Rotary Charter Attended By 125 In Van Horn
About 125 Rotarians and Rotary Anns gathered in Van Horn on Wednesday night as the newly formed Van Horn Rotary club received its charter. Attendees hailed from El Paso Marfa Alpine Pecos and three New Mexico towns Hobbs Lovington and Roswell, including district governor Claude A. Simpson and retiring governor Jack Sheean. Local Alpine Rotarians and guests listed include Dom Adams J W Fraser Ruth Wright Jim Fraser Mrs Milwaukee Carrie Storey Carl Shults Milton Smith Dick Bankhead Frank Young C B Casssey Vick Winter and Dr Joel Wright. RA McMurray.
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Rotarians
Rotary Anns
van Horn
Progress by Mexican Settlement Association Report
MES and representatives from contributing organizations met Tuesday evening in the chamber of commerce office. Mrs. Baines chaired. Miss Annie Price outlined growth of projects including kindergarten rhythm band Girls Scout patrol music class and well baby clinic. Plans call for adult and industrial education classes and monthly rummage sales amid cramped quarters and a push to rent the full house. The settlement stresses non denominational ethics guiding its activities.
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MES. C. D. Wood
The
Mexican Settle‘ment Association
Chamber of Commerce
G. W. Baines
Knox Reid
Annie Price
Ramphasle Wes
Reed Et
First Night Game Softball Played at Central Ward
Central ward school campus lights were installed by Monday and the first night softball game followed, Casner Metor losing 9 5 to the Weston team. Rotarians defeated Henderson 18 9 Tuesday. Local merchants funded the lighting led by Frank Young. Four teams at present with plans for 1 4 games weekly through summer. League rules cap rosters at 15 and require at least five married players on the field. Schedule to July 21 listed.
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Central Ward
Casner Metor
Weston
Westons
Rotarians
Hendersone
Rotriane
Frank Young
Eague
Newsmen To Visit Big Bend August Free Day Trip Plan
Pecos July 10 Newspaper men and their wives attending the West Texas Press association annual convention in Pecos August 11 and 12 will be offered a free three day trip into the Big Bend country. Tentative plans for the convention outlined by hosts Barney Hubbe and Vestal Lott call for the excursion at the meeting’s end.
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Big Bend
West Texas Press Association
Pecos
Barney Hubbe
Vestal Lott
Dr Trexler to Speak on Visit to Holy Land at Church
Dr H A Trexler of Southern Methodist University Dallas and Sul Ross College Summer Faculty will lecture at Christian church Sunday at 10 50 am about his recent Holy Land visit. No admission charge. Rev J A Kearns invites the public. Christian church choir from Martis directed by Mire Kies will sing during interview. Prof Jock Gtinabough of Sul Ross College will be the speaker.
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H. A. ‘Trexler
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Sul Ross College
Christan Church
Oly Land
J. A. Kearns
Kearns
Trexler
Christian Church Choir
Marts
Mire. Kies
Wil Sng
Geering Terview
Jock Gtinebough
Concho Scouts Plan Big Bend Expedition Tour
Thirty two Boy Scouts from ten Concho Valley towns plan a Senior Scout tour August 5 to 15, visiting Fort Stockton Balmorita Fort Davis McDonald Observatory and Alpine. Participants from Brady Texon Herring City Sabinas Del Rio McCamey San Angelo Tort Stockton Mertzon Garden City total 38? The trip, announced by Malcolm Rogers, begins in San Angelo and stops at Texon Rooney Park Fort Stockton Balmorton and Alpine before returning to Fort Davis.
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San Angelo
Concho
Sabinas
del Uo
McCamey
Tort Stockton
Mertzon
Garden City
Texon
Rooney Park
Fort Stockton
Balmorton
Main Canyon
Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
Mt Locke
Alpine
Tippit Ranch
Black Is Granted A Reprieve In 13 Year Old Death Case
Francis Marton Black, condemned for the June death of 13 year old Marvin Dale Nebtt, received a 20 day reprieve from Governor Daniel last Sunday. Black was sentenced to die after being found guilty in district court for pushing the boy from a 385 foot bluff on the Worthington ranch to collect insurance. Sentence by District Judge C R Sutton on June 9 sent Black to the state penitentiary, where he remained. Also, Mrs Talbot Hafer, Mary Hardin Baylor College field representative, visited Alpine to promote the college which is noted as the oldest girls college west of the Mississippi. A stray note mentions a bamboo tree’s rapid growth seen under a microscope.
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Francis Marton Black
Marvin Dale Nebtt
Daniel
Mack
Worthington ‘Ranch
Black
C. R. Sutton
State Penitentiary
Talbot Hafer
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Belton
Texas
Alpine
Mary Hardin- Baylor
Missisippi River
Republic of Texas
B. ‘Youngblood
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Pacific Slope
Dr. Youngblood
Junior CC to Raise Park Funds Campaign Opens
Aycock of Fort Worth named chairman of the campaign committee to raise funds for park land purchases. Representatives from seven districts will be appointed to assist in the drive and organize support across the state.
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Junior CC
EG. Aycock
Fort Worth
Mount Pee and the Ranger Legend Debunked in a Texan Tale
In a tangy column the author mocks a local rumor about Everett claimed as a Texas Ranger and a woman kicker. The piece cites a recent interview with Mrs Helen White Keller and jokes about McKittrick Canyon, Big Bend, and naming quirks in ranching terms. It quotes Dr B Youngblood on rancher versus ranchman and hints at controversy spilling into public view.
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Helen White Keller
Everett
Texas Rangers
Exact Fort Davis Army Post Location Found in Archives
Fort Davis scholars confirm the original 1854 post site was in Hospital Canyon with the later 1867 post just outside its mouth. Dorothy Love's Washington archival search produced maps showing building layouts, stockade, and the canyon’s three-quarter mile length, detailing the wooden and stone quarters and the cavalry’s mule mounted muster.
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Fort Davis
War Department
Barry Scorer
San Antonio
Old Frontier Post
Dorothy Love
Dallas
Washington, D. C
Hospital
Canyon
Eighth Infantry
Olicer
Lankford Chosen Police Chief in Alpine
The Alpine city commission appointed T. M. Lankford as police chief succeeding Luther Campbell. Lankford, a longtime Alpine resident, faced 13 applications. Mayor Starns warned motorists to stop speeding and reckless driving and said enforcement would target all violators.
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City Commission
T. M. Lankford
Luther
Alpine
Slow rain in Alpine brings .59 inches moisture
A slow soaking rain began overnight Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning in Alpine. Government gauge at Sal Ross College recorded 0.59 inches of moisture. By press time, the full extent was not learned as another light shower started in the afternoon.
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Alpine
Sal Ross College
Four Auto Wrecks Occur Same Night
Four automobile accidents were reported in Alpine and vicinity last Saturday night with no serious injuries. A. N. Southall's car driven by Clive Allen struck horses at the west edge of town killing one horse and seriously injuring a passenger. Watson-Anderson Co. truck in a downtown garage lot was stolen by a Mexican, who headed west and struck a horse, injuring the prior accident’s occupant. the heist left the truck undamaged and the thief later arrested for driving without lights. Otis Scales' brand-new Chrysler sedan was also badly damaged Saturday night in a separate collision.
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Alpine
A. N. Southall
Clive Allen
Watson-Anderson Gro. Co. Alpine
Otis Scales
Col
Tourist Is Killed in Auto Crash Near Alpine
Mrs. G E Marsh 29 of San Francisco died from skull fracture and chest injuries when her car overturned after a tire blew out about 18 miles east of Alpine on U S Highway 9. The party included her husband, their 10 year old daughter Virginia, sister in law Mex Courtney and niece Maxine while Frank McMackel rode with them. The body was sent to Pensacola for burial. others continued to California by train.
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G. E. Marsh
San Francisco
Alpine
In Jarles
U. S. Highway 9
Marsh
Virginia
Mex. L. B. Courtney
Miss William
Pensacola
Fla
California
Long-Time Brewster Resident T P Rackley Dies in Alpine
T P Rackley pioneer of Brewster county died in Alpine July 8 after illness. Funeral held Sunday at Marathon cemetery with Rev E S Lambert. Born December 10 1858 in Castroville Medina County Texas he would have turned 77. Survived by son Price Rackley Marathon Alpine and W W Rackley Devine and daughter Birdie Rackley Musgraves (deceased 1913). Burial beside spouse Ida W Cole in Marathon cemetery.
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Helen Friend
Marathon
John
T. P. Rackley
Brewster County
Alpine
Marathon Cemetery
ES. Lambert
Jewife
W. W. Rackley
Devine
Birdie Rackley Musgraves
Price Rackley
Rackley
Medina County
West Texas
Loho
Price
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