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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1957
Page
1
Alpine Marathon and Tornillo high schools compete in the area one act play contests at Sul Ross State College Auditorium starting 3 p.m. Tuesday April 2. Alpine High's play won the district contest last Saturday night taking first in play and both firsts in the acting categories.
Amblin Around Amblin Around stars Sharon Welch and Kenneth Moyer in Elisha and the Long Knives as Alpine rivals Fabens Iraan and Big Lake vie in district 126B with district 116B schools. The play advances to the Odessa regional meet with 12 districts and 66 West Texas high schools represented.
Sul Ross hosts Southwestern Oklahoma at Kober Field today and tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the 1957 home opener. The Lobos feature solid pitching led by Watts and Ingle with a young lineup, while the Bulldogs boast strong Oklahoma Conference titles and coach Rankin Williams.
George M. Benson 77 a veteran Texas rancher died in Alpine after a month illness. He owned cattle ranches in Brewster and neighboring counties and was known as a cow buyer and cattle raiser. Survived by widow two sons Gene and Joe two daughters Inda Adams and Bill Hale three sisters and two brothers. Funeral Friday at First Baptist Alpine with Masonic Lodge services. Burial Elm Grove Cemetery.
Williams Construction Co. of Abilene began work this week in Alpine to boost West Texas Utilities north circuit from 2300 to 13000 volts. A seven man crew will work about three months stringing roughly three miles of line and installing poles transformers and other equipment to ensure power for Kokernot Field lights.
Tax collector warns all car and truck owners to register by April 1 at the Court House. Bring title and previous registration receipts when applying for new licenses.
Brewster County Red Cross seeks funds as it nears goal to open a new hospital and offer home nursing, first aid, and nurses aid courses. Home Service aided 55 people this year with $433.46 in loans and a $12.40 grant. $207 of loans repaid. Citizens urged to donate to G B Crawford, Alpine Texas.
Dr William Thomson of Sul Ross State College will present Concert Music for Organ and Trass at the 6th Southwestern Symposium of Contemporary American Music in Austin tonight. His work, commissioned for St James Episcopal Church in Alpine, is among 47 scores from 15 states. Thomson will be honored by Phi Mu Alpha at a dinner in Austin with two other composers. He has been listed in Who's Who in Texas and Who's Who Among American Scholars.
City school officials urge Alpine Independent School District patrons to support J. C. Coleman and Billy Ward for two 3 year board seats. They outline progress on long range plans since 1947 and note only one more $10 000 bond installment remains by 1961.
Mrs Georgia Dallman of Alpine was named the outstanding Soil Conservation Rancher in the Big Bend area for 1956 by the Highland Hereford Breeders Association. She received the award at the association's annual Marfa meeting for 1956 conservation work including cross fencing brush control pipeline pitting range seeding and pasture rest on the Big Bend ranch.
Big Bend Sportsman's Club opens its Red Cross first aid course to any 12 to 15 year old, limited to 25 students. Rangers from Big Bend National Park teach at Alpine High School at 1 p.m. Saturdays for four weeks. Adults may sit in on the classes.
Sunday night college night at First Methodist Church directed by Frank Lackey features Kay Young Doyle Riley Natalie Gunter and speaker Rev Sam Calderon president of Alpha Chi and pastor of the Mexican Methodist Church in Marfa the public is invited to attend.
The Pilot Club voted Wednesday noon to donate a little more than $400 to the new County Hospital. The club’s main project is child welfare and the funds are restricted to equipment or furniture for the pediatric ward, with Pilot members deciding the specific items to be purchased.
Brewster County voters will cast ballots for a U S senator at five polling sites on Tuesday April 2 Union precincts 1 East and 1 West Alpine combine at Court House with 1 West judges Ray LaBeff presiding and Mrs Nellie Mae McElroy A new judge will replace Dr T V Selvig Absentee voting ends Friday March 29 Names on ballots include Elmer Adams Dallas County and H J Antoine Sr Bastrop County with polling sites at Alpine Marathon Terlingua and Big Bend National Park and other local precincts
Alpine Public Schools will compete today and tomorrow on the Sul Ross State College campus in track field and literary events. Alpine Centennial School units include spelling, athletics, softball, volleyball, and tennis with numerous students named for events and alternates.
A record crowd is expected for an exhibition game between the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles at Kokernot Field in Alpine on Thursday April 4. The event includes Little League and high school teams from West Texas and New Mexico with notable guests and a 1 dollar barbecue and concessions plus reserved bleacher seating.
Funeral services for J. W. Sutton, 97, were held at 10 a.m. Monday at Livingston Funeral Home. A former St. Louis Browns player, Sutton died Friday, March 22, after living with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Neie. He worked as a blacksmith for the highway department in Alpine Pecos and Balmorhea until 1940. Burial is in Elm Grove Cemetery in the family plot beside his wife and daughter.
City of Alpine officials announce a water well on the Roberts place will be deepened to 450 feet before testing. The depth reached 361 feet yesterday as 10 inch casing will be set to 450 feet to prevent cave-ins.
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