Trans Pecos column invites names for contest
Readers of the Trans Pecos column are asked to submit a new name for the column as a contest draws wide interest. A winner is hoped to be announced later, with several suggestions already received including one associated with Barry Seobee or Davis.
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WwEne
Coenis
Barry Seobee
Ort Davis
Vandarven
Henderson
Bill ‘Mixon
Mixon
Boch Fe
Teane-Poces
Roperta
Maria
Ity
Marta
Ft. ‘Stockton
Hivea Vores
Tigeer
Sul Ross Student Victim Of Poisoning
Louise Blakeley, 38, a former Sul Ross student, died in El Paso from effects of poison taken about two weeks earlier while at Sul Ross. She had attended the school for several years and had planned a summer trip. She was hospitalized in El Paso for about a week before her death.
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Mise Louise Blakeley
Wil Rose
el Paso
Yoleon
Chest Have
Mise Blakeley
Sulee
T ‘Ae Betes
Repl
Heapital
New Electric Shop Opens in Alpine by Local Men
Announcement of a new electric shop in Alpine announced by Bill Dorrie and Walter Garnett. The business will be named D&G Electric and located on North Sixth Street east of the alley. The company employs a former Central Power and Light Co worker with eight years of service.
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Alpine
Bill Dorrie
Walter Garnett
D&g Electric
North Sixth Street
Anoem
Central Power and Light Co
Forty-Eighth Encampment to Be Held August 17-24
The long-established Cowboy Camp Meeting returns to a well-known town along the highway for its traditional event week from August 17 to 24. Organizers highlight the enduring, widely recognized gathering that draws attendees from surrounding areas and beyond.
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Ely Mab
Fragmented OCR Note on Grivers and Security Concerns
An unclear OCR item discusses Grivers and security questions about certain brand spreads and the acceptability of pedestrians. It references a 1606 Allied vote and a questionable quote about a tiger and a 5 percent figure, with many garbled terms and names.
Early Day School Teacher Faces Frontier Challenges
Ft Davis correspondent recalls W. W. Turney the first or second public school teacher in Fort Davis in 1908. He faced a disbelieving class, earned respect after initial resistance, and taught until moving on to become the Presidio County attorney and later a successful lawyer in El Paso.
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Barry Scosee
Ft. Davis
I ‘Ort Davis
Mile High
W. W. Tunney
Mr. Turney
Turney
Neeson
Presidio
Marfa
HL Paso
Big Bend
Alpine jury finds no indictments amid civil term
Davis County jurors return no indictments in a mid year term led by Judge C R Button with focus on civil matters. Divorce actions proceed, while Alpine post office shows a slight seven percent gain in fiscal year receipts including stamp sales box rents and second class mailing fees.
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Davis County Jury
Alpine Postoffice
Port Davis
C. R. Button
Chemlet Court
District 1
Alan R. Fraser
Jeff Davie
J. C. Henderson
Leona Henderson
Sopriano
Gereia Os
Ross Duran Garla
Fort Davis
W. van
Alpine
George
Davis
van Bichie
Grierson
van Biche
Santae
Sam Wan
Boy Wounded By Rifle Becomes Stable at Home
Billy Fishel was wounded by an accidental discharge of a 22 rifle by a playmate on Monday of last week. He improved enough to leave the hospital this Monday and return home. His father Charles Fishel says the boy is believed out of danger.
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Billy Fishel
Ito
Charles Fishel
Dog Roundup To Start Next Week
Sixty five dogs received anti rabies inoculations Friday as city extends the vaccination period to curb stray dogs and prevent an outbreak. Unvaccinated dogs will be rounded up beginning next week and disposed of. owners must tag or vaccinate to avoid confinement or capture.
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Tita
New Ritz Theatre to Open in Wilson Building July 22
Alpine's Ritz theatre will open next Thursday night the 22nd with firesafe RCA sound equipment and new upholstered sets. The opening film Ven jue Makes Trouble stars James Dunn and Patricia Hi. Admission charges are 10 cents for children 20 cents for students and 50 cents for adults.
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Wilson
Alpine
the Ritz
Robert Mann
Rain Drenches Trans-Pecos as Thunderbolt Strikes Church
Much of Trans-Pecos country received rain last Sunday with heavy downpours in Alpine and surrounding areas. A lightning bolt split the Cheistan church steeple, injuring a bystander lightly, while widespread showers extended from Valentine to Del Rio and across the Davis Mountains region. Flooding inundated highways northwest of Alpine and caused yard and retaining wall damage in town. Rain is seen as highly beneficial for pasture growth with more moisture hoped for before frost.
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Trans-Pecos
Cheistan
Levi Bell
Southerm Pacific Bridge and Employe
Trans-Pe‘cine
Val~ ‘Entine
del Rio
New Mexico Line
Rio Grande la
Green Valley
Valentine West
Hi Paso
Fort Stockton
Marathon
Davis Mountains
Were
Mesa Country
Alpine
Dr. Jeter
Drilling Under Way At 2 Test Locations
Drilling progressed this week at the G HL Storey and Dodson Means tests. Dodson Means reported a pool straight hole at 5347 feet with water shut off, while Storey test in Green Valley south of here reached 2467 feet.
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G. HL. Storey
Green Valley
Real estate man W Gilmer moves offices across street
W Gilmer, noted real estate and live rock man, relocated his office from the Big Bend Abstract Co. quarters to the Hord building early this week, signaling a brief business move across the street.
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W. Gilmer
Big Bend Abstract Co
Hord Building
Thousands Send In SS Forms Covering First Six Months
Austin July 15 Thousands of employers must file Forms 88 2 and 88 22 under the Social Security Act for the first six months of 1957. Deadline is July 31. Delinquents face penalties. Employers urged to apply for forms early to avoid refusal of returns. The notice comes from Collector Frank Scofield of the Austin Internal Revenue office. The source adds that forms were mailed to those who filed monthly returns. The closing line references a copper mine elided from the original text.
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Austin
Collector of Internal Revenue
Frank Scofield
Scofield
Aged Alpine Woman Succumbs to Pneumonia
Mrs. Eirza Virginia Lockhart, longtime Alpine resident and church member, died Tuesday night from pneumonia after a two week illness. Born December 8, 1887 in Pleasanton, she was 79 turning 80 later this year. Survived by five of six children, including Upson Taylor, Joe Davis, Lyons Lockhart, J H Weyerts, and Vera Belle Keane. Funeral held Wednesday at Weyerts home, with burial in Pleasanton beside her husband, Vienry Joseph Lockhart, who died in 1916.
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Eirza Virginia Lockhart
Alpine
Mra. Lockhart
Eliza Virginia Lyons
Pleasanton
Atucoan County
Vienry Joseph Lockhart
Happy Union
Upson Taylor
Joe Davis
Uvalde
Lyons Lockhart
Bracketville
J. H. Weyerts
Vera Belle Keane
Lockhart
George
North Sixth Stret
Robinson
North
First Baptist
Weyerts
MM. Fulmer
First Baptist Church
Southtern Prenc
Landscaping planned for Brewster Highway Park site
Brewster Highway Park at the intersection of U.S. 90 and 67 east of Alpine is listed for landscaping under the 1997 98 program. Federal aid totaling 260 500 is sought for landscaping across 32 counties. Counties must meet requirements including sign prohibitions within 300 feet of the right of way and removal of existing signs. Other sites in this section include areas east of Van Horn near Monahans and Pyote Odessa Midland Pecos Toyah and Sierra Blanca.
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U.S
Alpine
Austin News Dispatches
van Horn
Monahans
Pyote
Odessa
Midland
Pecos
Toyah
Sierra Blanes
Reverend Morrow Attends Chicago and Texas Presby Conferences
Presbyterian pastor J T Morrow headed from Waxahachie to attend the Presbyterian Young People's conference July 15 in Waxahachie, then to Chicago for the Lions International convention July 20 to 24, and finally the Presbyterian Ministers conference July 25 to 22, returning August 1. His sister Miss Cora Lee accompanied him part of the way back to Arlington.
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J.T. Morrow
Waxahachie
Chicago
Presbyterian Minsters
Arlington
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Rev. Morrow
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