Alpine small town buzz as councils discuss projects and pipes
Amblin around Alpine notes a quiet week with City Commission talks on a Garden Club planting plan and water matters. Local groups meet at the Chamber of Commerce, American Legion, PTA, and Masonic order. A 3.4 mile aluminum pipeline to the Daugherty well faces an unusual chemical reaction threatening the pipe while water tests remain favorable. New license plates across the state rise in size, First National Bank publicizes Alpine and Big Bend National Park, and a Chihuahua City to Pacific Coast railroad project promises long new rail traffic through Alpine. Dennis Brown predicts five years of tourist and goods flow via Alpine to Mexico and the Pacific. Continuous coverage ends with an Amblin Around note from local diners and a welcome visit from Henry Bagley. Continued on page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Hope
Big Bend
PTA
Big City
Alpine
Chihuahua City
Pacific Coast
United States
Mexico
Orient
Presidio
Ofinaga
Dennis Brown
Santa Fe
U.S
March of Dimes campaign opens in Brewster County
The March of Dimes campaign opens this week in Brewster County directed by Eugene Blackie Blackburn. Coin collectors will visit business houses and schools for drive events led by Fritz Weyerts and others. Committees named for coin distribution include Edwin Frank Young and Mitt Glasscock. County fund drives are led by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Fulcher in Big Bend National Park and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Todd for Marathon campaigns. Residents will receive coin holders soon and are urged to return them promptly. There are 68,000 polio victims nation wide needing care, with Brewster County having three cases costing $800 monthly. Care for one child at Gonzales Warm Springs is $600 monthly. 50 percent of net locally stays in Brewster County, with National Foundation funds available when local funds run out. Kenneth Stucke leads Brewster County chapter of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation.
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Brewster County
Eugene
Blackie) Blackburn
Edwin Frank Young
Mitt Glasscock
Stanley Fulcher
Big Bend National Park
Jack Todd
Blackburn
Gonzales Warm Springs
National Foundation
Kenneth Stucke
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Reservations Open for Cubs Versus Orioles Exhibition
The Alpine Chamber of Commerce announces an afternoon exhibition baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Baltimore Orioles at Kokernot Field in Alpine Texas. H L Kokernot Jr urges fans to reserve early. money is refundable if rain cancels. Mail orders go to Alpine Chamber of Commerce, Alpine Texas. phone 2926. Levin Davis is chamber manager and has begun card reservations.
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Chicago Cubs
Baltimore Orioles
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Kokernot
H. L. Kokernot Jr
Diamond
Alpine
Texas
Levin Davis
County considers 10 percent pay raise for elected officials
Brewster County Commission meets Monday February 13 to decide on a proposed ten percent hike for elected officials. The 1956 salaries set include County Judge Felix Mcnaughy 4687.50 a year plus 600 car. Sheriff Tax Collector Bruce Sutton 4027.50 plus 100 monthly car, 30 horse feed. County Attorney Bruce Sutton 3600. Treasurer Avora Owens 4200. Clerk J. W. Frazer 4687.50. Commissioners Lee M. Smith Robert Valadez Tom Yarbro Rex Ivey Jr each 200 monthly plus 50 car. County Agent Frank Newsom 166.66 monthly with rest paid by Texas A&M Extension Service and Jett Davis County. A trapper stipend of 200 for three months to Marathon Wolf Club care of Zoye Decie is approved. Alpine Cemetery Assn elected officers with George Kempen Jr retiring president honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County Commissioners’ Court
Felix Mcnaughy
Jim Skinner
Bruce Sutton
Avora Owens
J. W. ‘Frazer
Lee M. Smith
Robert Valadez
Tom Yarbro
Rex Ivey Jr
Frank Newsom
Texas A&m
Jett Davis County
Marathon Wolf Club
Zoye Decie
Texas Cafe To Enlarge And Remodel Next Year
Waimer owner of the 16x as Cafe announces lease on the adjoining Bend Camera Curio building. The Texas cafe will be expanded to 104 seats with a private dining room and 60 additional seats. Exterior will have a glass front and door. indirect interior lighting and new tables and chairs. Remodeling expected to finish by February 1. Lease held from Mrs. Charles Livingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waimer
16Xas Cafe
Bend Camera & Curio
Walker
Texas Cafe
Charles Livingston
D. L. Funk
Baptist Church Plans to Build in Alpine
Alpine Baptist Church announces plans for a new building with bids to be received next week. Final decision will follow cost determinations. Several committees were named at the Wednesday business meeting. Architect John G. Becker estimates the cost at about $125,000. Continued on Page 8.
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Alpine
John G. Becker
San Angelo
Dr Morelock Traces Sul Ross College History in New Book
The new volume Mountains of the Mind from Naylor Co. profiles Dr Horace Wilson Morelock a Texas educator who led Sul Ross State College Alpine for 23 years. It recaps his rise from Tennessee mountains to the Big Bend, defending Alpine’s Sul Ross against legislative moves to relocate the college while shaping educational methods and regional legacy.
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Mass
Sig Bend Memorial Museum
Horace Wilson Morelock
Bny the Naylor Co
San Antonio
Morelock
Texas
Sun Rose State College
Alpine
Tennessee
Mii
Trans-Pecos
Rio Grande
Big Bend
United States
Sul Ross
Texas Lgislature
Ares
Midland speaker to address Alpine C of C banquet
C V Elwell of Midland will be the principal speaker at the Alpine Chamber of Commerce banquet on Saturday night January 28 at 7 30 in the Holland Hotel Ballroom. He is with Western Oil Well Servicing Co and will be accompanied by his wife. They plan a tour of Big Bend National Park the next day.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Election Committee
Jim Francois
Frank Mi Collum
C of C
Alpine
Marfa
Pure Oil No 1 Massie West Well Drilling Near Alpine
Pure Oil test 12 miles southwest of Alpine aims for 6000 feet depth. Drilling by Western Service Drilling Co of Longview with a 120 foot derrick and three crews on duty around the clock. Key personnel include A L Rippey Midland geologist and C B Odom Midland production agent, with W F Cameron Midland in charge of area geology. Location is six miles off Highway 90 in Section 548, Block 8, GH&SA.
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Haurena
Pure Oil Co
Massie
Brewster County
Wildcat
Alpine
Pure
Midland
Western Service Drilling Co
Longview
Jim Little
Odessa
Western
A. L. Rippey
Pure Oil
C. B. Odom
Highway 90
W. F. Cameron
Leto
No. 1
Gh&sa Survey
Granada Theatre to Launch Fund Drive for Hospital Rooms
Granada Theatre owner Fred M. Jack announced a fund drive to furnish a Brewster County Hospital room. County Judge Felix Mc Gaughy welcomed the gesture. The fund may be used for any hospital purpose if needed. The Granada will give $80 away each Monday night during the drive.
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Granada
Brewster County Hospital
Fred M. Jack
Jack
Felix McGaughy
Brewster County
Big Bend Livestock Show Auction Schedules 71 Lambs
Seventy one lambs and five baby beeves are slated for sale at the Big Bend Livestock Show auction. The event lists the numbers to be offered and highlights the forthcoming market round.
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Big Bend Livestock Show
Lions Donate $40 For Traffic Signs in Alpine
Lions Club donates forty dollars to Alpine for traffic signs including yield right of way markers. City will supply standards and labor. Lions chairman Rev Carl Lawson appeared before the City Commission to announce the donation. Police Chief Jack Johnson outlined high-need intersections and praise from Mayor Hugh White and Commissioners Casner and TheBeft. A second note covers aftermath of the 12th Annual Big Bend Livestock Show with 71 feeders to sell at 2:30 p.m. and a long list of attendees on the sales committee.
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Alpine
Lions Club
Carl Lawson
Civic Improvement Committee
City Commission
Jack Johnson
Hugh White
Jim Casner
Ray theBeft
Lawson
The
Lions
Dick Rogers
J. P. Espy
David "Kokernot
Herbert Kokernot
W. H. Terry Jr
Gage Holland
Jimmy Pate
Caven Woodward
Ben Gearhart
Neville Haynes
William Donnell
F. N. Newsom
Gene Hendryx
Charlie Hunter
Otis Kimball
Zeb Decie
H. L. Kokernot
Jim Espy
Forest Weston
Travis Roberts
Saya Comte
Were
Brae Raed Morrow
Clay Esspy
Elton Tan Meerasnat
Ralph Mer
Collie Pipeline Repair Underway At Alpine
A surface aluminum pipeline from the Daugherty well to the City Park well is being repaired with coating and high pressure testing. The line, owned by Collie, should be back in operation within 10 days. Water remains fresh and pure, but a chemical reaction is corroding the pipe. Experts from Reynolds Metals and other firms studied the issue in Alpine, with samples sent to Richmond, Washington State College, and local parties assisting. About ten Alpine workers are assigned to the project.
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Collie
Daugherty
Alpine
Odessa
Midland
City’s Park
M. LW
Mr. Collie
Reynolds
Robert 8. Dalrymple
Louisville
Reynolds Metals Co
Richard L. Boke
Reynold
Reynolds Laboratory
Richmond
J. Adams
Washington State College
Stewart & Stevenson Services
J. C. Conine
W. B. Collett
Houston
Midland TV Now Begins Telecasting At 7 A. M.
AMLLU E V channel Midland television station starts telecasting at 7 am daily with National Broadcasting Co. programs. It operates from 7 to 11 am and 2 pm to midnight. KOSA TV at Odessa begins broadcasting at 1 pm. Jimmy Logan of the Big Bend TV Co. in Alpine says a TV set demo was made in Country Club Loop Road showing good reception and coverage. Logan notes tests across Alpine with portable TV, tower and antenna.
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Amllu-Ev
Madl
Na.ional Broadcasting Co
Kosa-Tv
Odessa
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Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
With Jim Glasscock
J. C. Cooley
Roy Whiteside
Garden Club
Maurice. Collie
Pipeline
First National Bank
Bob
Flo ‘Halpern
Louis Forchheimer
Green Cafe
Henry’ Bagley
Har- Shin-Simmong
Massie West
Essealensh Legion
Fritz Bil Weyerts
Mothers
Gene Benson
DHL Heads Cemetery ‘Association
Bill Som
Alpine Cemetery Assn
Zeb. Decie
Campbell Barker
George Baines
George Kempen, Jr
Baptist Church
C. V. Elwell
Massie Westwestern Service Drilling Co
Hunter
A. H. Rippey
Ett
Drilling Company
Check
No. Massie West
Midland TV
Logan
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