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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1967
Page
1
Congressman and Mrs Richard C White will be honored at a dutch treat luncheon at the Bien Venido Restaurant in Alpine at noon on Tuesday March 21. A coffee hour follows from 2 to 3 p.m. in the First National Bank reception room. Call Bernal Slight TEZ-2738 to attend.
Alpine Chamber of Commerce directors reaffirmed support for converting U S 90 into two one way streets, Holland Avenue eastbound and Avenue E westbound. The plan, reviewed at a Feb 1 Austin hearing, cites zero local tax cost, updated streets, improved drainage, new bridge and underpass, and widened Holland Avenue plus parallel parking on both sides.
Deborah Newbill won the 8th grade division at the Central School Science Fair, the overall award winner, opening Public Schools Week. She advances to the Trans-Pecos Regional Science Fair in El Paso on March 30 to April 1. Other grade winners and honorable mentions are listed.
The Religious Emphasis Council of Sul Ross College presents a diverse collection this week in the College Art Gallery with works by Margaret Jones Allison Hugh Cabot Frank Gervasi Loucille Logan May Quick Margaret Tupper and Mazi Lee. The exhibit features Oriental Philippine and Mexican antiques and more than 60 hand wrought silver crosses plus other Christian symbols by James Avery. Public hours are Tuesday through Friday 11 to 3 and 6 to 8.
Central PTA reported a total profit of 293.20 from a spaghetti supper and talent show held during Public Schools Week. Over 300 attended the supper in the Central Cafeteria, with a 177.35 gross profit. Special recognition went to Mrs. Bill Nidhardt for daylong preparations.
The show runs Saturday and Sunday from 2 to 6 PM with official closing at 6 PM Sunday March 12.
Alpine Rotary Club plans a 7 pm pancake supper at Sul Ross State College Cafeteria to benefit the Sul Ross scholarship fund. Tickets available from club members or at the cafeteria. Special musical entertainment by 23 students from Chihuahua City among 40 touring students.
An interview will be held in the Community Action office in Alpine beginning at 8 30 a m Thursday for jobs at the Diamond Alkali Mines in Terlingua. All interested persons are asked to apply at the Community Action office 206 W Holland.
Mexican Institute of Technology at Chihuahua sends 45 students and 23 musicians to Sul Ross for a three day exchange. Professor Humberto Martinez leads the group with plans to observe college life, attend conferences, and visit McDonald Observatory and Davis Mountain Park before returning.
Roy Lassiter directs Time Limit by Denker and Berkey for Theatre of the Big Bend at Sul Ross Little Theatre. Performances Monday through Thursday March 13–16 at 8 15 p.m. with reserved seats and $1 or student activity card admission.
J M Faulk 51 longtime superintendent of buildings and grounds at Sul Ross State College died in a Houston hospital after months of illness. Funeral arrangements are with Waltrip in Houston and services in Alpine and Austin. Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society. Faulk was a World War II veteran, Austin native, and husband of Avis with children Molly and Tony.
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