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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1957
Page
1
Bonnie Newell challenges Avalanche usage of fret with dictionary definitions. The piece cites multiple meanings from irritation to guitar hardware and includes local notes on Alpine residents and sports updates from Sul Ross and nearby colleges.
Mrs. Henry Bailey of the Governor's Water Planning Committee urges Brewster County residents to contact their lawmakers and support the Water Bond Amendment Proposal No. 3. The featured measure would back up to 600 million dollars in self supporting water storage projects and is pitched as tax neutral with safeguards.
Congressman J. T. Rutherford tours the district with a mobile office arriving in Alpine at 11 45 a m on Oct 30. He will address the Alpine Lions and Rotary at the Holland Hotel and greet residents from the mobile unit before heading to Marfa and Fort Davis. The trip covers 776 miles through 16 counties and 23 towns during a week long tour.
At a special city meeting the Commission approved insuring all city employees under the new Blue Cross Blue Shield 300 policy with premiums paid by the city. Family coverage may be available via payroll deduction. The policy takes effect December 1.
Financial drive for the Boy Scouts of America will begin at 7 am on Monday October 28 with a breakfast in the Green Cafe. Ray Morrison chairman of the Alpine drive announced the kickoff. Special gifts chair Charlie Stringfellow outlined the campaign with Jack Bow as general solicitations chairman and majors Pete Gallego Paul Weyerts Marvin Pierce and Joe Baxter. Jimmy Pate will handle publicity and Big Bend District chair Johnny Mathews of Marfa directed local leadership.
Georgia Ola Mitchell 70 mother of Mrs Marvin Kay of Alpine died Friday morning at Ranger General Hospital Funeral services were in Gordon where she lived Survivors include son J L Mitchell Gordon daughter Mrs Lena Rogers four grandchildren and two great grandchildren
The Sul Ross Lobos meet Texas Lutheran at Jackson Field in a nonconference tilt rated a tossup. Both squads face flu absences though most key players expected back. Sul Ross holds a 4-1 edge in their five meetings with Texas Lutheran, who seek revenge after last year’s 46-10 loss.
Heavy two day rainfall across Big Bend and Davis Mountains boosts winter forage for livestock in southern Brewster and Presidio counties while Alpine area totals reach about 15 inches. Ranchers praise the moisture as rail shipments of Hereford cattle report top condition in years.
Alpine hosts a Halloween carnival Monday afternoon starting at 4 30 p m with a parade along Holland Avenue from Winter Cleaners to the High School. Alpine High Student Council and sponsors invite bands from nearby towns plus three Alpine school bands and clubs from town and Sul Ross State College. Activities on the High School grounds after the parade include booths, candy, cake, cookies, hamburgers, soft drinks and a chili supper with games such as basketball throw, cake walk, baseball throw and bingo. A dunking pool features an FFA boy or Ag instructor R M Brown. a penny shoot wins a baby chicken. The Drama Club presents three plays in the auditorium at 8 p m.
Funeral services for Charles A. Adams 88 longtime West Texas rancher and livestock dealer were held at the First Baptist Church in Alpine with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include his widow three sons Dom John and Ruel two daughters G E Babb and Tom Yarbro. Also present were relatives Clayton Adams and J W McIntyre and Mrs McIntyre formerly Allie Runyon.
Postmaster Billy West reported Alpine postal receipts for January through September 1957 totaled 33 635 98 dollars, up 481 81 from 1956. The nine month figure reached 33 154 17 dollars last year.
The Sul Ross College Band under Joe Bellamah will be the feature band at the Band Festival Program during Fiesta Week in San Antonio. Seventeen local high schools and 15 out-of-town bands were invited to Alamo Stadium on April 24, 1958.
Alpine Rotary Club members will meet at 12 noon today in the Green Cafe for their regular meeting led by President Reg Votan. The Holland Hotel Ballroom is redecorated while Mil on Smith and hospital administrator John Stuckwish discuss Brewster County's new half million dollar medical center operation.
The Alpine Bucks meet the Traan Braves in a 7A district tilt on the High School field. Traan defeated Fabens 13 12 in their opener while Alpine routed Shorthorns 45 0. Starting lineups feature Lindy Lyles and Don Jacobson for Traan and Bake Turner and Manuel Espinosa for Alpine.
Little Susie Valenzuela will be crowned Halloween Queen by Father Lynch at 8 p.m. Friday October 25 in the Parish Hall. A school program follows the coronation. Admission is 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. A Halloween Carnival starts at 5 p.m. Saturday with a Mexican supper cake walk candied apples and entertainment. Public invited.
Hospital officials announce the new main telephone line TE7-4447 to replace the old Brewster County Memorial Hospital contact number. They urge staff and public to update their telephone books to avoid confusion.
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