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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1968
Page
1
The Student Council hosts a Halloween Carnival at 5 30 p m on Thursday Oct 31 with booths offering hamburgers burritos cakes candies games and rides. All classes and clubs will be represented to support the high school.
The Alpine Bucks Junior Varsity dominated Canutillo 42 6 last Friday led by Jackie Valenzuela Adan Llanez Pancho Garcia and Guillermo Gonzales. They travel to Eunice New Mexico next Friday November 1 for a 7 30 p m game and host Monahans Thursday seeking a third win.
The Second Annual World's Championship Chili Cook-Off in Terlingua will pit Vick Fowler of Austin against Woodruff De Silva of Los Angeles. Five judges led by Mayor Dave Witts will sample chili with two mystery judges to complete the panel. The event draws chili enthusiasts nationwide with plans for diverse arrival methods and a pre contest focus on safety and rules.
A record vote is anticipated in Brewster County for the General Election on Tuesday November 5. Voter registration stands at 2836 with historical races showing a Democratic edge or Republican gains in past cycles. The ballot includes 14 proposed state constitutional amendments and multiple local contests across precincts and districts.
Voting locations list for Alpine area includes Alpine Chamber of Commerce Building Alpine Courthouse Alpine Library Building near Centennial School Marathon Club House Terlingua School House Big Bend Park Administration Building. Hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
Mrs. Eula Brown 85 died Friday in Monroe Louisiana. Funeral held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Clanton Newbill officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery under Geeslin Funeral Home. Pallbearers named. organist Miss Ellen Boyd. She was widow of C A Brown who led First National Bank Alpine. Survivors include daughter Mrs N H Hatten Gulfport Mississippi and son A N Brown Denver Colorado.
Texas Water Development Board to establish a district office in Alpine to serve an area from El Paso to Del Rio. Mayor Homer Hudgins received the plan from Richard C. Peckham director of the Ground Water Division. The move would bring at least two new families and a local technician if available. Legislature boosted board funding in 1967 to advance the water use master plan.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders Southern Pacific Railway Co to keep passenger trains 1 and 2 between Los Angeles and New Orleans running for at least one more year. The ICC cites a public need and the trains as the last direct service between New Orleans and Los Angeles with key stoppoints. It accuses SP of discouraging patronage by degrading the service. Estimated 160,000 passengers to be carried this year.
Mrs. Jean LaDow, 85, died at her Alpine home near noon Tuesday October 29, apparently from a heart attack. Funeral services were held October 30 at First Methodist Church with Rev. Edwin Chappell officiating. She previously lived in Alpine since 1957 and was married to Carl Vernon LaDow in 1911. he died in 1938. She was a DAR member and belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star.
Anterless deer permits will be issued to qualified landowners in the Trans-Pecos next week by representatives of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. (Continued on Page 22)
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