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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1946
Page
7
Rent control director Joe W Toombs announces an assurance for landlords with spare rooms to let to college students this summer. He stresses the need to register rented spaces at the rent office in the Puller building within 30 days of first rental to avoid entanglements and to learn landlord obligations.
The notice lists church activities: Sunday school at 1, morning service at 11, midweek meetings on Wednesday at 6:30 and 7:30 prayer, Sunday training union at 6:30, evening service at 7:30, Friday choir at 7:30. Catholic masses Sunday at 9 and 10:30 with a 6 pm young people meeting and 7:30 evening worship. Christian Science Lesson-Sermon on Adam and Fallen Man with Bible passages and Mary Baker Eddy text reference.
March of Christ notes and housing guidance discuss how landlords can reclaim rooms without ongoing obligation after registering rentals. Toombs says removing rent controls hinges on increasing rental supply to ease a regional housing shortage and balance the market.
Bill Carrico director of the Mitin High School band of Laredo, winner of first division in Class A at the State contest in Kingsville, is named guest conductor and assistant director of the 1946 Big Bend Band Clinic. Plans set June 10 to 18 with over 100 pieces expected. contact Sul Ross band director John L. Carrico for enrollment.
Sunday school begins at 10 am with Bruce Martin as superintendent. Morning worship at 11, mid week service Wednesday 1 pm. Young people service 6:15 pm. Mrs FE Bucy presides Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meeting second Tuesday, Evangelistic service 7 pm. T M Hill president. Presbyterians invite all to worship. Sunday school 10 am, worship 11, junior choir 1, senior choir 7:30 pm. all ages welcome.
A note on a new phosphorescent sheeting from plastics makers that glows briefly after light exposure. Useful for lamp steps house signs radio dials and potential Christmas tree ornaments.
Irma Lee Batey, head of Sul Ross music department, resigns effective September 1 to accept a position in Tennessee. Glenn Davis, currently earning a PhD at George Peabody, will become professor of music and head of the department in Alpine. Davis, a Texan, will direct the glee club and offer organ lessons alongside teaching.
Sul Ross instructors receive honors from the American Anthropological Association. Prof W J Smith elected to the AAA council with term to 1949. Williams and Smith appointed to the State Curriculum Revision committee for Agriculture and Industrial Arts in Texas public schools. The Hudson River note is incidental.
A historical weather note attributes rainfall distribution to the Gulf of Mexico at fifty five percent, with thirty percent from the Pacific and ten percent from other sources, reflecting regional contributions to U.S. precipitation.
A brief note explains Krasnyia as the Russian word for red and interprets it as beautiful, tied to a mention of the Atlantic Ocean. The snippet presents a language observation rather than a news event, with emphasis on word meaning and geographic reference.
Maytag unveils a full kitchen unit freeser with 6 cubic feet of net capacity and a one-sixth horsepower hermetically sealed compressor. Weighing about 355 pounds, the unit measures 47.4 by 29 by 32 inches, features a drop leaf breakfast unit, defrosting pan, stainless steel trim, porcelain enamel top, and ample insulation for low temperatures. It includes easy service access, toe room, modular base installation options, and a quiet, durable operation suitable for Brewster County households.
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