Big Bend Park News Highlights Local Charity Events
The Corral hosted a January 16 coffee and cake benefit for the March of Dimes with 75 dollars raised. Local club events followed on January 17 with prizewinners named among attendees and guests from Santa Fe and Washington. Lions Club members traveled to El Paso and Juarez for the midwinter conference, while community moves included a Pecos resident visiting and a McCamey relocation. Red Cross history noted since 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Smith
Earl Steele
el Paso
Juarez
Chihuahua
Mexico
Lions’ Club
Smith
Mr. Steele
Big Bend Park
Lions Club
Big Bend Livestock Show sales at Fort Davis exhibit sale details
Readable lists show buyers and consignors from Alpine, Marathon, Ft Davis and surrounding areas, with dozens of 4H and FFA entries. Prices appear for wool Mohair and livestock lots, including buyers such as Pearl Brewing Co and Lone Star Brewing Co, and vendors like Alpine Lumber and Brewster Co. Motors. The fragmentary page records multiple names, places, and prices in a single auction-style catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurer Price
Big Bend
Frank McCollum
Fritz Kahl
Casner Motors
Alpine Lumber
Brewster Co. Motors
West Texas Utilities
Elliott's
Alpine Drug
Harry Carpenter - O'Donnell
Newell Oil Co
Jim Francois Agency
Catto Gage Ranch
Lone Star
David Combs
City Drug
Zeb Decie
Holland Hotel & Coffee Shop
Alpine Butane
State Bank
Dr. Edward
Marta
P. G. Morrison
Frank Newsom
McIntyre & Morrow
Cemetery Association
P. B. Lam
Charlie
Guy Combs
Marta Locker
Pearl Reever
Saniey Mowrs
Moss Magnolia
Marathon
Penney
Western Auto
Guy Howard
Chas
Livingston
Ben Gearhart
Scales Jewelry
Crews Hotel
Marfa
Dick Rogers
Dece Bros
Elmer Hudson-Chas
Hunter
Gulf
Gay Meriwether
Jimmy Duncan & Co
Bill Soht
Gage Holland
Williams & Vogt
Jack Hord
New Observatory Nears Completion On Mount Locke
A new astronomical observatory on Mount Locke near McDonald Observatory is nearly finished with a cost of 100000 dollars. It features a 36 inch light collector mirror and a short focal length telescope for photoelectric photometry supervised by Martyn Krebs. It is planned to start operations in June with steel and native stone construction and support from the University of Texas and Yerkes Observatory. Lt Clarence Vann notes training at North Fort Hood for the Marfa Alpine USAR Unit in June, with unit members joking about Fort Hood as a “Battle of the Tent Flaps.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Martyn Krebs
McDonald’ Observatory
Krebs
University of Texas
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
McDonald
Yerkes Optical Shops
Pasadena
Cal
Locke
Cook
Clarence D. Vann
837Th
North Fort Hood
Vann
Fort Hood
Pikes Peak
Chevrolet
Fisher
Tournament invites go out for big tennis event
Leroy Roark, math teacher and tennis coach at Alpine High, says Fort Stockton High, Wink High, Midland High, Kermit High, Alpine High, Pyote High, Odessa High, and San Angelo High have accepted invitations to the Bul Ross College Alpine High tournament on Feb 24 25. He expects more acceptances as the event is over a month away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Roark
Alpine High
Bul Ross College
Fort Stockton High
Wink High
Midland High
Kermit High
Pyote High
Odessa High
San Angelo High
Mr. Roark
Helicopter With 19 Passengers Hinted For 1936 Fleet
A report notes a helicopter design with seating for 19 passengers, a cruising speed around 100 miles per hour, and a range exceeding 300 miles as part of the 1936 aviation plans. The item flags potential early helicopter development in the period.
Coffield to Be Commissioned After ROTC Marks
M H Coffield of Alpine an Army ROTC cadet at Texas Christian University will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Army Reserve after earning a B S in business He will start a two year active duty tour attending Transportation School at Fort Eustis Virginia He earned a Summer camp ribbon in 1954 and has served on the ROTC social committee and the field group Alpine High placed in Baseball Region I District 34 with nearby schools in a league race
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
H. Coffield
Alpine
Texas Christian University
U. S. Army Reserve
Coffield
Army ‘Transportation School
Fort Eustis
Luroup
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Priday
Big Bend National Park
Corral
March of Dimes
C. R. Blakey
Don
David Jones
George
Carmelita Mernandex
Antonio Campo Moreno
Ojinaga
Avalanche
Minter
Lige Bledsoe
Stanley Further
Harold Brodrick
L. B. Wiljeford
Charles Watson
J. R. Youse
Can‘aia ‘Club
Dave Sublett
Stanley Fulcher
L. B. Willeford
George Miller
Ruble Coates
Russell Dickenson
John Palmer
Roy Curbon
Vesta French
L. le Hooper
Laurie Miller
Eric Reed
John Kell
Santa Fe, N. M
Carl Russetl
Washington, D. C
John Moseley
Carlsbad, NM
A. Daniel
Pecos
Nere
Betty Daniel
Guy Turner
M,r. Boulter
McCamey
Red Cross
KVLF
Sunda
Hitcin’s Utenora Estates
Great Southern Lite Insurance Company
Rene
Big Bend Livestock Show Sales
Hugh Noel
Alpine Ffa
Jim Skinner
Candy Weston
David Ramos
Jack Thee
Nola Acton
Ft. Davis
Moogie Harvey
Sam Caveness
They Roberts
Marathon Ffa
Steve Stumberg
Mara
FFA
Patsy Espy
Charles Mcliitire
Joel Brown
Take Turner
Shannon Grubb
K. K. Fowlkes
Faham
Uranga
Dickie Wooley
Marion Watley
Rain Ward
Doug Adams
Ken Moyer
Janet Grubb
John Neal
John Haglund
Henry Martin
Pt. Davis
Alan Stevens
Fort Davis
Bob Stovell
Alpine Pfa
John Kelly
John Votan
Jim Freeman
Walter Vick
Mackey Shackleford
M. Ffa
Andy Hernandez
Ft. D. Ffa
Jerry Lee
Ronnie King
Willie Dominguez
Sandra Williams
Dennis Wynn
Jackie Lettingham
Butch Killion
Joe Gallego
Julie Ramos
Clyde Freetag
Richard Phillips
Jery Walker
Mick Hinojos
Ruby Acton
Kay Williams
Fay Adams
John Roberts
Clayton McKinney
Berta Ramos
Lynn Nester
Happy Weaver
Alpine Cowboys
Elizabeth
Chris Lacy
J. A. Roach. JR
Davis
Texas
Den 4
Ralph Peters
Keith
Kenneth Peters
Eugene Pate
David Kokernot
Frosty Walker
Robert Simms
Mike McAllister
Baai
Aia LH
Ines
BOK
WG Tures
West Texas
Fort Stockton
Dickinco
Fort Biocon
M. H. Coffield
Mcimey
Ozona
Rankin
Big Lake
Sanderson
Sonora
Cosden
Southwest
Colden Petroleum Corporation
Casner Motor Company
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