Sul Ross Enters National Intercollegiate Rodeo
Sul Ross State College sends a nine member team to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo at Sacramento August 30 to September 4. Team members compete in bulldogging calf roping barrel racing saddle bronc and other events. six horses travel with the squad. Merchants of Alpine funded jackets as the squad faces strong national competition.
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Sul Ross State College
Sacramento
Calif
Sul Ross
Melvin Foster
Dennis Reiners
Jim Moore
Mickey Powers
Bill James
Pete Lewis
Thelma Williams
Donna Sauls
Mareva James
Merchants of Alpine
Home Folks Trade At Home Ad In Paper
Home readers are urged to use the Home Paper for local trading notices and advertisements. The message emphasizes convenient listing of goods and services within the community.
Marathon Mustang Ronnie Lee to star in 6-Man All Star game
Ronnie Lee of Marathon will represent District 5-B in the 6-Man All-Star football game at Sam Houston State College Huntsville on Friday August 4. The selection marks the third straight year Marathon honors with an All-Star. He will study veterinary medicine at Texas A M after graduation and is the son of Mr and Mrs Guy Lee.
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Ronnie Lee
Marathon
Sam Houston State College
Huntsville
Texas
Abandio Martinez
John
Episcopal Service Draws 200 in Trans-Pecos Brief
Two hundred parishioners and guests from Alpine Pecos Fort Stockton and surrounding towns attended a joint Episcopal church service at Prude Ranch near Fort Davis. Rev. Richard F. Neal preached with Rev. James Kirkpatrick presiding. A fried chicken dinner followed as children swam and rode horses.
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Fort Davis
Trans-Pecos
Episcopal
Prude Ranch
Here
Alpine
Marfa
Presidio
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Cayanosa
Balmorhea
Mercedes
Kirkpatrick
St. Mark’s
St. Stephen’s
Holy Communion
William Anthony
St. James, Alpine
S. Paul’s
Van Horns Celebrate 50th Anniversary at Frontier Days
Van Horn hosts the Fourth Annual Frontier Days August 11 and 13 with a Junior Rodeo for ages under 12 to 19 offering over 950 in prizes. The event marks Culberson County's 50th anniversary while noting a 1959 farm fire property loss of 174 million dollars per the U S Department of Agriculture.
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van Horn
Alpine
Culberson County
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bud Richards Named Coach at Sul Ross State College
Stephen Bud Richards, graduate student at Sul Ross State College, accepts a graduate assistant role as assistant basketball and baseball coach. A Potosi, Missouri native, he played and coached extensively, married Jacqueline McCutcheon, and has two young children.
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Stephen
Bud) Xenards
Sul Ross State College
Potosi
Richards
Conners State Junior College
Warner
Okla
Sul Ross State
Sul Ross
Lee Gallaway
Potosi High School
Missouri
Jacqueline McCutcheon
Balmorhea
Jane Ann
R. W. Coffey Buried Here
Funeral services for R. W. Bob Coffey 77 former Texas Ranger were held at First Methodist Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery He died at his Sierra Blanca home Wednesday July 26 A Trans Pecos area resident 56 years born Oct 31 1883 in Paint Rock Survivors include his wife a daughter a son a brother and five grandchildren Accidents in farm homes over the nation killed 2700 persons in 1959 says the Texas Farm and Ranch Safety Council with farm resident injuries occurring every 32 seconds and a fatality every 45 minutes.
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R. W
Bob) Coffey
Texas Ranger
First Methodist
Elm Grove
Coffey
Sierra Blanca
Trans-Pecos
Paint Rock
Texas Rangers
Jack L. Roberts
Alpine
R. H. Coffey
San Angelo
Lon Coffey
Cross Plains
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Marathon Mustang
Roberts Was
Episcopal Church
Ft. Davis
Richard F. Neal
St. Nicholas’ Church
Midland
James
W. Holland
Doyle C. Vincent
Indian Lodge
Bud Richards
R. W. Coffey
The
Texas Farm & Ranch Safety Council
CUCL
Safeway Store
Highland Texaco
Brady Texaco
Holland Avenue
Jim's Texaco
West Holland Watson Watch Shop
Holland
Big Bend Pharmacy
East Holland Western Auto
East Holland
Marfa Safeway
Oak
Ramsey Texaco
Gibson Chevron
Deems
American Legion Auxiliary
Big Bend
Christian Women’s Fellowship
Alpine Girl Scouts
Boy Scout
Big Bend National Park
Cub Scouts
St. Paul’s Guild
Marfa Girl Scouts Women’s Society of Christian Service
Women’s Missionary Union of Emmanuel Baptist Church
Jim Francois
Hartford Fire Insurance Company Group
Hartford
Cona
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