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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1959
Page
2
The Subdistrict headquarters of the U S Immigration and Naturalization Service will relocate from Marfa to Alpine, Texas. Eight agents plus families will move, with plans to expand the office to a larger staff.
Miss Johnnie Sue Hix and David Kokerno plan to wed on August 2. The old blacksmith shop at South Street and Avenue E has been replastered and finished in white as part of recent improvements. Alpine heirs of Paul Vout own the building, one of the town’s oldest. Marathon news reports visitors and residents including J C Griswald of San Antonio, Mrs Walter Skinner, and families visiting Three Rivers and Paisano camp.
A retrospective look spans 1946 to 1960 describing Alpine and Our Lady of Peace parochial schools. It cites census figures, rising public school membership, and low non-attendance, aided by improved curricula and teaching aids. Local mentions include Van Johnson selling screens to Alpine Schools, CCC orchestra in Terlingua, and a heavy rain affecting Rough Run Creek near Study Butte.
The Alpine Lions and Rotary clubs funded a new school screen costing under 60 dollars after the old unit wore out. Topper Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs D D Thomas, competed at the Odessa Public Schools track meet finishing fifth in a 2 minute 4 second race, with times and placements by several local athletes, including Dexter and David Thomas.
The spring UT College of Arts and Sciences honor roll includes Jacquline S. Robbins of Alpine and Mary L. Bailey of Marfa. The brief notes speech scholarships and a closing thought about friendship, with a nod to the broader value of benevolence and service amid a larger extract.
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