Lobos Face Howard Payne After Close Losses In Key Clash
Sul Ross hosts Southwest Texas at Alpine after a 98 72 setback to Howard Payne. Mike Powell led the Lobos with 30 points as Howard Payne stretched a late lead with sharp free throw shooting. Sul Ross earlier beat Texas Western 80 83 in overtime behind Frank Trevino 26 points and balanced scoring from Leland Caffey Raymond Osborne and Herman Hudson.
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Sul Ross Lobos
Southwest ‘Texas
Southwest Texas
Alpine
Bobcats
Howard Payne Jackets
Sul Ross
Lobos
Cats
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets
Jackets
Mike Powell
Payne
Frank Trevino
Nets
Miners
Herman Hudson
Powell
Trevino
Leland Caffey
Raymond Osborne
Granite to be Big Bend exchange name in National Park
Amblin around with Jim Glasscock reports Granite 7 as the proposed telephone exchange for Big Bend National Park. Southwestern Bell officials discuss Greenwood, but National Park Service officials overruled the name. Riordan recalls a big summer campaign to make Big Bend the 49th state.
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Granite 7
Big Bend National Park
Joe Riordan
Lubbock
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Randy Cooper
Alpine
Greenwood
National Park Service
Granite
Riordan
Big Bend
Cooper
FAA Takes Over CAA Functions and Modernizes Airways
The Federal Aviation Agency assumes all Civil Aeronautics Administration duties effective January 1 influencing Alpine's district office. Staff include Terry Oliver Sherman Newsom and Aaron Dunaway. E R Pete Quesada leads the new agency tasked with modernizing federal airways managing air traffic and enforcing safety rules to advance jet age leadership while preserving flight safety standards.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
District Caa
Alpine
Terry Oliver
Sherman Newsom
Aaron’ Dunaway
Oklahoma
CAA
Department of Commerce
FAA
E. R
Pete) Quesada
Big Bend Park Improvements Total 2.5 Million in Three Years
National Park Service Mission 66 work at Big Bend Park has spent about 2.5 million dollars over three years to upgrade facilities. Supt. George W. Miller notes eight new guest rooms and expanded cabins for 190 guests in the Chisos Mountains Basin. Visitation in 1958 was 72,690, down from 74,960 in 1957, with most visitors from Texas and nearby states. Projected campground growth includes 75 sites in Basin and 125 in Rio Grande Village plus new parking and campfire areas.
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Big Bend National Park
Mission 66
George W. Miller
National Park Con
Chisos Mountains
Miller
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Texas
Supt
National Park Service
Big Bend
Basin
Rio Grande Village
McAfee Named Inspector for Marfa Production Credit Association
W R Russell McAfee 38 of Alpine has been named an inspector for the Marfa Production Credit Association. He holds an animal husbandry degree from Texas A&M and did graduate work at Sul Ross. A World War II veteran, he served with Reid Bros Fort Davis and later farmed in Portales New Mexico before ranch foreman duties for Georgia Dallman in Alpine. He and his two children plan to stay in Alpine in 1959.
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W. R
Russell) McAfee
Alpine
Marfa
Portales
N. M
Georgia Dallman
New Mexico
Pat
Russell
Miles Pierce Sheep Win at Odessa Show
Sheep bred by Miles Pierce of Alpine were named champion ram and champion ewe in the large registered Rambouillet show at the Sandhills Hereford and Quarter Horse Show in Odessa Monday. The animals were fed and shown by Pierce Miller, an Ozona 4H Club boy. James A. Gray of San Angelo served as Rambouillet judge.
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Miles Pierce
Alpine
Sandhills
Odessa
Pierce Miller
James A. Gray
San Angelo
Nine Brewster County Officials Sworn In For New Year Terms
Nine Brewster County officers were sworn in Monday with bonds set for each post. Officials include J. W. Frazer as county and district clerk at 5000, Felix McGaughy as county judge and superintendent at 1000 each, Avora Owens as county treasurer at 20000, Rex Ivey Jr as precinct 4 commissioner at 3000, Robert Valadez as precinct 2 commissioner at 3000, J. T. Carney as county surveyor, T. C. Taylor as precinct 1 constable at 1500, W. G. Fielder as justice of the peace precinct 1 at 1000, and Lee S. Dickson as justice of the peace precinct 3 at 1000. Deputy clerks Sara Pugh and Gula Burke approved. Salary schedule kept 1959 as 1958, JP 1 and 3 on fee basis. An audit of Brewster County Memorial Hospital for 1957-58 by T. B. Davis approved with a 350 fee.
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Brewster County
J. W. Frazer
Felix McGaughy
Avora Owens
Rex Ivey Jr
Robert Valadez
J.T. Carney
Sino
T. C. Taylor
W. G. Fielder
Ice of Peace
Lee S. Dickson
Justice of Peace
Sara Pugh
Gula Burke
Commissioners’ Court
Gene Hendryx
Tom Yarbro
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
T. B. Davis
Mayor to speak to Alpine Rotary on water efforts
Mayor W. E. Lockhart will address the Alpine Rotary Club at noon today. He will discuss city problems focusing on the water situation and argue that higher water production and sales can prevent tax increases.
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Rotary
W. E. Lockhart
Alpine Rotary Club
Big Bend 4 H Show roster announced for January event
Complete program for the 15th annual Big Bend 4 H and FFA Livestock Show at the Big Bend Wool and Mohair Warehouse in Alpine. 25 beeves 150 lambs entered with judging times for lambs capons steers and an auction, plus details on committee and superintendents.
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Big Bend
FFA
Roy Siegmund
Fort Stockton
Woodrow Mills
Ozona
Miles Pierce
Alpine
Everett Turner
Sul Ross
Don Estes
San Angelo
H. L. Kobernot Jr
Otis Kimball
Jimmy Pate
Frank Newsom
Bob Brown
Charlie Berry
Joe Lane
Keesey Kimball
George Mills
Billie Weston
el Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
Neville Haynes
Zeb Decie
H. L. Kokernot Jr
Jim Espy Forrest Weston
Travis Roberts
David Combs
Worth Evans
Keith Morrow
Gage Holland
Clay Espy
Eldon McGonagill
J. K Miller
Caven Woodward
Steve Verg Sr
W. H. Terry Jr
Meriwether
Ted Gray
Steve Stumberg Jr
Charles’ Stringfellow
Ed Fowlkes
Sophomore League Meeting Set for Midland Sunday
Alpine Cowboys general manager Iuene Mussen is expected at the Sophomore League gathering in Midland Sunday. Eight teams will draft a schedule, with an April 27 opener anticipated. Alpine joins as a first year pro farm club for the Boston Red Sox, after prior semi pro seasons.
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Iuene Mussen
Alpine Cowboys
Midland
Alpine
College All Stars
Boston Red Sox
Three Teachers Resign From Alpine Public Schools
Three teachers quit during the Christmas holidays. Berta Lassiter joins Ysleta Public Schools after twelve years at Centennial. Phoebe Woodward leaves Central grade three to join her husband John Woodward at Austin Elementary in Wichita Falls. Rebecca Terry to pursue biology studies at Sul Ross College with graduate work planned. Replacements to be named after the Jan. 13 school board meeting. Alpine Public Schools reopened with 98 absent and enrollments ranking Central 255 Centennial 431 Alpine 207. End of first semester set for Jan. 16 with exams Jan. 14–16 and report cards Jan. 23.
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Alpine
Irs
Berta Clark Lassiter
Centennial School
Ysleta
Phoebe Jo Woodward
John I. Woodward
Austin
Wichita Falls
Rebecca Terry
Sul Ross College
Alpine Public Schools
Centennial
Central
Alpine High To Sponsor Girls Basketball Tourney Jan 23 24
Alpine High will host a girls basketball tournament on January 23 and 24 with teams Presidio Marfa Fort Davis Balmorhea Sanderson Bracketville and Alpine entered. McCamey High was invited to fill the open slot. if declined, nearby schools may participate though schedules are full. Bracketville is favored to win though Balmorhea also poses a challenge.
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Alpine High
Terry
Station High School
Alpine
Presidio
Marfa
Fort Davis
Balmorhea
Sanderson Bracketville
McCamey High
Bracketville
Nell Holman Buried Here
Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie Vegas Holman age 45 were held at First Baptist Church with Rev. R. E. Streetman officiating. Burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery under Livingston Funeral Home. She was born March 8 1913 in Las Vegas New Mexico and lived with husband A J Ham Holman in Big Bend since 1940. Survived by husband one sister nieces and an aunt. pallbearers named.
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Pam
First Baptist Church
Nellie Vegas Holman
R. E. Streetman
Elm Grove Cemetery
Livingston Funeral Home
Women’s Hospital Auxiliary
Baptist Church
J. 0. Cecil
Santa Fe
N. M
John A. Merritt
Albuquerque
Jack L. Jobe
Phoenix
Ariz
Daisy Wilhite
Las Vegas
Hays Hord
W. E. Devolin Jr
Maria Nolland Shuler
Frank Mangum
J.B. Burling
Forrest Walker
Mystery lights likely natural in origin say researchers
W D Smithers, a long time Big Bend traveler, says the so called mystery lights seen near Alpine and Marfa are not supernatural. He cites climate and mineral elements as causes, noting sightings over years and connections to caves where bats roost and moisture seeps after rains.
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Alpine
Marfa
W. D
Bill) Smithers
Big Bee
Smithers
Frank Tolbert
Dallas Morning News
Big Bend
Tom
Night glow from guano phosphates lights up mountains
The writer notes chemical action from phosphate guano producing glow at night resembling a flame. One type lasts minutes then fades, another appears after dark from canyons. During border days, in pack and wagon trains, lights were seen on nights with afternoon rain.
Light in Canyon Sparks Theories Of Mineral Glow
The report mentions fleeting glow from canyon minerals and contrasts it with steady acetylene lantern light used by Geological Surveyors for triangulation on high mountains.
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Rey
Geological Service
Alpine Bank Deposits Hit All Time High in 1958
Deposits at the First National Bank in Alpine reached $4,948,739.91 at year end 1958, the highest in its history. The bank reported $196,220.81 on Dec 31, 1957 and $4,288,889.99 on Dec 31, 1956, per statements of condition published in The Avalanche.
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Alpine
First National Bank In
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