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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1955
Page
1
Alpine residents rally with students as five cheerleaders lead a high-spirited performance. The Alpine Bucks defeated Marfa 20 to 13 on a rain-soaked field. The piece also notes local business leaders, educators, and radio personnel engaging in community events across Alpine and surrounding districts.
Miss Johnnie Weyerts heads Alpine High School Math Dept and Student Council sponsor. She will accompany five Alpine High School Student Council members to Kermit on Saturday Oct 1 for the West Texas Forum district convention. Alpine attendees include President Vaughn Musgrave Secretary Kay Young Lara Valenzuela Marion Brooks and Don Burgess. Theme is Life Is a Matter of Choice.
The Big Bend area and Davis Mountains saw heavy rain last Friday and Saturday with up to 4 and 5 inches in the southeast county. Observatories and ranch gauges reported widespread showers, boosting weekly totals and pushing the year’s rainfall higher.
The Riess test well on Kokernot Hill fell 200 feet this week while standing about 800 feet from the surface. Driller Paul Gooden reported to the City Commission. The hole bottomed at 1641 feet after cleaning caverns. Officials note only the President and Governor hold official titles of Excellence.
Big Bend Air Force Station on Vieja Mountain Peak 15 air miles southwest of Valentine will cost about 2 250 000 dollars. Construction bids were advertised last July by the U S Army Engineers. The station will employ 186 personnel and be ready for beneficial occupancy in November 1956 with full operation in January 1957.
Miss Marny Nickell daughter of R L Nickell and Jimmy Vernon Turner son of C V Turner, both of Alpine, were elected to class offices at Sul Ross State College this week. Nickell was elected secretary treasurer of the Sophomore class and Turner a Student Council representative of the Freshman class.
Lions and guests from West Texas and Mexico gathered at the Holland Hotel Monday to honor Marvin Kay, past district governor of Lions District 2-7-2. He received the 100% district governor award and the international counselor's pin as a term concludes.
Rev Gene Brice a Sulphur Springs native and Alexus Christian University graduate will preach his first sermon as minister of the First Christian Church of Alpine Sunday. He comes to Alpine after arriving today to stay with Mr and Mrs Jim Nichols before moving into the parsonage. He succeeds Rev Robert Peterson and has filled pulpits in Texas but this is his first regular pastorate. He is unmarried.
U S Public Health Service officials preliminarily approve Brewster County 30 bed hospital. Project cost about 400000 dollars with federal government paying half. County Judge Felix McGaughy says Davis and Foster of El Paso to prepare cost plans for bidding after Jan 1 with federal inspection to confirm spend on building and equipment. Mrs Clemma Billingsley of Dallas leaves Dallas after guest stay at Holland Hotel.
The Securities Exchange Commission orders a hearing on Universal Service Corp's stock registration in Fort Worth on Oct. 4. The Houston firm prospected uranium in Southern Brewster County and plans a stockholders meeting Oct. 24 in the Lamar Hotel.
Sul Ross Lobos host McMurry Indians in Alpine for a non conference game at 8 p.m. Key backs are sidelined with injuries from the Corpus Christi Tarpons game. Charles Brawley recovered from a lung condition to bolster the line. Debut of Robust lineup hope preserves perfect 1 0 record.
Alpine High School Bucks travel to Sanderson for a non-conference game as both teams seek momentum. Alpine, with wins over Van Horn and Marfa, aims to extend their no loss run while Sanderson returns home hungry after opening losses and a big win over San Felipe.
Fort Davis will host a centennial celebration October 8-9 with Apache participants performing ritual dances and war whoops at the old fort. The Renolds X Ranch plans to donate a buffalo yearling for display as visitors tour the Old Fort Davis Museum which has previously drawn 28,364 guests from 49 states.
Motion pictures of the Alpine Public Library were shot this week for the Sears Roebuck Foundation and General Federation of Women's Clubs. The film aims to promote civic projects and will be distributed to women's clubs nationwide. Andrew M. Costikyan directed with Michael Carlo assisting. Alpine joins six towns in the project.
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