City Looks to Expand Water Supply After Survey
Mayor L B Starns announced an exhaustive survey will be conducted to develop an additional water supply. A committee including W D Burcham and Dr Joel Wright will work with Texas A and M engineers C L Baker and Dr Chas Jr to evaluate options beyond the two South Hill wells and an east edge reserve. A deep test at 1200 to 1500 feet may be sunk to locate more supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. B. Starns
Chamber of Commerce
W. D. Burcham
Joel Wright
J. W. Frazer
Texas A. & M. College
C. L. Baker
Chas. 8, Jr
A. & M. Geology Department
Starns
South Hill
First Conservation Talk At Sul Ross College
More than 50 persons attended W. R. Bodine's lecture on conservation of human resources in Sul Ross college library. The series begins with Bodine speaking on Environmental Control in Public Health and Maternal and Child Health, with a slate of lectures through June 15 by state and federal specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Bodine
Texas Health Department
Sul Ross College
Bodine
J. D. Prewitt
Extension Service
College Station
Texas
William J. Tucker
State Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission
Austin
Texas Wildlife
Phil D. Doodrum
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Fur Beerers
D. W. Lay
Woman Revisits Fort Davis Scenes of Childhood
Mrs. George W. Stuart and her husband return to the old Fort Davis military post to trace her father Lieutenant J. M. T. Partello of the Fifth United States Infantry and to obtain War Department records. She recalls sleeping lion mountain, hospital canyon echoes, lite memories of the marching regiments, and the band playing The Girl I Left Behind Me as the Fifth Infantry left Fort Davis. The last unit out was Company F under Captain George P. Borden on July 31, 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Scobee
FR. Davis
Fort Davis
George W. Stuart
Fort Keough
Montana
Stuart
J. M. T. Partello
Fifth United States Infantry
Texas
War Department
Sleeping Lion Mountain
Hospital Canyon
Plains
Fifth Infantry
Fort Devis
Geo. P. Borden
Omigosh Farce By Mask and Slipper Tonight
Mask and Slipper presents a three act farce titled Omigosh at Sul Ross College auditorium this evening at 8 30 under Miss Annie Kate Ferguson. The show previously ran April 28 29 and May 6 to favorable reviews with admission 25 cents and 4 cents.
Sul Ross wool drive yields strong shearing averages
Registered Rambouillet and Delaine ewes donated to Sul Ross College by West Texas breeders produced an average of 158 pounds per head under supervisor A. J. Bierschwale. College students Travis Jenkins and Jack Shely helped with hand shears. Delaine ewes donated by F. M. Bierschwabe and H. Johanson & Son produced 18 pounds. Rambouillet ewes yielded 17 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross College
West Texas
A. J. Bierschwale
Travis Jenkins
Melvin
Jack Shely
Marathon
Delaine
F. M. Bierschwabe
Segovia
Highland Hereford Breeders Tour Draws Warm Reception
Marfa Texas association leaders led a 20 member auto tour through the corn belt visiting farms and feed lots from Fort Worth to Chicago. W B Mitchell says the goodwill trip educates members as they hear feeders viewpoints and observe Highland cattle in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Hereford Breeders Asm
United States
W. B. Mitchell
Marfa
Harrisdale
Silver Creek
Fort Worth
Turner Ranch
Sulphur
Oklo
Pittsfield
Springfield
Champaign
Bloomington
Highlands
Association
Mitchell
Chicago
George Jones
Bunton Bros
Swift & Co
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kansas City
Odessa Woman Visits Parents While Husband Tours East
Mrs. Kenneth Starnes of Odessa visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Moorman as her husband travels to the New York fair and other eastern points, accompanying a group of Odessa public school students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Starnes
Odessa
M. H. Moorman
Starnes
New York Fair
Open Night Draws 80 Visitors to Observatory
Fort Davis observers attended McDonald Observatory on the first open night held on the last Wednesday of the month. About 80 visitors came with 85 reservations noted, many from outside Fort Davis, despite cloudy skies. Reservations are required with a stamped return envelope to receive a free date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
C. T. Elvey
Maze of Wonders at Big Bend Captivates Visitor’s Eye
M A Webb of The Avalanche recalls a weekend trip through Big Bend park area highlighting the Dead Horse Sierra del Caballo Muerta range, CCC camp comforts, cliff formations, diverse plant life, and the Grand Canyon of the Santa Helena. He praises the color, geology, and mystery of caves and past civilizations encountered along the Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend Park
Chisos Range
CCC
Santa Helena
Grand Canyon
Canyon
Rio Grande
SUL ROSS SUMMER TEAM OPENS THIS WEEK WITH INCREASED ATTENDANCE
A local note highlights the Sul Ross summer team opening with higher attendance. The piece also covers highway improvements on U S 90 near Uvalde and general transport and tourism trends along the southern route from Jacksonville to Van Horn. It notes Texas Legislature backing for Texas materials and promotes home merchants and printing. It includes a humorous aside about canyon swimming trips by teachers Mr and Mrs Malcolm Davis in the Rio Grande area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uvalde
Jacksonville
Fla
van Horn
Alpine
Texas
Santa Helena
Rio Bravo
Bartlett Way
Malcolm Davis
Power-line project to start in Red Bluff area
Work begins this week on a 44000 dollar power-line construction job serving the Watson Development Co. area north of Pecos and extending through Barstow Grandfalls Imperial and Buena Vista sections. Completion is expected in 60 to 90 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bluff
Watson Development Co
Pecos
Barstow
Grandfalls
Imperial
Buena Vista
Summer Session Enrollments Grow With Notable Graduate Pace
Registration continues this week after the regular start days with several late enrollments expected. President H W Morelock notes an unusually large graduate student presence and a strong faculty lineup for the term. Planned trips include Carlsbad caverns Chihuahua City Big Bend and McDonald Observatory with a faculty hosted reception Monday and a faculty picnic next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Morelock
Carlsbad Caverns
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Big Bend Park
McDonald Observatory
Ministerial Student Serves as Summer Pastor Here
Murray Marshall a ministerial student from Abilene Christian College will lead the Church of Christ for the summer. He is a senior at ACC and plans to attend Sul Ross summer school while conducting morning and evening services Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Marshall
Abilene Christian College
Church of Christ
Sul Ross
Marshall
Current Literature feature in Outlook by E C Coleman
In the Outlook, E C Coleman of the Sul Reas English department reviews current literature. The article appears in the Texas Outlook, the official publication of the Texas State Teachers Assn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Coleman
Sul Reas
Texas Outlook
Texas State Teachers Assn
Paving Nears Finish on West Holland Avenue Bridge Project
Laying asphalt topping on the West Holland avenue bridge paving project should begin Monday. J. T. Davis of Holland Page Construction Co says delays pushed final completion from last month, but barring new holds the job should wrap by end of next week. The work widens the street to 50 feet with a concrete bridge across the arroyo, curbs, gutters and sidewalks along the U. S. 90 and 67 route through Alpine business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Holland Avenue
J. T. Davis
Holland Page Construction Co
Davis
Santa Fe
Seventh Street
Alpine
Mrs Edna Maxey Called to Emporia for Ill Sister
Mrs Edna Maxey traveled to Emporia Kansas when her sister Mrs Jack Wilcox fell seriously ill She arrived at the bedside hours before her sister died and attended the funeral before returning to Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Maxey
Emporia
Kansas
Jack Wilcox
Shipments Of Heads From Two Texas Ranches Noted
The report notes 419 head shipped by Fowlkes' Bros. of Presidio and 629 head sent by Isauro Alvarez of Camargo Chihuahua. The item records cattle movements and specifies source ranches and consignors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fowlkes’ Bros
Presidio
Isauro Alvarez
Camargo
Chihuahua
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Old Fort Davis
Joe E. Brown
House Immigration and Naturalization Committee
U. S
Louis C. Rabaut
Michigan
Rabaut
Sandsot
Charlies Kramer
California
Hiland Group
Corn Belt
Jang Krishnan
Hint Bey
Los Angeles Harbor
Hie
M. A. Webb
Avalanche
South
North
Webb
Big Bend
Big Bend National Park
Mountain Peek.s
Texas Rockies
Indian Hot Springs
Hudspeth County
Fort Stockton Independent
T. C. Mitchell Antelope Springs
Presidio Port of Entry
Outlook
West Holland
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