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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1934
Page
1
Reports from the Trans Pecos cover Mrs. H Mayfield celebrating her 83rd birthday near Valentine and other local memories. Ira J Bell’s death near Pecos recalls his oil boom leadership, while fruit futures hope for a later dormancy and a break from freezes as warm spells spur budding trees and potential crops.
Elimination contests last week chose Marathon School winners for the Brewster County Interscholastic League meet to be held in Marathon on March 17. Marathon will host a grade school contest with Alpine, while Marathon High School declaimers and an extemporaneous speaker will present as practice for the county meet.
Mrs C A Brown of Alpine is named a member of the Texas Centennial commission. The panel will plan and direct the 1900 celebration, aided by a legislative appropriation of 100000. Brown is one of thirty appointed, active in civic work, and is now wintering in Austin with two university attending children.
Texas legislature issued a resolution honoring Mrs. Alice Townsend for being named an honorary member of the Texas Ranger force. Townsend, wife of Representative E. Townsend, is praised for moving west after marriage and building a life in the Trans-Pecos with her husband’s Ranger service. The note commends her courage, perseverance, and status as a distinguished Texas citizen. Mrs. Townsend was appointed to Captain R. W. Aldredge's company.
Fort Davis reports a strong fruit season ahead with apples peaches and plums promising a bumper crop after years of poor yields. TH Carlton an apple grower cautions frost timing weather wind and hail risk could affect final output though chances of a full crop run high.
Sul Ross Lobo basketball squad with coach B C Graves travels to Kansas City for the annual National AAU tournament by invitation. Only a few Texas teams were invited, reflecting the club's recent strong showings. The trip, funded by Alpine supporters, covers travel costs. AAU covers in-city expenses. Team members: Jerry Starnes Morris Clark Caraway Carll Addison Wooncaster Winters Grimes.
Ray Baker alias Roy Turner, held at Tucker Arkansas prison farm, was captured after escaping hospital confinement. He had previously fled July 19 and was recaptured by Chief of Police A. S. Justice. His sister in law Mrs Miller faced charges later dropped, with pledge to leave Alpine. Baker had lived in Alpine since last fall and had a prior seven year burglary and larceny sentence in Missouri.
A local survey by the CWA showed Alpine children needing the diphtheria toxoid numbered about 1180, yet only 49 have enrolled for the immunization. To receive the 25 cent dose, registrants must deposit 25 cents at Alpine Drug Store, enabling a toxoid shipment and administration by the family physician once a sufficient number are registered.
Subscribers respond to mailed appeal as readers in Alpine Fort Davis Rankin Maria and Los Angeles areas pay their dues. The Avalanche thanks those who settled accounts in the past week while urging remaining arrears be cleared promptly.
Laredo officers plan to transport C. R. Williams to answer multiple fraud counts from the last court term. He will be retried on a forgery charge, Sheriff W. N. Gourley said. Williams was held here on appeal after a prior conviction and three year sentence in Laredo.
The Rio Grande rises in Colorado snows and snakes through canyons to New Mexico El Paso and beyond. It is a shifting, boundary making river whose course dictates treaties from Guadalupe Hidalgo to 1905 while explorers in 1899 push into San Helena canyon The piece blends geology history exploration and geopolitical notes about the river’s changing path and border role.
Austin High Panthers of Paso defeated Big Lake to win the regional district basketball championship in a tight contest. The win follows a 89-20 victory over Presidio and a 28-19 win in the first game, with Sul Ross college directing the event in Marathon.
El Paso Good Will motorcade luncheon at the Holland hotel featured Ex Senator Benjamin P. Berkeley urging El Paso and Alpine to unite in marketing regional attractions. Visitors toured Sul Ross College sites, museum and outdoor theatre, with leaders from El Paso and Alpine hosting talks and a brief itinerary through Marfa Fort Davis Carlsbad Roswell and Alamogordo.
Bob Ellison of Marfa, an early Big Bend rancher, visited Alpine on Wednesday after returning from El Paso where he had lived. He previously ran cattle on Alamito Creek in Presidio County since 1883. George Berkon Jr. of Chicago was awarded a divorce, citing his wife kept a knife under her pillow and he could not sleep.
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