Amblin Around Alpine And The Big Bend And Davis Mountains
Alpine features and Big Bend notes. Bill Modlin twirls at Lions luncheon and Band Clinic. locals Cal Young and W D Rich praised. Alpine School Board and Big Bend Soil Conservation District roles mentioned amid park notes and Mesquite food notes.
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Amblin
Alpine
Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
Bill Modlin
Lions
Jackson Field
Bill
Neville Haynes
Bill Sohl
Brewster County Democratic Committee
Alpine School Board
Big Bend
Marathon and Hovey Roads to Receive Seal Coats
County Judge Felix Mec Gaughy announced a $12 000 contract for seal coat jobs on two county roads. The routes from Marathon to the county park and from U S Highway 67 to Hovey will be improved, each about miles long.
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Hugh Meatuian
Eiase
Felix MecGaughy
Marathon
U. S. Highway 67
Hovey
Alpine opens three schools with about 1000 pupils
Alpine Public Schools plan a Tuesday open for September 1 enrollment near 1000 students across Alpine Central 340 Alpine Centennial 450 and Alpine High 210. Faculty totals 52 with multi grade rooms and named teachers for grades 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and administrative roles.
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Alpine
Alpine Central
Alpine Centennial
Alpine High
LaNelle Turner
Ruby Hill
Johnnie Neely
Alice Reed Olsoa
Fern Young
Delphene Young
Mildred McCollum
Lenna Shaddix
Letty Jean Akin
da MacWilliams
Mary Bogel
Dorothy Perryman
Cathaine Smith
Lou T. Reid
Ken ‘McAllister Will
Cerry
Brewster County Maintains 72c Tax Rate for 1957
Brewster County keeps the 72 cent per hundred valuation tax rate for 1957, unchanged from last year. The Commissioners Court approved a $242,240 budget with similar receipts, based on 90 percent collections. The levy allocates funds to jury, road and bridge, maintenance, special road tax, general, library, and permanent improvements, with 17 cents of the tax supporting the $220,000 hospital bond. Hospital bonds were issued, deposited, and are serviced as county payments flow through Austin and the Federal Government funding half payments.
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Brewster County
Commissioners’ Court
Tee General
Bie
Esshangen
Ibrary
Felix McGaughy
First National Bank
McGaughy
Austin
Alpine Firms To Close For Labor Day Holiday
Most Alpine businesses will close Monday for the Labor Day observance. Alpine Public Schools reopen Tuesday for the fall term and merchants anticipate a large crowd of back to school shoppers on Friday and Saturday.
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Alpine
Alpine Proclaims Wool Fiesta Week in 1956
Mayor Hugh S. White designates August 27 to 31 as Wool Fiesta Week in Alpine Texas centering on Wool Queen contest for 1956 57. Event emphasizes wool production and Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association mottos Nothing measures up to wool There is no substitute for Wool Texas Wool helps clothe the World. City seal and city secretary John Stovell’s name appear.
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Alpine
Srewster County
San Angelo
Texas
I. Hugh S. White
City of
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
New Professors Join Sul Ross State College Faculty
Sul Ross State College Alpine welcomes five new faculty members this fall adding Dr Max Haddick as journalism and economics assistant professor. Also joining are VN Hedrick director of athletics and physical education, Meriden Garner mathematics and science instructor, Dr Frances Phillips English and history assistant professor, each bringing degrees from Texas universities and experience across Texas and the Southwest.
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Sul Ross State College
Alpine
United States
Europe
Max R. Haddick
Sul
Austin
Haddick
Mexia
Texas A&i
Kingsville
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tenn
University of Texas
VN We Umloe Hedtick
Sul Ross
Roscoe
Hedrick
Hardin‘Simmons University
Panhandle
Texas
Miss Phillips
New Mexico
Colorado
Teachers College
Wayne
Nebraska
University of Maryland
Podres to Rejoin Alpine Cowboys This Weekend
Johnny Podres, the Brooklyn Dodger left hander serving in the Navy, is expected back with the Alpine Cowboys this weekend. Alpine opened with a 23-2 win over Maren Air Force Base and later defeated Grand Junction 9-1 behind Boyd Linker on the mound. The team, led by sponsor Herbert Kokernot Jr., faced Hazelhurst and eyed a potential clash with Fort Wayne if it won tonight.
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Johnny Podres
Brooklyn Dodger
Navy
Alpine Cowboys
Podres
Cowboys
Maren Air Force Base
Alpine
Casa Grande
Ariz
Grand Junction
Colo
Hazelhurst
Sinton
Fort Wayne, Inc. Nine
Linton
Fort Wayne
Herbert L. Kokernot Jr
Huntsville
Ala
Boyd Linker
Grand Junction Eagles
Texans
Eagles
Linker
Fort Bliss
Bill Fansing
Daniel Wilson Win In Brewster County Runoff
Daniel and Wilson captured clear majorities in Brewster County Democratic runoff. Daniel led governor race with 475 votes to 285 for Yarborough while Wilson had 484 in attorney general against 271 for Moore. Early primary totals show Daniel 651 and Moore 695 with other figures.
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Price Daniel
Will Wilson
Brewster County
Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Wilson
Tom Moore
Yarborough
Odaniel
Moore
Mayor Says City Has No Plans For TV Translator
Alpine officials will not pursue a television translator station Mayor Hugh White announced City Attorney Al Creigh and City Secretary John Stowell advised against the project Wallace Neu a TV salesman proposed placing a high point transmitter to receive a very high frequency station and the city would charge a monthly fee for service
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Alpine
Hugh White
White
al Creigh
John Stowell
Wallace Neu
Sul Ross Lobos Open Football Camp With Co-Captains and Trials
Sul Ross State College begins football readiness as players arrive for equipment issue and skull sessions. Head coach Al Milch oversees workouts from 9 30 a m and 4 40 to 6 30 p m with daily skull sessions. scrimmage targets Sept 8 at Las Cruces or El Paso. Co captains Jerry Sessoms and Carl Brawley lead a returning squad including Seldon Hensley John Bailey and Jesse Hatfield.
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Sul Ross State
al Milch
Lobos
New Mexico A&m
Las Cruces
Texas Western
el Paso
Lee Galloway
Obe
Milch
Jerry Sessoms
Brady
Carl Brawley
Garland
Sessoms
Brawley
Seldon Hensley
Walnut Springs
John Bailey
Hawkins
Jesse Hatfield
Sam Houston
Mid
Mourning Dove Season Opens in Big Bend Area
Mourning dove season opens tomorrow in the Big Bend Davis Mountain area and runs through Oct. 17. Hunting hours run from noon to sunset with a bag limit of 10 birds. State Game Warden Sanford DeVoll notes it is illegal to shoot from a vehicle.
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Big Bend- Davis
Sanford DeVoll
DeVoll
Alpine and Sul Ross College Confirm Student Teaching Contract
Alpine school officials have received a contract that confirms the student teaching arrangement with Sul Ross College. The agreement matches last year and reflects a common practice where Texas teachers colleges offer teaching opportunities in public schools.
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Alpine
Sul Ross College
Alpine Public Schools
Texas Teachers’ Colleges
Well Water Usage Steady as Terry Well Declines
The Terry well has drawn down but is pumped 6 to 8 hours daily at 185 GPM. City Commission says this supplies enough supplemental water for current demand and forecasts no rationing this summer. Normal operations continue at the Daugherty well and citizens are urged to maintain normal usage.
Geologist Nye Leaves Alpine for Berkeley for UC Study
Tommy Nye, geologist for the Atomic Energy Commission, left Alpine for Berkeley to attend the University of California. He traveled with Mrs. Nye and their young son, stopping in Albuquerque where he finalized reports on Trans-Pecos projects since December. the Albuquerque AEC office will release the report later.
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Tommy Nye
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Alpine
Berkley
Calif
Universy of
California
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Hunary Horse News
Columbia Falls
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Big Bend National Park
Robert F. Haines
Wildlife Notes
Mr. Haines
Charley Blakey
Alpine Country Club
Trotter Adams
Corpus Christi
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Hovey Roads
Billy Ward
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David
D. F. Boerger
Alpine Cesena
Azalee Markham
Berta C. Lassiter
Willie M. Wynne
Janie Wade
Irma Kelley
Catharine J. Etheridge
Helen F. Graham
Johnnie S. Joyce
Evelyn Ritter
Olivia Lane
Adah
Hugh S. White
John Stovell
Frances M. Phillips
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E. C. Shortt
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