Mountain Peaks on Eagles and Antelope Debate
A Valley column riffs on an Eagle vs Antelope claim from Mountain Peaks, cites ranchers Bruce Duncan, Eagle Shark, Ray Williams, and local Alpine readers. The writer admits uncertainty and jokes about gullibility while noting alleged eagle talons and predation patterns. A Balkans update mocks Hitler Opera and U.S. aid strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alon
Fort Davis
Bennett
Bruce Duncan
Ray Williams
D.M.E
Mrn
Bruce
Davis Mountains
Findings of Archaeological Group Working In The Big Bend In 1938 Bulletin Report
Findings of the 1938 cooperative expedition of the Peabody Museum and Sul Ross College in the Big Bend are officially reported in a West Texas Historical and Scientific Society bulletin. The work, led by J Charles Kelley with Donald Lehner and others, notes archaeological materials linked with geological deposits and credits local supporters from Alpine and Fort Davis areas for assistance and land access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Bernice Stra
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard University
Sul Ross College
West Texas Historical and Scientific Society
Texas
J. Charles Kelley
T. Campbell
A Peabody
University of Texas
Donald Lehner
Anne Mi Kelsey
Dan Asry
Alpine
Travis Roberts
W. J. Shiner
United States Department of Agriculture
Presidio
Kate Neville
Lee Kokernot
Bloys Camp
Victor J. Smith
Sul Ross
Smith
Sul
Sul Ross to Award 41 Degrees May 28
Forty-one seniors and graduate students will receive degrees at Sul Ross college commencement exercises on May 28 marking the close of the current school year. The list includes Master of Arts recipients Gladin e Bowers Maria Mary Ellen Hudson and others as well as Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science graduates from Alpine San Antonio El Paso and several Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross College
Gladine Bowers
Maria
Mary Ellen Hudson
Winnie Donald Smith
Alpine
Glenna Rash
San Antonio
Sam William Ragland
del Rio
Annette J. Rooney
Iraan
Janie Lee Rowland
Catherine Smith
Sydney A. Turner
Clyde
Dorothy M. Wachsmuth
Crowell
Grace S. Wallace
Barksdale
Evelyn Bishop Bent-ley
Marfa
Frances Fay Clark
Ballinger
Wilmoth H. Cox
el Paso
W. H. Goldwire
Sanderson
Olie
Grauke
Knott
John ¢. Green
Rosebud
Monte Green
Ratcliff
Frances Huffstutler
Strawn
Doris Johnson
Menard
Edna Earle Johnson
Jimmy Lou Powell
Rankin
Ira Redkey
Alfred Rust
Kerrville
Lawrence Evans Scott
Buffalo
Della Seudiday
Woody Bee Sprague
Margaret Stacy
Millersview
Fred W. Wachsmuth
San Benito
Lola Lee Young
Mary Elizabeth Sproul
Ft. Davis
Quarterly CC Meeting to Be Held Monday
The regular quarterly meeting of the chamber of commerce will be held next Monday evening at 7:48 in the Methodist Church basement. Announced yesterday by Nelson Lee secretary manager. Sport Gunn chairs the committee. Plates will be 50e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Methodis
Nelson Lee
Tenie High School Football Game at Jackson Field
Alpine’s next year’s football team will play a spring training game tonight at Jackson Field at eight. Coach J H Webb announced the scrimmage to end spring practice, with promising players listed across positions and a 10 cent admission expected to draw fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Field
Alpine High
J. H. Webb
Webb
Tag Day nets 140 for Alpine Legion and guards
About 140 was realized from tag sales in Alpine on Tag Day sponsored by the Big Bend post of the American Legion. The patriot event featured a parade led by Sul Ross and Alpine High bands, followed by a program on the courthouse lawn. Forty dollars went to the Legion post and 25 dollars to each of the four Defense Guard companies to purchase equipment, with praise for merchants and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend Post
American Legion
Alpine
Sul Ross
Sul Ross Company of
Defense Guards
Legion Post
Defense Guard
A. E. Owens
Ost
Knitters Wanted for Red Cross Relief Effort
Local Red Cross seeks knitters to supply sweaters and garments for wartime relief. Community volunteers urged to contribute time and labor to ease suffering amid global tensions. Call Mrs. R.8 for participation or lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Alpine Girl Wins Top Award at TIPA Meet
Miss Lola Lee Young from Alpine, a Sul Ross College senior art major, won first place in feature story and third in one acts at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association meeting in El Paso. Sul Ross publications tied for third in news articles and won second in photography. Skyline earned second for senior B newspapers. Other Sul Ross delegates included Wanda Rape, Aleta Bierschwale, Eugene Medlin, and George Hoffman. the group was sponsored by Mrs. Georgia Gantt Wynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Lee Young
John Young
Alpine
Sul Ross College
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
el Paso
Young
Sul Ross
Yiline
Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College
TIPA
Wanda Rape
Sonora
Aleta Bierschwale
Eugene Medlin
George Hoffman
Marfa
Georgia Gantt Wynn
Scout Training School To Begin Next Tuesday
The second training school for Boy Scout workers starts Tuesday night at 7 30 at the Methodist church. Benjamin S Burkett will teach the first night E O Phillips leads the second Friday night at 7 20 E L Bailey the third lesson on the following Tuesday and J H Webb the fourth Friday night The six night course runs over the next three weeks All men of the community invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Benjamin S. Burkett
E. O. Phillips
E. L. Bailey
J. H. Webb
Knights To Hold Easter Service Sunday Evening
Alpine commandery No. 90 Knights Templar will hold an Easter service at the Methodist church Sunday evening at eight o'clock. The Rev. Ray M Grew, pastor, will preach the sermon. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Commandery No
Knights Templar
Ray M Grew
Two Alpine Boys Enrol In University Pilot Training
Alpine represents two University of Texas students in a civilian pilot training program. Joseph D. Godsey and John Graham Holland are named among the Alpine CAA participants. The UT program, while non military, supports naval defense by training civilian pilots with potential accelerated training if a national emergency arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas University
Austin
University of Texas
Alpine
Alpine Caa
Joseph D. Godsey
John Graham Holland
Sparse Ballot Yuk Alpine Trustees Get No Opposition
In Alpine only 37 votes were cast in the recent trustee election, leaving F. E. Weyerts Percy Wallace and J. W. Shepperd elected without contest. Terlingua saw J E Andreau and Virgil Brown chosen as trustees over E A Driffill and H L Dawe, with a contest filed at the county level. San Vicente elected V H Hulen without opposition to Common School district No 2, succeeding Mrs J R Daniels who resigned earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
F. E. Weyerts
Percy Wallace
J. W. Shepperd
Terlingua
J. E. Andreau
Virgil Brown
E. A. Driffill
H. L. Dawe
R. B. Slight
San Vicente
Mrs. J A Lightsey Dies at 82 at Daughter’s Home
Mrs. J A Lightsey aged 82 died last Thursday night at the home of her daughter Mrs M M Fulmer after a period of illness. Born January 15 1859 in eastern Arkansas she married Hays L Lightsey who died in 1922. Survived by three daughters Mrs Bessi Jones Mrs A F Nelson and Mrs Fulmer and two sons Rev Lightsey of Wellington Cole and J D Lightsey of Mabel Okla. Funeral services were held at Akers Funeral home chapel and in Ozona with interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Local and Ozona pallbearers named. She was a Baptist and longtime Alpine resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lightsey
M. M. Fulmer
Mrs. Lightsey
Arkans
Hays L. Lightsey
Fulmer
Fulmers
The
Baptist Church
Akers Funeral Home
J. A. Kidd
Ozona
Clyde Childers
Cedar Hill
Gil Mosley
Don Littleton
Dom Adams
W. N. Wright
Howard Johnson
E.R. Cox
J.T. Keeton
O. W. Smith
Ben
Julia Fue
Billy Jean
Kenneth Fulmer
Alpine FFA Team Dominates Area Poultry Judging
Alpine FFA swept five firsts in Area 2 poultry judging earning a state bid. Arthur Blucher led top individual marks with team placements in breed and variety identification culling and final rankings. About 300 boys from 38 West Texas schools competed under district superintendents and agricultural leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Blucher
Alpine Ffa
Rocksprings
Westbrook
Robert Lee
Eden
Lorrais
Lorraine
Divide
Junction
Big Soil Conservation
Bronte
Sweetwater
del Rio
Paint Rock
Highland School of
Roscoe
Ballinger
School of Knott
Miles Garner
Sterling City
Lake
Murehis City
J.T. Henty
EL. Bailey
Alpine
E.G. Cauble
Big Lake
B. Fe Brown
Wild Life
Johnnie Bean
el Paso
Roy. L. Chappelle
Texas Tech
Lubeboek
J.B. Rutland
Austin Alpine
Far West Texas
Mexican Education Officials Visit Alpine Scholars
Prominent Mexican education leaders Dr. Enrique Arreguin Jr and Sr. Ing. Jose Alcaraz visited Alpine last Friday after a stop in Chihuahua. They met with local faculty at the Holland hotel for dinner and discussed Mexico's ongoing educational reforms and agricultural modernization efforts. The guests, en route to Mexico City, were welcomed by Alpine citizens and outlined the country’s education system under Arreguin's supervision, excluding autonomous National University. Continued on Last Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrique Arreguin Jr
Departmet of Public Education
Mex Land
Avila Camacho
Ing
Jose R. Alcaraz
Department of Secondary Education
Nation University of Mexico
Mexico City
Chihuahua
Alpine
Holland Hotel
Arreguin
Mexico
Department of Education
U. S
Republic of Mexico
National University
Three Brewster County Men Rejected For Duty In Selective Service
Three Brewster County draftees were rejected after reporting for training at Fort Bliss due to minor physical defects. T. C. Casey Edgar R. Hardy and Thomas Jess Hardy were sent home. James Monroe Smith, a transfer from Ozona, replaced one rejected man, Roberto Portillo, from Big Spring, was called to fill another vacancy, Lausis Dalton of Alpine who entered in April 2 was accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Fort Bliss
T. C. Casey
Edgar R. Hardy
Thomas Jess Hardy
James Monroe Smith
Ozona
Roberto Porti
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Texas Rockies
Joda
Dallas
Sallie Patica
Herr Hitler
Mustache
Balkans
Big Bend Park
Big Bend National Park
C. W. Meadows
San Anegro
Houston Harte
San Angelo
Davis Mrs. Highway
Highway Commission
Davis Mountains State Park
Nunn Hill
Rockpile Ranch
Sawtooth Mountain
Kent
US. 80
Billy Harrington
Johnny Caspagis
Willard Childress
V. W
Edward King
Bobby Hamilton
David Walker
Jack Williams
King Terry
Floyd Dalton
Richard Mollison
Raymond Teague
Ralph Fabian
Jack Bowman
Jack Swatzell
Bill Hancock
Bob Crawford
B.D. Rowland
Randall Fry
James Godsey
Dick Ogas
Bobby Coleman
Billy Weston
Tipa Meet
Scout
Chas. Benton Adams
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Fifth Armored Regiment
Pine Camp
N.Y
Chas
Benton
Texas A. & M
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