 in Fort Stockton. Carol Anne weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces at birth. She has two brothers at home. Mr McAllister is principal of Alpine Central School. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs W C McAllister of Joliet Illinois.
Mrs Ralph Peters reviewed the book Song and Sacrifice by Mrs Foy Farmer at the W MS meeting in the First Baptist Church Tuesday evening. Supper preceded the program and decorations followed a January theme with candles, snow and greenery.
Mrs Estelle Martin entertained the Thursday Bridge Club at her home. High score went to Mrs L D Harris, with Mrs Newsom taking second. Consolation prize awarded to Mrs J E Burgess. Guests and members dined after a salad plate.
Mr and Mrs Tommy Allen announce the birth of a son on January 14 at Lockhart Clinic. The child weighs 9 pounds 6 ounces and has been named Thomas Jefferson the third. The father is head of the Alpine High Vocational Ag department.
Mr and Mrs James Lee Stephens Sal Ross College students welcome a son born January 10 at Lockhart Clinic named Alvin Dale weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces.
Mr and Mrs Doyle Sparks Sul Ross students report the birth of a daughter on January 15 at Lockhart Clinic. The baby weighs 7 pounds 2 ounces and has been named Elizabeth Kim.
President Eisenhower asks 1 182 200 for Big Bend National Park improvements. Planned allocations include basin area development 90 600 Rio Grande campground development 15 000 road bridges 880 000 and basin campground roads 196 600.
Twenty Sul Ross College student teachers have signed up for practice teaching in Alpine Public Schools. Most will begin next Monday, while a number will start January 28.
In 1956 Alpine city police handled 51 traffic accidents with $7615 property loss and 10 injuries, three of which required medical care. Twenty three crashes occurred on Highway 90, four on Sul Ross College Campus, two on Highland Village lot, totaling 6425 lost within city streets. Two crashes happened outside city limits with four injuries and $1760 loss. One stolen car was recovered and one arrest made. two abandoned cars were recovered. Visitors from San Antonio came to see Mrs. Austin’s family.
David Barker of Austin the engineer for the Texas Hospital Division of the State Health Dept inspected the Brewster County hospital project this week. The county has spent about $130 000 on the hospital to date and matching Federal money is expected when his report is issued.
Bobby Lee Hanson, Sul Ross student, seriously injured in a fall from a mountain near Fort Davis on December 4, is hospitalized at the Big Spring VA hospital about 25 miles from his hometown. Latest report says he is regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Gay Meriwether and Mrs. W. T. Meriwether plan to return to Alpine this weekend after visiting relatives during the holidays. Billy Meriwether drove his mother and grandmother home from San Antonio.
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