Amblin Around Alpine Returns and Local Roundup
A long homecoming tour through Alpine features names of local figures and connections. W L Barber, Don Littl e ton, Larry Farris, Dr Joel Wright, C of C president Jim Francois, Mayor Hugh White, and many others are mentioned in daily social scenes. Eliser S Briseno earns a spot at Northrop Aeronautical Institute for Aircraft and Engine Mechanic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Glasecock
W. L. Barber
West Texas
Utilities
Don Littleton
Larry Farris
Jim Francois
C of C Prexy
Rotary Luncthon
Joel Wright
Dick Cross
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Paul Forchheimer
Glenn Burgess
Frank McCollum
Elton Miles
Bishop Coad
Nevill
Eliser S. Briseno
Domingo Briseno
Marathon
North- Fop ‘Aeronautical Institute
Ingle- Wood
Calif
Alpine News Review highlights 1954 county and local growth
A dense 1954 roundup notes Alpine County tax collectors report poll tax payments down from 1952, road work nears completion on Highway 118 to Big Bend, and multiple obituaries from Marathon to Alpine. It covers civic events, chamber meetings, school sports titles, and local officials changing offices, with numerous deaths and inaugurations shaping Alpine and Brewster County life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Big Bend National Park
G. C. Rutledge
Marathon
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Alpine High School
Pecos
Lucius D. Bunton
Marfa
Succe Crumpton
T. A. Beard
San Antonio
Bruce C. Sutton
George H. Kempen
Alpine Cemetery
Fort Davis
Big Bend
Dim Francois
Rain Drenches Wide Area From Alpine To Marathon
Rainfall spread across the region with 0.04 inches near Alpine and Marathon to about 0.5 inches or more between Alpine and Marathon. Moisture reached from the Rio Grande at Santa Helena Canyons Heat north through Big Bend Park into Marathon, with 20 inches at Marathon and about a half inch at the Decie ranch west of town. Study Butte reported a start of new rain as heavier between there and Basin in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Marathon
Bigi Bend
Rio Grande
Santa Helena Canyons
Big Bend Park
Decie Ranch
Study Butte
Stumverg Ranch
Kokernot Ranch
Marfa
Here
Fort Davis Clinic Opening Seen as Community Welcome
Fort Davis invites the public to an open house Sunday January 9 from 2 to 6 pm marking the first medical facility since the fort hospital closed in 1891. The Fort Davis Study Club sponsors the event to honor Dr. Don A. Gaddis and his wife Mrs. Gaddis and their daughter Pamela Ann who arrived June 2 to establish practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Scobee
Fort Davis
Fort Davis Clinic
Frontier Army Post Hospital
Fort ‘Davis
Don A. Gaddis
Gaddises
Betty Ruth Gibson
C. E. Eaton
Lee Plumbley
Gadis
Ross Graves
R. D. McCready
Duncan Jr
Wade Rei
St James Church to Start Building March 1
Construction on the first unit of a new 60000 dollar St James Episcopal Church will begin about March 1, officials said. The church sits at North 6th Street and West Avenue A just north of the existing building. The foundation is already in place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Episcopal Church
Robert Y. Davis
Big Bend
North 6Th Street
Avenue A
John Newell
John W. Gillett
Nevill Haynes
T. B. Davis
Edwin Gillett
Joel E. Wright
Asa Jones
Pete Kennedy
James “W. "Glass
Alpine Avalanche Leased to James W Glasscock for One Year
The Alpine Avalanche and the plant have been leased to James W Glasscock for one year starting January 1 1955. Glasscock, a veteran newspaper man, is well known to Alpine residents from frequent visits and wartime residence in Alpine. Bennett appeals for continued patronage and cooperation from former customers and readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Avalanche
James W. Glasscock
Glasscock
Alpine
Glasscock named editor publisher of Alpine Avalanche
James W. Glasscock was announced as editor and publisher of the Alpine Avalanche on Jan 1 1955. He will operate a job printing department and continue in the office supply business, succeeding Forbes Publishing Co. His wife Jean becomes society editor. Ival G. Kennedy will head the mechanical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
New
Avalanche Society
Ival G. Kennedy
The
Avalanche
Kennedy
el Paso
el Paso’ Times
Southwest Press
Glasscock
Douglas
Bobb
el Paso Times
Kingsville
Texas
McAllen
Texas A. & I. College
University of Texas
Daily Texan
Beta Theta Pj
Accra
British West Africa
Pan Africa
Pampa News
Navy
Naval Air Service
Alpine Postal Receipts Rise in 1954 Despite Drouth
Alpine post office finished 1954 with a slight receipts gain over 1953 totaling 44,897 dollars. Quarter figures show gains in the first half and declines in the last two quarters, with Postmaster B. B. West noting an overall rise amid tough regional drouth conditions. Also: Mr. and Mrs. Turner F. Austin of San Antonio visited Mrs. Austin’s mother Mrs. J. C. Epperson and sister Mrs. James Glasscock and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Harmon
Brewster County
Miles Pierce
Alpine
Fort Worth
Alpine Bucks
Sul Ross College
Gilbert Bell & Sons
R.N. Stephenson
FIFA
el Paso
Sul Ross
Houston
Ray LaBett
Salomon Ramos
Drouth
B. B. West
Turner F. Austin
Mary Jean, Turner Jr
Preston
San Antonio
Austin
J. C. Epperson
James Glasscock
Musquiz Homesite To Be Made Park By Texas Highway
Fort Davis report outlines plans to convert the Musquiz homestead canyon into a roadside park. Historic adobe remains, Civil War era ties, and old Mulhern family ties color the site between Alpine and Fort Davis. Local legends include an apparent buried treasure and an 1854 frontier fort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musquiz
Barry Scgoce
Fort Davis
Alpine
Texas Highway Department
Jeff Davis County
Mexico
Frontier Army
Manuel Musquiz
Big Bend
Texas Rangers
Robert D. Mulhern
Alpine Area Sees 1955 Growth With Hospitals Churches And Mines
Alpine and Brewster County expect improved business in 1955 with plans for a $400000 hospital two new churches and several highway projects. Uranium searches oil ranching and tourism tied to Big Bend and Highway 90 are cited as growth drivers while city officials pledge cooperation and focus on water and hospital development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Big Bend D. Mountain
Brewster County
Teia
J. E. Casner
Ray LaBeff
Feix ‘McGaughy
Commissioners’ Court
Ashley Classen
el Paso
Alpine Municipal Park
Sul Ross College
Bryan Wildenthal
Border Patrol
Texas Rangers
Texas Highway Department
Jim Francois
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Big Bend National Ran
Big Bend Trail Associations
Alpine Chamber of Com
Pioneer West Texas Settler Daniel Hill Dies at 92
Daniel Chapman Hill, 92, longtime Eldorado hardware dealer and pioneer West Texas resident, died in Alpine Hospital after a long illness. Father of Dr Malonell and Miss Mil tia Hill of Alpine, he had lived in Alpine two years. Funeral services were held in Eldorado after his body was transported there by Livingston Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
NIRA
Wm. M. Smith
Huntsvile
Ark
Brewster County
John “A. Dumas
Fort Davis
Alpine High
Hugh White
J. E. Casner
Ray LaBeff
Lucius D. Bunton
Marfa
E. D. Linn
U.S
Mexico City
Kobernot Field
S. P
Sanderson
Valentine
Alpine
Robi. E. Peterson
First Christian Church
Alpine Cash Grocery
J. E
Junior) Gray
Tom Kent
M. C. Kay
Dist
Lions
3Rd Judicial Court
Alpine Lumber Co
Kokernot Ranch
Kokernot Lodge
Texas
New Mexico
Sul Ross College
Alpine Cowboys
Plymouth Oilers
U. S. 67
Hovey
Henry Newton
el Paso
Mitre Peak
Inga Howatt
Fred Olson
H. R. Gard
P. S
Sam) Nutt
Quarterly Meeting of
Texas Sheep & Goat Raisers
Dick Leva
Alpine Pioneer
Milwaukee Braves
Kokernot Field
Marvin L. Turney Jr
van Horn
Dell City
Pecos River
U. S. 90
Daniel Chapman Hill
Malonell
Militia Hill
Eldorado
West Texas
Hill
Livingston Funeral Home
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amblin
Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
Legion Hut
Woodie Epperson
Kerrville
Brewster County Veterans Service
David Lee Kokernot
Comander
Tom Coats
Fritz Bill Weyerts
Country Club
Wally Davis
Gene Hendryx
Chamber of Commerce
G.C. McDaniel
M System
Dom. Adams and
Dick Rogers
Cas Edwards
B. F. Berkeley
Big Bend-Davis
Sunshine Epperson
Bonnie Young
Ival Kennedy
Avalanché Printing Department
J. W
Bernal
Malone Hill
Holland
Mac
Joe Brady
Ugh White
Marian Hunter Metcalfe
Lon Garrison
Lon
Avalanche Files
C. F. Kimball
Pioneer Brewster County
Buffalo Trail Council
W. O. Hale
Fred Williams
Alpine Rotary Club
Raymond Garnett
Joe Dudley Thompson
D. S. Barker
Marfa-Presidio
Earl McElroy
West ‘Texas
W. G. Fielder
Walter Graef
Ross Lobos
Baylor
Edward Dutehover
Georgies
E. R. Hudson
Frost Baking Co
Monahans
W. B. Dorris
Henry M. Bailey
Legion and Auxiliary
Robt
N. McCallum Resighs
Episcopal
Henry Bailey Motors
East
Holland Avenue
Southwestern Bell Telephone ‘Co
First National Bank
D. M. Bennett
Edinburg Junior College
McAllen Daily Press
Lmes
Rebecca Stoddert
Daughters of the American Revolution
St. Alban's Episcopal Guild
Young Matron’s Club
Drama Club
H. Grierson
Mississippi
Charles Mulhern
Mulhern
Ireland
Robert E. Lee
Fourth Cavalry
Rex Ment
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