Old For Davis 25 Years Ago Fort Davis News Summary
Fort Davis progress on the 15 mile Fort Davis Alpine paving project nears completion with 2 course caliche base laid and work shifting to Alpine. Many Fort Davis High School graduates prepare for college this fall including Bloys and Sproul attending Sul Ross and CIA Denton while other students head to Baylor Texas Tech Vanderbilt and Oklahoma. A new radio telescope at Harvard Radio Astronomy Station near Fort Davis is under construction under a 25 year no cost lease.
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Fort Davis-Alpine
Alpine
Fort Davis
Vivian Bloys
Lee Sproul
Sul Ross
Gracie Lee Fisher
Marylou Smith
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Joe Meeks
Texas Tech
Preston Fowlkes
Se‘wanee
Tennessee
Margaret Coan
Baylor
Boston
Winnie Mae Fisher
CIA
Dorothy Clark
Trinity
Waxahachie
Ruth Clark
Warren Bloys
University of Colorado
John Prude Fowlkes
Vanderbilt University
George Grubb
Charles Bird
Alfred McCutcheon
Texas A&m
Joe Gordon
A&m
Clarence Babcock
School of Mines At
el Paso
Don Carlton
University of Oklahoma
Harvard
Sheriff Sale Brewster County Texas 1961
In Brewster County Texas the sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in October 1961 before the Alpine courthouse. The property is Lot 8 in Block 21 Hancock Addition Alpine Texas owned by the estate of James Earl Newell as executor for Jerome E. Newell. The sale satisfies a judgment of 751 dollars plus costs in favor of Charles W. Livingston. Drawn by Sheriff Jim Skinner and dated August 21 1961.
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Brewster County
Charles W. Livingston
Jerome E. Newell
James Earl Newell
Court House
Alpine
Hancock
Texas
Jim Skinner
Home Folks Trade at Home Paper Ad
A brief local notice urges residents to use the Home Paper for home advertising needs. It promotes local commerce by highlighting the paper as the preferred outlet for home trades and classifieds.
Ramsey's Appointment Changes Texas Gubernatorial Outlook
Ramsey's appointment as Railroad Commissioner ends his gubernatorial bid and reshapes 1962 politics. Bruce Reagan becomes interim lieutenant governor designate as Senate elects pro tempore, with multiple acting Lg duties possible before the next session. The tax bill lowers television and cosmetics levies, while many consumer purchases remain taxed.
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Austin
Ben Ramsey
Ramsey
Bruce Reagan
Corpus Christi
Senate
Price Daniel
Texas
Daniel
Reagan
Railroad Commission
Olin Culberson
Ernest C. Thompson
William J. Murray
Texas Oil and Gas
Reed Receives TCU Grant-In-Aid For 1961-62
Fort Worth August 21 Joel B Reed of Alpine has been awarded a Christian Service grant in aid at Texas Christian University for the 1961 62 academic year He is a graduate of Alpine High School and played football in the school band and CYF He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bevington A Reed.
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Joel Reed
TCU
Fort Worth
Joel B. Reed
Alpine
Texas Christian University
Alpine High School
Bevington A. Reed
Frank O Ray Named to Key Texas Bar Committee
Austin based Alpine lawyer Frank O Ray was named vice chairman of the Committee on Continuing Courts and Maintaining Governmental Records Despite Severe Disaster. The appointment was announced by Bar President William L Kerr of Midland Ray previously served on the Texas Bar governing board of directors.
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Austin
Frank O. Ray
State Bar of Texas
Ray
Bar
William L. Kerr
Midland
Texas Bar
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