Skyline and Brand Win Collegiate Press Contests
Sul Ross State College led the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference at San Angelo with top honors for the Skyline newspaper and the Brand yearbook in the small college division. Guy Smith won 3rd in short story and Alfredo Mireles 8th in essay. Marge Traviand was re elected recording secretary. Next year’s meeting will be at Odessa College.
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Sul Ross State College
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
San Angelo
the Skyline
The
Brand
Guy Smith
Sul Ross
Alfredo Mireles
Marge Traviand
Association
Odessa College
Historical meeting to feature Judge Murray on Pecos lore
Judge William C. Murray of San Antonio will deliver the dinner address at the Texas State Historical Association annual meeting in Austin on April 27 28. He will recount the career of Pearsall Judge Bivins, praised as more original than Law West of the Pecos figure Roy Bean. The piece notes 1985 traffic deaths total 37 800 Americans.
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Austin
Pecos
William C. Murray
San Antonio
Texas State Historical Association
Murray
Court of Civil Appeals
Bivins
Pearsall
Roy Bean
Alpine water field to supply city with 17 million gallons
Sunny Glen area near Alpine is now a city water field with two wells producing an estimated 17 million gallons per month. The Terry well, later transferred to the city, connects by a private line to the Collie line feeding the city mains. Water from the Terry well will not be used until peak summer demand. Mrs. Minnie Phillips funded Alpine High’s yearbook, distributing 200 copies at $3.50 each with $400 in advertising aiding merchants. total cost around $1,100. Naval Test Center technicians simulate tropical climate at Patuxent River Maryland to test aircraft equipment under South Pacific conditions.
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Sunny Glen
Alpine
Daugherty
Funk Wall
Collie
Terry
The
Ciy
Terry Well
Inidale
Se Avalanche Prota
Naval Air Test Center
Patuxent River
South Pacific Islands
Fort Davis Museum Gains High Praise From Experts
Fort Davis history group hosted Dr. Carl E. Guine of the American Association of Museums and Mrs. Guthe in a visit praising the town's museum site. They urged concentrating on exhibits about Indians, military life, pioneers, and early cattle development, with the old fort building as a centerpiece. The collection already features notable relics and is being expanded. The discussion touched on regional potential and future exhibit ideas. The article notes unrelated alpine peaks and climbs from 1954 and 1955.
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Et Davis
Fort Davis
Historia! Society
Carl E. Guine
The
American Assn. of Museums
New York
Guthe
Mary Green
San Antonio
Guthes
Arash
Historical Society
Jack Richardson Home On Leave From Navy Boot Camp
Jack A. Richardson son of Mr and Mrs Tot Richardson of Al Pine is on two weeks leave after completing Navy boot camp at Great Lakes Illinois. Upon leave he will report to the carrier Lake Champlain in Brooklyn New York. He served as boatswain's mate of the watch and wore a miniature rating insignia as a recruit petty officer. He was chosen for leadership shown during recruit training and won second place in the Honor Spirit competition. Also notes 1959 US traffic fatalities and pedestrians.
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Jack A. Richardson
Tot Richardson
al Pine
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Illinois
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lake ‘Champlain
Jack
Goods Sought For Alpine Center Rummage Sales
The Alpine Community Center board met April 12 in the kindergarten room to plan fundraising rummage sales. Treasurer C B Casey noted pledges on track and gifts received while sickness reduced attendance. Publicity urged for goods, with three organizations absent.
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Alpine Community Center
Kinsergarten
George W. Baines
C. B. Casey
Methodist Church
A. Beard
WSCS
T. A. Beard
Woman’s Fellowship of the Christian Church
Bevington Reed
Woman's Auxiliary
VFW
Lupie Ogos
Rudy Valenzuela
AAUW
Myrtle Whiteside
Kelly
Woman's Council of the _Presbyterian Church
Annie Kate Turney
Alpine’ Study Club
Roy Whiteside
el Progreso
Slide Rule Contest Honors Texas Students in Austin
In Austin on May 4 the Scholarship and Slide Rule Proficiency Award offers a $200 prize to Texas high school students who rank in the top quarter of their class and participate in the University Interscholastic League State Meet slide use contest.
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Austin
Texas
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Crawford Insurance
Agency
Aeral Insurance
Minnie Phillips
Alpine High
7 Up
Alpine Earl, Ethel and
Alton Selman
Ole
Wid Fort Davis
Mount Everest
Himalaya
Kanchenjunga
Mak ‘Alu
Jack Richardson
U. S
Jack Richa
Mabel Hamilton
Brownwood
Zeke Rivera
Boy Scout Committee
Robert Salgado
Henry Bailey Motors
Humble Products
E. Holland
den Riede
Humble
Baytown
Esso
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