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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1939
Page
1
The reader questions hunting ethics and meat evidence while the column discusses a cattle of filler material from a syndicate. It notes a Texas Highway Certificate of Merit for traffic safety, and thanks post office staff for stickers and publicity efforts.
A storm last week brought 0.67 inches to Alpine and wide coverage across the West of the Pecos country. Wilson and 02 ranch areas reported about four inches in the prior week and 18 hours of rain south of Wilson ranch. Ground remains wet with improving frost prospects.
Twenty one years after a great war peace was declared the American Red Cross outlined its ongoing role. It highlights home needs, first aid stations, two million trained first aiders, a million swimmers, over a million patient visits, and disaster response including tornadoes floods earthquakes and sea accidents. The plea urges new members by November 30 to keep the Red Cross ready.
Fewer deer are bagged in the Big Bend-Davis mountains area this season though several Alpine hunters report good kills. The Marathon road corridor shows about 500 hunters checked with 100 deer counted, averaging one deer per five hunters. Open season on blacktail west of Pecos begins Nov 16 and closes at month end.
The 32nd semi annual meeting of the Davis Mountain Federation of Clubs will be held in Fort Davis on Wednesday November 29. The program includes a 2 PM start with songs, welcomes by local clubs, a talk on Clara Dricoll Day by Mrs. H W Morelock, and a visit to the McDonald Observatory open night after dinner at the Prude ranch. Members come from Alpine Marathon Sanderson Marfa Shafter Fort Davis and Fort Stockton.
Fort Davis correspondent notes cattle producers near rail lines increasingly use big stockcar trucks to ship calves and cattle to Marfa Alpine and other points. Ranchers report savings in weight loss and faster transport, signaling a shift from drives to gasoline hauls and possibly phasing out roundups in the next generation.
Improvements are under way at the Methodist parsonage and church. Upgrades include a butane heating system with hot water, a new electric refrigerator, built in kitchen cabinets, and new curtains. A Speed O Print machine has been bought for bulletins, and the Sunday school bulletin board is being re conditioned. Other plans include a fellowship dinner at noon Sunday.
In Louisburg North Carolina sidewalks show stripes designating two outer lanes for leafing and one inner walking path. The markings aim to separate pedestrian and cyclist or leaf removal traffic on the street corridor.
Sul Ross Lobos close season with a 2 p m showdown against Trinity University Tigers at Jackson Field. Trinity boasts strong small college status with wins over St Mary’s Rattlers and A C C Wildcats. Coach Graves expects a tough contest as Lobos recover from homecoming shocks. tickets available at local outlets.
Alpine business houses will close next Thursday Thanksgiving Day by mayoral proclamation. A sunrise service at 7 o'clock at the Baptist church invites public attendance after the turkey day dinners.
Sul Ross Lobo squad loses 26 6 to West Texas Buffaloes on Jackson Field. Watkins scored the first points, Faust spearheaded the Buffalo offense with a TD, and Canyon’s team maintained a decisive edge despite late Lobo pressure.
Mrs. Annie B. Anderson died at her daughter A E Babcock's Fort Davis home last Friday morning. A pioneer of Alpine, she and late husband Ben P. Anderson lived there 40 years and raised nine children. She was 67, with failing sight in recent months, and remained revered by Alpine and Fort Davis friends. Funeral at Alpine Methodist church featured family chosen hymns and a quartet. Survived by daughters A E Babcock Fort Davis Gilbert M Cox Austin J C Smith Talladega and T E Hereford New Orleans and sons Lloyd Monahans Frank L New York City Leon El Paso and R C Anderson Presidio, plus grandchildren and caregivers. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers from Alpine and Fort Davis.
Alpine Junior High Midget Yellow Jackets kept their unbeaten run by beating Del Rio Bob Kittens 20 to 14 at Cowboy Field. The 140-pounders played a hard fought game with fast Bob Kitten backs breaking free for long runs, while Charles Davis returned a kickoff for a winning touchdown after halftime. The season closed with 53 boys rotating through 40 on the trip, 38 joining the Del Rio game squad, marking 10 games played and a 5-4-1 record.
A school band fund drive is under way with a concert at the Junior High auditorium at 8 o clock tonight. About 160 boosters have joined the club, aiding in buying new uniforms while no solicitation occurs at the meeting. A partial member list is shown with more names to come as the drive continues.
For the second time this season Alpine and Marfa high school teams met at Jackson Field. The game started at 2 30 p m with a 13 13 score at press time. A previous Oct 27 game in Marfa saw the Marfa Short horns defeat the Alpine Bucks 7 6.
U S supplied building materials are being used in new houses in Salvador with American brands and standards guiding construction. Local builders say these materials improve quality and speed up completion of homes for residents.
A large ex-student turnout joined Sul Ross for a two day Homecoming on November 17 and 18. The event began with a bonfireFriday night and concluded with an all college dance Saturday. Ex-students participated in an assembly and banquet chaired by Ray mond Wheat. Coach B C Graves hosted a smoker for ex-Lobos at the Lodge Friday night.
Tom Stovell of Alpine was named secretary of the Trans Pecos club recently organized at Texas A. & M. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Stovell of Alpine.
About 131 ranchmen in Brewster County will start receiving government payments within three weeks as 80 percent of the 1939 AAA range program is completed. Signups cover around 2.88 million acres of the county's four million, with 89 dirt dams and 363 spreader dams built, plus 38 rock header dams and 22 wells drilled. Reimbursements vary by work type, with well drilling at two dollars per foot and other dam and eradication work priced per yard or acre. The 1940 program is being mapped at a district meeting in Big Spring with Miss Winnie Mae Van North in attendance.
In keeping with custom, a sunrise Thanksgiving service will be held at the First Baptist church at 7 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning November 30. The hour long event is a praise service with time for personal testimonies and is open to the entire community.
Frank L. Brown 41, longtime Alpine resident from 1932 to 1937, died in Southern Pacific Hospital Houston after six months illness. He was a telegraph operator, active in church and civic life, buried in Del Rio. Survived by wife Beatrice Billings, two sons, mother, two brothers and a sister.
Carl Hoefs of Saragosa is the president and Tom Waddell Odesus is treasurer. Included in the club are boys from Upton, Ector, Ward, Loving, Culbesson, Pecos, Reeves, Brewster, Winkler and Crewe counties.
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