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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1953
Page
1
The Alpine area recorded its best rain of the year Tuesday with over an inch in the north and east, about a half inch in the west, and up to an inch or more to the south. Rain eased waterworks strain and relief reached local yards after weeks of heat and dryness.
The third Big Bend district Boy Scout camporee in 1953 will be held at the Arthur ranch five miles west of Alpine on July 10 and 11. Scouts from Alpine Marfa Fort Davis and Marathon will compete in first aid measuring tracking tent pitching and string-burning and be judged on camping efficiency camp fire stunts and nature collections. The public is invited and leadership is needed to direct events.
The Presbytery of El Paso will hold its first junior high camp in several years from July 5 to 12 at Camp Old Fort Davis. Alpine's First Presbyterian Church will send Eddie Bumgardner Marshall Webster Gula Lee Morrow Sally LaBeff and Cecilia LaBeff with Rev Gordon Collier directing. Attendees come from El Paso Marfa Fort Davis and Monahans.
Alpine author and former Sul Ross State College president emeritus Dr Horace Wilson Morelock releases Big Bend Panorama a collection of observations meditations and speeches drawn from his long career. The volume includes essays on Sul Ross the frontier peace truth and the open sesame of science with illustrations of Mariscal canyon Santa Helena canyon and Sul Ross College.
W. E. Williams president elect of the Alpine Lions club and Mrs Williams will attend Lions International in Chicago from July 7 to 10. They depart Fort Worth on a special train this Sunday.
Mrs. Georgia McNeill of Colorado City High School serves as guest and will relieve Mrs. Caldwell at the Holland hotel desk during Caldwell's vacation.
The Big Bend Sportsman's Club seeks a one to six acre site near Alpine on or beside a public road. The club will provide protective insurance to the property owner. Rental or purchase possible. Contact Eric Williams or J. D. Gilbreath to help school kids and teenagers through the program.
Lewis Cange, 91, a longtime Alpine resident, built a home made water well drilling rig from discarded parts to water his truck farm. He assembled a frame from scrap timber, repurposed gears from old pump jacks, added a power plant, and aimed to reach about 90 feet. The project shows his ingenuity and determination amid limited resources.
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. George Koury describes their European tour noting coronation events in London and stops in Luxembourg and Switzerland. They praise Switzerland for beauty, cleanliness, and its alpine scenery, with Lucerne, Interlaken, and Montreux highlighted, including a Jungfraujoch ascent and an ice palace at the summit.
About 160 people attended Alpine Rotary Family Night at Ko Kernot Lodge last Thursday as officers for the new year were installed by Hon. Hunter Metcalfe. Dick Cross became president with Fred Olson as vice president Rev Jesse Pugh as secretary John Bumgardner as treasurer and John Stowell H E Gates and Lynn Matthews as directors. A barbecue chicken supper preceded the install and musical program arranged by Sul Ross band director Joe Bellamah featuring Miss Charlotte Slight Bill Gleason and Pete Cisneros. The new officers began duties at yesterday's club meeting.
Life magazine highlighted Brewster County Glass Mountains fossils under the headline Tiny Spiny Fossils with Acid dissolves rock to reveal Texas life 200 million years ago. Dr Arthur Cooper of the Washington National Museum describes dissolving limestone to release brachiopod shells, enabling a detailed view of Texas life from that era. Sul Ross Geology department contributed to earlier reports in The Avalanche on April 27 and May 1 this year.
Alpine American Legion Junior players coached by Pete Bromley faced Odessa Junior Legionnaires on Odessa High field. James Thomas and Vaughn hit homers as Alpine led at times, but a bottom seventh error gave Odessa the deciding run in an 8-7 finish. Alpine outhit 12 to 9 with three errors to Odessa's one.
Mr and Mrs George Bevier and daughter Pamela completed a month long visit to the East. They attended a University of Pittsburgh 40th reunion in Pitts burgh and visited Brookville Buffalo Niagara Falls and New York City. They rode a Whirlpool rapids cable car and the Maid of the Mist and toured Manhattan before returning to San Antonio by plane.
Billy Mills known as baseball’s clown prince of pantomime offers a pre game act at Eobernot field this Saturday. The performer, who blends comedy with a dramatic finale, traces his origins from his father Art Mills and his idol Babe Ruth, shaping a unique baseball skit.
The Alpine Cowboys defeated the San Angelo Colts 13 to 2 and the Midland Rougnecks 17 to 5 at Kokernot field after a 9 to 3 loss to the Odessa Oilers last Thursday. Tommy Bowers pitched well for the Colts, while Alpine hitters collected 16 hits in the Sunday win and 13 in the Saturday win.
Alpine hosts a weekend of baseball and a fireworks display. The Alpine Cowboys meet the Fort Bliss Falcons in a two game series at Koker Field with a junior contest and a baseball clown between games. A Legion fireworks show follows at 9 p.m. on the golf course south of the softball field.
Florence Fenley recalls Mrs. Rogers’s tale of moving to Government Springs in the Big Bend where panther hunts and ranch life began. She describes digging a water well, nursing a sick mother, and initially homesteading in rough country near 9 Point Mountains with neighbors like Stormy Lease. She details learning to shoot left handed, collecting game such as panther and nine javelinas, and receiving a Winchester gun as a gift after a successful hunt. The narrative reflects frontier endurance and family effort in early Texas backcountry.
Mrs. J. T. Davis and staff marked a formal opening of the Fabric shop in larger quarters on North Sixth street. By noon 106 visitors registered and ticket winner Mrs. James V. Buring drew the blond oak sewing chair. Guests included Fred Kohn El Paso district rep for Nechhi sewing machines Walter Reese El Paso sales manager and Bertha Alfred El Paso demonstrator. Numerous flowers arrived from well wishers.
Smith E Foutch age 65 died from a chest bullet wound about 7 30 am Wednesday his body with a .45 calibre pistol nearby found on the old Marfa highway in West Alpine near his home Survivors include the widow a daughter Mrs Edward J Wilty of Port Arthur and a son Lynn of Traverse City Mich The body will be shipped to Springfield Ill for burial
The Mask and Slipper club of Sul Ross offers George Kellys comedy The Torch Bearers next week with performances Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 pm. Tickets are 60 cents for adults and 30 cents for children.
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