Peach Tree at Alpine Courts Bears Bumper Crop
A lone peach tree at Marvin Pierce’s Alpine Courts yields a bumper crop after six years since planting by Eunice Pierce along U S Highway 90. Last year frost killed blossoms. this year the tree flourishes as a green giant marking its first big harvest. Marie Van Fossan returns to Alpine from Canyon City and travels to Galveston and Los Mochis, Topolobampo, warning against summer Mexican trips. Anne and Clifton Moss family tour spans nine states with visits to Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, and other sites. fishing and friend visits punctuate the trip.
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Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Marvin Pierce
Marvin
Eunice
U. S. Highway 90
Sne Naa
Duane van Fossan
Galveston
Jana Lynn
Donnie
Duane
Alpine
Texas Association of Public Accountants
Houston
Grand Assembly
Rainbow Girls
Anne
Clifton Moss
Clifton Jr
David
Brookshire
Texas
New Mexico
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
Arizona
Grand Teton
Yellowstone
Crater Lake
Mt. Ranier
Grand Coulee
Cliff and Sons
Baptists Hear R G LeTourneau At Encampment
The 17th Annual Baptist Brotherhood Encampment District 7 meets September 1 and 2 at the Al Pine encampment grounds, 11 miles west of Al pine on Highway 90. Speaker R G LeTourneau of Longview Texas, famed industrialist, will discuss Gods Business. LeTourneau, renowned for earth moving equipment firsts, has given much of his wealth to Christian works and founded Christian activities including Peru and Liberia missions, LeTourneau College in Longview, and related enterprises.
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Baptist Brotherhood
Aisano Baptist
Alpine
U. S. Highway 90
R. G. LeTourneau
Longview
Texas
LeTourneau
Le'Tourneau
LeTourneau Foundation
Peru
Liberia
Lake Louise Conference Grounds
Toccoa
LeTourneau College
Revival to be held at Marathon First Methodist Church
Rev J Noble Atkins pastor of First Methodist Truth or Consequences N M will evangelize at Marathon First Methodist Church Sept 15 19 Atkins a West Texan born in Midland raised in Odessa holds BA and BD from Southwestern University and SMU He toured England Europe and the Middle East in 1961 He has served Valley View Las Cruces and Tatum N M and is married to Dorothy Maye Leonard of Odessa
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J. Noble Atkins
First Methodist Church
Truth Or Consequences
N. M
Marathon
Mr. Atkins
Midland
Odessa
Southwestern University
Southern Methodist University
England
Europe
Middle East
Valley View Methodist Church
Las Cruces
Tatum, N. M
Atkins
Dorothy Maye Leonard
Local Coach Wounded in Rural Hunt Accident
Sonny Richardson, 7th grade coach at Centennial Elementary, was accidentally shot in the stomach by a rifle at Weyerts Ranch, about 20 miles northwest of Alpine. He was treated at Brewster County Hospital after surgery. Dr. Paul Weyerts and Barbara Richardson were present when the accident occurred.
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Sonny Richardson
Centennial Elementary School
Weyerts
Alpine
Brewster County
Richardson
Barbara
Paul Weyerts
Pioneer ranchwoman Mrs Brite dies at 85 in Marfa
Mrs. Brite, longtime Hereford ranch operator and philanthropist, died at home in Marfa Saturday night at 85. Funeral held Tuesday at First Christian Church with Dr. Noel Keith and H Milburn Fitts presiding. burial in Marfa Cemetery. Born 1875 in Missouri, she moved to Texas, married Charles Brite in 1896, helped found Brite College of the Bible at TCU, and supported various clubs and DAR chapters. She earned an honorary Doctor of Laws from TCU in 1948.
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Texas
Osceola
St. Clair County
William Thomas Anderson
Brite
Capote Mountains
Schell City
Brite College of the Bible
Texas Christian University
TCU
General Federation of Womens Clubs
Marfa History Club
Delta
Alpine Public Schools Complete Teacher List for 8:30 Start
Alpine announces all classrooms will begin at 8:30 a m on Tuesday September 3 with a full day schedule. The faculty at Alpine High School Central and Centennial Elementary includes principals Roy D. Worley and Charles E Wade and many teachers across subjects such as English biology mathematics social studies and vocational agriculture.
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Alpine
Jack Frost
Frost
Alpine High School
Central
Centennial
Worley
Roy D
Baird
Mickey L
PE Banks
James T
Boyd
Joe A
Direc
Tor
Boysen
Mary F
Commercial Burleson
Kenneth J
Ford
Jo A
Hollingsworth
Edwin E
Kouitz
William C
Owens
Nan L
Perryman
Dorothy E
Satterwhite
Donald G
Slover
Melvin P
Sutton
Flota G
Weyerts
Johnnie F
Whiteside
Myrtle F
Williams
Loretta A
Woodruff
Anna G
Wade
Charles E
Principa Alexander
Patsy L
Ruth R
Bierschwab
Jean L
Bristol
Goldie A
Graham
Margaret H
Hale
Edith V
Secon
Hampton
Grace I
Nancy S
Joyce
Jonnie S
Lane
Olivia J
Firs Dle Fodlom
Clara L
Medlin
Adah G
Pena
Higinio B
Pond
Robert C
Richardson
Joyce F
Ritter
Evelyn E
Stowell
Mary L
Firs
Uranga
Minerva C
Mary J
Gene M
Biltre J
Central Woodruff
Guy C
Principa Barber
Jo D
Briggs
Mary R
Thir de 'Forbes
David C
Shearer
Erin M
Turner
LaNelle L
Carolyn G
Ida M
Young
Fern P
Brewster County Work Tops One Million in Spending
Brewster County leaders, led by Judge Felix McGaughy, report more than a million dollars in development and construction in the Big Bend area. Projects include soil conservation, flood control at Ranger Canyon, Starnes Field upgrades, a $3000 Penn Park cleanup at Marathon, and a $220,000 hospital addition likely to bid in October. Road and bridge work show gains. focus remains on improving State Road 118 to boost Big Bend access and tourism. Alpine Chamber officials praise efforts and foresee a concession-operated county park on Route 118 south of Alpine as valuable to visitors and residents.
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Big Bend
Brewster County
Felix McGaughy
Ranger Canyon
Starnes Field
Penn Park
Marathon
McGaughy
Big Bend National Park
Alpine
Cathedral Mountain Lake
118
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Charles B. Boreing
Pau
Survivors Listed In Obituary From El Paso and Marfa
Survivors include daughter Mrs. W. E. Vandevere of El Paso two granddaughters Mrs Dofrance D Roderick Jr of El Paso and Mrs James E White Jr of Marfa one brother Robert D. Anderson of Arkansas City Kansas five nieces and nine great grandchildren.
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W. E. Vandevere
el Paso
Dofrance D, Roderick Jr
James E. White Jr
Marfa
Robert D. Anderson
Arkansas City
Kan
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JM Glasscock
Marie van Fossan
Canyon City
Colo
D. R. Atkinson
Marie
R.g.letourneau
R, G
A. G
Nan Owens
Sul Ross
Nan
Jesse W. Lee
J. C. Dawson Jr
Hazel Wortman
San Marcos
Kenneth J. Davenport
Melissa
Miss E. Dawson
Beaumont
Weston
Forrest Weston
County Hospital Board
Jack Cross
Brewster County Commissioners’ Court
Jim Dawson
Miss Clara Miller
Memphis, Tenn
James Noble
Jon Leonard
Death
Mrs. Brite
Brewster Co
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