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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1938
Page
7
A witty West Texas item mocks editor Bennett and his Mountain Peaks column now in Sunny California. The piece notes Merry Christmas packages, World War II era fears, and a cautious hope for a future without dictators as it lingers on a lighthearted newsroom feint.
A Brewster County note recalls cattle branding value amid extensive wire fencing. Mrs. W. W. Turney of El Paso wrote to her brother-in-law, A. Turney, asking to notify the owner to recover a lost branded animal. Her brand was among the county’s earliest, recorded in 1887.
Captain Jack Moore of Alpine has a Texas Defense Guard commission to recruit a mounted unit in Brewster County and nearby. A letter by Brig. Gen J Watt Page authorized a cavalry battalion and revived the Frontier Battalion idea from the Texas Rangers. Moore, a 1918 Texas Ranger veteran with Santa Monica mounted police past, plans enlistment of ex Rangers and others up to age 65, to operate along the Rio Grande if needed and wear cowboy boots and hat with good horsemanship and marksmanship as requirements.
Reports claim the Mexican government plans to fill unbuilt gaps of the Orient railroad from the Rio Grande to the west coast. J R Green Santa Fe agent says he only read news items and heard a Santa Fe official say Mexico is eager to finish the road and has budgeted funds to begin work. He arrives from Engle New Mexico after 22 years with Santa Fe, adding he has no official information.
Brewster county draft board announced eight men are called for January 16 for induction into military service. Some have not yet completed physical exams. final certifications depend on state laboratory reports. Accepted recruits will be sent to Fort Bliss El Paso for assignment to the suitable service branch. Some volunteers among the eight.
Funeral services for Dorothy Harris Wadsworth age 43 former Marathon resident now of El Paso were held at her mother's home in Marathon. The Rev Mark Burnett officiated with interment in Marathon cemetery. Born November 12 1900 she grew up here and married R M Wadsworth in 1917. She was active in the Methodist church and Eastern Star where she was a past matron. Surviving are her husband and mother with brothers.
Straightening and shaping the Alpine arroyo has progressed under Jack Davis. He cleared substantial gravel, with payment in gravel rather than cash. Work extends upriver from the Fifth Street bridge as officials note. Congress granted a 1905 Red Cross charter. Texas oil costs and prices cited obscure.
A wartime era festive scene in Alpine features a large Santa tree on Front Street set up by the 2030 Club. Jerry Starnes performed as Kris Kringle while gifts totaling 425 bags of mixed nuts, candies and fruits were shared with American children under 12. Community leaders credit merchants and residents for donations. Catholic Sisters hosted a party for Mexican children at the Catholic school. American Legion Auxiliary prepared Christmas boxes for needy families. Shoppers from Marathon, Fort Davis, and local ranches visited downtown as church and school programs wrapped the holiday period.
A new Alpco pine specimen is on exhibit at the Alpine Lumber Company front canopy. Fritz Weyerts claims the tree was moved from the Chisos mountains and dressed as a Christmas tree. Locals may marvel at its almost perfectly conical form with uniform needles, though an industrious yard worker inserted branches from gunny sack and painted needles green.
Ken McClure lauds Big Bend as America s last frontier and a national park planned under Amon Carter sponsorship. The project aims to create a world class tourist center benefiting Texas and the nation while a highway improvement program along U S route 67 from Fort Stockton to Pecos and Brewster counties proceeds by contract to modernize the highway and protect the road base from wear.
Brewster County will install three new officers on New Year’s Day Clarence Hord sheriff tax assessor and collector C E Patterson county attorney and Mrs Vina Brown justice of the peace at Terlingua County Clerk Worth Frazer said the commissioners will meet New Year’s Day to receive bonds and register them in Other officials with two years left include R B Slight county judge William Cotter Joe Moss Earl Clark Marathon and Charles G Barnam Terlingua district commissioners John Stowell surveyor A B Sandifer treasurer Raymond Garett justice of the peace A F Robinson constables Alan Fraser district attorney and others District Judge C R Sutton will join the Court of Civil Appeals at El Paso No announcement on his replacement was made A Lockport naturalization officer asked Jim Gulascy why he wanted citizenship He replied to obtain a fishing license.
Sam Culbert aged about 68, longtime Brewster County ranchman, left Alpine in October with his family. He died Sunday at the home of his nephew in Aliceville, Alabama, after about three years of ill health. Funeral services were held in Guntersville, Alabama, on Tuesday. Survived by his widow and two daughters, Sammie and Sarah, all present at his death.
The Court of Honor for Boy Scouts held December 19 at the Junior High auditorium honored Charles Livingston with cooking and hiking merit badges and Edward Copeland with 10 merit badges, 1st class card and Star Scout. The ceremony featured troop 44 presenting colors, Rev. Ray B. McGrew giving invocations, R. Mankhead presenting honors, and Alan R. Fraser addressing the gathering.
Alpine will enter the Southwestern Sun Carnival parade in El Paso on New Year’s Day with a float sponsored by the Alpine civic club. The entry themed “The Strawberry Roan” features a large paper mache horse and a living rider, built by an El Paso parade-entry firm. Homer Graham and Nelson Lee helped raise about $200 from local business men to fund the float. Two Alpine princesses will represent the town in the survival queen’s entourage.
Fire of unknown origin damaged a small shed on the Bill Morton property in Alpine north part just before noon Tuesday. The Mortons were away. the shed was about half destroyed before flames were extinguished. Iris Drury, postmaster of Bone Gap Illinois, collects women's hats as a hobby.
Drilling on the city water well near town’s southeast edge is paused to allow driller Tony Hess to finish a CCC camp well in the Chisos mountains where casing pipe was earlier unavailable. The city secretary M H Moorman notes the well is down five feet and hopes water strikes at about 1500 feet, with geologists predicting Edward limestone at that depth. Authorities expect the outcome could settle Alpine’s water question with abundant water.
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