Pair Married in Vietnam Choose Big Bend for Home
Mr and Mrs Lew Dayton, married in Saigon in December 1966, plan to settle on a 120 acre area of land in southern Brewster County about 60 miles south of Alpine, seven miles west of Highway 118. They moved a 10 by 46 mobile home and will later build an adobe house. Dayton a retired Air Force major previously served as RMK BRJ security director in Vietnam and as an intelligence officer in World War II. They stock cattle and may drill a water well with Tony Hess. The Daytons began subscribing to The Avalanche in 1967 and now receive it at the Terlingua post office.
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Lew Dayton
Brewster County
South Vietnam
Dayton
Air Force
Rmk-Brj Construction Company
Vietnam
Ohio
Saigon
Alpine
Highway 118
Daytons
Tony Hess
del Rio
U. S. Air Service
Rio Grande
San Antonio
U. S. Air Force
Italy
Far East
Terlingua
City Debates Paving Repairs On East Avenue E
City Council weighs patching East Avenue E after new water and sewer lines were laid. State plans convert the street to a westbound U S Highway 90. public hearing ordered, possible six months before work starts.
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Avenue E
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Homer Hudgins
Unti S Spt
Werner Hollis
Alpine
Pingleton Leaves Alpine for Monahans Ministry
Jim Pingleton minister of the First Christian Church in Alpine will terminate his ministry there in 1969 to accept a call as minister of the First Christian Church in Monahans. He has served Alpine for two years and plans to miss the friends he leaves behind.
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Jim Pingleton
First Christian Church
Alpine
Monahans
Pingleton
New Nazarene Pastor Named for Alpine Church
Rev. John Wright named as the new Nazarene Church pastor and is expected to arrive in Alpine today. He and his wife with four children recently did missionary work with the Ramah Indians near Gallup New Mexico. Church services will be announced later.
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Nazarene Church
John Wright
Alpine
Wright
Gallup
N. M
City ends participation in Federal Food Stamp program
City Council unanimously voted to discontinue the Federal Food Stamp program, ending July 31 after paying its final quarter and bearing most costs alongside Brewster County. About 60 Brewster County families received stamps. The council also approved a Burroughs accounting machine purchase at 6974.01 net with trade-in and discount, plus free repair of the old unit. Mayor suggests bank borrowing to finance over 36 months at about 215 per month.
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Brewster County
Burroughs
Itg
Marjorie Graham
K. K. Otto
Homer Hudgins
Final Civic Center Plans Are Approved
City Council approved remodeling the old Skyline Lanes building into a municipal center housing all city offices including police dispatch. Col and Mrs Arlo Gill designed the exterior and will oversee the project with a 6 percent fee. The plan saves 1500 to 2000 by relocating a vault door. Delinquent tax suits were discussed.
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Skyline Lanes
Arlo Gill
Gill
Bright Secures Central School Classrooms Contract
John Bright Enterprises of San Angelo wins a contract to build four new classrooms at Central School with a low bid of 49 977. The sole competitor, J. E. Gray Jr. of Alpine, bid 58 546 67. Construction will be on the west end of the new Central building, with completion set for August 15. Bright is also working on Sul Ross State University Industrial Arts building.
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John Bright Enterprises, Inc
San Angelo
Central School
J. E. Gray Jr
New Minister To Be Honored In Alpine Week
Rev. James Wayne the new pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Alpine will be honored at a 3 30 to 5 p m reception Sunday June 8. He succeeds Rev Edwin Chappell now at Lovington New Mexico. Mrs Phyllis Connor resigns as Alpine Community Center director at a board meeting. resignation effective at end of the summer.
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James Wayne
First United Methodist Church
Alpine
Mr. Wayne
Edwin Chappell
Lovington
N. M
Connor
Phyllis Connor
Alpine Community Center
Schools Urged to Hire Educational Consultant
Alpine trustees heard J A Anderson of the Texas Education Agency recommend hiring an educational consultant to shape new programs and space needs. He urged visiting recently built schools in Del Rio Goliad Plano Arlington and Northeast San Antonio and suggested bond sales to fund a revamped high school and Centennial buildings into an area vocational school. The plan includes reorganizing to a 9 12 high school 6 8 junior high and K 5 elementary with new computer instruction and educational television.
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J. A. Anderson
Texas Education Agency
Alpine
Anderson
del Rio
Goliad
Plano
Arlington
San Antonio
Forty two vehicles registered in Brewster County May 1969
Forty two motor vehicles were registered in Brewster County during May 1969. The list includes Casner Motor Co Alpine Eric J Williams W T Eckert Delton J Daugherty Jose L DeLao Johnny Alderson Alpine Concrete Inc Mike King Newell Oil Co Alpine Lease Div William E Ansley Alpine Evan Davies J D McDaniel Buchanan Dam Sul Ross State Warren D Taylor ae ie G Roberts Marathon Billy P Stewart Fort Worth J Rn Ramirez Presidio Frank P Arrendondo Alpine.
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Brewster County
Casner Motor Co
Casner Auto Lease
Chevrolet
Alpine
Eric J. Williams
W. T. Eckert
McCamey
Delton
Alpine Concrete Inc
Mike King
Oldsmobile
Newell Oil Co
White Western
William E. Ansley
Pontiac
Evan Davies
J. D. McDaniel
Buick
Buchanan Dam
Sul Ross State
Warren D. Taylor
Aeie G. Roberts
Marathon
Billy P. Stewart
Timco
Fort Worth
J. Rn Ramirez
Presidio
Frank P. Arrendondo
Chevro
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Big Bend
Virgil Polacek
Ernest Pacheco
Hudgins
J. Burk
Nazarene
City Stops Fund For Food
Bright
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