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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1937
Page
1
The article notes a park bill for the Big Bend area gaining support, with 35 graduates and diplomas listed, and details on Poppy Day activities, Commencement at Sul Ross College, and plans to acquire park land totaling about 608 acres. It highlights E. E. Townsend as a key figure advocating the national park.
Local rainfall occurred across scattered parts of the Big Bend and Davis Mountains area. Meriwether ranch north of town reported rain early in the week, with moisture reaching into the Davis Mountains. A heavy shower was noted between Balmorhea and Fort Stockton and into the Hovey region, extending toward Rankin. Additional showers were recorded near Marathon, though Alpise rainfall did not lay the dust.
Mire Richardson widow of A J Richardson died Friday at her daughter Mrs H D Bennett in San Antonio. The couple lived in Alpine for many years before moving to Here in 1908 and later resided with their children. The obituary notes Alpine ties and family.
Speer and Spencer Alvord contractors won the $101 105 50 contract for grading drainage and seal coating on U S 90 east of Del Rio. Work runs from 12 miles west of the Kinney county line to east of Del Rio city limits within the highway commission award. D H Buchanan of Temple received a $20 775 contract for reconstructing grading and drainage on nearby highway 90 near D Hania.
The sixth annual Rancher-Stockman Field Day will be held May 29 at the Madera Valley Experiment Station in Balmorhea marking the close of the current feeding test in which sixty four yearling steers from the JEF Ranch at Fort Davis were fed. The event will present results from feeding tests over the past six years with attendees including noted local figures. Also noted is a hunting trip in the Mogollon mountains and a New Mexico stopover by Alpine officials and others. A terse line mentions one seventh of all federal moneys derived from tobacco.
It is expected that work will be resumed at the Dodson-Means test well northeast of Alpine around June 4. Drilling has been suspended there for several weeks. The G. H. Storey test in Green Valley, where oil showed two weeks ago, is cleaning up and preparing to start drilling again. The Smith-Hees test near Marathon is straight-reaming and will use 5 inch casing, planned to reach about 1200 feet. Leases and royalties are continuing to move rapidly.
C F Kimball longtime Brewster County rancher and Alpine resident since 1905 died at his West Alpine home after several days illness. Born November 20 1860 in Pontotoc County Mississippi he moved to Texas in 1870 and settled in Lamar County before Alpine. Survived by widow Cora Stevenson son Otis H grandson Keesey H and a niece. services held Sunday at the Methodist Church with Rev Franklin R Poage officiating. Interment in Him Grove cemetery. Pallbearers named including Z M Decie T W A Beard A F Robinson John D Jeone Ring Torey and Rot Dod.
The body of S F Woodward aged 51 who died in San Antonio Wednesday arrives for burial. Born July 8 1870 in Rockport Texas he lived here over 40 years as a barber. He married Nannie Walker March 18 1982 and leaves a widow and three children Marie Bobb Bracketville Grant San Antonio J Frank Alpine, mother Limie Woodward Houston two sisters Mary Woodman Houston Lee Grant Houston and brother Mark Woodward Houston. Funeral services scheduled for this afternoon at four.
Dr and Mrs D C Jeter retired Monday after weeks in North and East Texas attending business and health care. Dr Jeter, who suffered chest injuries in an automobile accident en route to Athens, will be confined to bed for four or five weeks.
The Alpine and Marathon independent districts gained slightly in 1936 while Hot Springs and Terlingua common school districts posted modest losses. Comparative figures for 199 and 1987 list Alpine 1901, Marathon 1008, Hot Springs 4 CSD No. 4 43142, Terlingua 1795.
Funeral services for Mrs. Brice C. Moore of Alpine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs George W. Baines, were held at the local Methodist church. She died in Dallas Friday after a tonsillectomy. Born March 21, 1912, she studied at Sul Ross College and Texas University, earned a B A from Sul Ross, studied art in Los Angeles, and worked in Dallas for EM Kahn Co. She married Mr. Moore December 26, 1905, and later lived in El Paso and Dallas.
Alpine FFA will send a large group to Junction for the area encampment after winning district FF.A. contests in Rocky Mountain and Ysleta. Delegates listed include Griffith Oster Howard Sonnier John L Sublet Oliver Blerschwale Sam Taylor and several others with Edward Lee Bailey and Peyton Cain as advisers and coaches. The three day event features debating public speaking chapter contests track swimming and many demonstrations. The Alpine group departs from the Junior High on May 1st and returns June 4th with plans for summer activities and regular meetings.
Fort Stockton's annual golf tournament will be held June 5-6, announced by C Speedy Williams of Alpine, who has again been engaged to direct the affair. Several local golfers are planning to participate.
Trans-Pecos towns Pecos and Fort Stockton show rapid growth driven by food businesses irrigation projects and a growing tax base in Pecos County 45 million in taxable property bolsters expectations for future expansion Fort Stockton’s nearby irrigated areas and the Red Bluff dam completion contribute to the upswing critics praise Sen Winfield whose Austin tenure and sponsorship of Big Bend Park projects receive editorial attention in the Fort Stockton Pioneer with continued coverage to page 2.
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