Dunlap Named Top State Player From Alpine Line
Ralph Dunlap former Alpine standout and son of Capt. and Mrs. Ralph Dunlap of Fort Lawton Wash earns 1961 All-State honor as a tackle with Queen Anne High School. He is praised by coach Dick Clark and cited as a two time All-Metro pick.
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Ralph Dunlap
Alpine
Washington
T. M. Hill
Fort Lawton
Wash
Dunlap
Imogene Hill
Ralph
Queen Anne
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Association For All-State
Post - Intelligencer
Tex
Ft. Lawton
University O Washington
Dick Clark
Clark
School Tax Unit To Close Friday
The Alpine Independent School Tax Office will close at noon Friday December 22 and reopen at 8 30 a m Tuesday December 26. It will stay open until December 30 with the Administrative Office and Tax Office reopening at 8 a m Tuesday January 2.
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Alpine Independent School
Leaders Announced For 1962 March of Dimes Campaign
Avora Owens, county chairman, announced planning for a larger 1962 New March of Dimes drive. The effort supports polio relief and expands to arthritis and birth defects programs as Brewster County mobilizes workers and area leaders for the January campaign.
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March of Dimes
Avora Owens
National Foundation
Brewster County
W. H. Hudgins
Joe Clark
Claude Hill
Hal Edwards
Big Bend National Park
A. G. Schonberg
Edith Phillips
Virginia Bailey
Becky Terry
Gene Hendryx
Warren French
el Progreso
Winners Of Bonus Gifts Announced In Alpine
Alpine merchants announce last minute shopping hours for December 21 and 22. Felix Llanez wins $100 Christmas bonus. Rollie P. Dobyns takes $50. ten others win $5 merchandise certificates. Names mailed to redeem at Alpine stores. Chamber plans Christmas activities and director elections run Dec 21 to Jan 8 with results announced Jan 22, 1962.
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Alpine
Felix Llanez
Paul Forchheimer
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Sam Schulze
Frank McCollum
Rollie P. Dobyns
Ft. Davis
Gaile Cade
Marathon
Lynn Dixon
Marfa
James M. Chambers
Big Bend National Park
Maria Louise Arispe
Alfredo Dominguez
Maria
Norma Jacques
Evelyn Jackson
Mark Hopkins
Ofelia Molinar
Woody Richards
Forchheimer
Rhodes Family Plans Christmas Visit to Alabama and Huntsville
Mr and Mrs Billy K Rhodes and their sons Benjy and Lee depart Tuesday for Alabama to visit Mrs Rhodes mother Mrs B E Isbell in Decatur and a sister in Huntsville. They expect to be away about 10 days. Mr and Mrs Frank Young fly from El Paso to Los Angeles today to spend Christmas with their son Frank Duane Young at Auto netics Co. They expect to return about December 27.
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Billy K. Rhodes
Benjy and
Lee
Alabama
Rhode
B. E. Isbell
Decatur
Huntsville
Rhodes
Frank Young
el Paso
Los Angeles
Frank Duane Young
The
Autonetics Co
Youngs
Screwworm Fly Control Committees Formed in Three Counties
Ranchmen from Jeff Davis Presidio and Brewster Counties met in Fort Davis for an educational program on screwworm fly control. About 50 ranchmen heard Dr A H Buchover of Kerrville explain the plan and saw a moving picture. Dolf Briscoe Jr outlined costs and financing for sterile fly distribution. Each county formed a control committee with chairs and treasurers and set fundraising goals of 12000 to 20000 dollars.
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Hallie Stillwell
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Brewster Counties
Fort Davis
A. H. Buchover
Agriculture Research Service of
Kerrville
Dolf Briscoe Jr
Southwest Animal Research Foundation
Texas Health Division
Uvalde
B. G. Hill
Jim Bob Steen
Marfa
Presidio County
Buchover
Texas
Briscoe
Pete Kennedy
George Enloe
Fritz Kahl
Keesey Miller
Dave Medley
Willis McCutcheon
John Reynolds
Brewster County
Joe Lane
Dick Rogers
Lane
George Mills
Ted Gray
Weir Hall
Keith Morrow
Caven Woodward
Presidio County Group
Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at Alpine Church
The Alpine Presbyterian Church will hold its annual Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 11 p m on Sunday December 24 conducted by Rev C W New bill with a choir of local residents and visiting musicians. Music directed by Professor Glenn F Davis of Sul Ross College. The public is invited to attend and participate.
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Alpine Presbyterian Church
C.w.newbill
Alpine
Glenn F. Davis
Sul Ross College
Mouse Trap set for Alpine stage January 19
Big Bend community theater presents Agatha Christie thriller The Mouse Trap at Alpine Community Center January 19 and 20. Roy Lassiter Jr directs with Earlene Anderau assisting. cast includes Hallie Matlock Monte Jones Roy Meyer Carol Vogt Dr. Alfred Rochester Vernon Harlan Alice Reed Olson.
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Big Bend
Alpine Community Center
Roy Lassiter Jr
Earlene Anderau
Hallie Matlock
Monte Jones
Roy Meyer
Carol Vogt
Alfred Rochester
Vernon Harlan
Alice Reed Olson
Harold Nichols To Speak At Victoria Church
Harold Nichols business manager for Victoria College Victoria Texas will speak at First Christian Church Sunday morning He is a former Alpine citizen and will deliver the Christmas message replacing Rev Robert Bristol who with Mrs Bristol and their daughter spends the holidays in Dallas The service starts at 9 30 am and precedes Sunday school classes The public is invited.
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Harold Nichols
Victoria College
Victoria
Texas
First Christian Church
Nichols
Jim Nichols
Alpine
Robert F. Bristol
Bristol
Lois Wallin
Dallas
Mrs. Lorenzo Cobos Comes to Alpine for Mother-in-Law’s Surgery
Mrs. Lorenzo Cobos of Odessa former Alpine resident arrived in Alpine last Tuesday to be at the bedside of her mother-in-law Mrs. Tino Olivas who underwent surgery. Cobos is the former Miss Julie Valadez daughter of Robert Valadez of Alpine.
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Lorenzo Cobos
Odessa
Alpine
Inlaw
Tino Olivas
Cobos
Julie Valadez
Robert Valadez
Pasadena woman to spend holidays with sister in town
Mrs. R Myrtle White of Pasadena California will arrive Friday night to spend the holidays with her sister Mrs T M Hill Private Alvaro Martinez stationed at Ft Louis Washington is home for the Christmas holidays visiting relatives
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R. Myrtle White
Pasadena
Calif
T.M. Hill
Pvt
Alvaro Martinez
Ft. Louis, Wash
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