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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1939
Page
1
West Texas hotel men and businessmen rally support for the proposed Big Bend National Park. Delegates at the West Texas Hotel Association meeting in Fort Worth praise the park’s tourism potential and discuss funding by private subscriptions or county taxes.
A six man football game is set at Jackson Field tonight at 8 o clock between Toyah and Alpine. It marks Alpine’s first return to the format since a prior era with Buena Vista and Marathon. Officials hope for strong attendance and season tickets already sold will be honored.
Work on four new bridges built in and near Sanderson on Highway 90 will be completed soon. The contract was awarded to Cage Bros. and L A Turner with work starting in January on indigas and the pavement that oests.
Livestock shipments from Alpine loading pens totaled 41 cars in the past week. 39 feeder cattle were sent to multiple states, plus two cars of sheep shipped by Ernest Gibbons to El Paso. Carloads to Mentone Ind and other destinations include Riner Tucker, J W Espy, Fred Hanna, F C Mellard, Kras Bros, Roy Adams, and Mary Lithmer’s escape and marriage to Thomas Morgan noted.
The Oklahoma City Bugs defeated Sul Ross 13 to 0 last Friday night in the Sooner capital. Freshman squad showed inexperience but controlled the game with nine first downs and 164 yards, while Speedy Anderson added a rushing TD. Co Captain Tom Fowler and Bob Auten returned to action, likely to start against Ada State Teachers.
In Mountain Peaks this week the column notes feuds over sportsmanship and a claim of no blood-spitting by horned toads during a test. It highlights Berta Clark Lastier promoting Big Bend legends in the San Antonio Light and reports on regional enrollment spans across 90 Texas counties and five other states. Random Peeks mentions a 100000-gallon Sanderson water tank, a wrecker lifting a bar from a Pecos cesspool, an old Pecos barn moved near the post office, and Fort Stockton store construction by Morrison & Co.
An annual Red Cross Roll Call will be launched in Brewster. High officials note difficulty in locating jobs for all relatives, reflecting broader issues in postwar staffing.
L A Hamilton local agent for Railway Express Agency lies in critical condition after a car wreck 20 miles south of Marathon on the Marathon Big Bend park highway. He sustained a skull fracture and internal injuries when the vehicle overturned three times after hitting soft dirt on a curve. Mrs Hamilton and their two children, Lillian Marion and Walter Lee, escaped serious harm. they were brought to Alpine by passing motorists. Hamilton recently transferred from Ballinger where he was express agent.
The Brewster County Public Health committee has established a loan closet in the effiggr of the county nurse. The sick room supplies will be loaned to people under the one condition that the borrowed articles will be returned at the termination of the ness. Donations of sick room equipment, crutches, wheel chairs or other things which might help someone through an emergency will be put to good use.
The Lobos face the Oklahoma Teachers of Ada at Jackson Field tomorrow night at 8. Coach Graves relies on speed to overcome a heavier Ada lineup after workouts on Jackson Field this week. No major injuries reported and tickets are at Randy Kitchen Alpine Drug Store City Drug Store and Holland Hotel.
The Tri-Arts concerts will be sponsored in Alpine by the Study club and El Progreso club with four concerts and one lecture or travelogue. Opening November 13 features Mary Adel Carsen, a San Antonio native, after study in Chicago and New York. Other performances include Charles Gallagher on January 30, Annette Stahly and Roy Cooper on February 20, Gladys Petch travelogue in April with Gloria Nicklett, and final concert April 28 featuring Gloria Gornsen and Harold Girlman. Tickets on sale soon.
Pete Lindley, truck driver for George Pugh, escaped serious injury when his truck was struck by a Southern Pacific passenger train at Fifth Street crossing Tuesday afternoon. The train, slowing for the station, hit the front end, turning the truck around. the vehicle suffered little damage.
Alpine designates November 30 as Thanksgiving Day in line with President Roosevelt’s plan to move the holiday. The chamber of commerce approved the date, with Mayor L B Starns set to officially proclaim it. Ress College will observe Thanksgiving week from Nov 30 to Dec 2, and city schools will observe the Nov 30 date.
Fort Davis astronomers note an April sun eclipse viewing halo as observers from Yerkes and McDonald planned edges of the sun for better study. Alpine's annual Hallowe'en carnival elevates community effort with a parade led by a purple clad high school band and floats from Mother Goose Land and Wizard of Oz themes. The event, backed by merchants, raised funds with minimal expenses and featured a Granada Theatre queen and festive pageantry.
Oklahoma City University led 13 to 6 over Sul Ross Alpine and Marfa Juniors posted wins while Big Lake beat Ft. Stockton 21 to 0 Pecos defeated Crane 27 to 0 Oklahoma State Ada topped Southwest Oklahoma 6 Texas Wesleyan beat Austin College 25 to 13 Trinity edged Damet Maxer 7 to 0 Arizona State Tempe 2 beat Texas Mines 7 Grandfalls Royalty defeated Wink 26 to 0 West Texas State Canyon 34 St Marys 13 Texas A and I 21 Schreiner 14 Anna Frances Rice Alpine earned honorable mention in the Children’s 4th National contest by Popular Dry Goods Co Studio El Paso she had honorable mentions previously in a Cohen’s Dept Store contest in Jacksonville Fla Mrs Frank Walsh of Chicago testified she and her husband had lived together for 10 years without conversation.
Alpine High School Bucks and Marfa Shorthorns played a tight game in Marfa, the Shorthorns winning 7 to 6 after a late touchdown. Alpine’s John D Young scored on a fumble return by the Bucks, Mosley starred in the backfield, with a rematch scheduled in Alpine November 23 at 2 30 p.m. Meanwhile Mrs Beard suffered severe burns cleaning gasoline at home as firefighters responded.
In appreciation the community lists many volunteers from Norma Thompson to Jean Mollison for the fourteenth annual Hallowe'en carnival. Highlights include the pageant with Marian Bobo, Little Emilita Brown, Joe Smith, and Versil Young, plus booths such as Wonders of the World and Hall of Horrors. A men’s Beauty Shop drew crowds as the carnival’s circus centerpiece occupied a site near Alpine Lumber Co with two performances.
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