Local News Roundup of Visits and Travels
Local residents and families plan visits and vacations across states and abroad. Notables include Mr and Mrs Bob Sims traveling to Virginia and Mr and Mrs Fred Williams visiting Wagoner Ohio with son Dennis, plus trips to Houston and the Ozarks. Rainbow attendees from Alpine and recent gatherings with the Stoney and Davis families highlight ongoing community ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Dennis
Mr. Williams
T. E. Williams
Wagoner
Ohio
Bryan Kelley
Houston
Don Jobes
Ozarks
Local Reservists Honored At Camp
Members of Battery A 87th AAA Battalion, S87, Marfa Alpine unit of the 8th Army, earned honors during two weeks of duty at North Fort Hood. Cpl Carly A Tore of Alpine led guidon bearers. numerous marfa Alpine and nearby towns listed personnel recognized for dependable service. The unit, among Texas’ largest USAR Ack Ack formations, trained with the 90th Division at Fort Hood and previously with its division in 1951 at Camp Polk Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S87 Aaa Bn
8 Army
North Fort Hood
Carly A. Tore
Alpine
Vie “Santas Galleys
Marfa
Robert C. Salgado
Manuel B. Torres
Crue
Mara Sri
Garcia
Marta
Siti Laan Mata
Ben
Mireles
Sit Rey
Mondo
Aranon
Shinet
Rudge
Big Bend Park
Ben L-Salier
Hica Bermundes
Ear Butane
Favor Cinieros
Hiei’ Magalane
George C. Miler
Col Fare
Molnar
Nata
Bermuder Apne
Mariay
Simon’ @ Goren
Pfc
Anions Gallego
Lionel
Girne Marty Pe Dose
Marinez
Alpine.Plc
George L-Spinks
Ramone Escarens
John To
Granada
Fort Dish
Duan
Manuel
Pye Suantara
Gabial Cormack
Joe J. Pair
Ramon T. Quintanar
Edward F Serrano
James Thomas
Armando Q. Uranga
Ruben T. Vasquez
Texas
90Th
Fort Hood
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Former Alpine Resident A J Belle Dies in Enid Okla
News from Alpine reports the death of A J Belle former Alpine resident at his daughter Mrs Ellis Newmans home in Enid Oklahoma on Monday. He operated a feed store here for years and left in 1938 for Huntsville where he and Sam Ford also a former Alpine resident ran a ranching business. Burial took place in Huntsville yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Belle
Ellis Newman
Enid
Oklo
Belle
Huntsville
Sam Ford
Alpine
County Awards Well Contracts in Musquiz and Sunny Glen
County Judge Felix McGaughy announced drilling will begin within days on water test wells in the Musquiz and Sunny Glen area. The Court awarded Musquiz contracts to Tony Hess at 3.33 per foot and Sunny Glen contracts to Noland Shuler at 3.65 per foot, with depths from 75 to 225 feet and 250 to 800 feet respectively. Tests will be evaluated by water engineer Ashley Classen and USGS staff R. T. Littleton and Glenna Audsley to decide drilling halt points and relocation. As many as six Musquiz tests and three to four Sunny Glen tests may be drilled, with pumping tests planned if water is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musquiz
Sunny Glen
Felix McGaughy
Tony Hess
Noland Shuler
Ashley Classen
FI Paso
R. T. Littleton
Glenna Audsley
U.S. Geological Survey
McLaughy
Alpine Unveils New Telephone Directory With 1030 Listings
The Alpine directory, green covered, mailed to subscribers this week. It includes 12 white alphabetical pages and 28 yellow classified pages, about 1,650 copies printed. Old directories should be discarded and items left inside pages removed for safety, says G A Eimann of Southwestern Bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Telephone
G. A. Eimann
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Yesterda
Mr. Eimann
73 Boys Attend Baseball School
The Milwaukee Braves ran a baseball school in Texas last Friday drawing 73 boys from across the state and New Mexico. Earl Halstead, Braves chief scout for the region, praised the talent and said the program will return to Kokernot Field next June. Joining him were Paul Waner, Billy Southworth, and Chico Gonzales, who helped recruit and assign players to Midland in the Longhorn League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee Braves
Texas
New Mexico
Earl Halstead
Braves
Mexico
Kokernot Field
Paul
Big Poison) Waner
Milwaukee
Billy Southworth
St. Louis Cardinal
Boston Brave
Ohio
West Virginia
Chico Gonzales
Las Cruces
N. M
Earle
Midland
Longhorn League
Vacation Church School Enrollment Hits 163
The Joint Vacation Church School of the Presbyterian Christian and Episcopal Churches enrolled 103 children this week with 25 teachers and helpers. It began last Monday and runs through Friday July 8, with a family picnic at the Vernon McIntyre Ranch at 7 PM tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian, Christian and Episcopal Churches
Vernon McIntyre
Banking Family News Leads to Picnic at Vacation Church School
Mary-Hazel Schoellkopf a teller at East State Bank and her husband W H Schoellopf in the note department of National Bank of Commerce attend the Vacation Church School near Houston. Their son Cash helps bring a picnic basket for the family as drinks and ice cream are served. The school program is at the Presbyterian Church on Friday evening July 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Mary
Hazel ‘Schoellkopf
East State Bank
W. H. Schoellopf
National Bank of Commerce
Cash
The
Presbyterian Church
Over 300 Attend Junior Girls Camp At Paisano
More than three hundred register for the Paisano junior girls camp as it opens on Monday with meals served to girls and workers. The figure is believed to be an alltime high for the program and the camp runs into the evening hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisano
Baptist
Alpine Woman Selected to Help D A R State Program
Mrs. Joan C. Epperson, invited by state regent Mrs. Felix Irwin of Corpus Christi, will serve as vice-chairman of Constitution Week during her administration. She is past regent of the Big Bend Chapter. The event, part of a Royal Ambassadors camp week, expects about 250 boys to attend at Paisano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan C. Epperson
Daughters of the American Revolution
Felix Irwin
Corpus Christi
Constitution Week
Epperson
Big Bend
Paisano
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Virginia
Fred Williams Jr
Princeton
State Highway Dept
W. G. Bennett
Sam
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W. M. Meador
W. T. Meador
J. F. Bohannan
Charles
Jane
Clovis
Olton
Rainbow
el Paso
Lolly Lockhart
Gwen Walker
Sue Bounds
Gladys Cowell
Ann Clanton
Charlotte Holmes
Mark
Ellen Herring
Janeth West
Sue Ann Treadwell
Jan Gilbreath
Dorothy Me
Millan
Billy Ward
James M. Stoney
Episcopal
Fannie McCutcheon Lockhart
Canyon
W. E. Lockhart
Vincent M. Lockhart
Washington, D. C
Canadian
Canada
Philip and
Stephen Kimball Bow
Abilene
Mrs. R. A. Bow
Joe McLean
Springerville, Ariz
Douglas Dorris and Sons
Springerville
Ariz
Marin B. Olson
Olson
Earl E. Rutledge
San Antonio
Rutledge
James 5. Tatum Jr
Tatum
Larry Douglas
Fort Worth
Darrel D. York
Laughlin Afb
del Rio
Linnie L. York
Jasper Koontz
Albuquerque
Jim Wilson Jr
Charles LeMasters
Baby
Victor Smith
Isaac Hernandez
Dallas
Southern Methodist University
Alan Fraser
Frank Young
Frank Duane
Buddy King
John Thomas
Ray McNeill
McNeill
Mat
Washington
U. S
TIN
Planter’s
Artiss
Brazil
Fudd Kloiz’s
Furty
Mz Sunshine Hes Ceieens
del Monte Prunes
Pillsbury Flour
Nellog
Pillsbury
Golden Firm
van Camp
Trend Suds
Joy Instant
Chuck Roast
Swift's Premium
Armour's Star
Peyton's Norte
Ello
ADAMS
Vacation Church School
Sram
First National Bank
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