Guide to Big Bend area featured in Amblin Around
The Avalanche outlines a multi part Guide to Big Bend national Park Marathon Basin Post south of Marathon Capote Falls south of Marfa Presidio Candelaria Pinto Canyon Ruidosa Hot Springs and road logs. Sponsorship invites business firms via Peter Koch or The Avalanche. Officials from Rio Grande Electric Cooperative visited Alpine and Brewster County to plan new electric lines to Study Butte Terlingua and Lajita as Texas awaits power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche
Big Bend
Davis Mountain
Big Bend National Park
Marathon Basin
Post
Marathon
Capote Falls
Marfa
Presidio
Candelaria
Pinto Canyon
Ruidosa Hot Springs
Fort Davis
Alpine
River Road
Bedford
Peter Koch
The
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative
Brewster County
Butte
Terlingua
Lajita
Texas
Jeff Seefeld
Brackettville
Jake Murrah
Jim Egan
Austin
Gayle Essary
Texas Coop Power
Tourists Selling and Serving Course Set on College Campus
Sul Ross College provides the Fine Arts Auditorium for a two day course in selling and serving tourists by George Jordan of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce on June 17 and 18. Over 50 local representatives have enrolled with Marathon and Fort Davis pending Alpine and Marfa counts. Local business reps attend and the fee is $2. the course mirrors a recent one in Odessa and San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross College
Alpine and
Marfa Chamber of Commerce
George Jordan
The
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Hugh White
Charles DeBarbrie
West Texas
Alpine Chambers of Commerce
White
Marathon
Fort Davis
Alpine
Marfa
Siesta Motel
Motel Bien Venido
Bell's Cosden
W. B. Ward Mobile
Collard's Humble
Morrison's
Caser's
Forchheimer's
Alpine Cash Grocery
Alpine Courts
White's Highland Village
Brewster County Motors
Beard and
Elliott
Elliott's
Shamrock
Bailey's
Humble
Texas Cafe
Joe Brady
Texaco
Odessa
San Angelo
Sul Ross enrolls 802 on campus for summer term
Sul Ross State College reports 802 on campus students enrolled for the first summer term. Midland extension courses have 58 registrations, and two on campus workshops will be held in Alpine during the first semester. Dr. Bryan Wildenthal says the Board of Regents will meet in Alpine August 28 and 29, their first gathering here in two years.
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Sul Ross State College
Glenn Davis
Midland
Alpine
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross
Board of Regents
Four Attend Boys State From Alpine Marathon and Austin
Attorney General Waggoner Carr, chairman of the youth program, announced four boys attended the American Legion Boys State last weekend. Guy Woodruff Shaw Skinner Tomas Valenzuela of Alpine and Robert Vance Jones of Marathon were named. The program aims to teach youths by doing with self guided government learning.
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Austin
Mrom
Alpine
Marathon
American Legions
Waggoner Carr
Guy Woodruff
Shaw Skinner
Tomas Valenzuela
Robert Vance Jones
American Legion
Rain Aids Some Crops But Hinders Others in Lower Valley
Farmers in the Lower Valley react differently to rainfall as citrus and cotton growers welcome rain while tomato and bean growers prefer drier conditions. The article notes crop types affected including fine grain crops and grass.
Alpine Golf Set for 50 Teams in Fifth Annual Low Ball
Fifty teams will compete at Alpine Country Club over June 13 14 for the Fifth Annual Low Ball Partnership Tournament a 27 hole event. Prizes total 1000 in golf merchandise. Entry 10 per man 20 per team. Flight winners rise from nine hole and 27 hole scores. A buffet and entertainment cap the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Country Club
Charlie Boreing
Jake Broyles
John Lewis
Fort Stockton
Boots Armstrong
Big Lake
Ted Wright
Midland
Steve Wardlow
San Angelo
John Hay
Jerry Hudgins
Steve Kimball
Alpine
Alan White
Lubbock
Todd Huinkel
el Paso
Don Brown
Rankin
Bill Boreing
Tim Lear
Kirby Babb
Pecos
Wade Daugherty
Jeff Lawrance
Ronnie Crone
Mancel Davis
Odessa
Tommie Weston
Mike Dorris
Pee Wee
Scott Williams
T. Coats
Budget Hearing Set for Alpine ISD on June 19
The Alpine Independent School District schedules a budget hearing at 1 30 p m Friday June 19 in the Administration Office. Mr and Mrs J H Childs and daughter Barbara of Brownwood visited Mr and Mrs Marvin Pierce last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Independent School
J. H. Childs
Barbara
Brownwood
Marvin Pierce
Puppets Present at Sul Ross State College Pedal Marionette Theatre
Pedal Marionette Theatre of Coffers Miller performs June 18 in the Main Auditorium Sul Ross. The show uses ten characters in Moliere's Imaginary Invalid with elaborate costumes and 8000 words spoken from memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Coffer-Miller
Mrs. Coffer
Coffer
White Beats McGregor and Starts Campaign in 16th District
Richard E. White Democrat of El Paso won the runoff against Malcolm McGregor to face incumbent Republican Ed Foreman in the November election. White carried El Paso and Brewster counties, toured the Big Bend with his brother Jin White, and pledged ongoing campaigning across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E
Dick) White
el Paso
Ed Foreman
Odessa
White
Malcol McGregor
Fl Paso
E Paso
Echo
Glasscock
Brewster County
Jin White
Big Bend
Alpine
Whit
Foreman
Salmon Wins By One Vote In Brewster County Runoff
Emilio Salmon of Marathon defeated incumbent Sam Mather by one vote 145 to 144 for commissioner of Brewster County Precinct 3 in a Democratic runoff. Mather may challenge. Salmon faces Republican Eldon McGonagill in the general election. Richard E. White led congressional runoff over Malcolm McGregor 422 to 329. Joe Pool easily defeated Robert Baker for congressman at large 527 to 207. Precinct 1 West Democratic chairman tie ends with Mrs. DeVoll certified after Newell withdraws. Republican Precinct 1 East U. S. Senate race led by Jack Cox 11 to 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Salmon
Marathon
Sam Mather
Brewster County
Mather
Eldon McGonagill
Richard E. White
Malcolm McGregor
Joe Pool
Robert Baker
Sanford DeVoll
W. J. Newell
West
Alpine
Newell
DeVolf
East
Jack Cox
George Bush
U. S. Senate
Alpine native gets PhD in physics at Kansas
Hobson Wildenthal son of Dr and Mrs Bryan Wildenthal of Alpine earned a Doctor of Philosophy in physics at the University of Kansas last week and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He has been teaching at Rice University since January and holds an AB degree from Sul Ross State College earned in 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson Wildenthal
Bryan Wildenthal
Alpine
University of Kansas
Phi Beta Kappa
Lawrence
Kan
Wildenthal
Rice University
Sul Ross State College
Jubilee Bandarly Opens Fourth of July Jubilee
Alpine Jaycee Polocek to direct a volunteer community band for the Jubilee on June 11 at 7 30 p m in the Band Hall Fine Arts Building Lu Ross College will provide instruments for former Sul Ros Band members and others who want to play in patriotic numbers on the courthouse lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Gil Polocek
Lu Ross
Mr. Polace
Mrs Granville Smith Visits Beard Family in San Juan
Mrs Granville Smith of Sai Juan visits her parents Mr and Mrs T A Beard and her brother Norman Beard and family. Mr Smith arrived early this week and after a few days in Big Bend National Park they plan to return to the Valley.
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Beard & Elliott
Holland Avenue
Standard of Texas
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Stan Barnhill
Onie Wright
Rio Grande
McAllen
San Antonio
South Texas
Moliere
Brewster
Baker
Congress
McGregor
Salmon
DeVoll
Jubilee Banc
Tonigh
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