Low Bid Awarded for 50 Public Housing Units in Alpine
The Housing Authority of Alpine awarded a $613,890 contract to Herman Bennett Co. for 50 low rent units. Bids ranged up to $715,489 from J.W. Cooper Construction Odessa and $693,000 from B-F-W Construction Temple. Construction starts within 30 days after HUD approval and must finish in 200 days plus 60 for landscaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority of
Alpine
Herman Bennett Co., Inc
Brownwood
Fort Worth
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Orcas
J.W. Cooper Construction Co., Inc
Odessa
B- F-W Construction Co
Temple
Dick Miller and Sons
el Paso
Guido and
Guido, Inc
East Avenue A
Garnett Street
Nations
Bennett
Robert Lee
Strawn
Eldorado
Ranger
Santa Anna
Dublin
Bronte
Oglesby
Neville Haynes
Charles Boreing
Howsia Authority
HUD
Gene Hobart
Weslaco
County Grants Raises and Repairs Adopted by Court
The commissioners raised pay for a county official by 4 560.00 and the four commissioners received 3 649.20 total. The constable's pay increased only 25 per month from 277.90 yearly to 577.20. The court voted to continue county participation in the Food Stamp program if the city participates as last year. The county judge authorized a contract with Cannon Service Co of Odessa to repair and furnish air conditioning and eating equipment at Brewster Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGaughy
Commissioners’ Court
Cannon Service Co
Odessa
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Sul Ross Announces 158 Summer Grads for 1968 Ceremony
Sul Ross State College Alpine releases the list of 158 candidates for bachelor’s and master’s degrees to be awarded during the 1968 summer graduation Thursday August 22 at 7 pm in the HPE building. Eagle Pass attorney Jerry Rhodes is the graduation speaker. Twenty six candidates will receive master’s degrees and 132 bachelor’s degrees. Master of Arts names include Bass Buchanan Barney Sosa Jr. Master of Education includes Acker Armendariz Berry Bullock Calvert Clark Clark Collins Delgado Dendy Graham Hernandez Huffman Johnson Lowe Reynolds Lowe Scott Slaton Zeitler. Undergraduate degrees include Bachelor of Music Frank Cardenas Jr and a wide list of Bachelor of Science graduates across Range Animal Science and other fields. Congressman Richard C. White will speak at 8 pm in Sul Ross Little Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
HPE
Eagle Pass
Jerry Rhodes
Robert Gene Bass
John Strauss Buchanan
Concan
Mary Katherine Barney
Marfa
Ismael Sosa, Jr
Cotulla
Estela Delgado
del Rio
Anna Ingram Dendy
Monahans
Wanda Koonce Graham
San Angelo
Mario Hernandez
Crystal City
William Warden Huffman
Mason
Cleo Hunter Johnson
Fort Stockton
Jerry Larned
Iraan
Bernard E. Lowe
Bi Lake
Jerry Dale Reynolds O Andrews
Maxine Lowe Scott
van Horn
Peggy Neal Scott
Uvalde
Billye Yvonne Slaton
Billy Gene Zeitler
Midland
Alpine School Board approves equalization report
The Alpine School Board endorsed the equalization board report noting a $240,000 rise in assessed valuations. Current district valuation is $18,425,000 with actual value near $38,000,000 and taxes set at $1.65 per $100. Several personnel changes and budget decisions were approved along with new staff hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine School Board
Equalization Board
Board of Equalization
Frank Valenzuela
Charles DeBarbrie
Ted Gray
John Skinner
Jimmy Pate
Mobil
Alma McAdams
Linda Fisher
Carol Rice
Central
Eillen Cook
Donna Jo Willett
Patty Kingston Hardy
J. Thomas Hale
Judith A. Bryant
Centennial
Martha Bremimer
Jenny Ebensberger
Fruhauer Co
Kansas City
American Legacy Insurance Co
Lee Mays
Foremost Furniture Co
Temple
Water in Khokernot Park Soil Sparks Lake Debate
Three volunteers digging soil tests at Kokernot Memorial Park last Saturday hit water at 7 to 12 feet, raising the question of a potential lake and golf-course irrigation fed by sewer-plant water. City officials and local dignitaries observed as the Water Supt. and state personnel conducted the test.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokernot Memorial Park
Werner Hollis
Virgil Polacek
Soil Conservation Service
Marion Miller
Texas Highway Dept
Dorothy McBride
Tom Connor
Parks Board
Royal Fisler
Avalanche
Juan Dominguez de Mendoza
Chihuahua
San Lorenzo
Burgess
John W. Burgess
Daniel O. Murphy
Southern Pacific
Alpine
Burgess Spring
Murphy
Osborne
Murphyville
Herbert Kokernot
Burgess Water Hole
Virgil Polocek
Kokernot Park
Grand Jury Reports Today in Brewster District Court
The Brewster Grand Jury will report to Judge C.E. Patterson in 3rd District Court at 9 a.m. today August 15. Foreman Eldon McGonagill and jurors Graz B. Cordova Robert K. Corkins A.A. Carrasco Billy Gene Robers Ralph Gray W.M. Acton B.B. Bounds Charlie S. Cash Mrs. King Terry Jr. Mrs. Paul Forchheimer and Mrs. Wallace Chambers are listed as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster So
C.E. Patterson
Eldon McGonagill
Graz B. Cordova
Robert K. Corkins
A.A. Carrasco
Billy Gene Robers
Ralph Gray
W.M. Acton
B.B. Bounds
Charlie S. Cash
King Terry Jr
Paul Forchheimer
Wallace Chambers
Also Mentioned on This Page
North 4
State 118
Cotter
West Ave
Durrell St
Brewster County
Felix McGaughy
Coun Shority
Marathon
Sul Ross State
Frank Cardenas, Jr
Kenneth Earl Beasley
Colorado City
Dana L. Bedell
Johnny C. Boone
Arturo G. Garcia
Gerald A. Henke
Pleasanton
Jack Howard Henson
James Franklin Hurt
Sidney Carl Hyde
Rocksprings
Tommy Lee Melton
Robert Bruce Roark
Kermit
Leonard Burton Turner
Llano
Ronald Eugene Wood
Robert Sidney Allen
Pecos
Christine Lea Allison
Wickett
Fredrick O. Alvarez
Dianne Mary Barlow
Valentine
Sandra Monroe Baxter
Paul R.becker, Jr
Saragosa
Gary A. Bowling
Brownsville
Michele Marie Brown
San Antonio
Forace Odell Burleson
Barksdale
Rosa Linda Fernandez Castaneda
Carrizo Springs
Frank Castillo Jr
Gladys Branton
Alfredo M. Chavez
Jean Shevens
Jean Vivian Cockrell
Gladys Eileen Cook
Arthur Perez Dena
Barbara Lynn Dirks
Fort
Richard C. White
Little Theatre
Sul Ross
Albert Hallford
Dick Nash
Khokernot Park
Grand Jury
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