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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1950
Page
1
The Alpine Council of Church Women will observe World Community Day next Friday November 3 at 3 p m at the Nazarene church. All council women are urged to attend. Mr and Mrs Jack Cross have returned from a market trip in Dallas.
The Lobos travel to meet A I tomorrow for Homecoming events and a key conference game. Standout players include James Cleveland and Brad Rowland with injuries and lineup tweaks noted.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hale purchase DeLuxe Cleaners and continue operations at N. South Street under Hale Cleaners-Hatters. Former owner R. C. Elliott invites patrons to support the new firm and promises to assist in a smooth transition.
The Avalanche seeks the true identity of M Sgt Bobbie K Horton whose Alpine residence is listed. The paper asks readers to help confirm whether the listed Horton is the Alpine youth connected to prior reports and invites tips to clarify his identity.
Alpine High School Bucks routed Fabens Wildcats 51 0 in Fabens to remain undefeated in district play. Gerdine Barrow and Luis Hernandez led scorers, with Duane Smith throwing three passes. The Bucks’ next tests include Van Horn, Sanderson and Marfa before a possible clash with Clint.
David Combs announces a grass judging contest for FFA and 4H members from Presidio Brewster Jett Davis and Terrell counties to be held in Alpine November 18. The Big Bend Soil Conservation district sponsors and districts staff will run the event with two divisions awarding four team banners and ten individual prizes. Up to fifty youths are expected to participate with judging focused on range plants classification grazing value and life cycle status. Adults may view exhibits downtown between Alpine Drug and First National Bank.
The deer hunting season west of the Pecos River will run November 6 to 11. Executive Secretary Howard Dodie notes limits: one mule deer per hunter, and a whitetail may be taken. Territory is crowded and lease costs often range from 50 to 200 dollars per gun.
The P.T.A. Hallowe'en carnival in Fort Davis centers on a pageant of Children of many Janes. It starts October 31 at 6 pm in the high school gym with supper, a costume parade, booths, grain games, and class-held events led by senior calf giveaway and cake walks. Community volunteers organize food and decorations for a 1950 carnival hoped to be a big success.
A special election last Saturday rejected a $100,000 lake construction bond at Old Fort Penn Colorado south of Marathon. The unofficial count showed 296 votes for and 403 against, a defeat by 107. Voters cited tax burden and competing city needs despite support for a water project.
Centennial School reports Jake Villaba 130 pound left halfback broke his left leg during an afternoon workout after stepping in rain marks. Injury occurred without contact. leg cast applied and recovery expected about two months. Villaba is a Boy Scout who attended Valley Forge last summer.
The P T A hosts its annual Halloween carnival in the school gym featuring a Lingo game fortune telling grab bag a grocery box hot dogs coffee cake walk and other activities. The gym opens at 7 p.m and voting for Halloween Queen and King will occur during the evening.
Judge Hernandez of the Centennial PTA led the meeting with principal G. G. Lafarelle to organize committees for the annual Hallo we en carnival on Halloween Eve. Mrs. Berta Lassister's first grade won a room award as 183 percent attendance of parents and grandparents was noted, while J. R. Dillard's seventh grade area followed with 83 percent parent attendance. The PTA's 100 members inspected the new cafeteria to close the session.
The Alpine Garden Club held its annual Dahlia exhibit in the Library Community Room on October 7 with Mrs. W. M. Meador as general chairman. Nearly a thousand dahlias, including many colors and types, were on display. Notable exhibitors included Dr. J. E. Wright and Worth Frazer. Kodachrome slides were produced by John Richard Whiteside and Mrs Strickland and donated to local and regional garden clubs. About 200 visitors attended, including new residents amazed such blooms could be shown locally.
Alpine High School hosts the 25th annual Halloween carnival with a royal coronation on Monday October 30 at 8 pm in the patio area. The event features a Fairy land coronation, a 25 cent admission, a post ceremony reception for the Queen and attendants, and a formal dance for couples at 1.25 dollars per couple in the high school gym.
Arlie Crites of Griffith Theatres announced a new drive in theatre will start soon on land between the old and new highways east of Alpine. Contractors will move in shortly, materials have arrived, and plans include a modern night club east of the site. C W Davis cited the city junk grounds as a hazard needing city action to remove unsanitary conditions before work progresses.
Four Brewster County youths were chosen for military service last week from a group of 30 who traveled to El Paso for pre induction physicals. The accepted are Tony Willeke and Rowdy Shackelford from Marathon and Dan St Clair and Joe Smith from Alpine. Mrs Edith Cooper Phillips of El Paso was elected president of the Ex Student Association of Sul Ross College at the homecoming, having earned her master's degree there in August.
In Brewster County the ballot to authorize a tax to fund a lake near Marathon for recreation failed. A spokesman for the county bonds argued city water needs in Alpine influenced the vote and urged support for a water district plan to provide immediate water, signaling a local push to solve Alpine's water shortage.
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