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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1962
Page
10
Alpine Avalanche weekly issue details publisher staff and policy statements with subscription rates and contact information. The San Angelo Standard Times notice date appears as Thursday Morning Sept 27.
Alpine officials discuss paying $110,000 for water rights on four sections of land after costly failed drilling. Wells exist on the parcels, signaling a future supply, and the city weighs water insurance against uncertain prospects while noting its school and tourism potential.
Alpine considers obtaining water rights in the Hovey area of Brewster and Pecos Counties while Fort Stockton weighs tapping wells in Hovey. The Tinaja well near Alpine, 800 feet deep and drilled in 1930, yields 800 to 1300 gpm in Cretaceous strata. A 20 inch Hovey pipeline could cost about 1.92 million dollars, not including water rights or rights of way.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram campaign to raise funds for Big Bend National Park gains approval from Wendell E. Little planning coordinator. Local figures H W Morelock F L McCollum and J E Casner plan school poster drive to reach 500 Texas school superintendents.
A reader submission requests printing a letter in the Avalanche letters page honoring Mrs Stather Elliott Thomas. The note describes creating the Stather Elliott Thomas Memorial Scholarship Fund and mentions checks sent to Dr Bryan Wildenthal, inviting others to contribute.
Card thanks friends in Alpine for flowers gifts cards and prayers during illness. Tom recovering at Joans in El Paso hopes to return soon and personally thank each reader. Includes scattered notes on early American painters hazelnut shells and a National Geographic reference.
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