Ben Barnes to Address Alpine Chamber Banquet
Ben Barnes Texas House speaker will headline Alpine Chamber of Commerce annual banquet at Sul Ross State College on Jan 21. The DeLeon native and UT Law graduate has long guided education legislation and was named one of Five Outstanding Young Texans in 1965. Tickets are $2.75 with sales at Chamber office City Drug Store and Highland Drug Store. program begins 7 45 p.m.
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Ben Barnes
Texas House of Representatives
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Sul Ross State College
Barnes
House
West Texas
DeLeon
Brownwood
TCU
University of Texas
The
University
Chamber
City Drug Store
Highland Drug Store
Beall Rites Held in Alpine for 86-Year-Old Resident
Beall died Sunday after a long illness. Funeral 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church Alpine with burial Elm Grove Cemetery. He was born February 9, 1880, lived in Alpine since 1929, married Ada Conger in 1910, and retired from the Texas Highway Department in 1951. Survivors include wife five daughters a son two sisters a brother and 12 grandchildren.
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Sebastian Beall
Alpine
Big Spring
San Angelo
First Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Geeslin
Earl Dunn
Margaret Jo Rains
Bob Rains
B. B. Bounds
J.M. Floyd
Paul Bulsterbaum
J.L. Holder
Walter Hall
Charlie Wallis
Mr. Beall
Live Oak County
Ada Conger
Elbow
Howard County
Santa Fe Railroad
Texas Highway Department
Alpine First Baptist Church
R,r, Cook
Ivanhoe
Calif
Hal Roehmer
North Highlands
Bob Sims
M. B. Redman
Long Beach
Curtis Sewell
Livermore
Eugene Beall
Santa Fe
N.M
Norma King
Seattle
Wash
Nella Bell
Pecos
Lee Beall
Alamogordo
N. M
Greenville parents visit Knox Jordan during holidays
Mr and Mrs Austin Jordan of Greenville Texas visited their son Knox Jordan and family over the holidays to share time together and celebrate.
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Austin Jordan
Greenville
Texas
Knox Jordan
Alpine High to Host Eight-Team Girls Tourney
Alpine High School hosts an eight team girls basketball tournament January 6 and 7 with Brackettville Valentine A Fort Davis Comstock Alpine A Valentine B Del Rio and Alpine B. Fort Davis opens against Valentine B at 2 pm Friday with other first round games and Saturday semifinals before the consolation and championship. Alpine A seeks a sixth win as Cyrtlia Neu Amelia Rodriguez and others lead the offense while Ana Valero and teammates anchor the defense. Admission 25 cents students 50 cents adults per session two games.
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Alpine High School
Brackettville
Valentine A
Fort Davis
Comstock
Alpine A
Valentine B
del Rio
Alpine
Valentine
Alpine B
Barstow
Cyrtlia Neu
Amelia Rodriguez
Alicia Garcia
Adel Tucker
Floriana Villa
Ana Valero
Hendryx Nominates Barnes for Texas House Speakership
Alpine lawmaker Rep. Hendryx will nominate Ben Barnes for a second term as Speaker when the Texas Legislature convenes next Tuesday January 10. Barnes had previously served as speaker and urged the nomination during a phone call this week.
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Gene Hendryx
Alpine
Ben Barnes
Texas
Hendryx
Barnes
Meriwethers Attend SMU Georgia Game in Dallas
Local Mr and Mrs W T Meriwether and their daughter Kay traveled to Dallas to watch the SMU Georgia football showdown on New Year’s Day.
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W. T. Meriwether
Kay
Dallas
Mrs Cecil Hale Visits Relatives in San Angelo
Mrs Cecil Hale visited relatives in San Angelo for a few days after Christmas.
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Cecil Hale
San Angelo
Elected Alpine Chamber Officers Named for 1967
Verdis Pack, manager of Safe Way Food Store, was elected president of the Alpine Chamber of Commerce. Forrest Walker of Casner Motor Co. was chosen vice president and Phil Ebensberger was re elected secretary treasurer. Officers to be installed Jan 21 at the annual banquet.
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Verdis Pack
Safe~way Food Store
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Forrest Walker
Casner Motor Co
Phil W. Ebensberger
Texas Highway Commission
Alpine
Austin
Fbensberger
District Lions Meet Set in Alpine January 14
More than 200 Lions Club members and their wives will attend the District 2 T3 Midwinter Conference in Alpine on Saturday January 14. Activities begin with a cabinet meeting at 7 30 a m and breakfast at the Ponderosa Club, with registration at Alpine High School at 9 a m and a 9 30 a m business session in the high school auditorium. A model luncheon and afternoon sessions follow at the Public Schools Cafeteria and Alpine Country Club, culminating in a banquet at the same cafeteria. a wives luncheon is planned at the Ponderosa Club at noon.
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Lions Club
Alpine
Alpine Lions Club
Glenn Lawrance
Ponderosa Club
Alpine High School
Public Schools
Dist
Jerry Miller
Fl Paso
Alpine Country Club
Lions
Rainfall in 1966 Tops 1961 Record in Avalanche Data
The 1966 precipitation reached 19.30 inches, the highest since 1961’s 19.60 inches, per Avalanche records kept since 1931. August was the rainiest month at 8.33 inches, surpassing the prior September 1932 high of 7.74. October followed as the second-highest month with 3.83 inches, with no measurable moisture since October.
Crawford Insurance Agency Sold to Jim Francois Agency
Mr and Mrs Guy B Crawford announce the sale of Crawford Insurance Agency to the Jim Francois Agency effective January 1 1967. The Crawfords longtime Alpine residents since 1921 will remain in Brewster County with four children named James L Robert G Betty C Robertson and Dorothy Jean McMillan.
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Guy B. Crawford
Crawford Insurance Agency
Jim Francois Agency
Crawford
Brewster County
Alpine
James L
el Paso
Robert G
Elko, Nev
Betty C. Robertson
Dorothy Jean McMillan
Travel to Fort Sets New High Record in 1966
Fort Davis National Historic Site posted a record 135,769 visitors in 1966, up 26 percent from 1965. December visitor total reached 5,564, a 23 percent rise. Since July 1963 the site has logged 394,521 visitors as of January 1.
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
Franklin G.smith
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Pack
Alpine Chamber
Francois
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