Christmas notes and local color from the Big Bend
A nostalgia flavored column recalls Christmas gifts and parties in the lower Big Bend region. Mrs. Polk Hinson reports a festive Herbert Wright ranch gathering with frijoles and other foods, while the editor laments cold weather and searches for readers, hinting at local society notes and memories.
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Polk Hinson
Terlingua
Herbert Wright
Christmas Mountains
Society Col
Big Bend
Peeks
Brewster County Officials Installed After Delayed List
Brewster County officials for 1947 48 were sworn in at a late weekend meeting of the commissioners court. Felix P. McGaughy became county judge replacing R. B. Slight, while J. W. Frazer, Clarence Hord, Avora Owens, C. E. Patterson, Raymond Garnett, Virginia Young, J. T. Johnson, W. E. Young, Wm. Cotter, H. C. Hernandez, Earl Clark, and W. T. Dunnington were re elected or newly elected. Some officers remain to qualify including Herbert Wright and Terlingua candidates. Additional deputies and staff assignments were noted, with Mrs. Sara Pugh acting as deputy clerk and Price Rackley as deputy sheriff.
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Brewster County
Faily
Commissioners Court
W. E.young
Wm. Cotter
Earl Clark
W. T. Dunnington
Terlingua
Ray Ogle
Met
W. Patterson
Herbert Wright
Sara Pugh
Price Rackley
Jim Skinner
Marathon
Victor Hell
Shelby Burke
Bob Burleson
Snow Depth Shown in Alpine Pictures From 1946 Winters
Two photographs compare January 1946 and December 1946 into January 1947 showing cars buried under 36 inches of snow at the Holland hotel on Alpine's main business street and a second shot near the traffic circle north of town with the Southern Pacific railroad line visible four miles distant.
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Holland Hotel
Alpine
Busines
Southern Pacific Railroad
W. D. Smithers
Glenn Buress
Park Provides War Surplus For Big Bend National Park
Dr. Ross Maxwell, superintendent, secured a large collection of war surplus materials from Marfa and Salt Lake City to improve Big Bend Texas playground. The haul includes power plants, rock crushing and paving equipment, a fire truck, cargo trucks, tools, and building supplies to enhance roads campsites and visitor facilities for the growing tourist business.
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Otis Scales
Alice
Cess
Sane Way
Salt Lake City
Maxwell
Big Bend Park
Elderly Lady's Heroic Action Averts Serious Fire
Firefighters called to a frigid midnight blaze avoided major damage thanks to the quick actions of an elderly woman who alerted neighbors as sparks ignited a wall. Chief Cooley credited her calm intervention and noted the rapid response that prevented the fire from spreading.
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Alta 3
Colwell
Sarfati
Fsb
Fee
Ek Fesrtisen
Cooley
Coney
Caus
Girl Scout Meeting Planned for Next Wednesday
The Girl Scouts will hold a meeting next Wednesday at 7:30 PM in the Methodist church. Mrs. Hobden, area director, will attend and important business will be transacted. All members are urged to attend.
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Methodist Church
Hobden
RECORD COLD WAVE HITS HILANDS
The Sul Ross Lobos hold a 3 1 record after four games and will host an all star Anti Aircraft team from Fort Bliss at El Paso tomorrow at 7 30 p m in their fifth contest of the season. The Lobos schedule lists Daniel Baker games at home and away in late January February and February with Southwest Texas State Schreiner and other opponents on the docket.
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Sul Ross Lobos
Fort Diss
el Paso
San Angelo Junior College Rams
Lobos
Desert Gold screening in Fort Worth by Peter Koch
Fort Worth Anglers Club presents Peter Koch, nature photographer and explorer, with a color film and lecture on Big Bend life at 8 p.m. Friday in the First Baptist church auditorium. Koch describes filming across the Rio Grande canyons and rescuing a baby eagle, with plans to document Big Bend mountain lions next spring.
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Fort Worth
Big Bend
Big Bend Mountain
Rio Grande
Santa Elena
Mariscal
Boquillas
Robert T. Hill
University of Texas
J. T. Burnham
Anney
Shea
United States
Mexico
Koch
Koch Adobe
Hercules
Cincinnati
Louisville
Cromer
Angiers’ Club
Alpine Cowboys Thank Sponsor at Dinner Dance in Alpine
Alpine Cowboys hosted a sponsor dinner dance at the Holland hotel with 38 high quality jackets presented by Herbert Kokernot. Guests enjoyed a steak dinner and dancing with Ray McNeill Orchestra as the club plans a bigger 1947 season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Edwards
H. L. Konemot Jr
Alpine Cowboys Baseball Club
Holland Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Jimmie Pate
Herbert Ko
Kernot
Alpine
Alpine Cowboy
Ray McNeill
Alpine Cowboys
Herbert Koker
Pineville 4-H FFA Capon Show Date Set
At the January meeting the Al pine FPA chapter set January 25 as the capon show date. The third prize winner will be sold at the annual 4 H and FFA livestock show next month. Plans for the slamour show to raise funds are underway with tickets to go on sale soon. Eadie Martin, Reporter.
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Alpine Fpa
Eadie Martin
Miss Frances Cushman Dies After Long Illness
Miss Frances Cushman died at her East Avenue home late Wednesday after an extended illness. Funeral services are planned here tomorrow once a sister from El Paso arrives. A Alpine resident since 1926 she came from Dallas earlier and lived in Stephenville. Survived by sisters Annabel Cushman of El Paso and Mrs. E. R. Gracie of Memphis, and brother Cecil Cushman of Redlands. Interment in Elm Grove Cemetery under Livingston Funeral Home care.
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Frances Cushman Grea
East Ave
Annabel Cushman
el Paso
Miss Cushman
Alpine
Dallas
Steenville
E. R. Gracie
Memp Tenn
Cecil Cushman
Redlands
Cal
Elm Grove
Livingston Funeral Home
Army recruiter to interview men at courthouse dates listed
Dominick Cordisco of the Army Recruiting Service will be at the courthouse here January 22 and February . He will also be in Fort Davis January 15 and 29 where he may be seen at the courthouse to interview men interested in joining the army.
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Dominick Cordisco
Army Recruiting Service
Army
Cordisco
Fort Davis
Rising Temperature Ends Eight Day Alpine Siege
Rising temperatures last Monday brought relief after a prolonged cold spell in Alpine. The Sul Ross College thermometer neared freezing, peaking at 44 degrees Monday and Monday of this week, while subzero readings occurred on Saturday and Sunday. Snow added seven and a half inches total, with roads slick and water pipes bursting from cold.
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Alpine
Weather Bureau
Sul Ross College
Mercury
Prumvers
Cle Ty
Theigh
Central Ward
Navy Chaplain to Speak at Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Dr. Frank Travis of Denton, state representative of the Restoration Fund of the Presbyterian Church, will speak at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 a.m. He served as a naval chaplain in the war and will discuss mission equipment, schools and hospitals destroyed by the war and efforts to extend mission work in the United States. More than $20 million has been raised, with a goal of $27 million. completion is aimed for May.
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Frank Travis
Denton
Restoration Fund
The
Presbyterian Church
Fred S. Rogers
United States
Rogers
Travis
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Watson
San Antonio
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North Pole
C.W. Morgan
Alamogordo, N.M
Los Angeles
Brewster
Girl Scout
Hilands
Ular
Park Area
Cliffora Jonnson
Alf
Kenneth Johnson
Anna D. Linn
Iva’ McIntyre
Ottan Mich
Charlene Pugh
Sul Ross
Marty Katz Jr
Frances Cushman
Mars
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