09 May 1941
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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
1
Mountain Peaks Glimpsed From The Texas Rockies reports on local letters and editorials from Alpine Marathon and other West Texas towns. It covers criticism of editor Bennett, eagle antelope debates, rainfall figures shared by T. B. Henderson, Stokowski's saxophone band idea, and a humorous encounter with Ray Ogle.
A proclamation praising mothers as central to family life and society. It honors the divine injunction to honor one s mother, cites beliefs on longevity and influence, and invokes quotes about the queenly role of mothers and their molding power over children.
In Alpine Texas two state highway patrolmen G P Town send and W F Davidson cover a vast district of Jeff Davis Presidio Brewster and Terrell counties plus bits of Val Verde and Pecos. Their route spans about 230 miles along US 90 to Culberson and 130 miles north to Presidio with many roads in between. They issue licenses aid game wardens deter overloaded trucks and keep traffic lawful.
A Texas state highway crew started paving a roughly 20 mile stretch of U S Highway 67 from its junction with U S 90 east of Alpine toward Pecos County. The project employs several trucks and is expected to take two to three months, with more than 300 miles of Alpine to Fort Stockton still awaiting work. Right of way for this section is not yet secured. U S 67 remains a major route from Texarkana to the Mexican border at Presidio.
A total of 1125 scholastics were enumerated in the Alpine Independent school district this year, per M. P. Slover who completed the census last weekend. The count is eight fewer than last year. American families with scholastic age children average 1.7 per family, Mexican families average 2.7, with five colored children listed.
A total of 81.76 was realized from the sale of Easter seals at the county health unit session held Monday. The sponsor noted contributions to the crippled children's fund may still be made even though Easter has passed.
Cafe owner C F Barger plans a weeklong enlargement with new booths and other improvements. He expects to have the cafe open for business again tomorrow after the work is completed.
Directors of the Texas Big Bend Park association move their May 12 Alpine meeting to Mineral Wells at 4 p m to align with the West Texas chamber of commerce convention. The group seeks Texas first national park and invites all district and county chairmen to join. Letters have been mailed by Amon Carter to directors and chairmen.
Jack Lamb, famed cameraman on ing, starts movie expedition in Big Bend National Park area. He visits H L Kobernot & Son ranch north of Alpine for wildlife shots of antelope bands. Texas Big Bend Park Association's Harry Connelly joins with W J Newell and Nelson Lee to accompany. The group plans Santa Helena canyon trip, Mexico crossings at Boquillas and Del Carmen range, and an extensive Chisos Mountains tour. Shows of Lamb's pictures are planned in 10 Texas cities next month.
Rotary sponsored rifle day featured 125 junior competitors aged 14 to 15 or younger at 25 yards with 48 scoring above 40 and Jo Lane claiming first with a perfect 50. Seniors at 50 yards saw Floyd Dalton win with 45 as Fern Matthews tied for second and later prevailed. Helpers listed included F P Reeder and F G Catron as the event wrapped. Memory of World War I dead to be honored May 24 with memorial poppies distributed by Kerrville veterans hospital makers.
Ex students of Sul Ross State college will gather May 16 and 17 for a homecoming that features a formal review of the college military unit. Seventy students from Company A, Texas Defense Third Battalion, will demonstration maneuvers at Jackson Field Saturday 3 to 3:30 PM after five months of training. Alpine American Legion, officers from other Third Battalion companies in Big Ber and Ft Russell will attend. The two day program marks a year of expanded health and physical activities emphasizing intramural sports and national defense readiness, with softball tennis bowling boxing volleyball and golf contests and a Saturday night dance.
The Texas House split over a $1.5 million park land purchase for Big Bend, backing an amendment to reserve mineral rights on most park lands except public school tracts. The Morris amendment, favoring state mineral rights, passed 72 to 48, while opponents argued the timing and feasibility of development and mineral prospects.
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