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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1953
Page
1
The Alpine Country club plans a 30 by 50 foot Gunite pool opening April 15. It will be heated and have a filtering system, with depths from 2 to 6 feet, and filled only once a year. Initially for members and families, with possible public access later. wall enclosure planned and cost about 7500 dollars.
Senior students from Southwest Texas high schools are invited by Dr. Bryan Wildenthal to attend a Citizenship Day on Sul Ross College campus Saturday April 1. Leaders will discuss leadership morality and job readiness with discussions to follow. Students will stay in a dormitory, dine in the cafeteria, and enjoy swimming baseball and a symphony in the afternoon, plus a dance at the Student Union. Some groups may visit Big Bend National Park or the Davis mountains Sunday.
The new St James Episcopal church rises at West Avenue and North Sixth opposite Central School with a Give a Cinder Block campaign. Officials ask donors to mail blocks as current ones may be unsafe for children. construction will relocate blocks. Building committee says local and out of town donations have been generous but more are needed.
Sul Ross Lobos open baseball after years, split a two game series at Kokernot Field. Friday St Edward's won 4-3, Saturday Sul Ross dominated 19-5. Alvin Ward led in game one with two doubles. Carroll Simpson and Duane Parsons produced multiple extra-base hits in game two. St Edward's used four pitchers. Doyle Stout pitched all for Sul Ross. Lobos commit one error to seven by visitors. They next host Hardin Simmons in a doubleheader.
A Texas Senate resolution urged the Federal government to set a formal opening date for Big Bend National Park and to issue a commemorative Post Office stamp. The measure highlights Big Bend as a romantic frontier and calls for national ceremony, park dedication, and Mexican–U.S. cooperation in park development.
Demand for 1953 license plates remains weak with only a little over a week left before the final deadline of March 31. Brewster County has licensed vehicles for 1953 totaling about 1,000, compared to over 1,800 in 1952. Auto owners are urged to obtain 1953 plates early to avoid a last minute rush. An Alpine resident, Cpl. Pepe Sanchez, has left Japan for the United States as part of security forces, and he previously served in the Far East since last August. Master Seals provided special assistance for crippled children in public schools in 1952.
Big Bend Post No. 79 American Legion to honor veterans since the Korean War with a program at the Legion hall tomorrow evening. Barbecue begins at 6 o'clock followed by an 8 o'clock recognition service featuring Dr. Bryan Wildenthal of Sul Ross College as speaker. All veterans are guests of the Legion. public invited to barbecue with a charge for non members.
W. E. Bud Williams professor of Range Animal Husbandry at Sul Ross College was elected president of the Alpine Lions Club at Tuesday's meeting. Other officers elected include Carl Shults Jr, Jett Graham treasurer, B. T. Sanders first vice president, Frank Matthews second vice president, John Colwell third vice president, Pady Grey Lion Tanner Billie Weston Tail Twister, Pete Adams and Marvin Pierce as directors for a term beginning July 1.
Jerry Starnes, quien operates concessions at Lake Worth Fort Worth, suffered a broken leg in an ice skating rink accident last week. He returned home by plane Tuesday night while in Fort Worth on business when the incident occurred.
A community concert board in Warfa city approves a four concert 1953 54 season with Samuel Sorin Louis Roney the Ganini quartet Marina Svetlova and two solo dancers. Total tickets sales reach 2750 dollars. Board members hail from Marfa Alpine Fort Davis and other local communities.
Central PTA heard two speakers at Monday’s 3:30 meeting at Central School. Mrs. Alice Olson spoke on The Good World, while Mrs. Oliver Pheophilus discussed hobbies and the art exhibit. The exhibit was organized by Arts and Crafts chairman Mrs. Grady Nance and featured Delbert Dyke and several Mrs. R. C. Crowder, Mrs. John Stowell, Mrs. Jack Roberts, and Mrs. Theophilus as contributors. Delegates were elected to the district conference in Van Horn March 26–27: Mrs. Jack Dickson, Mrs. Norma Bumgardner, and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Matthews. An invitation to Alpine for the 1954 Fifteenth district conference will be presented at Van Horn. Mrs. Olson’s room won the $5 room count award.
Brewster County Red Cross fund campaign opened at the Holland hotel with coffee for about 60 workers. Rev. Gordon Collier outlined district fundraising, a moving picture showed Red Cross aid during fires and storms, teaching swimming and rescue, and aiding soldiers and families. By Tuesday night $421.50 was raised. several outlying districts, including Marathon and Big Bend park, had not reported. Downtown canvassers included D. D. Thomas, Ray LaBeff, Jack Gross, Dom Adams, Tom Coats, Don Littleton, Roy Whiteside, Robert Valdez, and Charles Uranga.
St James Episcopal Church of Alpine will serve a large barbecue on April 2 near Kokernot Field across from KVLF to coincide with the big league game between the St Louis Browns and the Chicago Cubs Proceeds benefit the church building fund menu includes barbecue meat potato salad beans bread pickles onions and sides Tickets 1 available at Alpine Drug Holland Hotel desk mail orders to the church serving begins 11 am Weather dependent site move to Kokernot Lodge if needed Easter Seals appeal included
Alpine prepares for a 2 PM ceremony honoring H L Kokernot Jr owner of Kokernot Field and sponsor of the Alpine Cowboys. Raymond Dumont will present the National Baseball Congress citation as Sul Ross Lobo Hardin-Simmons game follows. Kokernot’s support spans five semi pro teams and local college sports with field upgrades and publicity for Alpine sports.
Horace James Strickland, 41, died at his home near the college campus Sunday night. His body was shipped to Houston for burial. A World War I veteran and former college student, he built a home on College Hill beside the Dr. Casey residence and held a B S degree from Northen University. His mother Mrs Ola Island of Houston survives. The Easter Seal drive reports sixteen programs for crippled children nationwide.
Min Sol Corp will build a fertilizer plant near the underpass in West Alpine to produce Fortified Min-Sol from native Brewster soil. The plant will offer Min-Sol 3-2-3 for retail packaging and Min-Sol 6-10-4 for bulk farm use, with soil specific formulas planned.
Alpine High athletes returned from the Border Olympics in Laredo where George Davis placed high in the discus and John O'Donnell earned fourth in shot put and second in discus. Davis did not qualify in hurdles, and O'Donnell set a strong discus mark just behind the meet record. This marked Alpine’s first attendance at the Border Olympics.
Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church at 4 p m today for Mrs B P Ford age 85 who died in Phoenix Tuesday. Mrs Ford lived in Alpine nearly 40 years before moving to Phoenix in 1940 to reside with daughters Mrs R C Smalley and Mrs W J Scarbro. Other survivors include a son Sam four grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
A J Bierschwale head of Animal Husbandry at Sul Ross College Alpine is honored by the Big Bend Soil Conservation district for lifelong dedication to conservation education. He sponsors the Clip and Brand club which hosts a Saturday radio program on conservation. He has led vocational agriculture teaching since 1929 and shaped West Texas youth into conservation leaders through Sul Ross courses reaching as many as 600 students and tens of thousands in public schools.
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