Palmer Coats Named Lions Queen Contestant
Palmer Coats daughter of Dr and Mrs Tom Coats will represent Alpine Lions Club at the District 2 T 3 Queen Contest in Fort Stockton on April 24 Palmer is an Alpine High School senior and active in National Honor Society Quill and Scroll Student Council band annual staff Future Teachers of America tennis team Rainbow for Girls Pilot Safe Teen American Legion Auxiliary MYF and has held offices in class and twirling circles She earned Who s Who in Biology and English and was Girls State Citizen Junior Class Favorite Football Sweetheart class secretary and treasurer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer Coats
Tom Coats
Alpine Lions Club
Fort Stockton
Palmer
Future Teachers of America
Order of Rainbow
Pilot Safe -Teen
American Legion Auxiliary
Jre
MYF
Brewster County Population Rises in 1964 Estimates
Population estimates from the University of Texas Center show Brewster County up 1.4 percent in 1964 to 6,810 residents with Alpine and surrounding areas gaining while Reeves and Pecos counties fall. Chamber officials caution the figures may undercount college enrollment and transient residents, noting drought migration effects and the need for revised local assumptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Population Research Center
The
University of Texas
U.S
Alpine
West Texas
Presidio
Terrell County
Reeves and
Pecos
Somne Chamber of Commerce
Sul Ross College
U. S
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Peter Koch
Koch
March
Mrs Lane Dies in Alpine After Brief Illness
Mrs. John Lane died at her Alpine home Friday morning March 26 after a brief illness. Funeral services were held March 28 at First Methodist Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. Survivors include four daughters and two sons, 12 grandchildren, 24 great grandchildren. The Merrill range expert will speak April 2 at Sul Ross College Auditorium under Clip & Brand Club auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lane
Alpine
First Methodist Church
Elm Grove
Geeslin Funeral Home
Lane
Morgan County
Upton County
San Angelo
Joe
Frank
Study Club
Edith Rogers
Delia Atkins
Coleman
Ethel Nolen
Hobbs
N.M
Mable Howard
McCamey
J. Lane
Rankin
Lee Lane
Keesey Kimball
Joe Brady
Caven Woodward
Frank Burleson
John W. Pat
Merrill
Leo Merrill
Sul Ross College
Clip & Brand Club
Alpine ISD trustee election fielding four candidates
Four candidates vie for three Alpine Independent School District trustee seats in the April 3 election. Incumbents Bill Sohl Pete Gallego and Neville Haynes seek re election while Doyle Vincent is the fourth candidate. Polls open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Alpine Chamber of Commerce building with holdovers Albert Halpern Billy Holland Edward Foley and Eva Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Independent School District
Bill Sohl
Pete Gallego
Neville Haynes
Doyle Vincent
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Albert V
Bob) Halpern
Billy Holland
Edward
Foley
Eva Jeanne Mills
Four Candidates Vie For City Council Seats
Absentee voting closes Friday April 2 for the city election on Tuesday April 6. Three council seats are available with four candidates: Dr W E Lockhart Alberto Rojo Homer Hudgins and C D McCollister. Rojo Hudgins and McCollister seek re election while Lockhart a former mayor and councilman runs again. Balloting runs 8 am to 7 pm at the Chamber of Commerce. D M Bennett is election judge. Oaths for new council on Monday April 12 and first meeting Tuesday April 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Lockhart
Alberto Rojo
Homer Hudgins
C.D. McCollister
Rojo
Hudgins
McCollister
Dr. Lockhart
Chamber of Commerce
D. M. Bennett
Dan Ponder Dies Suddenly In El Paso
Dan R. Ponder former mayor of El Paso and Big Bend ranch operator died at 3 a m on Wednesday March 31 in an El Paso hospital after a brief illness. He was married to Winifred Kennedy sister of Pete Kennedy of Alpine. The Ponder ranch sits near the Kennedy ranch a short distance northwest of Alpine. He is survived by his widow and two married daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Ponder
el Paso
Big Bend
Winifred Kennedy
Pete Kenedy
Alpine
Kennedy
Mr.Ponder
Ponder
Sul Ross to Host Track Meet at Jackson Field
Sul Ross track team after a strong weekend in Las Cruces and Portales New Mexico will host several schools at Jackson Field Saturday. Field events start at 12 30 p m running events at 1 30 p m White Sands Proving Grounds Eastern New Mexico Wayland College Texas Western and New Mexico State expected to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Las Cruces
Portales
Nem
Jackson Field
White Sands Proving Grounds
Eastern New Mexico
Wayland College
Texas Western
New Mexico State
Dalas visitors host Barbara Hall and family
Mrs Barbara Hall and son Gary and Gifford Lyons of Dal las visited last weekend with Mr and Mrs Jim Spitler patronize our advertisers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Hall
Gary
Gifford Lyons
Dallas
Jim Spitler
Johnny Carpenter Wins Driver of Month Award
Johnny Carpenter was selected Safe Teen Driver of the Month for March. He received the honor at a Pilot Club luncheon on March 23 for displaying safe and courteous driving throughout the month. Honorable mention went to Linda Lane, Palmer Coats, and Tomas Valenc mela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Carpenter
Safe
Teen Club
Pilot Club
Johnny
Linda Lane
Palmer Coats
Tomas Valen
Mela
Clarence Winn
Tommy Weston
Shaw Skinner
Vic
Safe-Teen
Jacobina Skinner
Winn
Sound and the Fury reading by Sul Ross students
Advanced speech students of Sul Ross State College present an 8 15 p m theatre reading of The Sound and the Fury in the Little Theatre April 6 and 7. Dr Katherine Boyd arranged and directs the piece based on William Faulkners novel set in Yoknapatawpha County with focus on planter families and social decay. Cast includes Lem Railsback Charlotte Freiberg Frank White Marie Walters Russel Ong Annabelle Cox Eddie Bishop and Jean Roberts Moore. Mrs Virgil Miller returns from San Antonio visit with her daughter and family Jack Mayberry and with her foster son Arthur D Blackshear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Little Theatre
Katherine Boyd
William Faulkner
Boyd
Yoknapatawpha
Oxford
Miss
Lem Railsback
Charlotte Freiberg
Frank White
Marie Walters
Russel Ong
Annabelle Cox
Eddie Bishop
Jean Roberts Moore
Virgil Miller
San Antonio
Jack Mayberry
Arthur D. Blackshear
Brother Hurt In Explosion In Dallas Family Affected
Clarence B. Foster 50 of Dallas was critically burned in a gas explosion at his home on Saturday. His mother Mrs. R. C. Foster 81 suffered minor burns. His sisters Mrs. Hugh S. White and Mrs. John Allen of Alpine and Allen’s two daughters traveled to Dallas after learning of the accident. The trio had visited Alpine a little over a week earlier. They are also related to Mrs. Jim...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence B. Foster
Dallas
Hugh S. White
John Allen
Alpine
R. C. Foster
White
Allen
Jim
Invitations Issued for Fort Davis Staff Residences Bid
Bids for construction of staff residences and restoration of a second barracks at Fort Davis National Historic Site are being distributed. Bids will be opened at 2 p.m. on April 13, 1965. Invitations have been sent to contractors in the Southwest and postmasters in Alpine Marfa El Paso Lubbock Fort Stockton Texas and Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico. The project calls for three housing units and reconstruction of one barracks to its 1880s Army days appearance for interpretive purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Mike Becker
Southwest
Alpine
Marfa
el Page
Lubbock
Fort Stockton
Texas
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
N. M
Fort Davis
Explosion blamed on pilot light in water heater
Spitler of Alpine and Battalion Fire Chief W T Bradshaw of Dallas blamed the blast on the pilot light of a water heater in the incident.
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Lions Queen
Brewster Co
Dan Ponder
Paisano
Dorothy McBride
Johnny Cari
Teil Snodgrass
Fi Tist
Church of Midland
Snodgrass
James A. Ivey Jrs
Midland
Paisano Youth Congress
Baptist Church
Ivey
First Baptist Church
R. G. McCui
Commit
Martin Neill
Joe Wright
Bill DeWitt
Max Osborn
L. L. Morriss
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