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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1962
Page
8
Alpine Avalanche lists publication details and advertising representation for Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties. It outlines rates for 6 months at 4 dollars and yearly subscriptions, with a Texas Press Association membership note.
Brewster County, Texas, the state’s largest by area and among its most remote, marks 75 years since creation from Presidio County. The county thrives on livestock, tourism, and a growing Big Bend industry base, with Sul Ross State College enrollment rising and Dow Chemical facilitating mineral activity in Alpine and Marathon.
A May 14 1937 Alpine area roundup lists Alpine High School’s 25th anniversary graduates including Rachel Babb Aleta Bierschwale Grace Marie Billings Don True Bowman Lucille Burnett Dick Burcham Russell Boge Dorothy Burlin Juanita Fowler Joe Hord D Holman Mary Lee Hector Joe Langford Anna Lange Mary Virginia McIntyre Kirk Newman Phillip Newsom Griffith Oates Mary Isabel Parsell Elvira Pena Alfaro Melvin Slover Cecilia Thompson Lorena Valenzuela Lucy Perkins Williams Pat Wooley Lota Lee Young and late summer graduates Francis Garnett Marion Hopson and John Sotelo. Other items cover a test oil well in Green Valley near Alpine John Wade Reid funeral services for George Reid and new PTA officers Mrs Henry Weyerts president Mrs Pink Phelps vice president Mrs L C Pope secretary Mrs Milton Merrell. A city well at the east edge was abandoned after shallow flow tests reaching 578 feet. Engagement announced Ethel Skevington to James Hays Kemp Jr wedding May 26 at First Methodist. D C Dave Walker ill at home in North Alpine. Births in Alpine hospital and visits from Marathon Castelon Terlingua region notes plus ROTC training for Alpine High coach Kermit Allen. MARATHON and TERLINGUA items mention local visits dances and social events.
The Alpine Independent School District Board of Equalization will hold a regular session at 808 West Ave D Alpine Texas from 9 00 AM to 5 00 PM Tuesday June 1962. Taxpayers may appear and challenge the 1962 assessed property valuation. Also notes marriage traditions in June.
A bilingual excerpt recounts a tale of a timid deer, a boy, and a shepherd who failed to kill the deer or sell meat. It contrasts the boy’s lack of possessions with Spanish idioms about not counting chickens before they hatch. A closing note mentions Africa’s Congo River hosts a thousand fish species.
Alpine city council adopts an employment policy requiring council approval for all hires and dismissals, council-set pay rates, council decisions on severance and benefits, limited vacation accrual, and distribution of the resolution to department heads with postings on bulletin boards.
G G LaFarelle son of Mr and Mrs Matt LaFarelle has been appointed principal of the New Lamar School in El Paso The campus at 1400 Cliff St will serve about 1400 students with a 60 member staff opening in September The new Lamar unites Lamar and Morehead districts and includes extensive facilities.
The Alpine and Mars Jehovah's Witnesses group will attend a three day assembly in Abilene Texas June 1 3. E M Martinez announces the event featuring Bible talks and demonstrations to train delegates in teaching. The main talk titled Who Will use the World will be by W R Thomas district supervisor at 3 p m Sunday at the Exhibit Building Taylor County Agricultural Center East Highway 36. All sessions are open to the public.
A column promotes Farm Interphone a new farm telephone service letting farmers talk from barn or field without stepping away. It notes wives can handle calls, saves time and money, and invites readers to call the local telephone office to see demonstrations. It also mentions free telephone films for clubs and civic groups.
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