Big Bend Park News Highlights Local Life and Visits
Big Bend National Park community notes cover visitors and births, including Henry Meredith born January 12 at Brewster County Memorial Hospital in Alpine. Also listed are local trips, a pot luck square dance, regional naturalist visits, and new Bureau of Public Roads hires. Notably torpedoman’s mate Cavender assisted in Amami Oshima relief efforts after a December fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McCurdy
Henry Meredith
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Alpine
George Meredith
Geneva
John McCurdy
Marion
Ohio
Bureau of Pulic Roads
Big Bend
Charls D. Walters
Denver, Colo
Walter Evenson
C. L. Cavender
Amami Oshima
Charley L. Cavender
Seaman
USN
C. J. Cavender
USS
Taylor
Kenya
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Okinawa
Japan
Alpine High students showcase livestock and council feats
All day Saturday Alpine teenagers entered calves and lambs in the livestock show. Dennis Wynne Toni Pate and Bob Stowell entered calves while Alpine boys including Jack Stone Charles Babcock Cayetano Flores Alfredo Ramos Thomas Webb and Raymond Gallego showed lambs. Alpine FFA held a Saturday dance at the Holland Hotel. Student Council led by Billy Davis presented a new crest designed by Zeke Rivera and two Buck heads donated by Homer Graham to decorate the gym. The Bucks then faced Fort Stockton in a forthcoming schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Wynne
Toni Pate
Bob Stowell
Jack Stone
Charles Babcock
Cayetano Flores
Alfredo Ramos
Thomas Webb
Raymond Gallego
Alpine Ffa
Holland Hotel
Dell Hoffman
Cissy LaBeff
Billy Davis
Homer Graham
Local hoops and tournament slate build week for area teams
Last Tuesday night saw the Bucks at Fort Davis while Thursday the Bucks travel to Marathon to face Marathon. Friday they host Denver City. The girls team stays active with a Fort Davis trip last Tuesday and a busy Alpine tournament from Thursday to Saturday. Schools attending include Alpine, Marfa, Sanderson, Balmorhea, Presidio, Alpine B, Brackerville, and Fort Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucks
Denver City
Fort Davis
Alpine
Marfa
Sanderson
Balmorhea
Presidio
Alpine B
Brackerville
Harold Hensley
Dorothy Killion
Alpine census counts 84 children listed for 1959
M. P. Slover reported on Monday that 84 Alpine children aged 6 to 17 were listed as of Sept 1, 1959. Parents are urged to contact Mr Slover to have their children included. The census funds nearly one third of Alpine's operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Slover
Alpine
Mr. Slover
Sul Ross campus buzzes with social and sports as exams loom
Students at Sul Ross juggle exams with campus life. A group dined out and caught a movie, while parkers note a hat loving Seldon Hensley. Judy Patricia Craig DeVoll, new to Alpine, is welcomed with marriage to James DeVoll in Port Arthur. Dr. G P Smith retires after years of service. Stock Show attendees include Nat Gunter and KK Fowlkes among others as the Stock Show dance lights up the hotel ballroom. Exams near end, many plan to return home or enjoy Alpine with no lessons to prep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jo Meyer
L’nell Perkins
Pat Weeks
Beth Landers
Patsy Bell
Janith West
Connie Rudd
Seldon Hensley
Seldon
Alpine
Judy Patricia Craig DeVoll
Judy
James
Church of Christ
Port Arthur
Texas
Sul Ross
G. P. Smith
Dr. Smith
Nat Gunter
Dot Jackson
Paul Free
Tommy Rogers
Fred Myers
Alan Moench
Gwen Cannon
KK Fowlke
Ot McKinney
Margot Schmidt
Nat ¢Er
Idon Hensley
Margaret McKinney
June van Cleef
Pfc Cruz McGuire Arrives in Germany
In Munich Germany Army private Cruz KR McGuire joined Company D of the 46th Infantry shortly after arriving in Germany. The 20 year old served with basic training at Fort Carson Colorado and attended Marathon High School before enlisting in July 1957 under the program Christ and the College Student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
Cruz KR. McGuire
Gloria
Cruz S. McGuire
Marathon
46Th Infantry
Uire
Fort Carson
Colo
Marathon High School
St James Episcopal Church Holds Annual Meeting in Alpine
St James Alpine held its annual meeting after a family dinner with 30 attendees. Officers and delegates were chosen for church roles and diocese meetings, with 79 baptized members in current status and 59 registered as Wright closed. Frank Young of Home Furniture Co. visited Dallas last week to buy merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Episcopal Church
Alpine
T. B. Davis
John Newell
Pete Kennedy
John Gillett
Neville Haynes
Edwin Gillett
James Wright
Ethel Rogers
Patricia Koch
Betsy Wright
Joel E. Wright
Charles L. Conder
Wright
Haynes
St. James
Robert Y. Davis
St. Mary's
Lovington
N. M
Frank Young
The
Home Furniture Co
Dallas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Bend National Park
Maribelle Miller
Dee Porter
Mrs
D. A. Porter
Ogden, Utah
South Dakota
Homer Rackley
Nat Dodge
Santa Fe, N. M
Buell DeMumbrun
James Dunavant Malcolm
Loft
el Paso
Cave City
Dunavant
Armed Forces
Bonnie Greer
Clara Davenport
del Rio
Uvalde
Daisy Adams
Stanley Fulcher
A. M. Baker
Billy Cascarana
Mundelin
Ill
SY Sharon Welch
Fort Stockton Panthers
Hamburger
Nelon Locker Plant
Phon
Delores Ann Krenek
Crawford Insurance
Agency
RAL Insurance
Chevrolet
Fisher
Wmart
Casner Motor Co.inc
West Holland
Pfc
Cruz McGuire
Christ
Aymates
Aaa
Lal
Alpine Cemetery Association
H. F. Dallman
EL Paso, Texas
Forchheimer
Ariel
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