Water Well Progress Satisfactory Riess Says
Alpine and Park area residents, including Margrett Barnes of Fort Stockton, Alonzo Hord from Medford, Oregon, and Electa Wade of Western Union in Alpine, share letters and notes on the Riess water well project. The avalanche notes a western U S Sunset magazine feature, hospital stays, Easter church events, and local sightings from Fifth Street to Holland Avenue with mentions of the Hofues hotel chain and local families visiting to observe drilling progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margrett Barnes
Fort Stockton
Margret
Alonzo Hord
Medford
Ore
Alpine
Park
West
Mississippi
Sunset
J. W. Prestridge
Alonzo
Electa Wade
Western Union
Nix Memorial Hospital
San Antonio
Riess
Polio Shots Planned For Brewster County
Brewster County will offer free polio vaccine to about 200 first and second graders upon signed parental requests. No mass inoculations at Alpine or nearby areas. Pregnant women advised to vaccinate. third shots required later for others. Vaccines locally shipped from state health officials due to distance from Austin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Joel Wright
Wright
Alpine
Marathon
Big Bend National Park
Terlingua
Brewster
Austin
National Foundation For
Alpine Drug Store
City Drug Store
Big Bend Scout Units Moved to Buffalo Trail Council
All scouting units in Brewster Jeff Davis Presidio and Culberson Counties shift from Yucca to the Buffalo Trail Council. Buffalo Trail HQ sits in Midland and Yucca in El Paso. Don Littleton of Yucca notes representatives will visit Alpine as a meeting is planned to reorganize Cub packs and troops. Dr Bryan Wildenthal of Sul Ross State College is district chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Buffalo Trail Council
Midland
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Culberson
Yucca Council
el Paso
Don Littleton
Littleton
Alpine
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross State College College
Hows
Frank Quinn
Ate Parks Board
Shivers
Don’ Hansak
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Gene Hendryx
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
U. S
J. T. Rutherford
Texas
Congre
Monterrey
Claude Meadows
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Jose Muguerza
State
Good Neighbor Council
Mexico
Park
George W. Miller
Conrad L. Wirth
National Park Service
Fred Husbands
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Fort Worth
Hugh White
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
San Angelo
Miller
Big Bend National Park
Marshall Kemp
Ager
Southwestern Belt Telephone Co
Fish Population In Brewster Co Shows Increase
Brewster County known for cattle and climate sees rising fish numbers. The State Game and Fish Commission stocked ponds with 1450 bass 550 bream and 875 catfish boosting local lakes. Jeff Davis County received 1250 bass 650 bream and 600 catfish from the same program. Reports say Rio Grande yields many good catches and nimrods crowd popular spots. locals can ask dealers for fishing guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
State Game and Fish Commission
Game and Fish Commission
Jeff Davis County
Rio Grande
Escape Artist Gets Life Term for Double Burglary
Juan Vasquez, who burglarized the Forchheimer store and escaped county jail last week, received a life term under the habitual criminal law from District Judge C. E. Patterson. He had been held for a 12 year sentence and was recaptured in Uvalde, with prior felony convictions in Brewster and Presidio Counties. Indictments were also returned for Pedro Moreno Martinez of Marathon on driving while intoxicated charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Vasquez
State
C. E. Patters
Vasquez
Uvalde
Brewster
Presidio
Mand
Pedro Moreno Martinez
Marathon
Bevington Reed Talk at Fellowship Club Meeting
Fellowship members heard Dr Bevington give a talk Tuesday night at the Methodist Church hospitality room while remodeling continued at the Presbyterian Church. Carl Shults Sr supervised the food though Mrs Shults did most of the work. The meeting marked the last as president for W G Fielder and as secretary treasurer for Junior Gray, who will be replaced by C N Watson on May 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bevington
Fellowship Club
E Presbyterian Church
Carl Shults Sr
Park Telephone Dedication Today At Basin Event
nearly 200 people are expected to attend the Bend National Park telephone service dedication in the Basin today. A motorcade will depart the Chamber of Commerce at 7 30 this morning for Basin led by State Sen. Dorsey B. Hare and transportation official Bill Winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeweac Bend National Park
Chamber of Commerce
Basin
Bill Winter
Fairman of Transportation
Dorsey B
Hare
Last Rites Held for Dr. Robert White in Alpine
Dr. Robert H. White, 78, pastor of the Nazarene Church in Alpine, died Sunday in Van Horn after a heart attack following Sunday services. He was born in Mississippi and educated at Wesleyan College, USC, and McCormick Theological Seminary. He and his wife Myrtle Mangum, a former Pasadena College dean, had planned retirement in Alpine. Funeral services were held at the Nazarene Church with interment at Elm Grove Cemetery. survivors include his widow, four brothers, two children from his first marriage, and nine grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. White
Nazarene Church
van Horn
White
Myrtle Mangum
California
Alpine
Las Vegas
N. M
Dr. White
West Coast
Mississippi
Texas
Ranger
Wesleyan College
Lincoln
Neb
Universty of Chicago
McCormick Theological Seminars
Chicago
YMCA
University of Southern California
Sar Northwest Nazarene College
Nampa
Idaho
Pasadena College
Pasadena
Calif
Southwestern Military Academy
San Moreno
Tne Nazarene Church
R. C. Gunstream
Albuquerque
Carl Lawson
First Methodist Church
Elm Grove
Alpine Ministerial Alliance
Lawson
Glenn’ Bales
First Baptist Church
George Thomson
Sul Ross College
Baptist Student Union
C. W. Newbill
First Presbyterian Church
Robin Peterson
First Christian Church
R. B. Wood
Church of Christ
Hugh White
Southern Methodist University
Alton White
Methodist Minster
Beaumont
Frank
Judge" White
Fort Worth
Pauline Little
Los Angeles
Paul Berry
Paul
Mina
Noted Concert Guitarist to Perform in Ojinaga
Antono Flores Romo, a concert guitarist from Mexico City, will be presented by the Lions Club of Ojinaga at Capri on Saturday April 16 at 9 30 p m and Sunday April 17 at 1 30 p m He will perform works by Schubert Beethoven and Kreidler The event fee is 1 per person Mr and Mrs Salomon Ramos Jr announce the birth of a daughter Yolanda at Wright Hospital on April 13 weighing 6 pounds 10 ounces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antono Flores Romo
Mexico City
Lions Club of
Ojinaga
Salomon Ramos, Jr
Yolanda
Wright Hospital
Alpine entrants eye Fort Stockton track meet
Alpine High track and field representatives head to Fort Stockton for District 7A prelims at 3 p.m. today with finals at 7:30 p.m. Tonight the schedule includes events from 120 yard high hurdles to 880 yard dash. The spring Interscholastic League meet ties to Alpine High a-act and district volleyball titles won in Crane and Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Fort Stockton
Alpine High
Crane
Alpine High School
Alpine High Auris
Don Bur
Depth Reaches 300 Feet Hole To Be Widened
The Riess well on Kokernot Hill shows 300 feet depth with plans to widen the hole to 12 inches, set a 15 inch surface casing to about 40 feet, and cement to seal. Riess expects water at 400 to 500 feet as Paul Gooden of Alpine drills with a Wichita 15 rig. A geochemist from Simi Valley attended ceremonies at Big Bend National Park for the new telephone service dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephan Riess
Ruess
Kokernot Hill
Riess
Paul Gooden
Alpine
Simi
Calif
Big Bend National Park
Annual Cemetery Association Barbecue Set Tomorrow
Alpine Cemetery Association holds its annual barbecue tomorrow at the American Legion Hall. Barbecued beef and lamb with trimmings start at 11 30. Donations fund cemetery upkeep with cakes and pies for sale. Mrs King Terry Sr leads the barbecue and Mrs Ace Turney handles ticket sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Cemetery Association
American Legion Hall
Nore
King Terry Sr
Ace. Turney
Lions Meet Sets Big Spring for 2 Day Convention
Alpine Lions club announced the District 2-7-2 convention will be held in Big Spring on April 22 and 23 with notable attendees including past president Herb G. Perry international directors R A Self and Wayne J. Norman and district governor Marvin C. Kay. Kenneth Stucke spoke on the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and new polio vaccine distribution. Guests included Lion Charles Blakey and Tom Rollins plus Eddie Grey received a pen and pencil set for minstrel show work. John R. White welcomed new members for the Lions Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Lions Club
Big Spring
Herb G. Perry
Carrizo Springs
Texas
R. A
Dick) Self
Colorado
Wayne J. Norman
Marvin C. Kay
Kenneth Stucke
National Foundation
Lion Charles Blakey
Big Bend Club
Tom Rollins
Sul Ros
Eddie Grey
Dijor
John R. White
Alns
Sul Ross Hosts TIL Contests In District 88B Meet
Sul Ross hosts District 88B events with multiple divisions to be declared at 6 p.m. Play among playground and volleyball winners concludes today with further games tomorrow at Alpine High School. District track and field events begin at 1 a.m. on the Alpine track as schools including Blackwell Junior High, Marfa, Sanderson, and Val share in the competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High School
Alpine High
Blackwell Junior High
Davis
Marfa
Prestaie
Sanderson
Val
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amblin
Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
With Jim Glasscock
Frank Hofues
Hofues Hotel
Holland Hotel
Homes Holdings
Peter Koch
Patty
Onie
Fifth St
Bill Burling
Holland Ave
Tom
Dottie Stowell
Cynthia
Sally
Cynthia Agnes Hudson
Detroit
Fred Williams
Alan Fraser
Alan
Riess Well
Frank Daugherty
Central
East Texas
R. G. Elliott
R. G. Tif
Knox Reid
Joe Bellamah
Ray Spence
Nevill Ranch
Nevill Haynes
Dan Valenzuela
Midland Colts
Marcelo Alarcon
Ernest Fierro
Frank Krhut
Colts
Ints
Robert
Loma
University of Texas
Brewster Co
Bevington Reed
Park Telephone
Robert White
Nan
Secretary of Interior
Douglas Meay
Luneheon
Lower Basin
International Ps
Supt
Southwest Holiday
Big Bend Park
Lions Meeting
Sul Ross