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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
8
Voters face an oversized ballot on November 2 with eight columns and numerous amendments. The article explains how to mark, fold, and cast ballots, offering step by step visuals and urging voters to stand up and be counted.
The Gilmer Aikin group reports that professions such as barber medicine and law require licenses, yet teaching may be done without a license in Texas. The advisory committees say state funding should require teacher licensing and that private schools can operate without state supervision. Certificates can be issued without college training and county exams continue, with some cities able to grant certificates.
The Terlingua school progresses with Mrs H W Potteries as teacher and Mrs Patterson holding a BS from North Texas Teacher's College. Antonio Valenzuela recovers from a serious illness in Alpine then leaves hospital. Frank Duncan returns to Mariposa after summer visits to Plains area and Fort Stockton. Polk Hinson makes a business trip to Alamogordo via Sanderson to see ill brother J S Hinson, accompanied by Davis Hinson and Eva Hill. Citizens Advisory committee says conditions should be corrected.
Petrified bones from an extinct elephant species were found last week in the sand hills between Andrews and Kermit by geology students led by Prof. W. N. McAnulty of Sul Ross College. The site yielded vertebrae teeth and limb bones and will be displayed at Sul Ross Big Bend Memorial Museum. remains of an extinct horse were also found. The find suggests a wetter Pleistocene climate with large grazing mammals in Texas, and many such ponds in the sand hills may host fossils.
Mrs Kathryn Williams Walker and children fund a $100 scholarship at Sul Ross State Teachers College. The award, given to a junior or senior excelling academically and showing good character, is decided by a science department committee each fall. If no student meets requirements no award is made.
A cautionary note warns that letting money go to your head can lead to reckless actions and risky behavior, risking harm when confronting dangerous situations.
A guidance note urges speakers to begin with a broader frame before direct statements. It emphasizes considering audience perception and context to craft remarks that lead naturally into core message. The approach aims for clarity and measured persuasion in discourse.
A reflective line on societal advancement, suggesting moral progress lags behind technical or material gains. It implies that enduring value comes from elevated human character and ethics rather than mere progress in science or industry. The sentiment invites scrutiny of collective priorities and virtue.
Tex as State College for Women lists Bettigene Slover and Lady Terry among 287 students with a B average last semester. Slover, a sophomore in voice, and Terry, junior violin major, are noted for their academic achievement and related college activities.
Sheriff Clarence Hod of Brewster County announces a sale on the first Tuesday in November 1948 at Alpine Court House to satisfy a judgment for Intervenors Nellie Ferguson Griffin and F E Griffin against S A Starr. Property includes several railroad and utility company parcels. Total unpaid principal plus interest equals about 12,510 dollars with additional costs. liens and subrogation in favor of intervenors remain.
A terse collection of maxims notes that ill winds reveal skirting, it is harder to admit error than to be right, and that being a cog in a machine is preferable to being a clog.
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