Alpine Echoes of War and Angkor Wat Visits in Vietnam Letter
Alpine area voices report calmer conditions after late April battles in Saigon. Families share news from Cas Edwards and Noble Armstrong, detailing the palace bombardment near Independence Palace and the two mile front in Galieni Boulevard. Reed of students, scholarships, ROTC travels, and local obituaries mix with Army patrols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Glasscock
Saigon
Vietnam
Noble Armstrong
Cas Edwards
Independence Palace
Southern Pacific
Binh Xuyen
Galienni Boulevard
Mary- Jon
Mimi
Boyd
Angkor Wat
Campioda
Greetings From Alpine Mayor Welcomes Sul Ross Summer Students
Mayor Hugh White writes from Alpine expressing pride in Sul Ross State College as akey asset to the town. He invites Summer 1955 students to visit and seek local service, highlighting climate health and the college’s value to Alpine. The message underscores community gratitude and hospitality toward students and faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
East Texas
Sul Ross State College
Texas
Sulvate College
Hugh White
Ross
Alpine Recreation Program Opens Monday Under Dillard
Alpine seventh summer recreation program directed by Principal J R Dillard runs June 6 to August 5. Funded by supporters Kokernot and Sohl after drought pinch, it offers Coffee-Time League mornings 9 to 11 30 for all boys, Twilight League evenings for Pony Leaguers, plus picnics trips swimming and potential Boy Scout ties. Plans include tennis baseball softball volleyball track and field with a four-team Pony Leaguers schedule if possible and VFW open gym nights. no Saturday activities and no charge to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Alpine Centennial
J. R. Dillard
Herbert Kobernoth
Bill Sohl
Alpine Independent School District
Kokernot
Sohl
Dillard
Gath
VFW
Peyton Cain
Wally Davis and Sons Take Over Alpine Grocery
Wally Davis and his sons Freddy and Billy have assumed operation of the Alpine Grocery at 807 E. Holland Ave, purchasing the business from J. E. Gray Jr. Davis will remain manager of the Alpine Country Club. Freddy, a high school senior next year, and Billy, a freshman, will join in the business. policies will stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Soh
Sul Ross
Earl Petross
Buck
Wally Davis
Freddy
Billy
Ming
Junior Gray
Hugh
Golden White
Highland Cafe
Kenneth
Katherine Stucke
California
John Bumgardners
el Paso
Monahans Man Drowns in Rio Grande at Boquillas Canyon
John E. Conlee, 24, a Monahans plumber, drowned while fishing with companion Norman H. Truitt, 29, of Crane, in the Rio Grande near Boquillas Canyon about 5 p.m. Sunday. A rescue team from Park Service and Boquillas, Mexico, recovered the body at 11:10 p.m. Conlee is survived by his wife Sue and four children. body taken to Crane. Also reported, L. B. Guthrie resigns from Alpine police parking meter duties. Henry Glasscock replaces him on night force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Conlee
Monahans
Rio Grande
Boquillas Canyon
Norman H. ‘Truitt
Crane
Park ‘Service
Boquillas
Mexico
Mr. Conlee
Sue
Guthrie
Alpine
Guthrie F
Arkansas
Henry Glasscock
Mr. Guthrie
Drilling Nears 1000 Feet in Riess Water Well
The Riess water well on Kokernot Hill in northeast Alpine nears 1000 feet after two months of drilling. Drilling faced hard formations but advanced 22 feet last week. Stephen Riess of Simi Valley, who staked the site for the March test, reports favorable conditions for a solid water supply. Paul Gooden won the contract March 22 and began April 2 after site access was prepared. Progress showed 150 feet in a week early, then 300 feet by mid-April, 425 feet by April 21, 745 feet a week later, and 860 feet after a cavern and cement work caused delays. The rig halted May 10 for repairs, reaching 900 feet on May 22 with slow progress since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kokernot Hill
Alpine
Stephen Ries
Simi
Calif
Paul Gooden
Riess
Pan American Road Race Film to Be Shown in Alpine
Jim Burling of Car Parts Depo announces the full length color and sound feature film of the 1954 Pan American Road Race for a public showing in Alpine on Friday June 17. Produced by K and W Products Inc Whittier California the thriller includes aerial views spins and crashes with cameras mounted in race cars giving speeds up to 150 mph. The showing is sponsored by local garages service stations and car dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Burling
Car Parts Depo
Alpine
K & W Products, Inc
Whittier
Cal
Alamo City Rock Hounds Meet On Woodward Ranch
Sixty five members of the San Antonio Rock and Lapidary Society camped at Woodward Ranch in Brester County for their second annual gathering. Emil Spillmann of Austin, president of the Texas Federation of Mineral Societies, and Raymond Rock, SA society president, attended. A barbecue followed Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Local couple to move to California cafe venture
Mr. and Mrs. Stucke plan a California move this month to join Otis Coggins Jr. in Oakland area drive-in cafe operations. Stucke, a Brewster County Motors salesman for six years, and Mrs. Stucke, secretary to School Supt. Peyton Cain for ten years, sold their N Fifth Street home to Delphene Young of Alpine with Estelle Martin handling the real estate deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Estelle Martin
Burgess attends highway meeting in Rapid City
Glenn Burgess traveled Wednesday to Rapid City South Dakota for an Inter national Parks Highway Assn gathering. He is a former first president of the group when it formed in 1937. Mrs Harold Nichols and two children from Victoria visit her parents in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Burgess
International Parks Highway Assn
G. S. 51
Texas
Rapid City
S. D
Burgess
Harold Nichols
Jimmy
Nancy
Victoria
Jim Nicholls
Sal Ross
Pan American College
Edinburg
President Wildenthal Welcomes Summer School Students
Bryan Wildenthal welcomes Summer School students to Sul Ross State College in the summer of 1955. He notes that summer sessions yield substantial academic work, often by teachers from public schools seeking specialized courses to enrich Texas classrooms. He expresses pride in the cordial campus welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Sul Ross State College
Bryan Wildenthal
Little League Play Opens With Schedule
Play began last evening in the Little League base ball loop. The Model faced Fort Davis while Baker Jewelers met Morrison's. Next Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. the M System club plays Fort Davis and Baker Jewelers meets the Model at 8:15 p.m. A full schedule follows through June and July with games between Model, Morrison's, Fort Davis, Baker, and the M System at Fort Davis and other venues.
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Fort Davis
Baker Jewelers
Morrison's
Baker
Model
Rison's
Morrison
Morrison’s
Fort
Alpine High School graduation honors many awards
Alpine High School held commencement for the 1955 class with 40 graduates receiving diplomas from J C Coleman. Summer graduate Manuel Pallanez appeared for his diploma. Awards included perfect attendance. a new vocational agriculture prize from Baker Jewelers. DAR Good Citizenship to Ann Gerbet. writing and creative achievement prizes from KVLF and Rotary. boosts for Janice Parker and Jo anna Newell. valedictorian Dan Logan. salutatorian Hobson Wildenthal. and the John Philip Sousa band award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High School
J. C. Coleman
Alpine Board of Trustees
Manuel Pallanez
St. John’s Seminary
San Antonio
Alpine
Beckett
Nora Payne Martinez
Daniel _Ogas
Breath
Robert Bass Molinar
Baker Jewelers
Jim Turner
Marian Brooks
AHS
Vaughn Musgrave
R. D. McCready
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ann Gerbert
DAR “Good Cizenship
Paul Hill
Gene Hendryx
KVLF
Kay Young
Sherry Miller
Bill Hance
Fred Willams
Alpine Ro
Tary Cs
Carol Ann Ross
Don McNamar
Joyce Lockhart
Georgia Dallman
Janice Parker
Verner Parker
M. P. Slover
Drake
Alice Cowan
Joanna Newell
John Newell
Texas Council of Church Supported
Hobson Wildenthal
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross
Dan Logan
Jimmy Logan
Church
John Phillips Sousa
Alpine Band
Fritz Bill Weyerts
Terry Beckett
Enrollment Surges at Sul Ross State College This Summer
Sul Ross State College opened registration for the first six weeks with a total enrollment of about 700 students expected before final registration ends. Summer students are well settled on campus and in town housing, with final exams set for July 8 and second six weeks registration July 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Jack Stowell
Sul Ross
Cowboys Open 1958 Season With Ints at Kobernot Field
The Alpine Cowboys start the 1958 baseball season Sunday afternoon against the Alpine Internationals at Kobernot Field. The roster leans on Sul Ross Lobo alumni and includes new right handed freshman pitcher Arthur Red Swanson from Louisiana State. Also slated are games with Fort Bliss Falcons and Jal, N. M. Gassers Ter, plus a four team Grand Junction, Colorado tournament in early July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Cowboys
Alpine Internationals
Kobernot Field
Cowboy
Sul Ross Lobo
Arthur
Red) Swanson
Louisana State
Cowboys
Fort Bliss Falcons
Jal
N. M
Gasserster
Grand Junction
Colo
Wallace L Leatherman Laid To Rest In Alpine
Wallace L Leatherman 71 was laid to rest at Elm Grove Cemetery after a graveside service in Alpine. He was found dead Sunday in a bath house at Ruidosa Hot Springs near the Rio Grande, Presidio County, after taking hot baths for about two weeks. Born April 21 1884 he lived in the Toyah Kent area and worked for ranchmen in Alpine and the Big Bend. His brother John D Leatherman a night watchman here was killed by a hit and run in June 1951. Unmarried Leatherman is survived by four nephews Herb Dub Joe and Q Pate of Pecos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elm Grove Cemetery
Wallace L. Leatherman
Ruidosa Hot Springs
Rio Grande
Presidio County
C. W. Newbill
Toyah-Kent
Alpine
Big Bend
Mr. Leatherman
John D. Leatherman
West Holland Ave
Herb
Dub
Joe
Q Pate
Pecos
Sul Ross Names Assistant Drum Major for Next Year
Carroll Schoenewolf, a Kerrville sophomore, is elected assistant Drum major of the Sul Ross Marching Band. He will alternate with Delmar Hillger, freshman and former Lake View High School drum major, for the Lobo Band leadership. Band director Joe Bellamah announced the selections. the Sul Ross group was praised as a leading Southwest marching band last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Schoenewolf
Kerrville
Sul Ross State College
Sul Ross
Delmar Hillger
Lake View High School
San Angelo
New Lobo Band
Schoenwolf
Joe Bellamah
Southwest
Bailey Motors Station Offers S H Green Stamps
Bailey Motors Station in Alpine begins offering S H Green Stamps with purchases for the first time. One stamp issued per ten dollar purchase, a stamp book and catalogue provided. Display centers are San Angelo and El Paso, with mail redemption via Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Henry Bailey Motors
San Angelo
el Paso
Fort Worth
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Legionnaires
Alpine Cemetery
American Legion
Tom Coats
Howard Hamilton
Tom Carney
Avalanche
Amblin
Big Bend and
Davis Mountains
Janice Dianne Parker
Texas Western
TWC
Janice
Houston
Sherman Breshears
Sherm
Cotulla
Bryan Widenthal
Hobson
Carolyn Nelson
Golden Anderson
J. C. Hamilton
Paisano
Marfa
Stars of Giants
Lee Matt Smith
Lee Smiths
Naval Rotc
Rio
Young Lee
Norfolk
New Jersey
Spain
Lee
Madrid
England
London
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Caribbean
Rice
Tom Corney
Mayor Hugh White
Alamo City
Woodward Ranch
Stuckes
Dena B. Tyler
Abilene
Tex
Carol Ann
Barbara Lee Ross
Corpus Christi
8. E. Ross
Episcopal Church
St. James Episcopal Church
6Th St
Ralph Peters
Wildenthal
Mars
Alpine High
Charlotte Slight
North Texas State College
Denton
University of Mexico City
NTSC
Bailey Motors Station
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