Big Bend Stock Show Set For Jan 23
The sixteenth Big Bend Live stock Show is set for January 23, 1960, at the Big Bend Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Alpine. Fifteen Hereford calves and 100 fat lambs will be exhibited by young 41 Club and FFA feeders from Brewster and Jeff Davis Counties, plus twenty breeding stock cattle. Herbert L Kokernot Jr will donate a cash prize split into quarters for top exhibitors. Judging at 9 am, auction at 2:30 pm. Alpine Lions Club handles concessions. Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce donate cash. Barbara Grubb of Fort Davis showed last year’s grand champion Hereford. reserve champion steer was bred by Guy Garren of Van Horn. The show also features champion sheep and crossbred lambs from local flocks.
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Big Bend
Big Ben
Alpine Lions Club
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce i
Barbara Grubb
Fort Davi
Hereford
Roy Sargentis
Bill Donnell
Marathon
Guy Garren
van Horn
Ann Espy
Fort Davis
Janet Grubb
West Love Ranch
Centennial Boys Sweep Five Games In Marfa Visit
Centennial opened season December 7 and wrapped at Marfa last Thursday. Small Boys lead 3-0 while Junior Boys stand 2-1. Blackwell Small Boys edged Marfa 11 to 10 in OT with Felipe Mireles hitting the game winner. Junior Blackwell won 49-11 as Marfa started their season returning players. Centennial next faces Valentine January 4 then Sanderson in conference debut after holidays.
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Centennial
Marfa
Blackwell
Felipe Mireles
Voys
Valentine
Sanderson
SR Grad Completes Information School
Fort Slocum N Y Army Pvt Paul F Feist Jr whose wife Ann lives in Alpine graduated Dec 11 from the Inferma shoal at Fort Slocum Feist received eight weeks of training in public and troop information press photography news writing and radiotelevision Feist whose parents live in San Angelo entered the Army last and received basic training at Fort Ord Calif the 23 year old soldier is a 1954 graduate of San Angelo High School and a 1958 graduate of Sul Ross State College
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Fort Slocum
N. Y
Paul F. Feist Jr
Ann
Alpine
N.Y
Feist
Radiotelevision
San Angelo
Fort Ord
Calif
San Angelo High School
Sul Ross State College
Fierro Graduates From Jet Engine School at Sheppard AFB
Senior Master Sergeant Frank S. Fierro, son of Mr and Mrs Francisco Fierro of Marathon, recently graduated from the jet engine mechanic school at Sheppard Air Force Base Texas. He is a veteran of 13 years service with Korea and Europe ribbons and is married to Frances Wymer of Alexandria Virginia. They have a daughter Sheila Ann. He came to Sheppard from Andrews AFB Washington DC.
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Frank S. Fierro
Francisco Fierro
Marathon
Sheppard Air Force Base
Texas
Fierro
Hidalgo Ward
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frances Wymer
Alexandria
Shiela’ Ann
Korea
Andrews Afb
Washington, D.C
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Grand Canyon
Spain
Columbus
America
Fort
San Antonio
Kimball Ranch
Centennial Boys
States
Canada
Call Parkview
Alpine Central
SR Grad
Frank McCollum
Brady's
Texaco Service
Joe Brad
Casner Motor Co. Inc
Alpine, Texas
Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee
3. E. Casner
Newell Oil Company
BUICK
Pontiac
GMC
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