Alpine Wins Approval for $1,000,000 Railroad Terminal
The Texas Railroad Commission approved consolidating terminals at Sanderson and Valentine in Alpine. The order backs the Texas and New Orleans Railroad and the Texas division of Southern Pacific after hearings in Alpine, Sanderson and Austin. Construction may start this summer with about 30 families expected to move to Alpine.
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Alpine
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Texas
Southern Pacific
Sanderson
Valentine
Austin
Hugh White
Gene Hendryx
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Railroad
Rotary goodwill tour ends with cross border anthem tableau
Alpine and Durango participants hailed the Good Neighbor spirit during a Rotary goodwill trip through Alpine Big Bend and the Davis Mountains. The highlight was a joint national anthem moment in Chihuahua City as local officials and Mexican and American dignitaries stood beside flags.
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Chihuahua City
United States
Mexico
Fred Williams
Alpine Rotary Club
Hugh White
Alpine
Jesus Olmos
Jose Angel Peschard
Durango
Rotary
Kurt
Anna Lange
Rotarians and Lions of Chihuahua City to visit Alpine
Chihuahua City Rotary and Lions members will visit Alpine and the Big Bend area in September as tentative plans finalize. A 35 person group from Alpine Rotary Club toured Chihuahua for the 50th anniversary of Rotary International, with a Rotary inter-club meeting and a banquet hosted by Dr. Jesus Olmos.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Alpine
Big Bend
Chihuahua City Club
Alpine Rotary Club
Rotary International
Rotary-Anns
Ojinaga
Germany
Chihuahua
Rotary Club
Palacio Hilton
Jesus Olmos
Colwell Elected Lions President in Alpine Club
John Colwell was elected president of the Alpine Lions Club for the 1955 56 Lions year at Tuesday noon’s meeting. Other officers include Marvin Pierce as first vice president Edward King as second vice president J L Waller as third vice president and Carl Shults Jr as secretary.
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John Colwell
Alpine Lions Club
Marvin
Pierce
Edward King
J. L. Waller
Carl Shults’ Jr
Secre
Carnotite Uranium Found North Of Lajitas In Brewster County
Carnotite type uranium ore discovered five miles north of Lajitas in Southern Brewster County. A. D. O'Neal of Universal Service Mining Corp announces the find as the first in Universal holdings and possibly the county. AEC representatives and geologist Meyer Hanson of Denver expected to inspect the site near Sec tion 49, one mile east of the Presidio County line. Core drilling continues after blasting. about 10 000 cubic feet of rock blasted in two months. Samples sent to Dickinson Laboratories in El Paso.
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Lajitas
Brewster County
A. D. O'Neal
Universal Service Mining Corp
Universal Holdings
O'Neal
Th Atomic Energy Commission
Alpine
Presidio County
Meyer Hanson
Denver
E. J. Longyear Co
Universal
Colorado Plateau
Grants
New Mexico
Todilto
Bureau of Economic Geology
University of Texas
Dickinson Laboratories
el Paso
Sul Ross Lobos to Face Texas Tech After Easy Fray
Sul Ross travels to Lubbock for a weekend set with Texas Tech after a 12-2 win over Fort Bliss at Koker-Rot Field. Key performers include Howard Snodgrass with four RBIs, Kelton Russell tossing a two hitter into the ninth, and Alvin Ward Leo Burkhalter each with three hits. The Saturday game was cancelled due to cold weather.
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Fort Bliss Falcons
Koker- Rot Field
Sul Ross Lobos
Lubbock
Red Raiders
Texas Tech
Lobos
Raiders
Rossonians
Tech
Fort Bliss
John Sanford
Falcons
Philadelphia Phillies
Howard Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Norman Cash
Jim Hopkins
Herbert Biederman
Kelton Russell
Russell
Alvin Ward
Leo Burkhalter
Fred Derouskalas
Sanford
Alpine Marathon School Elections Set This Saturday
Alpine and Marathon independent school districts hold trustee elections Saturday with incumbents Reginald Votaw in Alpine and William C Donnell Zoye Decie and I A Springfield in Marathon facing limited or no opposition. Board vacancies include Big Bend Park District to replace Lon Garrison while other trustees are Laurie Miller and Helen Minish.
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Alpine
Marathon
William C. Donnell
Zoye Decie
I. A. Springfield
Big Bend Park
Lon Garrison
Washington, D. C
Laurie Miller
Helen Minish
Terlingua Common
Ollie Hinson
Carolyn White
Antonio Valenzuela
County School Board of Trustees
George Pugh
H. C. LaBeff
A. J. Gard
Alpine School Board
Wotan
Francois
Chalmers Broadfoot
Coleman
Paul Forchheimer
Nevill Haynes
Edwin Fowlkes
Ray LaBeff
Ees
Cold Wave Hits Alpine Area With Severe Freeze
Temperatures dropped to eight to ten degrees above zero in parts of town while Sul Ross College logged a frigid 15. It marked the second hard freeze of the week following Monday night’s unusually cold spell.
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Eara
Banks
Coleman
Alpine Independent
Sul Ross
Sul Ross College
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Aldingz
Aster County
Guadalupe
Amblin
Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
With Jim Glasscock
John
Norma Bumgardner
Dick Rogers
First National Bank
Lucile Hendryx
Paul
Teeby Forchheimer
Sylvia
Big Bend National Park
Grace Gillett
Fort Worth
Lumbermen's Association of
Tex
Tom
Jane Coats
Charlie
Jo Holmes
Texas Highway Department
Bill
Elizabeth Winter
Itay
Dan
Ray
Frances la Beff
Pancho Villa
Colwell
Lions
S. Brewster
Holland Avenue
Jackson Field
Fort Davis
Marfa
North Seventh St
Sul Ross Hardin-Simmons
West Texas State
New Mexico A&m
Eastern New Mexico
Rangers Junior College
Odessa Junior College
Ernette Morris
Dudley
Monahans
Gwen’ George
Fort Stockton
Patsy Espy
Shelia Hawkins
Rocksprings
Winona McEachern
Odessa
Frizay
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