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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1946
Page
1
The Alpine pressing page notes a heat wave and compares El Paso’s 100 degree daily highs with local warmth. It highlights the Alpine Cowboys’ two-game burst of 41 total runs, plus light praise for west Texas style baseball and local cantaloupe and figs. Reformatted, the column juggles weather, local produce, travel memories, and neighborly notices.
A Wednesday evening chamber of commerce meeting led to postponing purchase and opening of Locust pool this summer due to late season progress. Alpine clubs and Pilot and Sinms groups pledge funds and plan to solicit personal donations. Lions Club backs the project with initial fundraising. Cas Edwards may not reopen Locust pool and offers sale to clubs or city.
Horace Oliver and son Horace Jr along with son in law D C Moore acquire the Jerry Starnes Bever ly Nixon stake in the Gulf Servicenter and plan to run the adjoining Goodrich store. Starnes and Nixon will remain Kaiser Frazer dealers and the new owners are veterans and local college students.
Alpine Lions present a Negro Minstrel show on Tuesday at the Granada featuring End men, The Black Crows, Slap Em Happy McNeill, Bill Chiles Friesen, and Pop Weston. Admission 60 and 30 cents. prizes, Cracker Jacks, and a refrigerator raffle. Proceeds aim to fund a city park and swimming pool for local youth.
Readable weather summary notes showers and rains in several spots over the past week. Alpine reported two showers with a 37 inch total this week and an additional 12 inches forecast. Mount Ore country and Ranger canyon area saw scattered precipitation with a monthly total near 138 inches. Maximum temperatures reached 9 and 62 degrees on noted days. Buy U. S. Savings Bonds.
Business leaders of Alpine urge that any donation or advertisement solicitation be submitted in writing to the Alpine chamber manager. A committee will judge merits and grant an approval letter to solicitors of approved causes.
J M Reynolds of Houston has purchased Hotel Limpia at Fort Davis from Ben F Worriss. Reynolds will restore the old post to near its original Indian era appearance and run it as a tourist resort with planned building changes. He expects to reopen in late summer offering traditional anch meals and old time hospitality. Morias, former Valentine merchant, lived in the building during ownership but will return to Valentine. Dan McWhorter handles Morriss store interests.
The Alpine Internationals travel to James Field in South Alpine to meet the Forti All-Stars in a Sunday twin bill at 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Liones and Hernandez will work on the mound for the Interns in the first and second games, with Bob Valadez managing. The Interns beat Marfa State Guard 5-4 last Sunday, highlighted by Marta Hernandez driving in three runs.
One hundred fifty 4H club boys from seven counties west of the Pecos have reserved spots for a Balmorhea State Park camp on June 24 to 26. Frank Newsom, county agent and co-chair, says a south side camp site is provided. Brewster county riders depart courthouse Monday at 1 pm. Jeff Davis group leaves Gulf station at 1 45 pm. Gavin, top cook of the 06 ranch, will handle cooking.
Brewster and Jeff Davis counties report nearly all local officials unopposed in the July primary. In Brewster, candidates include incumbents and a few opponents for precinct posts and county offices, with several races lacking challengers. The note lists names of candidates for sheriff, commissioners, and clerk positions, plus unopposed officials. In Jeff Davis, 13 candidates seek precinct and county offices, but only three contests exist. Sheriff and county clerk see new contenders while incumbents in some races do not seek re election.
Henry Lacy longtime Alpine resident dies after months of illness. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 PM at the Christian church with Rev. John J. Pickering officiating and burial in the local cemetery. More details to appear in next week’s Avalanche. Verna Bowers and Mr and Mrs Marshall Sparks and daughter travel to Abilene Brownwood and Karnes City for a visit. Sparks to attend Radford Groe meeting.
The Sport’s Sweet SnoP store in Alpine was sold recently by A V Gunn to R N Stephenson, a longtime Westex resident. Stephenson, formerly of Sierra Blanca, has moved with his family from Deming New Mexico where he ran a tourist court and was a Phillips 66 wholesale agent. He formerly served as Uptown county tax assessor. The Stephenson family includes son Os Ray, 17, at Sul Ross summer school, and daughter Bennie Clyde, 14, with plans for their Alpine home. Gunn plans to stay in Alpine, timing indefinite.
District 2 T Lions International and the state convention of Lions International gathered in Big Spring this week. Alpine club attendees included Jack Perryman president Joe Toombs Tom McPherson and Fred Rogers. Rogers gave the opening address Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Howard Johnson and children of El Paso are visiting relatives in Marfa and friends in Alpine this week.
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