Fort Davis notes on Babcock Miller dirt tank work and local arrivals
Fort Davis reports that A Babcock and J K Miller completed a large earth dam on the Reynolds X ranch under federal soil conservation contracts. They plan a new similar project moving heavy earth, while local residents Louise Matthews Good and her husband Pete Good return, and ex senator Tom Love and wife Mrs Love visit Fort Davis with daughter Mim Dorothy. The Love family are noted for promoting the scenic highway project.
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Babcocknd
Miller
Reynolds’ X
Davis Mountains
A.B Babcock
J. K. Miller
Fort Davis
Reynolds
X Ranch
Reynolds To Brothers
Federal Soil Conservation Program
Louise Matthews
Sul Rose College
Pete Good
Deming
Tom Love
Ciry
Love
Mim Dorothy
Free Trip To New York Offered By SW Festival Body
El Paso reports a sweepstakes offering a free trip to New York for a Harvest Festival queen chosen from the territory. Miss Southwest will tour Manhattan with hotel and media entourages, including NBC, a Queen Mary reception, and shopping tours. Selection is by El Paso and Harvest Festival officials, with dates September 30 to October 3.
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New York
SW Festival
EL Paso
Continental
Transcontinental Western Airlines
Clinton
Brewster County
NBC
Cube
Itea
Hi Paso
Caves In Big Bend To Be Explored By Party
J Charles Kelly a professor of Anthropology notes there are about 100 possibilities for excavation of ancient man in a deep Big Bend cavern. Surface bones of humans and various mammals were found. W J Smith marks a wood fire tong as key specimen linking the area to other sections. Assistants included Meters Anderson Kimball and Davie.
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J. Charles Kelly
Big Bend
W. J. Smith
Meters
Anderson
Kimball
Davie
Noted Educator Speakers at Alpine Rotary Luncheon
Dr Ben D Wood director of the Bureau of Collegiate Educational Research at Columbia University and Hon Roy Hofheinz Harris County judge spoke at the Alpine Rotary Club luncheon yesterday. Wood praised Big Bend National Park proposals while Hofheinz outlined the local tax measure affecting Harris County. Journalists from the Houston Post and Houston Chronicle joined the pair on a governor’s state tour with Rotarians and local citizens in attendance.
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Ben D. Wood
Bureau of Collegiate Educationalesearch
Columbia University
Roy Hofheinz
Harris County
T ‘He Rotary
Wood
Sul Ross College
Big Bend National Park
Hosbeins
Houston Post
The
Houston Chronicle
J. Hobeins
Esterday
Cav‘yeaa
San Marcos Academy
Brice Twitty
Capital
Dalian
Hat Invention Follows From Crown And Brim Tale
Willie Jee of Waterown New Mexico disclosed he had been merely married for four years when his 22 year old son arrived from Canton China to help run the restaurant business. The piece sketches the father son arrival shaping a curious origin tale about hats and hair management.
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Willie Jee
Waterown
Rom Canton
Chin
Classified ads and notices from Alpine area mix
Mixed 1949 classified items list sale offers for livestock and land with payment plans, real estate lots in College Hillside Addition, household goods, a limited job ad for Watkins Products, a sheep to goat range inquiry, and a lost and found heading. Names include M. Montgomery, W. A. Daugherty, H. L. Hord, Clem Roark, and Condon Service Run. Locations cited Alpine Grandview Courts and Sanderson Texas, with dates and rates for installments and prices.
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Watkins
Alpine
Roducts
Lows Ave
Memphis
Tenn
Clem Roark
Sanderson
Texas
Well Known Stockton Man Ends Life Early
George C. Haseltine, 76, prominent Stockton resident, was found dead at his home on Wednesday morning with a pistol by his side. A verdict of death by self destruction was returned. He was a leading expert on land titles, active in Masonry, and planned to move to Laws soon. He had been despondent for some time. The case was reported from Fort Soden yesterday.
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George C. Haseltine
Lode Sheckston
Open Air Concert Planned at Rekernet Ledge
An open air concept by Wal Jeungh McLaughlin was seen at Rekernet Ledge. He waved a handkerchief over an evening crowd and a child nearby appeared to mouth words.
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Te Wal Jeungh McLaughlin
Eran Dees
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Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
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Barry Scober
Henry Adriance
Galveston
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Perioys
Tborther
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Long Island
Bob Sproul
Bob
Richard Eerillaid
le Robert Withers
Alpine Rotary
M. Montgomery
Yort Stockton
Temes
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Wersfords
Helfers
W. A. Daugherty
Grandview Courts
H. L. Hord
Marta
Avalanche Officee. Ie
P.T Ross
Alpine Disposal Ser
Vice
Sir
Avalanche
Stockton
Rekernet Ledge
City Drug Store
Home People
W’ System
Dom Adams
Furnish
Sition
Mr. Merchant
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