Fame of Big Bend Park Growing Blakey Reports
Charles R. Key of National Park Cances and Mrs Blakey say Big Bend National Park gains recognition after visits to Mammoth Cave Kentucky and Texas. They distributed park literature at Chambers of Commerce and motels noting many overnight visitors in recent days. Edigon invented the flashlight in 1914.
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Big Bend National Ark
Charles R. Key
National Park
Mrs
Blakey
Mammoth Ve i
Kentucky
Texas
Big Bend Park
Chambers of Simmerce
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Big Bend National Park
Humble Oil Co
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Harris Cabinet Shop Ad Sparks Local Repair Services
General building contractor offers cabinet work locksmith services furniture repair and key making with precision sharpening of lawn mowers. Located at 110 W Murphy Ave Harris Cabinet Shop guarantees all work.
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Harris Cabinet Shop
W. Murphy Ave
Record Low 1954 Alpine Rainfall At 8.37 Inches
Alpine rainfall in 1954 likely set a local all time low at 8.37 inches, with higher amounts reported in parts of the Davis Mountains. The year followed four years of drought, with 1950-52 showing higher totals and August 1954 the rainiest month at Sul Ross College. Other monthly totals and a 24 hour peak of 1.23 inches are noted, while a line about asphalt expenditure appears as a separate topic.
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Alpine
Davis Mountains
Here
Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
Big Bend Park News Highlights Staff Moves and Local Events
Big Bend National Park notes staff changes with Lon Garrison returning from Santa Fe to lead operations before a Washington posting as NPS Chief of Conservation and Protection. Assistant Supt Evans heads to Hawaii, while other officials attend meetings in Del Rio Crane and Austin. Water projects near completion, winter weather mild with brief snow on higher peaks, and a Shell Wrangler visit featured.
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Lon Garrison
Park
Santa Fe
Garrison
NPS
Mr. Garrison
Washington, D. C
Sholly
Pat Miller
Chamber of Commerce
Crane
Shelly
Big Bend National Park
Alpine Building Permits In December Total 7300
Building permits issued in December totaled 7300 and lifted the year’s total toward the 1953 figure by about 15000. The December permits covered an educational unit for First Presbyterian Church and an addition to the W H Hance Jr residence in North East Alpine.
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First Presbyterian Church
W. H. Hance Jr
Alpine
South Alpine
Pierce Shows Champion Sheep At Fort Stockton
Miles Pierce Alpine ranchman displayed the champion Rambouillet and a top notcher in the Men’s Breeding Sheep division at the Pecos county livestock show in Fort Stockton last weekend. His Rambouillets have won top prizes across Texas shows for several years.
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Miles Pierce
Pecos County
Fort Stockton
Mr. Pierce
Texas
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Edigon
Paul R. Weyerts, D. V. M
West Ave
Jane Wyman
Rock Hudson
Twin Peaks
Business and Professional Directory
Marvin C. Ray
Dist. Mgr
Fidelity Union Life Ins. Co
G. Fielder
Granada Theatre
BIG Bend Abstract CO
Helen D. Gibb
Brewster County Abstracts
Bruce C. Sutton
Alpine, Texas
Ralph W. Peters
General Building Contractor
T. A. Beard
Standard Oil Products
Insurance
Trans-Pecos Abstract Company
Alphe Asiyaber
Rene Prone Tish
Leon Evans
Hawaii Naional Park
Montana
Los Angeles
Peter Koch
George Sholly
S. Highway 90 Assn
del Rio
Albert Dale
Motorola
Pecos
Roy Lassiter
el Paso
Hell “Oi Company
Wrangler
Shell Oil
Carol Lane
C. H. Row
Boquillas Canyon
Everett Arnold
North Dakota
Mr. Arnold
Guy Woodruff
van Horn
Oak Spring
K Bar Ranch
Chisos
Mt. Emory
Ward
Pale Lam
Jack McNamara
Carroll Simpson
State Highway Dept
Auistin
Highway Dept
Ds Cor
Spitsbergen
Norway
Arctic
North Pole
Naional Geographic Society
Pierce
United States Trust Territory of Pacific Islands i
Carolines
Rhode Island
National Georgraphic Society
Demetrius
Geiger Counters
Highland Butane CO
P. D. Box
States
Canada
Magoffin Ave
Big Bend
N. 5Th St
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