Around Town notes on polls trees and culture
Wilfred surveys local life with humor about poll taxes, Groundhog Day, official trees for Brewster County, and upcoming changes. He praises the El Paso Symphony with a Strauss waltz and notes depot construction, new Asa Jones house, Main Street improvements, and KVLF rumor of Feb 15 opening. He also jokes about generational shifts, juvenile delinquency, post office hours, college troubles, and homing pigeons aiding Navy radio silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asa Jones
University of Texas Geology Projects In Big Bend Area
Nine major projects by the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas are nearing completion with field work underway in Brewster and Presidio counties. The Ellenburger group study is joint with the U S Geological Survey, while other teams map geologic features, study Pleistocene deposits, and assess lava flows and glass sand prospects across North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Presidio
Trans-Pecos
Tex- Vas Memorial Museum
H. Sellards
Sellards
Glen L. Evans
Museum
Grayson E. Meade
H. B. Stenzer
Houston County
J. G. Damon
Department of Geology
Cretac
Cous
North
Texas
Santa Anna
Local social notes from Dumas and San Antonio visits
Mrs Fuqua Younger of Dumas visits Mr and Mrs W H Terry. Mr and Mrs W H Kokernot return Tuesday from a month in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Fuqua Younger of
Dumas
Mrs. W. H. Terry
W. H. Kokernot
San Antonio
Local notices and campus life in Alpine and nearby towns
The item lists numerous residents and students receiving medical treatments or undergoing operations in Alpine and Sul Ross affiliation. It notes visitors, remodelling projects, and moves to San Antonio, El Paso, and Dallas. Key names include Ruth Wright, Joel Wright, Jimmy Logan, E E Townsend, Douglas Glasscock, J C Epperson, Jr., and Griffith Oates with Baylor Dental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffith Oates
Sul Ross
Dallas
Baylor Dental School
Austin
Richard Brown
George A. Brown
Miss Aleta Bierschwale Returns to States From Bogota Mission
Aleta Bierschwale, longtime American embassy staffer, travels by plane from Bogota Colombia to Alpine with stops at multiple interest sites. A 1941 Sul Ross graduate, she served as secretary to the commander at Goodfellow Field San Angelo then worked at Neales Arizona before transferring to the State Department. After brief Washington training she joined Foreign Service and will take a 30 to 60 day US leave before resuming duties in Warsaw Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Aleta Bierschwale
Emassy
Bogota
Colombia
South America
Alpine
Bierschwale
Sul Ross College
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Neales, Ariz
Department of State
Washington, D. C
United States
Warsaw
Poland
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G. P. Smithle
Ally New
Spinnet
W. M Perryman
Maaf Ape
C.F
Treadwell
F. Ave. C
Excela
Earl Meeks
Marathon
Tex
Duane Smith
Alpine Drug Store
J. A. Anderson
Alpine Lbr. Co
Tony Hess
Marathon Highway
Gilbreath
EA. Chaffin
Brandon's Trading Post
Fort Davis
Texat
Emerson Radio
Brandon's
Harry Watson Jr
Ford
Cushman
Observatory Motor Co
Fort _ Davis
Army Army
Wisconsin
Trans-Pecos Abst. Co
M. J. Mopon
Electhic
Textte
Tex, If
Lange's
Alpine City
A.M. Turney
Avalanche Office
Mra
D. M. Bennett
Luther Green
Aubrey
Jack Garrett
J.C. Puller
Treas
Marfa
Farm Loan Arm
Marfa, Tex, Te
Poe Motor
Gra ‘Hada
Albert Kinman
G. I
M. W. Hopson
M. L. Hopson
Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
Tfe
Crates Ese
Yellow Hood Taxi
Tronize
Avalanche
Wilfred
Brewster County
el Paso Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Hawkins
Manny
KVLF
Navy
Jess
Granada Theatre
FBI
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton
Death Valley
Robert Lowery
Helen Gilbert
Ingrid Bergman
Cary Grant
BAY U. S. Savings Bonds
Frank Morgan
Keenan Wynn
Vivian Blaine
Harry James
RADIO
Corer
STH Street Package Store
John T. Lewis
Sth Street
Big Bend
Texas U
Pital
A. B. Summers
Land Teatment
W. B. Moore
Homewood
Jil
Brenda Roberts
Odie Roberts
Ernest Gibbens
Treament
W. A. Foley Jr
Seater
Ft Davis
Bint Riggs
Billy "Boda
Ralph Burleson
Susie Zepeda
Ruth Wright
Emory University
Atlanta, Ga
Joel Wright
Jimmy Logan
College Avenue
E. E. Townsend
Douglas Glasscock
el Paso
J.C. Epperson
Koxernot Jr
San Antoniio
Mr. Koker
John C. Epperson, Jr
Kirksville, Mo
J. C. Epperson Sr
John Jr
Missouri
Ray M. Dudley
W. F. Young
L. I
Hermleigh
W. A. Daugherty
Dorothy
L. J
Mrs. Young
Daugherty
Tivoli
Pito Puez
Machin
Mr. Dud
J. H. Wilbourn
Oscar Hudson
Texical
Grandview Courts
Joe Marsh
Thad Phipps
Lem Martin
Lem
Thad
Andy Botkin
Garden Tavern
United Sta
Church of the Nazarene
Nettie Hudson
Pasadena
Calif
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