Big Benders seek drought gauges for wide rains
Hallie Stillwell reports on enlarged rain measurement needs as widespread showers hit Alpine area. Glass gauges fail in hail and heavy downpours, prompting talk of cast iron gauges up to 20 inches. Rain totals rise at Dove Mountain and Glass Mountains, with Chelan and Marfa regions seeing varied effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Casner
Glass Mountains
George Mills
Joe Clark
Nellie Ferguson
George
Eva Jean
Abington Ranch
Marathon
Sam Cavness
Dove Mt
M.r. Hopson
King Terry
W. A. Morton
Mitre Peak Girl Scout Camp
Edwin Fowlkes
Maui
Roy Reid
Ft. Davis
Roy
Clyde Buttrill
Clyde
Shely
Marianthe Ghinati
Marfa
Big Bend Park
Big Bend Park News Highlights Local Careers and Visits
Big Bend National Park items recount Betsy Koch earning a BS in elementary education at North Texas State College on May 31 and her family traveling to Denton for the ceremony. Visitors include National Park Service officials Vint and Hill, Supt Miller in El Paso, and staff changing posts. Local gatherings feature a weekly bridge club, a dinner at Government Springs, and a Casa Grande Club election with officers. Harold Brodrick spoke in Hereford, Margot Schmidt will work seasonally in California, and Day family entries note changes in Park staffing and residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Koch
Peter Koch
North Texas State College
Koch
Patty
Denton
Dial Exchange Telephone
Government Springs
Southwestern Bell Telphone Co
National Park
Casa Ice
Grande Club
Harry L. Smith
Earl Stade
Robert Rogers
Stanley Fulcher
Salukis Edge into NAIA Finals After Last-Minute Briefing
Members of Southern Illinois University’s Interstate Conference champions receive last-minute instructions from Coach Glenn Abe Martin before entering the NAIA finals. The Salukis pursue victory in a high-stakes national tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ilinois Universiy
Glenn
Abe) Martin
Salukis
Alpine High FFA group camped at Black Gap
Group led by RM Brown head of Alpine High FFA department with Bandmaster Leland Schultz and eight FFA boys camped at Black Gap last week for a fishing trip. The report notes trout swimming upstream to spawn leaping repeatedly and contrasts trout annual migration with Pacific salmon spawning once and dying after spawning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RM. Brown
Alpine High
FFA Dept
Leland Schultz
FFA
Black Gap
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Hallie
Stillwell
Uvalde
Gene Benson
G. M. Benson
Hunt
Joe Bensons
Sis Benson
San Angelo
H. M. Neel
Mr. Neel
Neel
Earl McElroy
Ruidoso
N. M
Big Bend National Park
Maribelle Miller
George Miller
el Paso
Miller
Rotary Club
Thomas C. Vint
Sanford Hill
National Park Service
Mrs. Therman Toler
Mr. Toler
Earl Stadel
Mesdames
Ed Widmer
George Ler
Gordon Finney
Monte Fitch
Louis J. Frederiksen
Frederiksen
Fulcher
Finney
James Chambers
Mr. Chambers
Henry Schmidt
Margot
California
Clifford Printz
Corpus
Christ
High Rolls
Day
Big Bend
Tommie McKee
Tularosa, N. M
Harold Brodrick
Hereford
Texas
Margot Schmidt
Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National
Mrs. Dean Day
Larry Harris
Bob Hardcastle
Larry Patton
Ken Menschein
J. W. Sanders
Carroll Bridges
Harland Scheibal
Richard Jones
Charles Cooper
Roland Tarrant
Harry Gurley
Charles Sutton
Jay Schicker
Jim Woods
Sam Wright
Gerald Marting
Larry Tucker
Doc Hepler
Richard Dillinger
Fred Loesekam
Roger Buyan
Ken Napier
Roger McKnight
Zwavau Gece Ray
White House
Kimbell
Margarine
Gal. Gandy
Chuck
Alpine Cash Grocery
Peyton
Franks
Home Furniture CO
Olds
Henry Bailey Motors
N. 6Th Street
Alpings Pvalangal
Errib
First National Bank
Ber Federal Deposit Insurance
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