Alpine School Sued Over Tax Re-evaluation Contract
Supt Clarence Winn reports James T Windham sues McMorries Co H L Shaeffer Co and Alpine ISD over a 12127 50 payment for a property tax re-evaluation survey. Suit filed in 181st District Court tied to a 1966 contract and 1967 completion delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
McMorries
Amarillo
Potter County
Brewster County
Clarence Winn
James T. Windham
McMorries & Co., Inc
H. L. Shaeffer & Co
Alpine Isd
181St
Potter
Therd
Robert Page Smith
Howard Hardegree
Board of Equalization
Windham
Shaeffer
Chaney Rites Set Today for Texas Rancher Morgan Chaney
Morgan Chaney 78 prominent Marathon area rancher died Tuesday night at Brewster Memorial Hospital. Funeral at 10 a.m. today at St James Episcopal Alpine with Rev Evan Davies officiating. Burial in Marathon Cemetery under Kelly Funeral Home. Survivors include wife Elinor Abrams Chaney daughter Mrs Bart Evans and grandson Robert Evans of Marathon. The Oregon born World War I veteran and Mason moved to Texas in 1909 and owned a large ranch on San Francisco Creek near Marathon.
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Morgan Chaney
Brewster
Brewster Memorial Hospital
St. James Episcopal Church
Alpine
Evan Davies
Las Cruces
N.M
Marathon Cemetery
Kelly Funeral Home
Marfa
Louie Granger
W. R. Green
Marathon
Ted Harper
al Severini
Edward Hall
Jack Moore
Howard Wilcox
Connecticut
Mr. Chaney
New London
Morgan
Texas
Elinor Frances Abrams
San Antonio
Bart Evans
Robert Morgan Evans
Big Freeze Grips Alpine and Big Bend Area
Extremely cold conditions hit Alpine and Davis Mountains county as temperatures dipped to 9 and 7 degrees in recent mornings. Weather observer Homer Hudgins reports 1969 figures with a record low of ten on March 15 and a high of 100 on August 18, along with a 16 day stretch below freezing in March. Total rainfall for 1969 was 12.38 inches, below long term averages.
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Alpine
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
Mercury
Homer Hudgins
Hudgins
Alpine Chamber of Commerce elects four new directors
Four new directors were elected to the Alpine Chamber of Commerce board for three-year terms. E. E. Hillger, Edith Hopson, John Pattillo, and Kenneth Stucke join continuing directors including John Stradley and Shelby Kerbow. Ex-officio members are Mayor Hudgins and County Judge Merenghy. Retiring directors include That Cauins, Forrest Walker, and Hugh S. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Hillger
Texas Co Consignee
Edith Hopson
Trans-Pecos Abstract Co
John
Red) Pattillo
Gulf Servicenter
Kenneth Stucke
Casner Motor Co
Chamber
John Stradley
Shelby Kerbow
Peter Koch
Frank McCollum
Jack Minnox
Marvin Pierce
Dick Rogers
Duff Talley
Jack Williams
W. H. Hudgins
Felix Merenghy
That Cauins
Forrest Walker
Hugh S. White
Dormitories Open Doors on Sunday at Sul Ross
Sul Ross State University announces dormitories open at 11 p.m. Sunday. Registration for the spring semester runs Monday to Wednesday January 12 to 14 in the Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library with staggered reporting by last name. New students should check in with the registrar and adviser before registration. Food services start at 7 a.m. Monday in campus cafeterias.
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Sul Ross State University
Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library
Hare
Barbara Pierce
Airport Board Commended Over Treasury Report
City Council members commended the Airport Board for a financial report by Treasurer Neville Haynes. Bank balances were $1,239.67 on Jan 1, 1969 and $1,362.20 on Jan 6, 1970 with a yearly gain of $86.03. Receipts totaled $32,735 from hangar rent, tractor sale, city allocation, and other items. disbursements reached $2,648.47 covering utilities labor maintenance runway lighting and equipment purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airport Board
Neville Haynes
U. S
Pate Named Police Chief
State Patrolman Jean Pate will become Alpine chief of police on February 1 1970 succeeding Herman Hamilton who resigns effective January 22 1970 to join Reeves County Sheriffs Dept in Pecos. Hamilton thanks the council for a pleasant working relationship and service to Alpine while Pate has been stationed in Alpine for years.
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Jean Pate
Alpine
Pate
Herman Hamilton
Hamilton
Homer Hudgins
Reeves County Sheriffs Dept
Pecos
Alpine City Council
Zoning Change Okayed for Block 1 North Addition
City Council approved reclassifying Block 1 North Addition from R-1 to C-1 after a long hearing. The site lies northeast of Central School near 5th and 4th streets, with plans for an office building and possible Big Bend Telephone Co. offices relocation. Concerns about commercial encroachment were raised by residents. vote was 3-1.
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Tom Harrison
Neville Haynes
Central School
5Th Street
Uvalde
4Th
Brown
Harrison
Big Bend Telephone Co
W. Holland
Harrison Building
Haynes
Telephone Company
Holland
Adam Hoefling
The
Avalanche
Paul Forchheimer
Bill Winter
City Zoning Commission
T. A. Beard
N. Sth
North 6Th Street
Arch Anderson
Block
Homer Hudgins
R. L. Wittner
N. 5Th
John Allen
Cit
Tom Connor
Dorothy McBride
Paul Vogt
Norman Beard
Delton
Werner Hollis
Hollis
Daugherty
W. L. Barber
2Nd
Arlo Gill
East Avenue D
Harrison Avenue
Murphy
South 13Th
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