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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
2
Local residents rail against shortages and tightened rules while planners debate a large scale water development program. Citizens hope for rain and note upcoming relaxations may occur as efforts to attract people and business intensify amid dwindling supplies.
The column mentions W E Bill Williams new job at Sul Rose, rumors of his contacts, and a plan to use his address book. Fathers are warned to keep acts proper when with children. Street markers progress and Alpine mail delivery to households next quarter are uncertain. Charlotte Slight injures finger affecting piano play. baseball remains popular nationwide with upcoming local games. The author will check a report card and visit a bakery for hot bread.
The Texas branch of the Future Homemakers of America awarded Miss Helen Barron an honorary membership for her leadership as head of the Home Economics department in the Vocational Division. The honor was announced at the Future Homemakers Banquet in the Baker Hotel Dallas on May 6 and 7.
Alpine hosts the southernmost high altitude city on a long transcontinental route and Kokernot Field A major county with 3 973 120 acres near Connecticut and Rhode Island scales Alpine's climate and rainfall with Abilene and El Paso comparisons The county shipped 1 379 064 pounds of wool and mohair in 1945 and had an estimated 1946 income of 5 5 million Local highway spending reached about 1 3 million over four years Texas Highway Department funds drive new roads and Alpine schools plant doubled in one year The New York Times covered Bruce Peter's 1949 canyon trip through Big Bend and Ruth Count Your Blessings reference remains.
The letter thanks John Stevell City Secretary Mayor Gillett and the City Commission for cutting and cleaning weeds from the golf course last week. It notes improved course condition and expresses deep gratitude from Harry Watson and George Crerar.
The new Fine Arts Building will rise east of the Administration Building on the former swimming pool site. Construction, funded by the permanent building fund, will begin after the August contract letting. The structure will house the Speech, Music, and Art Departments with a Little Theatre and extensive studios and offices.
Jim Spruill former first string tackle with the Baltimore Colts in the AAFC and Rice graduate will become Sul Ross State University line coach next September. He lettered in football basketball and track at Rice and served three years in the Armed Services as a physical training instructor. Spruill moved to Alpine with his wife after spring training and will pursue graduate work at Sul Ross this summer.
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The proposal outlines a metal smithing shop, a ceramics and sculpture shop, and several storage lockers. The Fine Arts Library will occupy the building’s first floor with a listening room and a dark room located to the library’s right.
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