Army Reservists From Alpine and Marfa Head to Fort Bliss
About 45 Marfa Alpine United States Army Reservists from Battery A of the 471st AAA Battalion will depart Marfa Saturday at 6 30 a m for a 15 day training at Fort Bliss on the Skysweeper 75 mm radar armed anti aircraft gun. Lt Col Ben T Baird Jr commands the 471st from El Paso with Lt Jim Bob Steen as battery commander and Capt Charles E Wade at a 17 week school at Fort Bliss. The training is part of a Texas wide summer program involving roughly 11 000 Reservists across 10 states with multiple units at Fort Bliss Fort Polk Fort Hood and other posts. The group plans to return by July 21 with further drills scheduled later in July. Some members will attend other schools or be on active duty during the summer and local Alpine residents will supply their own transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Fort Bliss
471St Aaa
el Paso
471St
Ben T. Baird Jr
Jefferson
Baird
Ropean
Pacific
Jim Bob Steen
Charles E. Wade
Steen
Texas A&m College
Worth Love
Earl Rudder
90Th
Fort Hood
Texas Military District
Texas
States
Lewis S. Griffing
U. S. Army Military District
Austin
90Th Infantry Division
Fort Polk
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sill
Fort Chaffee
Camp Levy Johnson
Camp
Joseph P. Robinson
4Th U
Alpine
Bedford P. Cain
Park News From Big Bend Highlights Transfers and Visits
Park Ranger Ear Steel receives transfer to Smokey Mountain National Park. The Curbow family attends a Brownwood funeral. Dorothy Roberts works in the Park for the summer. New Concessions staff includes Lolly Lockhart, Rick Wischkamper, and Kurt Johnson. Rev. Warren Oast leads vesper services at campfire circle. Roy Lassiter listed as sick. Mrs Sublett and daughter visit in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Ranger
Ear
Steel
Smokey Mountain Natl
Park, Cojo
Richard
Mike
Ronnie
Nancy
Warren Oast
National Park
Lolly Lockhart
Alpine
Rick Wischkamper
Kurt Johnson
Marfa
Appletons Visit Bounds Family This Fourth of July
Mr and Mrs Appleton and two children from Deming New Mexico visited his sister Mrs B B Bounds and family over the Fourth of July holidays Also visiting in the Bounds home are her parents Mr and Mrs Will Appleton of Baird Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Deming
N. M
B. B. Bounds
Will Appleton
Baird, Tex
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Joe G. Wilcox
Wilcox
Odessa
Albert Logan
LIONS
Kenneth Stucke
The
Alpine Lions Club
Stucke
Lions International
San Francisco
Brewster County Motors
Big Bend National Park
Marsbell Miller
Roy Lassiter
Dave Sublett
Homer Jefferson
Sublett
Don Carlton
San Angelo
Roy Curbow
Carlis
Curbow
W. E. Cornelius
Brownwood
L. B. Williford
Oregon
Cecil Young
Yvonne
San Antonio
Jack Roberts
Trinidad
Colo
Dorothy
National Parks Concessions
Roberts
Harthon L. Bill
Ella
Fidelity Features
Admiral Byrd
Forchheimer
Peter Pan
Ai Raa
Opany
Crawford Insurance Agency
General Insurance
She
Allied van Lines
Canada
Phillips 66
S. UM Company
PEARL
Eth
Pearl Brewing Company
Leghnor
Pearl Brewing Co
Aly
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