Alpine Nine Opens Last Home Stand in 1940s Baseball Schedule
Alpine Cowboys finish home schedule at Ko kernot Field with Hobbs Pirates and Albuquerque visits set for Aug 18 20 and 21 22 23 against El Paso Sun Kings. Potashers beat Alpine 9-4 last Friday and Hobbs 7-3 Saturday while Haye blanks Cowboys 5-0 Monday. Don Sears extends hitting streak to 18 as Alpine trails Carlsbad for 4th in Sophomore League through Monday night.
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Big Bend- Davis Mountains
Alpine Cowboys
Kokernot Field
Herbert Kokernot
Cowboys
Hobbs
Albuquerque
el Paso Sun Kings
Artesia
Carlsbad
Potashers
Cowpokes
Anderson
Wieck
Alpine
Pirates
Pete Smith
Christiana
MacDonald
Hobbs Pirate
Hurler
Haye
Don Sears
Larry Wieck
Giordano
Carlsby
Alpine native to report for Sul Ross football Aug 30
Eddie Glasscock, a former Alpine resident from Georgetown, will report for football practice at Sul Ross State College on August 30. His father Mitt Glasscock praises his versatility and eagerness to contribute to SA, noting he played four positions last season and learns quickly.
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Eddie Glasscock
Georgetown
Sul Ross State College
Mitt
Avalanche
Don Scarbrough
San Antonio Light
Star Telegram
Ben Neuman’s, Inc
Forchheimer
Austin
Boys' Ranch Seeks Livestock Donations to Aid Operations
The Boys Ranch of West Texas asks for livestock or money donations by Monday Aug 21. W T Meriwether of Alpine calls on ranchmen to invest in a boy, aiding operations as the ranch, near San Angelo, shelters 59 boys. Volunteers can arrange pickup by calling TE7 5027. contacts include John Prude Fort Davis Murphy Bennett Marfa Burt Kincaid Fort Stockton.
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Boys’ Ranch
West Texas
W. T. Meriwether
Alpine
Brewster County
Meriwether
John Prude
Fort Davis
Murphy Bennett
Marfa
Burt Kincaid
Fort Stockton
Boys Ranch
San Angelo
Carrs Visit Cousin Before Tucson Family Trip
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Carr of Birmingham Alabama visited his cousin Mrs. E Milton Smith and family here this week en route to Tucson to visit their son a member of the University of Arizona faculty. Charlotte Holmes attending Sul Ross State College this summer will teach in New Brent next fall.
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John B. Carr
Birmingham
Ala
E. Milton Smith
Tucson
University of Arizona
Charlotte Holmes
Sul Ross State College
New Brent
Big Bend Players Plan Supper After Theater
Big Bend Players host an after theater supper and annual meeting at 8 15 Monday Aug 21 at Alpine Country Club. Members guests and Sul Ross students attend with admission by card or student activity card and non member prices set at 49 cents for children and 99 cents for adults.
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Big Bend Players
Alpine Country Club
Little Theatre
Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
Hendryx Eyes District Race for 5-County Seat
Gene Hendryx of Alpine weighs a bid for state representative in the newly formed five county district Brewster Pecos Upton Crane and Ward. He has strong support from surrounding counties and is considering a run. Fort Stockton publisher George Baker praised Hendryx as a capable conservative business leader and administrator. Brewster joins the 100nd district with Thurmond of Del Rio representing Terrell Val Verde Kinney and Maverick.
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Gene Hendryx
Alpine
Brewster
Pecos
Upton
Crane
Ward
Hendryx
KVLF
Brewster County
George Baker
Fort Stockton
Pioneer
Gene
Terrell
Val Verde
Kinney
Maverick
Roger Thurmond
del Rio
Sul Ross to Award 146 Degrees Sunday
The Alpine Avalanche announces a back to school cash drawing offering 25 dollars in cash and many gift certificates to attendees. The event highlights Sul Ross as the awarding party with prizes for students and families in the Alpine area.
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Sul Ross
Regent From Midland To Be Speaker
Emil C. Rossman of Midland will deliver the principal address at Sul Ross State College summer commencement and baccalaureate exercises at 7 p.m. Sunday August 20. Ratings include 55 master’s degrees and 91 bachelor’s degrees to total 298 graduates for 1960-61. The event marks Sul Ross summer session enrollment from several states five foreign countries and all Texas regions.
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Sul Ross State College
Emil C. Rossman
Midland
Texas Teachers Colleges Board of Regents
Texas
Rassman
Washington and Lee University
University of Texas
General Land Office
Austin
Midland County Bar Association
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Ac Ae
Alpine Teachers Get $810 Raise in 1961 62
Alpine Public School board approved a full $810 annual salary raise for teachers funded mainly by state aid. Payments start with September checks, with half the funds received March 1 and the other half June 1. The district says the 12,000 cost is covered by a 411,000 budget with no tax increase.
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Alpine
Texas
Jack Frost
Edith C. Phillips
Anna Gene Woodruff
Gordon A. Buffington
Diane Stillwell
Brewster County Motors
Park Committee To Meet In Alpine Monday
Big Bend National Park Development Committee to elect new officers at 1 30 p m Monday August 21 in the Alpine Chamber of Commerce directors room Hugh S White chairman. Discussion includes dedication of the river road from Lajitas to Bedford and a financial report. All officers directors and members urged to attend.
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Big Bend
Military Men To Inspect Labor Day Program In Alpine
Four U S Army and Air Force officers from El Paso will fly to Alpine Friday to finalize military displays for the Labor Day Defense Program at Jackson Field on Monday September 4. Col Wait Maj Sam Rutherford Col Porter and the missile display lead will be present. Marvin Kay general chairman and representatives of participating groups met to finalize booths Catholic ladies will sell baked bread FHA girls ice cream and popsicles Eastern Star will not have a booth. Additional attractions are promised and booths can still be arranged by contacting Mr Kay.
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U. S. Army
Air Force
el Paso
Alpine
Wait
Sam Rutherford
Fort Bliss
Porter
FHA
Eastern Star
Kay
West Texas
Formby to Address Alpine Rotary Club Today
Marshall Formby of Hereford a potential Texas gubernatorial candidate will speak at the Alpine Rotary Club luncheon at noon in the Holland Hotel. The former State Highway Commission chairman is the second possible gubernatorial contender to appear in Alpine this year.
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Marshall Formby
Hereford
Texas
Alpine Rotary Club
Holland Hotel
State Highway Commission
Formby
Alpine
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
Chamber of Commerce
Heaviest rain in months hits Alpine area
Rain totals in Alpine from Monday and Tuesday reached 2.24 inches with 1.81 inches falling Monday in under an hour. The storm marked one of the heaviest falls in months and was the first substantial rain since late July, with .43 inches Tuesday and scattered coverage across the Big Bend-Davis Mountains region.
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Big Bend
Davis Mountains
County Budget Hearing Set for Aug 21 by Brewster County
The Commissioners Court of Brewster County will hold a county budget hearing for 1962 from 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 21. County Clerk J. W. Frazer says any interested person may appear and file objections to adoption.
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Commissioners Court of
Brewster County
J. W. Frazer
Students Not Affected By New Draft Calls
College students should not change plans due to higher draft calls Col Morris S Schwartz state selective service director says students will likely receive scholastic deferment if full time and in good standing Deferment decisions depend on continued enrollment and passing grades
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Morris S. Schwartz
State Selective Service
Schwartz
Grand Jury Returns Five Indictments in Brewster County
Five indictments were returned by the Brewster County Grand Jury on Monday. Names of defendants were not released since arrests have not yet been made. Grand jurors listed include Paul Forchheimer foreman and members Henry Bailey W E Gardner Frank Matthews Ray Morrison Edward J Foley Paul Goodman E R Hudson Vada Todd Tom B Leary Alonzo A Sanchez and Duane Smith.
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Brewster County Grand Jury
Paul Forchheimer
Foreman
Henry Bailey
W. E. Gardner
Frank Matthews
Ray Morrison
Edward J. Foley
Paul Goodman
E. R. Hudson
Vada Todd
Tom B. Leary
Alonzo A. Sanchez
Duane Smith
Drum Major School Opens Here Monday
Twenty drum majors from West Texas and New Mexico will attend a band clinic at Sul Ross College campus starting Monday August 28. Clinicians include A R Casavant from Chattanooga and Pat Hooker from San Antonio. Participating bands are from San Angelo High Lakeview High Pecos Rankin San derson Alpine and Marfa.
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West Texas
New Mexico
Sul Ross College
A. R. Casavant
Chattanooga
Tenn
Pat Hooker
San Antonio
Sul Ross
San Angelo High
Lakeview High
Pecos
Rankin, Sanderson
Alpine
Marfa
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Alpine Nine
Bill Black
Blaw Knox
Pittsburgh
Hobbs el Paso
Amblin
He Is
Edgar
Mitt) Glasscock
J. C. Penneys
Don Schwall
Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
Don
Back Bay
Sporting News
Jay Ward
Fort Davis High School
Richland
Wash
The
Richland Chamber of Commerce
B. B. Players
Hendryx Eyes
Regent
Joanna Newell Cowell
B. S
Patricia Elaine Cunningham
David Millan Hernandez
Lelette D. Surratt
Paul Ramirez Gonzales
Mary Frances Graham Hanson
Mary Charlotte Holmes
Richard Dean Bryan
Joe W. King
Jerry Franklin Martin
Theodora W. Matthews
Duane Evans
Ralph Allen Welker
Paul Robert Weyerts
Roy Thomas McBride
Ernest Silvas Rivera
Jimmy Rogers Smith
John Hunt Cross
Judith H. Dirks
Jessie Claire Green
Jack Cotter Scannell
Frost
B. B. Park Committee
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Jackson Field
Marvin Kay
Rotary Club
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