City Uses Radioactive Logs On Sunny Glen Wells
The City Council hired Lane Wells Inc of Monahans to log two wells in the Sunny Glen area using natural gamma radiation and neutron-activated gamma methods. Mayor Lockhart says the tests show promising porosity data but do not guarantee water production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane Wells, Inc
Monahans
Sunny Glen
Bill Winter
Lee Snider
Lockhart
Billy Meriwether
Lee Cowell
Stanley Hanson
Charles King
Sul Ross
Ed Foley
Johnny Newell
Princeton
McAnulty-Daugherty
Usgs State Board of Water Engineers
Brewster County
R. T. Littleton
Snider
Mr. Snider
Fort Davis Marfa to Open All-Girls Tournament in Alpine
About 140 high school girls from seven schools will gather in Alpine for the Eighth Annual All-Girls Basketball Tournament hosted by Alpine High School. Tourney director Mrs. Faye Reed notes potential participation could reach over 160 with coaches and officials. Fort Davis, Presidio, McCamey, Brackettville, Sanderson and Van Horn are among the competitors with Van Horn the defending champion from 1961. The event runs Friday and Saturday with multiple matchups at Central and Peyton Cain Gyms and concludes with consolation and bracket finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Alpine High School
Faye Reed
Reed
van Horn
Fort Davis
Presidio
Brackettville High Tigerettes
Sanderson
Tigerettes
Judy Thee
Marfa
Presidio and
McCamey High
Brackettville
Presidio McCamey
Central Gym
Peyton Cain
Steers Lambs Capons to Exhibit at Alpine Livestock Show
The 17th Annual Big Bend 4H and FFA Livestock Show opens at 10 a.m. Saturday in Alpine with 12 club steers 100 fat lambs and 50 capons. Lamb judging at 10, capon at 11 30, steer judging at 1 30 and sale at 2 30 led by auctioneer Forrest Weston. County and local agents and many Alpine Fort Davis Marathon and Marathon 4H and FFA members are listed as steers lambs capons exhibitors and supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Grubb
Fort Davis
Phoenix
Big Bend
Southwest
Alpine
Alpine Lions Club
Forrest
Pop) Weston
Joe
Gary
Monte Kimball
Janet
Ellen Largent
B. G. Hill
Judy
Clint Owens
Marathon
Jimmie
Ann Espy
Scotty
Johnny Gibbons
Kim
Toni Lane
Ross
Lea Skelton
Verne
Jeanne Roark
FFA
Lambs
Bob Sledge
Ronnie Minica
Sammy Thomas
Jay Foster
Harold Powell
Sammy Cunningham
Steve Sledge
Monroe Adamson
Walter Aguilar
Herman Gonzales
Jose Losoya
Joe Molinar
Frank Bustamante
Marin Sanchez
Manuel Payne
Porky Gonzales
Buddy
Chuck
Robert Burling
Charles Babcock
Alfredo Ramos
Cayetono
Eagle Menace To Be Aired At Meeting
Brewster County Eagle Club members announce a 10 a.m. Saturday meeting at the Holland Hotel Ballroom to discuss controlling eagles blamed for heavy losses of lambs fawns and antelope. Ranchers Bill Sohl and Miles Pierce warn deer and antelope declines will hurt hunting and business with cited losses around $4000 and high goat kid mortality. Zeb Decie leads the Eagle Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Brewster County
Eagle Club
Holland Hotel
Bill Sohl
Miles Pierce
Cathedral Mountain Lodge
Alpine
Pierce
Zeb Decie
Wildcat Drilling Progress Near Alpine and Presidio County
Shannon Oil Co. reports its 02 Ranch wildcat No. 2 Lykes Bros. is drilling below 900 feet with surface casing at 206 feet. Gulf No. 1 Hubbard in Presidio County sits at 9606 feet in lime. Hunt No. 5 Elsinore in Pecos county near Brewster line prepares to test between 13,904 and 13,928 feet after setting a packer at 13,890 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon Oil Co
Wildcat
Alpine
Lykes Bros., Inc
Hissom Drilling Co
Midland
Presidio County
Gulf No. 1 Hubbard
Pecos County
Brewster
Hunt No. 5
Elsinore
Spanish Classes Will Continue at Sul Ross College
M P Slover will continue his Conversational Spanish Course No 130 at Sul Ross State College in the second semester. Register January 24 for other subjects. or January 24 or January 26 at 6 30 p m in Room 206 Library Building for the Spanish course. Cost is 15 dollars. Budget Bureau recommends 24000 dollars for Big Bend National Park sewer extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Slover
Sul Ross State College
Budget Bureau
Big Bend National Park
Alpine to Open 1961 Baseball Season in El Paso
Alpine and El Paso lead the 1961 Sophomore League with opening games set April 26 in El Paso. The league approved a 130 game split season with a midyear restart June 26 and a planned All-Star game July 11 in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
el Paso
Herbert Kokernot
Alpine Cowboys
Artesia
Albuquerque
Hobbs
Carlsbad
State Checks Water System in Alpine City
Charles A. Schaefer and Charles Davis of the Texas State Dept. of Health inspected Alpine’s water and sewer systems ahead of state approval. They praised five years of improvements, noted noncompliance issues, and urged five 42 000 gallon steel tanks for chlorination and contact time. Davis also urged sewer maintenance and suggested further study to confirm the adequacy of the disposal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Schaefer
Charles Davis
Texas State Dept. of Health
Davis
Sunny Glen
Sul Ross Hill
Alpine Commandery to Confer Temple Degree Monday Night
Alpine Commandery No. 90 will confer the temple degree Monday night January 23. Candidate is Bob Faulkner of Fort Stockton. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. in the lodge hall. Annual inspection Tuesday January 31. New officers include George O Neal Fort Stockton generalissimo O L Kay captain general Frank McCollum senior warden Jeff Graham junior warden Fred Faulkner Fort Stockton prelate L D Harris recorder Jack Joyce treasurer Jack Johnson warder C Q Duncan Fort Stockton standard bearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Commandery No
Marvin Kay
Bob Faulkner
Fort Stockton
Kay
Mr. Kay
George O'Neal
Generalissimo
O. L. Kay
Frank McCollum
Jeff Graham
Fred Faulkner
L. D. Harris
Jack Joyce
Jack Johnson
C. Q. Duncan
Jack Cox To Speak At Alpine Chamber Banquet
Alpine announces its annual Chamber of Commerce banquet at 7 30 p m Tuesday January 24 in the Holland Hotel ballroom with Jack Cox Breckenridge a National Americanism Committee member as principal speaker Cox has delivered over 2000 speeches since World War II and earned Freedom Foundation awards in 1958 and 1959 Tickets are 2 25 each and available from the Chamber office or directors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Chamber of Commerce
Holland Hotel
Jack Cox
Breckenridge
The
American Legion
Cox
C of C
Alpine Boy Accepted for Free Care at Scottish Rite Hospital
Jose Tovar two percent year old son of Mr and Mrs Bonifacio Tovar of Alpine was taken to the Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children in Dallas for a club foot. Elmer Hudson Nell Ferguson and George Dallman drove him with the mother. James Boyd worshipful master of the local Masonic Lodge secured the free medical care. The child will stay two to three months and all medical costs are borne by the hospital with transport expenses paid by the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Tovar
Bonifacio Tovar
Alpine
Scottish Rite Hospital
Dallas
Elmer Hudson
Nell Ferguson
George Dallman
James Boyd
Masonic Lodge
Alpine Woman's Father Buried in Eldorado Cemetery
Funeral services were held for James Gordon Bird of Sterling City at the First Baptist Church in Eldorado with burial in Eldorado Cemetery. Bird died Saturday January 14 at his ranch home north of Sterling City. A retired petroleum engineer, he held a 30 year Permian Basin pin and had lived on the ranch since retiring 14 years ago. He is survived by his wife and two daughters including Mrs King Terry Jr of Alpine and Mrs Jack Durham of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gordon Bird
Sterling City
King Terry Jr
Alpine
First Baptist Church
Eldorado
Bird
Permian Basin
Terry
Jack Durham
Odessa
Billie Weston and Frank Young Named
Billie Weston serves as sword bearer and Frank Young as sentinel in the ceremonial lineup highlighted by a formal procession and guards at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Weston
Frank Young
Sentinel
One Diphtheria Case Reported in Sanderson and Border Relief
One authenticated diphtheria case was reported in Sanderson this week amid vaccine drives for Mexican settlements across the Rio Grande from Big Bend National Park. State Highway Patrolmen delivered vaccine to Sanderson, with cooperation from a local doctor and a drug store, while parallel cases appeared in Ojinaga. The Avalanche reported a $5 contribution from a Fort Worth man earmarked for vaccine and the Brewster County Rescue Squad. Funds may be sent to Project Vaccine Box 719 Alpine Texas. A local doctor volunteered to administer the vaccine free to residents of Mexican communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanderson
Rio Grande
Big Bend National Park
Carl Williams Jr
Carl Davis
Bill Cooksey
Terrell County
Ojinaga
Avalanche
Fort Worth
Brewster County
Alpine
Texas
Sul Ross TV Course Draws Nearly 150 Teachers in West Texas
Nearly 150 West Texas public school teachers have registered for a Sul Ross State College audio-visual education television course broadcast by KOSA TV. The program offers college credit and is a joint Sul Ross Wisconsin project with master teachers from several U S colleges presenting 42 half hour lessons next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Sul Ross State College
Kosa-Tv
Odessa
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross
Texas
University of Wisconsin
W. E. Williams
United States
Williams
Permian Oil Basin
Ford Foundation
National Defense Education Bureau
Texas Education Agency
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Alpine High Students Plan Talent Show
Alpine High School Student Council will sponsor a public service talent show from 11 a.m. to noon on Wednesday January 25 in the Alpine High Auditorium to raise money for the New March of Dimes. The program will feature singing dancing marimbas pianos guitars trumpets accordions and other acts by students with a 20 cent admission. officials noted elementary attendance was uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High School
Alpine High
Betsey Wright
AHS
Miss Wright
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Lee Peel
Odie Grubb
B. P. Cardon
Janet and
Strauss Medina
Jim Bob Steen
Steers
Woodrow Mills
Keesey Kimball
Joe Lane
George Mills
Paul Frost
C. F. Montgomery
Alpine Club
John McMullen
John Phelan
Bob Kolliner
Earl Hardage
Andy Cohen
Juarez
Roberto Herrera
Juarez Recreation Department
Montgomery
Louisville
Alpine Commandery
Freedom Foundation
Valley Forge
Pico Drilling Co
Gene Hendryx
Glenn Davis
Thad Corkins
Robert Baird
First Methodist Church
Scottish Rite
Sul Ross Television
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