Alpine Country Poem and News Notes From El Paso to Alpine
Amblin around Sierra Blanca finds Guy Douglass of El Paso snow bound and riding a freight to Alpine for a Monday appointment. The item also notes a poem by Johnny Fritz Weyerts of Alpine, a student at Texas Western, praising Alpine Country and the Rio Grande. Nearby items mention bedsides corsages from Shine Bounds and a London news-letter from Fred Hervey, plus praise for Juan Rivera and a 1896 Cosmopolitan article reprinted.
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Guy Douglass
el Paso
Sierra Blanca
Alpine
Johnny Fritz Weyerts
F. E. Weyerts
Alpine High School
Texas Western
Old Mexico
Lone Star State
Rio Grande
Texas
Santa Helena
United States
Fred Hervey
King-Hall
London
England
Cattle Report Notes Lower Numbers and High Prices
Snow in the Big Bend and Davis Mountains left moisture for spring grass, with cattle numbers at about 40 percent of normal but quality high and prices strong. Sheep also declined. Alpine sees a winter event with Harlem Globetrotters coming Jan. 17 and a Chamber of Commerce banquet Jan. 20 featuring Herb Petry, state highway official.
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Big Bend-Davis
Sul Ross
Frank Newsom
Holland
Big Bend Livestock Show Set in Alpine January 18
The 14th annual Big Bend Livestock Show will be held in Alpine at the Big Bend Wool and Mohair warehouse on Saturday January 18. Twenty two baby beeves compete against fifteen last year while fifty fat lambs and twenty breeding sheep are entered. Judging begins at 8:30 am for lambs, 11 am for capon, 1:30 pm for steers and 2:30 pm for the livestock auction. Judges include Woodrow Mills, Miles Pierce and Ralph Meriwether with Don Estes as auctioneer. The show committee features H L Kokernot Jr and others. premiums include 50 for grand champion steer and 25 for reserve.
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Benny Schirtzinger
Rolando Johansson
Lilly Yokoi
Ballerine
Globetrotters
Harlem Cagers
Lions Club
Big Bend
H. L. Kokernot Jr
Otis Kimball
Jimmy Pate
Glen Vickers
Frank Newsom
Bob Brown
Bob Cox
Joe Lane
Keesey Kimball
George Mills
Billie Weston
Mr. Kokernot
Neville Haynes
Zeb Decie
H. L. Kokernot
Jim Espy
Forrest Weston
Travis Roberts
David Combs
Worth Evans
Keith Morrow
Gage Holland
Clay Espy
Eldon McGonagill
Keese
Cosgrove Named Minister at Alpine Church of Christ
Mr and Mrs Owen Cosgrove moved to Alpine to begin work with the Alpine Church of Christ. The Bronte natives hold a BA from Abilene Christian College class of 1954 with high honors and are finishing an MS thesis. They live at 695 W Ave A with their son Hank and are Lions Club members.
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Owen Cosgrove
Alpine
Alpine Church of Christ
Cosgroves
Bronte
Abilene Christian College
Cosgrove
ACC
The
Lions Club
W. Ave. A
Hank
Promenaders To Hold Area Dance Saturday
The Pioneer Promenader Square Dance Club sponsors an area square dance at 8 p.m. Saturday Jan. 11 in Sul Ross College Gym. Guest caller Joe Wilson of Abilene leads the lineup with W H Perryman hosting from Sul Ross. A floor show is planned and spectators are welcome. Admission is 1 per couple for dancers and 50c for spectators.
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Pioneer Promenader Square Dance Club
Sul Ross College
Joe Wilson
Abilene
W. H. Perryman
Sul Ross Physical Education Department
Bob Stovell Enters Houston Fat Stock Show
Alpine FFA member Bob Stovell has entered two Hereford steers and one nurse cow in the junior division of the Houston Fat Stock Show running February 19 to March 2. The event offers about $216,500 in cash premiums and awards to exhibitors as air conditioned barns prepare for about 10,000 head of livestock and related entries.
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Bob Stovell
FFA
Alpine
Houston
Alpine Cemetery Association meeting notice
Alpine Cemetery Association officers invite members to a 7 30 p m meeting on Thursday January 9 at the Chamber of Commerce. President Georgia Dallman asks for suggestions and criticisms to help keep the cemetery beautiful.
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Alpine Cemetery Association
Chamber of Commerce
Georgia Dallman
Post Office Receipts Rise at Alpine in 1957
Alpine Post Office reports stronger fiscal year results with 1957 gross receipts totaling 46229.49 dollars, up from 4578.20 dollars in 1956, and December 1957 receipts at 6538 dollars, a 6.38 percent increase over December 1956. Postmaster Billy West notes the year showed a healthy gain.
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Alpine
Billy West
Pilot Club Furnishes Room at Brewster Memorial Hospital
Mrs Avora Owens Brewster County treasurer announced Alpine Pilot Club will completely furnish a room in the new Brewster County Memorial Hospital with 510 dollars. The purchase includes a chest of drawers youth bed inhalator two cribs a lounge chair and drapes. Cribs drapes and inhalator are in place. remaining furniture will arrive soon with a plaque noting the Pilot Club’s gift.
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Avora Owens
Pilot Club
Brewster County
Alpine Pilot Club
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Minor collision at J. C. Penney corner injures no one
A west bound car from Caracas skidded into Peyton Cain while he turned left on Fort Davis Highway. No injuries occurred though Cain's sedan suffered substantial damage.
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J. C. Penney Corner
Caracas
Venezuela
Peyton Cain
Fort Davis
Mr. Cain
Creigh Leads Brewster County Education Committee
Organizational chairman Al Creigh of Alpine heads the Brewster County Hale Aiken Educational Committee. About 24 Brewster County citizens will serve on the complete committee with 12 from Alpine and 12 from Marathon.
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Brewster County
Hale-Aiken
al Creigh
Alpine
Marathon
Austin receives promotion to division equipment supervisor in Lubbock
Claude T. Austin, former vice chief at Southwestern Bell when the toll center was built, has been promoted and reassigned to Lubbock as division equipment supervisor serving western Texas. Mrs. Austin will join him there. their daughter Claudia stays in Alpine until term ends. the Austins sold their Fort Davis highway home to Mr. and Mrs. Schonberg of Bayside New York.
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Claude T. Austin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Midland
Lubbock
Austins
Fort Davis Highway
A. G. Schonberg
Bayside, N. Y
Snowest Pupils Absent Across Alpine Schools
Alpine schools reported 320 pupils absent on Monday due to heavy snow. Absentees included 73 at the high school, 89 at Central, and 258 at Alpine Centennial, with make up days planned for Easter holidays or Saturday sessions. Other high absence days were Nov 22 with 205 and Jan 2 with 215.
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Central
Mid-term Examinations Set for Jan Five to Seven
Public Schools announce mid term exams scheduled for January fifth sixth and seventh. Students will take tests across grades with a focus on core subjects. The schedule affects classroom routines and student preparation.
Lobos Meet Howard Payne on Road After 8-2 Start
Sul Ross Lobos with an 8-2 record travel to Brownwood to face Howard Payne Yellowjackets in the Lone Star Conference opener. The Lobos seek road wins after a 79-78 overtime victory over Lamar Tech and a 72-72 regulation tie before overtime.
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Lobos
Sul Ross
Howard Payne
Southwest Texas
Texas A&i
Lamar Tech
Cardinals
Sam Houston
Alpine
Brownwood
Civil Defense Urges Home Stockpiles in Alpine
Alpine defense officials urge every family to prepare at least a ten day supply of stored foods. With local stores holding only a short supply and potential refugee influx, households should stock canned milk juices fruits vegetables meats cereals and substitutes and rotate their stock. A government pamphlet with items and quantities is available at the city office.
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Alpine
Els
Correction: Funeral service details for Mrs. William Green
The notice clarifies that Mrs. William Green was laid to rest at Marathon Baptist Church rather than Livingston Funeral Home as previously reported by the Avalanche last week.
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William Green
Marathon Baptist Church
Livingston Funeral Home
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Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Shine
Walter Buckner
San Marcos
Juan Rivera
International At
Presidio
Eisenhower
Nelson A. Miles
Cosmopolitan
Bruce Duncan
Whistler
Thad Corkins
Cam
Kins
Thad
Hurter
Hues Globetrotters
Harlem Globetrotters
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Holland House
Tom Rawlins
Alpine Drug
City Drug
C of C
Herb C. Perry
State Highway Commission
Lions International
Bill Winter
Don Littleton
Sul Ross College Choir
Glenn Davis
Mr. Winter
Bill Sohl
Petry
Marvin Kay
Sohl
Gene Hendryx
Sehl
Bill Sehl
Hugh White
Dick Rogers
E. E. Hillger
John Newell
Paul Ferchheimer
Felix McGaughy
Jack Stowell
Davis
Jack Bow
Earl Anderau
D. D. Thomas
J. R. Whiteside
Harlem Globetrotter
Clarence Wilson
Andy Johnson
Alpine Lions Club
Creigh Heads Group
Big Bend Area
Whitis
San Marcos Next
Su! Ross
Bobcats
Southwest
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