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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1949
Page
1
This note hints at a layered payment scheme between three men, where the first pays the second who then tells others what was paid by the first. The item is admitted as too crowded for full detailing on the forthcoming four page edition.
The new $80,000 Sul Ross College Student Union opened last evening with 900 students and faculty in attendance. Dr. R. M. Hawkins received the key from a regents’ representative and Henry Novak cut the ribbon for open house. The social room features a native stone fireplace and over $9,000 of furniture funded by a student faculty committee. The building includes the Corral college store, student publications rooms, lounges, a sun porch, and a large game room. The union, under the Student Council, will host its first formal dance tonight and be open to the public Sunday from 2:30 to 5 p.m.
The Alpine chamber of commerce will run two 8x4 inch display ads in the Fort Worth Star Telegram in May to lure Fort Worth visitors. Ads highlight Alpine climate and scenery and will note driving distance from Fort Worth, with inquiries routed through the local post office drawer to track results. Total cost under $50.
The El Progreso Club invites charter members to a Friends of the Library Organization meeting on Monday May 9 at Green Cafe. A Mexican supper is served at 7 15 p m for 75 cents a plate. Reservations via Mrs Newell at 447 or 318 or Mrs Stedman at the Chamber of Commerce before noon Monday.
Mr and Mrs David Scott and their baby from Abilene are visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Bennett.
In Alpine Central School cafeteria 60 younger students from grades 1 to 4 eat at 11:45 daily while grades 5 to 12 dine at 12:15. about 160 children are fed each day. Adults pictured include Loretta Gray manager Ruby Durst Reba Smith Clemma Billingsley and Aubrey Webb. Health posters promote better eating.
The Alpine school cafeteria grew from a classroom operation to a full kitchen by 1946 under manager Mrs Gray. Meals cost 25c then 20c in March, subsidized by government surplus foods and a school lunch program, covering balanced servings with milk.
Our Lady of Peace Church joins the Senior league as the fourth entrant, following Baptist church Holland Hotel drug and Alpine Appliance Music. Local businessmen plan a team, while Marathon and Fort Davis are invited to enter. Utilities work and field leveling proceed, with Jaycees building the backstop. Contact Mitt Fenley at 521 for wire backstop needs as the league targets the 16th of the month.
Alpine Rotary president Bill Winter announced plans to sponsor two junior spring football games at Jackson Field on May 12 and to host a barbecue for Alpine football players. The event, held with the American Legion on the Legion lawn, will involve about 120 players from Alpine’s three school units.
The Big Bend League released week one results with Valentine defeating Balmorhea 6 to 2 and Alpine VFW beating Fort Davis 11 to 5. Jr. Cowboys won 18 to 2 over Van Horn with Marfa drawing a bye and sweeping Presidio 8 to 1. Marfa then defeated Ojinaga 19 to 0 in a doubleheader.
Paisano Baptist Assembly calls for new bids to build a 176 by 88 foot tabernacle on the old site at Paisano Pass between Marfa and Alpine. Construction starts after the July 25 31 General Assembly with bids opened July 31. about $60 000 funded and rest from contributions.
Big Bend National Park bids will be opened May 9 at park headquarters for oiling seven miles of road. Dr Ross Maxwell, superintendent, says work covers the parking area around concessions and the route down Green Gulch to improve access to headquarters. Final approval rests with the Washington office after bid opening.
Local note records Joe Toombs of Lubbock as a business visitor in town during the past week.
The article traces Mothers Day from early 20th century practices to national recognition in 1914. It notes President Wilson’s proclamation and widespread observance, linking maternal tribute to cultural expressions in literature and art while touching on Pioneer Days activities in the Big Bend.
A reflection on motherhood elevates memory and art noting that a mother's image, prayer, and voice remain the enduring genre of human experience, surpassing even great writers and musicians in emotional resonance. The piece contrasts memory with art and hints at continuation on another page.
The Texas Archaeological and Paleontological Society elected V J Smith head of the APS for the coming year during its annual meeting with the AAAS on the Sul Ross College campus. Smith is chief of the Department of Industrial Arts, replacing Col M L Crimmins U S Army retired of San Antonio.
The Southwest division of the AAAS met at Sul Ross College with attendees from New Mexico Arizona Colorado and Texas. Highlights included a McDonald Observatory telescope viewings and lectures by Dr John C Kelley and Dr Gerard F Kuiper noting Palomar's impact and ten years of observations.
The Alpine Junior Cowboys beat Van Horn 18 to 2 at Van Horn. Chuck Ellis struck out 19 in eight innings while Alpine pitchers allowed seven safeties and 21 singles by Van Horn. A doubleheader at Kokernot Field Sunday features the VFW team and Ligon’s All-Stars. admission is $1.
The Big Bend region received renewed rainfall with Alpine reporting .04 inch last Saturday and .56 inch Wednesday at Sul Ross. A flood east of Marathon halted traffic and delayed Southern Pacific trains. Other totals included Vic Pierce ranch 1.25 inches and Vernon McIntyre 81. Parr Pate ranch .60 to 1.00. Nevill ranch .50 to 1.00. W H Kokernot .90.
In the absence of the Kourys Valerie Fashion shop will be run by Mrs Ray Spence and Mrs W D Burcham. Mr and Mrs George Koury plan to sail for the Middle East from New York on May 17 aboard the liner Excalibur of the American Export line.
The 1949 baseball season starts Saturday at Kokernot Park with the Cowboys vs Ligon's All Stars at 3 pm. Sunday features a doubleheader with Junior Cowboys vs VFW at 2 pm and Ligons vs Cowboys, as new players join the squad. Last year the Cowboys split with a famed colored nine, noted for Sack Williams, and the club aims for the semi pro championship.
In Kerrville Memorial Hospital disabled veterans craft thousands of memorial poppies for Poppy Day May 28. Mrs. T M Hill says the Big Bend unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will oversee observances and veteran made poppies will honor the dead of both world wars and aid disabled veterans and the children of veterans. She notes the poppy process uses crepe paper petals and wire stems.
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