Citywide clean up campaign set for Friday launch
Rotary and other city groups join Civic League in launching a thorough clean up next Monday. District chairs Mrs Wells McIntyre Mrs F E Weyerts Mrs H W Ferguson Mrs C A Brown are overseeing residence areas while Mrs Lula Murphy handles the downtown district. Friday designated climax day with mayoral proclamation and business closures to aid trimming weeds collecting trash and preparing for the Texas Woman's Press association convention visitors.
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Rotary
Con
Civic League
Spon‘tore
Wells McIntyre
F. E. Weyerts
W. Ferguson
C. A. Brown
Lula Murphy
Teague
League
Murphy
Texas Woman's Press Association
G. W. Baines
Brewster County Wild Flowers Exhibit At Sul Ross College
People of Alpine witnessed a rare wild flower collection from Brewster county curated by Prof. H. J. Cottle of Sul Ross College. The exhibition featured over five hundred specimens, including a newly identified wild onion with a lemon yellow blossom.
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Cottle
Sul Ross
Brewster County
H. J. Cottle
Sul Ross College
Aid of Citizens 18 Asked in Protecting School Yard Flowers
Alpine citizens are urged to help protect school yard flowers and plants. Superintendent J H Head explains flowers are for beautification and children to enjoy, and theft deprives youngsters of beauty and pleasure. He asks residents to refrain from pulling roses while on school property.
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Alpine
J. H. Head
le Oaly
Head
Alpine Independent School District Trustees to be Elected
Three Alpine Independent School District trustees are to be elected on May 4 in the county judges office at the courthouse. Incumbents F Gillett A B Sandifer and Clay Holland are eligible for another term if chosen. The terms of all three expire but may be extended with fresh ballots.
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Alpine Independent School District
F. . Gillett
Yesent
A. B. Sandifer
Clay Holland
Rouse
Starns Elected Head of Alpine Rotary Club
LB Starns was elected president of the Alpine Rotary Club at a luncheon yesterday. Retiring president H J Cottle, new vice president G W Baines, and board members LT Votan and A B Sandifer were also named. Cottle will serve as delegate to the Rotary International meeting in Dallas, with Starns as alternate.
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LB. Starns
Alpine Rotary Club
H. J. Cottle
G. W. Baines
LT. Votan
A. B. Sandifer
Cottle
Rotary International
Dallas
Starns
El Paso Tigers Dominate Interscholastic Meet
El Paso high school Tigers win all round honors at the district Interscholastic meet scoring 170 points over three days. Rankin and Pecos tie for second with 60 and Marfa leads Class B, while Alpine teams place high in overall standings. Cotrell leads Rankin with three firsts and 18 high-point honors. Valentine girls win tennis doubles. Barstow defeats El Paso in girls singles final.
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el Paso High School Tigers
Fort Stockton
Marfa
Pecos
Rankin
el Paso
Cutrell
Red-Head
Valentine
Barstow
Mara
Plans for College Apartments opening at La Rone College
Arrangements completed for the summer term opening of College Apartments at La Rone College. The building will operate under college supervision with a matron already employed. 104 furnished rooms in 22 three bedroom units, each with bath, laundry, kitchenette, Simmons beds and springs. Projections indicate full occupancy as summer term attendance is expected to exceed prior years.
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la Rone College
College Superv Union
H. W. Morelock
Sal Rose
Alpine Rotary Plans Week Long Boys Event
Alpine Rotary outlines a Boys Week program led by Coach B C Graves with activities across Monday through Sunday. Field day features separate age group baseball games, Civic Day involves city government, Clean-up Day enlists all boys, and Religious Day closes the observance.
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Alpine Rotary Club
Alpine
B. C. Graves
Sul Ross
Fifth Street
Mayo
Rotary Committee
J. A. Koon
John Gilett
Henry Fletcher
Bob Davis
John Head
Forest Robinson
M. L. Hopson
Coach Graves
Missionary Lena Boyd to Speak at Presbyterian Church
Lena Boyd, missionary from India, will speak at the morning service at the Presbyterian church next Sunday. Special music will accompany the service and the public is invited to attend.
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Presbyterian Church
Ass Lena Boyd
India
Inscription on wall recalls Alpine’s early history
An old Newton residence on North Fifth Street in Alpine is being razed. A wall inscription noted by A. A. Murray, a retired rancher and former worker on the building, recalls the town’s early days and the Newton family, with T. A Newton’s 1902 death marking a historical link.
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Newton
North Fifth Street
Alpine
T. A Newton
A. A. Murray
Daugherty
Randolph College Leaders Address Rotary Luncheon
Dr. T. Z. Roberts president of Randolph College Cisco spoke at a Rotary luncheon about the 4 Rotary International convention in Ostend Belgium two years earlier. He was accompanied by Dr. J. Shutt Worth promotion secretary on a business mission of H.W. Fer.
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Ostend
Belgium
T. Z. Roberts
Randolph College
Cisco
Rotary
Roberts
Plans Formed for Texas Woman's Press Association Meet
Alpine prepares for the Thirty sixth annual Texas Woman's Press association convention to be held May 9 through 11. Western chuck wagon barbecue at Cienega and other events are planned with rail and bus specials from Dallas to Alpine. Attendees must register by May 6 for certain events and banquet tickets must be purchased in advance.
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Alpine
Texas Woman's Press Association
Texas
LM. Fitzgerald
West Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Sweetwater
Alps
G. W. Martin
Toal
Cienega
Lake Brite
Marfa
Hotel Holland
Sul Ross State Teachers College
West Texas Museum
The
Historical Society
W. B. Hason
Sul Ross College
Rancho Valle
Brown Ranch
Ust
Chamber Or Commerce
Monda
Fort Davis Lease Yields Tourist Move for Old Fort Site
In Fort Davis on April 23 the old military fort site was leased to James Fetate of Ram Antonio and Frank Jones, Herbert Bloys, and Lee Glasscock. The plan calls for a sub lease to film star Jack Hoxie for a tourist resort and movie plant with adobe ruins restored and fences rebuilt. Meanwhile Pecos baseball beats Alpine Vaqueros 30 to 10 in a rough home game, with talk of next matches against Carlsbad and Marfa.
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Fort Davis
Fort Davis Milliary
James Fetate
Ram
Antonio
Frank Jones
Herbert Bloys
Lee Glasscock
Marfa
Jack Hoxle
Moving Picture Star
Moving Picture Making
Hoxie
San Aming
Ourietmer
Pecos
Alpine Vaqueros
Corral
Tong
Shard
Vaqueros
Jatey
Underwood Row
Cox
Alpine Club
Kyte
Watson
Carlsbad
N. Mex
Glasser
Old Post
Ataty
James
San An
War Department
W. A. Whison
Marta Chamber of Commerce
Jack Hoxie
Endeavors Meet In Alpine For Western District Convention
Fifty delegates from El Paso Proc Maria Fort Davis and Balmo rhea are expected next Friday Saturday and Sunday for the annual Christian Endeavor convention of the Western District of Texas in Alpine with local Endeavor as host. Arrangements have been made to entertain delegates in Alpine homes.
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el Paso
Proc Maria
Fort Davis
Balmo
Rhea
The
Christian Endeavor of
Western District
Texas
Alpine
Endeavor
Mi Selma
Ar Cher
Tocascl
Deelal
Wan
Mrs. J. W. Bean Dies at Turney Hospital
Mrs. J. W. Bean known as Jess Bean died at Turney Hospital at about 7 p m yesterday after a several day illness. She leaves husband and an infant daughter Dorn born April 16 mother Mea Buna Wilkes and four brothers Herrin T P L and Ted Wilken and Frank Vickers Fern and Mads Wilkes sisters of Alpine and a married sister in Del Rio Funeral arrangements not yet completed this morning.
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J. W
Jess) Bean
Turney Hospital
Dorn
Mea Buna Wilkes
Herrin
Ted Wilken
Frank Vickers
Fern
Mads Wilkes
Shiters
Alpine
del Rio
Art Exhibit At College Draws Wide Interest
An exhibit of 37 Texas artworks organized by the Art Association drew many students and visitors during the interscholastic league meet. Valued up to 10 000 dollars, the pieces ranged in medium with one watercolor. The top piece titled Big Time by Coyaton Nave of Victoria, Texas, features two dancing girls on stage with orchestra and scenery in the background. Artists included Richard Chrysler, a former Sul Rosy student from New Mexico, and Anna Keener, a former drawing instructor at the college. Chrysler is now studying art in Chicago.
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As Art Association
Texas
Richard Chrysler
Sul Rosy
New Mexico
Anna Keener
Chrysler
Chicago
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