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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1967
Page
1
The Alpine Garden Club and Mrs Leroy Stone are thanked by the City Council in a unanimous special resolution on Tuesday. The council had tasked the Garden Club to oversee the Clean Up Campaign and recommend any unsightly conditions, and Mrs Stone presented a fine report on behalf of the club.
The L Harlan Ford family leaves Alpine after six years as Dr Ford becomes executive director of Region 19 Education Service Center in El Paso. Former Sul Ross State College dean and Alpine Public Schools counselor, he notes sadness at leaving friends. The center coordinates materials, information, and personnel needs for the region, funded by state and local districts. The Fords will reside at 9104 Mc Fall Drive in El Paso.
A banquet honoring the incoming and retiring superintendents of Big Bend National Park will be held at 7 30 p m Friday July 21 in Sul Ross Cafeteria. Retiring superintendent Perry Brown will be succeeded by Luther Peterson formerly superintendent of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The event is sponsored by the Big Bend National Park Development Committee. Reservations may be made with Hallie Stillwell Box 42 Alpine. Public invited.
An Alpine High School student Miguel Salinas Mike Milan 18 was stabbed to death at a Marfa dance. Milan died at Brewster County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at Our Lady of Peace Church with burial in Alpine Cemetery. Sheriff Williams to attend Texas Sheriff Association seminar in Fort Worth July 23-26.
City Parks Board receives 10000 for Baines Memorial Park in South Alpine. Funds to be available after a 95000 bond issue sells by August 1, approved by voters. Council approved earmarking 19000 for the park and showed a park sketch with a central fountain and playgrounds.
Sul Ross State College announces three new teaching assignments to begin September 1. W Don Chandler will be instructor of music, Dwight R Ittner to be biology instructor, and Avinash K Rangra to serve as assistant professor of chemistry.
Eddie Garcia misplaced prescription glasses in Alpine on July 12 after working in a yard at 705 East Ave B. A child likely left Life Savers candies in the car seat where the glasses were, now missing. Readers are asked to return the glasses to the porch and keep the candy as a reward. Eddie desperately needs the glasses to read and cannot afford a replacement. A second item notes Alpine Chamber manager Phil W Ebensberger traveling to Houston for a weeklong Institute for Chamber of Commerce managers hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce.
Sul Ross State College reports a new summer school record with 812 students in the second six weeks. Registrar Glenn Datis notes this surpasses the 758 enrollment logged for the same period last summer.
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