Cowboys and Fort Bliss Open Nine-Game Series This Weekend
The Alpine Cowboys resume play with a three game series against Fort Bliss at Kobernot Field after a three week road trip. Manager Tom Chandler plans to start Kobernot Field contest on Saturday with McCollum leading hitters at .429 and Warwick returning from injury as Falcons also adjust their lineup. Fort Bliss features Warwick and others in the outfield and pitching staff as the Cowboys hold a 12 10 season mark.
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Alpine Cowboys
Kobernot Field
Tom Chandler
Fort Bliss
Warwick
Falcons
Avalon Conference Plans Include Banquet and Talks
Plans for the Avalon International Poets and Editors Conference in Alpine from July 24 to 27 include a Holland Hotel banquet at 7 30 p m on Wednesday with speakers Dr Alfred Dorn Lilith Lorraine Rosa Marinoni Dr Murry Fly and others. Tickets sold through Big Bend TV Co with special student rates and Alpine registration at 805 E Holland before July 23.
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Avalon International
Alpine
Holland Hotel
Alfred Dorn
New York University
Lilith Lorraine
Avalon
Rosa Marinoni
Arkansas
Murry Fly
Odessa College
Horace W. Morelock
Sul Ross
Schiller Scroggs
Agricultural and Mechanical College of
Stillwater
Oklo
Big Bend TV Co
Avalon Headquarters
E. Holland
Dorn
Scroggs
Briggs
Fly
Walter Scott McNutt
4 States Cooperative University of Jefferson
Texas
County drills test well to boost Sunny Glen water supply
Brewster County started a test well west of Sunny Glen to expand the water field. Charlie Watson is drilling a 10 inch hole to 350 feet on land with City water rights, while Paul Gooden tests Roberts No 3 for the City with a 400 foot depth planned and reports abundant water.
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Alpine
Sunny Glen
Brewster
Charlies Watson
Terry
Rust Largent
Watson
R. T. Littleton
State Board of Water Engineers
Austin
U.S. Geological Survey
Paul Gooden
Roberts
John Stowell
Mitre Peak Camp Hoppers and Kapers Run Busy Summer
Hoppers wake at 6 30 a m to serve breakfast then shift dirty work to kapers at Camp Mitre Peak between Alpine and Fort Davis. Sixty plus staff and 359 girls from 15 county area and beyond attend summer sessions with a rotating unit schedule and plans for a Big Bend trip after the season ends.
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Mitre
Camp Mitre Peak
Alpine
Fort Davis
Permian Basin
Andrews
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Culberson
Winkler
Reeves
Terrell
Ward
Pecos
Loving
Midland
Ector
Crane
Upton
Presidio
Houston
Brownfield
el Paso
Big Bend National Park
Bishop
Big Bend river country profiled by Sam Woolford and Gulf coast readers
Sam Woolford of San Antonio writes on the Big Bend river country noting how an old military river road fell into neglect after the National Park Service took over. He recalls a 1922 crossing with photographer Wilfred Smithers from Grand Canyon of Santa Helena to Boquillas, navigating by telegraph poles and burro light, paying high gas costs, and meeting old-timers near Dugout ranch and San Vicente.
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Sam Woolford
San Antonio
Big Bend River
National Park Service
Park Rangers
Woolford
Wilfred Smithers
Alpine
The
Light
Grand Canyon
Santa Helena
Johnson Ranch
Smithers
Boquillas
Pancho Villa
Big Bend
Aaron
Ogle
San Vicente
Tom Miller
Juan
Chata Sada
Mexico
Little League Sparks Battle Between Fort Davis and First National Bank
Fort Davis Rebels meet First National Bank in the opening Little League night game. Casner's and Baker's contest follows with Morrison's in a tight earlier half tying 4-3 in extras last Thursday. Season records end at 6-2 for the teams with wins by Orozco De la O Valenzuela Gallego and King and Baker Casner Morrison's.
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First National Bank
Fort Davis Rebels
Casner’s
Baker's
Morrison's
Bank
Morison
Fort Davis
Orozco
Silvas
de la O
King
Valenzuela
Coleman
Gallego
Killion
Only Cub Parking Is Permitted In Depot Lot
Chief of Police Jack Johnson announced this week that only curb parking is allowed in the Southern Pacific depot lot. He said many freight trucks could not unload or load at the docks because parked vehicles blocked access.
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Southern Pacific
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Barbecue Sunday Benefit For Catholic School
The Catholic Men's Club sponsors a barbecue at 11 30 Sunday at the school ground. Adults pay 1 and children 50 cents. County Commissioner Robert Valadez donated the meat for the event.
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Robert Valadez
McAllister Named Fort Stockton High School Principal
Ken McAllister, previously principal at Central Grade School for two years, is named principal of Fort Stockton High School. The 39 year old educator, a 1938 Lake Forest College graduate with an MA from Sul Ross State College, has coaching and Air Force service in his background. His Alpine Public School post is vacated with two major posts to fill including the Central School principal and FE band director.
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Ken McAllister
Central
Fort Stockton
McAllister
Lake Forest College
Illinois
Sul Ross State College
Lake Forest
U. S. Air Force
San Angelo
West Texas
Alpine
Joe Lee
Hondo
Morrison's Buys Crystal City Pullen's Store
C G Morrison Co of Alpine has acquired Pullen's Department Store in Crystal City and will convert it into a 5c to $5 Morrison's unit. Oscar Rice will become manager after transferring from a Ysleta store. A liquidation sale is under way and the conversion will take about six weeks.
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C. G. Morrison Co
Alpine
Pullen's
Crystal City
Paul Goodman
Morrison’s
Oscar Rice
Ysleta
Goodman
Scout Commissioners For Big Bend Met In Marfa
Neighborhood commissioners for the Boy Scouts of the Big Bend district dined at the Paisano Hotel in Marfa last Friday. Attendees included Lucius Bunton Santiago Terrazas Norman Breed Phil Anderson R. H. Brooks J C Duncan Jr and ex ecutives P W Thorson Joe Niedermayer Bob Read. They agreed to boost Scouting and assist unit leaders and den mothers.
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Boy Scouts
Big Bend
Paisano
Marfa
Lucius Bunton
J. C. Duncan Jr
Fort Davis
Santiago Terrazas
Marathon
Norman Breed
van Horn
Phil Anderson
Presidio
R. H. Brooks
Alpine
P. W. Thorson
Midland
Joe Niedermayer
Bob Read
Read
Funeral Services Held Here Tuesday For F S Matthews Pioneer Rancher
Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church in Alpine for Frank Sloan Matthews 77 a veteran trail driver and pioneer rancher of Brewster and Presidio Counties He helped organize the Old Trail Drivers Association His burial followed in Elm Grove Cemetery He is survived by three sons Basil Frank and Tom and two daughters Hazel Arnett and Fern Sandlin and a brother Walter Matthews
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First Christian Church
Alpine
Frank Sloan Matthews
el Paso
Matthews
Brewster
Presidio
National Archives
Washington, D. C
Knoxville
Tenn
John Morton Matthews
Amanda Allen Matthews
Letitia Frances Basham
San Antonio
Hazel Arnett
The
Christian Church
Alpine Lodge
Elm Grove Cemetery
Basil
Houston
Frank
Tom
Arnett
Fern Sandlin
Walter
San Angelo
Spotted Showers Reported Across Alpine Area
Scattered showers fell in the Alpine area Sunday afternoon. Ed Davidson northeast of town reported .8 inches, Frank Newsom west of Mitre Peak .5, and Paisano Encampment reported .25 inch.
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Ed Davidson
Frank Newsom
Mitre Peak
Paisano
Alpine Leader Seeks Federal Flood Control Aid
Jim Casner Alpine civic leader travels east to discuss flood control aid with Washington officials. He will act for Alpine, aiming to build a system of dams on Alpine Creek for flood control and water conservation.
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Jim Casner
Alpine
Washington
Hugh White
Casner
Alpine Creek
Texas In Review to Feature Big Bend Area
Humble's Texas in Review will profile the Big Bend region with a two day Alpine shoot. A cameraman filmed in Alpine Paisano Cathedral Mountain Lodge and surrounding areas last week for the TV feature.
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Texas
Big Bend
Alpine
Humble
Paisano
Cathedral Mountain Lodge
Rutherford Seeks Reimbursement for Big Bend Ghost CAP
U S Representative J T Rutherford urged the House to reimburse the Big Bend Civil Air Patrol squadron for over 400 raised to search for Mr and Mrs Clifford S White. He argued delays in formal requests should not penalize volunteers who acted quickly under time pressure and used funds for aviation gas and oil.
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U. S
J. T. Rutherford
16Th
Big Bend “Ghost” Squadron
The
Civil Air Patrol
House of Representatives
Rutherford
House
Big Bend Civil Air Patrol
CAP
Clifford S. White
Big Bend Cap
Bob Crawford
Miller
Big Bend Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Bridge Hearing Called Aug 1 Over Alpine Creek Dismantling
City officials announced a public hearing on dismantling the Alpine Creek bridge at 8th Street for 8 p.m. Thursday August 1. The City Commission had rescinded July 8 action after July 13 called meeting. Mayor Hugh White said delaying action pending a engineers study and report. Property owners along Alpine Creek blamed debris damming the bridge for flood damage to homes and businesses.
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Alpine Creek
8Th Street
City Commission
Hugh White
Dr Tidwell Addresses Large Masonic Meeting
About 100 Masons from Alpine and nearby towns attended a meeting sponsored by the Alpine Chapter Council and Commandery at the Community Center last Thursday evening. Principal speaker was Dr D D Tidwell professor of Bible and Greek at Howard Payne Baptist College Brownwood, a leading authority on Texas Masonic history. Reece Hayes of Olney grand companion conductor grand chapter RAM of Texas was an honored guest. Other attendees included Joe Graham Marfa a 64 year Mason and Duane Gooden who earned his Master’s degree the night before.
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Alpine
Council and Commandery
D. D. Tidwell
Howard Payne Baptist College
Brownwood
Reece Hayes
Olney
Grand Chapter
RAM of
Texas
Joe Graham
Marfa
Duane Gooden
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Rita Barr
Avalon Public Relations
Charlotte Holmes
Maud Baines
Edsel Ford
Hobbs
N. M
Morelock
Marjorie Morris
Edna Haynes McCor
Deryl Bishop
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Jack McGarry
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Isco
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Monie Brewer
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Gertie Belcher
McCamey
Nay Nell Johnson
Alty
Silver Littleton
Sanderson
Heather Henderson
Royalty
Eddie Willhite
Weatherford
Sandra Anderson
Abilene
Mary Wynn
Artesia
Bill Morton
Girl Scout
Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Big Bend Park
Lorraine Barnes
Austin American
State Parks Board
J. W. McClendon
Miss Barnes
Avalanche
Balmorhea Lake
Ords
Ft. Stockton
Scout Commissioners
F. S. Matthews
Pioneer
Firod Control
Dr. Tidwell
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