Lindy Auditor Point pen touted as a business marvel
Amblin around with Jim Glasscock details the Lindy Auditor Point ball point pen from Culver City now distributed from Alpine to the United States and Mexico. It highlights buyers at The Avalanche Office Supply Dept and several local users while noting the heat pump trend and a Marfa office installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culver City
Calif
United States
Mexico
Avalanche Office Supply Dept
Marie van Fossan
Dale van Fossan
Bolckow
St. Jo
Mexico City
Pris Low
Alpine Lumber
Peyton Cain
Katie Thomas
Alpine Butane
Bob Wyatt
Car Parts
S. A. Matlock
Southern Pacific
First National Bank
Virginia Haynes
Houston
Avalanche
America
Cochran Wins Bid for Pecos Alpine Mail Bus Route
Pecos barman Hugh Cochran was the low bidder at 4899 dollars for a mail route linking Pecos to Alpine and Fort Davis via Balmorea and Marfa. Odessa Midland Bus Co. bid 11168 dollars. Local chambers and clubs opposed, seeking a bus service combined with mail delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Cochran
Pecos
Pecq Alp
Marfa
Balmothea
Fort Davis
Post Office Dept
Cochran
Odessa-Midland Bus Co
Carlsbad
N. M
Alpine Chambers of Commerce
Alpine City Commission
Balmothea Lions Club
Alpine students named to Sul Ross honor list
Eleven Alpine students appear on Sul Ross State College spring semester honor lists. Names show high GPAs and placement in upper percent bands including upper ten and upper fifteen percent among listed scholars. The record notes individuals such as Marilyn Read Kern Wildenthal Morgan Rhodes Van Cleef Hampton Couch Henderson Woodruff Adams Bell Kay and Martin with varying GPAs and ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saeven
Alpine
Sul Ross State College
Marilyn O Read
Kern Wildenthal
Georgia Lee Morgan
Keith Rhodes
Norma June van Cleef
Grace Hampton
Gary Couch Henderson Jr
Anna Gene Woodruff
David Adams
Billy H- Bell
Mary Anita Kay
Jerry F. Martin Sr
West Texans Attend Baptist Youth Camps at Paisano
Over 800 youths from District 7 Baptist churches across 16 counties attended three weeks of camps at Paisano Encampment Grounds. Rev. L Wittner highlighted goals to meet spiritual, physical, and mental needs with trained staff. noted foreign missionaries from Nigeria and Brazil aided the programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisano
District 7 Baptist General Convention
L. Wittner
District 7
Wittner
Nigeria
Brazil
ARC To Meet Here July 14
The Brewster County Red Cross ARC announces the annual meeting at 7 30 pm on Tuesday July at the Brewster County Chamber of Commerce siding. A special program is planned by the program committee chaired by Mrs Paul Forchheimer with Bill Winter Stacy Watson Elbert Echols and Shirley Stevenson. A nominating committee will present a slate of officers for the coming year. Members with at least one dollar contributed in the fund drive hold voting rights. Notification of the meeting appears in two issues of The Avalanche as required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County Red Cross
ARC
Brewster County
Tthe Chamber of Commerce
Paul Forchheimer
Bill Winter
Stacy Watson
Elbert Echols
Shirley Stevenson
Frank McCollum
George Baines
Duane Smith
Winter
Avalanche
Four Do minguez Family Members Hurt In One Car Crash
Four members of the Domeniguez family were injured in a one car accident early Wednesday east of town. A tire blew out causing the car to overturn. The six occupants returned to Hayward California from a Texas vacation. Two women suffered fractured skulls and were hospitalized at Brewster County Memorial Hospital. The other two women had bruises. the two children were uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominguez
Hayward
Calif
Texas
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Refrigerator Fire At Elm Courts Friday
A refrigerator was destroyed by fire at Elm Courts Friday at 6 pm. The Alpine Fire Dept. extinguished the blaze with smoke damage mainly to the refrigerator. Fire Chief J C Coole notes it was the only fire call that week. John Gillett, owner, supplied the details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Courts
Alpine Fire Dept
John Gillett
Fire Dept
J. C. Coole
Fourth Of July Fireworks In Alpine Big Bend
Rain totals for the year reach 4.25 inches as heavy showers flood highways from Alpine to Marathon. Alpine and nearby Davis Mountains plan a Fourth of July with fireworks, dances, picnics, and Chamber of Commerce holiday closures. Alpine Cow Boys meet Hobbs Cardinals at Kokernot Field as part of a weekend lineup including Legion sponsored barbecues and dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend -Davis Mountains
Gages
Ranger Canyon
Marathon
Big Bend National Park
2 Ranch
Brewster County
Jeff Davis County
Pate Parr
Otis Kimball
Billy ‘Meriwether
McIntyre-Morrow
Kokernot
Alpine
D. M. Bennett
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
The
Chamber of Commerce
Sul Ross
American Legion
Legion
Sta Plate
Alpine Cowboys
Hobbs Cardinals
Kokernot Field
Hobbs
Cardinals
Pine
Don Schwall
Gary Modrell
New Mexico City
Eddie
House of David
Popowski
Trac
Paula Mata Garcia Buried In Carlsbad
Funeral services were held for Paula Mata Garcia 71 in Carlsbad New Mexico. Born June 29 1888 in Mexico she married Arturo Garcia of Marathon and died Friday in a Carlsbad hospital. She moved to Carlsbad nine years ago leaving behind sons Ben and Bucho and daughters Margarita and two others plus siblings and many grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula Mata Garcia
Bucho Garcia
Alpine
Carlsbad
N. M
Garcia
Mexico
Arturo Garcia
Marathon
Ben
Bucho
Margarita
Manuel Rios
Richard Estrada
Florencio
Los Angeles
Calif
Rosaria Brestos
Madera
Popowski Leads Five Cowboys on All Star Roster
Alpine manager Eddie Popowski and five Alpine Cowboys were named to the South Division All Star team for the Sophomore League game in Odessa on July 7. Selections include Don Schwall, Charles Schilling, Bob Stoisky, Bill Moniak, Jim Knerr, Terry Barber, and others from Midland Odessa and Roswell, with North selections listed for Hobbs Artesia Plainview Carlsbad. Popowski to manage the South squad, Thurman Tucker to helm the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Popowski
Alpine Cowboys
Odessa
Don Schwall
Alpine
Charles Schilling
Bob Stoisky
Bill Moniak
Jim Knerr
Dan Newman
Midland
Tom Conroy
Hap Richie
Carlos Vasquez
Ron Brand
Roswell
Utility
Hermond Hubbard
Dick Smith
Terry Barber
Dave Eilers
Jimmy Little
Ron Spring
Chris Krug
Hobbs
James Pruitt
Artesia
Larry Stolzer
Chem Phaeffer
Plainview
Cal Dorsey
Jack Bryant
Carlsbad
Mike de
Teachers Press SB 4 Debate at Brewster Unit
The Brewster County unit of the Texas State Teachers Association and Central Pro president Mrs C D McCollister examined Senate Bill 4 introduced by Sen Dorsey B Hardeman of San Angelo. They warned passage could turn public education highways and state services into political footballs and jeopardize long term planning, teacher retirement and pension systems for Texas schools and state employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vmson
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Brewster County
Texas State Teachers Association
C. D. McCollister
Central Pro
Delphen Young
Brewster County Organization
Texas
Young
Beard and Forchheimer Plan City Traffic Study
Norman Beard and Paul Forchheimer named by Jack Stowell of the Alpine Chamber of Commerce to work with City Secretary Lee Cowell on a city traffic control study. They will examine the traffic situation and propose installing a traffic light at Holland Avenue U S Highway 90 and North Street the Fort Davis Highway.
Cowboys To Artesia Tonight In Rain Delay
Alpine Cowboys lead Sopmore League divisions and travel to Artesia New Mexico for back to back games tonight and tomorrow then return for a Fourth of July doubleheader at Kobernot Field against Hobbs Cardinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Cowboys
Artesia
N. M
Kobernot Field
Hobbs Cardinals
Alpine
Midland Braves
Schday
Jotsky
Westergren
Moniak
Ted
Papstein
Athletics
Hobbs
Cardinals
Cowboys
Kokernot Field
Dan Newman
Alpine High ends 12 month Homemaking. shifts to 10 month
Alpine High School concludes a 10 month Summer Homemaking program with 18 girls earning half credit as an elective. The district moved from a 12 month to 10 month format due to limited adult interest. Activities included community service at Memorial Hospital, Vacation Bible School participation, child care studies, and home management projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High
Alpine
Texas
Board of Trustees
AHS
Dorothy Perryman
Bennie
Helen Qwusk
Terrynan
Memorial Hospital
Hanson
Vacation Bible School
Ual
Hhome
Warren French
Frank Reyes
Amos Rutledge Rites Pending In Marathon
Funeral services are pending for Amos Rutledge, about 63, of Dryuen, who died in Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio. He will be buried in Marathon. Rutledge came to Marathon after World War I service and ranched at the mouth of Maravillas Creek before moving to Dryden country fifteen years ago. Survivors include three brothers Tinker of Marathon, John of Tucson, Iran of Dryden, and a sister Mrs Boozer of Tucson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Rutledge
Dryuen
Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Marathon
Rutledge
Maravillas Creek
Dryden
Tinker
John
Tucson
Iran
Boozer
O'Donnell Heads Alpine Club Meeting
John W. O'Donnell was named president of the Alpine annual meet at a Saturday night gathering. Kenneth was named vice president and Bob Corkins secretary. Directors elected were Dr. O'Donnell Stucke Hollis Brown and Marke Herring. Members voted for joint husband and wife voting rights with half votes each and allowed women on the board. Hosts for the monthly dinner included several named members and Dr. and Mrs. O'Donnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. O'Donnell
The
Alpine
Kenneth
Bob Corkins
Dr. O'Donnell
Stucke
Hollis Brown
Marke Herring
Messrs
and ‘Amnes
Jimmy Pate
J. W. Shepperd
Keith Morrow
Bill Winter
Humble Advances Stone Test In Pecos County Wolfcamp
Humble Oil reactivates its No 1 Stone well in Pecos County to run tests on the Wolfcamp formation. The company reports 2 percent oil saturation at 10 055 feet and has added a completion unit to tune the test program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fepurrey
Humble Oil
Pecos
Wolfcamp
Humble
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Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Carpenter Addition
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
West Texas Utilities Co
Cochran Gels
Gene Hendryx
Third Marine Division
Guam
Hendryx
Forchheimer's
Hunter
Texas Baptist
Senate
Scarbrough
John Joy
Modrell & Roberts
Ottaiano
Zeller
Conaway Schwall & Skeen
Inview
Ellis & Carroll
Hanes & Sel
Funge
Parent
Krug
Alander & Newman
Plainview Athletics
Casparis
Gene Russell
Cardinal
Dori
Gary Modell
Hobbs Schaw
Modrell
Schwall
Kokkernot Field
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