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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1937
Page
1
Armistice Day observance announced with local civic leaders and the city secretary outlining plans for a moment of remembrance and a brief ceremony at the town hall. Officials encourage participation by residents and veterans groups.
Alpine in Pecos County, Texas gains exposure as Bob Ripley’s cartoon features a drawling caption about the largest state and county, highlighting Alpine as a model town. Local figures Mike Thorpeon and Red Bern contribute to the piece via chamber correspondence, with support from the Big Bend region.
The Sel Bess Lobo West Texas Rate Buff game at Pecos is billed as a top regional grid event with a sell out crowd expected. Coach B C Graves reports the team in fair shape with a revamped backfield and minor injuries, plans for band transportation, and a 1 30 departure from college apartments for the trip.
The Big Bond park project drew attention at the U S Highway 67 association session in Glenrose. Local officials reported aims to pave the unpaved stretch between Fort Stockton and Presidio toward the Rio Grande and Alpine and Marta, with contracts to pave 24 miles to be let soon.
Alpine Lions sponsor The Fall Fashion Festival at Grenada Theatre next Tuesday evening at 1 20 pm. Sul Ross comedians and local business houses provide styles, with music and the regular program. Admission is 36 cents. proceeds from pre show ticket sales aid Alpine school children in glasses.
In Marfa, Marethon and Fort Davis the Avalanche moving picture cooking school drew enthusiastic attention. Daily prizes included items advertised in the picture, five dollars in trade from Safeway on day one, another five on day two, and a seven dollar electric table lamp from the Avalanche on closing day. Local venues listed Granada theatre and several merchants such as Cram & Cross, J C Penney, V System Gro, Burks’s Food Store, Alpine Drug, and Hudson’s Bakery among others.
The Big Bend park gains official recognition with a measure defining its boundaries and empowering the State Parks board to receive donations and exercise eminent domain. Sponsored by Sen H L Winfield of Fort Stockton and Rep Albert R Cawthorn of Del Rio. Townsend aided in drafting and passage. The project envisions a vast international park spanning river banks and is described as a Peace University promoting goodwill between nations.
The Study club votes to donate one della for each of its 32 members to the Big Band perk land fund at its last meeting. The club is described as one of the oldest and strongest in this section of the state with members including Mechamies EL Raley and G. W. Baines.
Rains fell early in the week across a broad Trans Pecos area from Alpine to Green Valley and Del Rio. Reports show amounts from one fourth to a few tenths of an inch with heaviest totals near Alpine and the Jim P Wilson and Cotter ranches. Official Sul Rees College records note 3.8 inches total in Alpine from two showers starting at 4 AM and 10 PM Monday. The moisture is expected to aid weed growth despite limited forage.
A Red Cross executive committee and officers meeting is scheduled at the chamber of commerce this afternoon at 3 o clock. Other interested parties are invited to attend and participate.
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