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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1949
Page
1
A local note flags potential Border Patrol relocation discussions in Tom Clark’s stance and notes Boundary Commission plans to hire more personnel here for a long stay. It also highlights library funding needs, ongoing street light projects, and telephone line upgrades as the community faces housing pressure and civic improvements.
Seven area baseball clubs met in Marfa to form the Big Bend Texas League affiliated with the National Baseball Congress of America. Participating towns include Balmorhea Fort Davis Marfa Alpine Junior Cowboys VFW Alpine Valentine and Van Horn. Season runs May 1 to July 31 with a 12 game round robin and a three game final. L B Martin and Polsky of Marfa named acting president and secretary.
Two hundred and twenty seven ladies registered for the Maytag demonstration and cooking school held last week. Miss Pearl Hughey conducted the school, answering questions about appliances while showcasing them to attendees. Local grocers and businesses provided groceries coffee cakes and electricity for the event.
Jaycees move forward with construction of a class B softball field in the north part of town. The project includes eight lighted poles and 36 lights, with work starting early next month and operation targeted for May. Two leagues plus a junior league are planned, with proceeds from $100 notes financing the project and revenues from games. Pvt. Roy Peters, home on leave from Ft. Belvoir, tied to local taxi work prior to enlistment, is mentioned in community notes.
Citizens are urged to vote in the upcoming revenue bond election on March 26. Officials stress the measure funds public projects and request turnout to support the proposal.
Alpine is near completing its new street lighting program led by Don Littleton of West Texas Utilities. Overhanging high lamps on Holland avenue and N. 5th street reduce rock damage and theft risk while improving illumination. old pedestal lights will be removed and all lights hung on poles.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati will perform at 8 15 p m Friday March 21 in Sul Ross auditorium. Tickets go on sale to the public 1 to 4 p m daily until concert day or sold out. Dorati soon departs for the Minneapolis post, with Walter Hendl to succeed him in Dallas. The program includes Beethoven Leonore Overture Debussy Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun Brahms Symphony No 4 and Strauss Der Rosenkavalier Suite. Alpine residents seek tickets by phone during stated hours. Mr and Mrs Harry Watson Jr and Dr and Mrs Tom Coats attended a Rotary tribute in Odessa for Angus Mitchell of Sydney Australia.
A preliminary sketch outlines remodeling of the Chamber of Commerce building on City of Alpine property in the 100 block of North Third Street. The 20 by 72 foot exterior would include an office and tourist lounge, reception area, rest rooms, and a 100 person capacity meeting room with white stucco and cedar trim.
Lions from Marfa, Sanderson, Van Horn and Alpine with their ladies will meet District Governor D Schley Riley of Big Spring at the Green cafe in Alpine tonight at 7 oclock. Marvin Do Kay, zone 2 chairman, says about 200 will attend.
The 1917 Texas legislature saw Senator Claude Hudspeth propose an Alpine higher education institute. After riders added Nacogdoches and Kingsville, the bill passed and was signed by Governor Ferguson but delayed by World War I. A dispute over priority led to battles in the attorney general’s office and board of regents.
In a heated sequence, Dr Morelock and officials argue over Alpine’s bid to host Sul Reas State Normal college. Senator Hudsperth’s clause for Alpine as first built triggers political wrangling, as W B Hancock pledges 100 acres and later more land for housing and Hancock Hall, with the town pressed to provide sewer upgrades.
U S Attorney General Tom Clark outlines in a letter to the Alpine Chamber of Commerce the reasons for relocating the Border Patrol Sector Headquarters from Alpine to Marfa. Clark cites Marfa as the sector’s geographic center serving the Big Bend and notes available government owned buildings at Fort D A Russell without rental costs. The move would streamline processing for arrests, complaints, and deportations through Marfa, with Presidio and El Paso as exit points.
legislature considering a $100000 appropriation to purchase remaining land inside Big Bend National Park. Senator Hill D Hudson and Representative Tom Stowell lead the measure with support from the Chamber of Commerce and Dr. Ross Maxwell. Ken Regan introduces House bill to authorize Interior to add park lands.
Plans move ahead to host a major crowd at Kokernot field for the Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Browns exhibition. Bleachers are under construction along the baselines to provide first class views, with details on lineups and uniform numbers expected soon. Cal Edwards of the Alpine Cowboy club releases information on Cubs players as preparations continue.
The record notes Sul Ross College’s founding leadership with Tom Fletcher resigning as president during campus housing planning. Dr R L Marcus succeeds him as biology head at West Texas State Normal Canyon. College opened summer 1920 with 65 sub college and 112 college students, facing discouraging early attendance.
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