City To Hold Water Bend Election July 8
Heavy rains in the Big Bend and Davis Mountains brought 3 to 3 inches of moisture over two days. Alpine reports roof damage at Hinson Store and flooded drains at Alpine High School while bridges prove inadequate due to runoff. Multiple ranches logged rainfall amounts from .25 to 3 inches with scattered damage and city plans to fix channels and replace bridges.
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Water Bend
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Alpine High School
Alpine
East Alpine
W. E. Lockhart
Avenues C
D and E
Hinson
Jimmy Wade
Charles Blakey
Big Bend National Park
Santa Fe
Alamito Creek
Shely
Chinati Mountains
McIntyre-Morrow
Miles Pierce Altuda
Old Blue
Girl Scout Camp
Pete Kennedy Ranch
Kimball
Cowboys and Comets Open Series at Kobernot Field Friday
Alpine Cowboys host Brooke Army Medical Center Comets in a three game set starting Friday night at Kobernot Field with Ladies Night free admission for all women. The following week the Jasper Steers, a national colored team and NBC Southern division champ, visit for further games.
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West Texas
Kobernot Field
Alpine Cowboys
Brooke Army Medical Center Comets
Jasper Steers
National Baseball Congress
Eokernot Field
Cowboys
Steers
Pokes
Bob Giggie
Comet
Wichita Braves
Tom Chandler
Local races feature Thurmond and Williams visits
Amblin visiting Alpine reports Roger H Thurmond Jr Del Rio seeks state representative seat in the 100th district covering Brewster Kinney Maverick Terrell Val Verde Counties. Harvey Williams El Paso candidate for re election as associate justice of the Court of Civil Appeals 8th District backs both El Paso papers. Civil Air Patrol members hosted a barbecue at Marfa Alpine base as pilots on loan from Alpine and Marfa share flying news.
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Alpine
Roger H. Thurmond Jr
del Rio
Brewster Kinney
Maverick
Terrell
Val Verde
George
Young Thurmond
Harvey Williams
el Paso
Court of Civil Appeals
8Th District
Williams
Joseph McGill
U. S
el Paso Herald-Post
el Paso Times
Civil Air Patrol
Marfa-Alpine Air Base
Buddy Lane
Alpine Field
Military Field
Oscar Travland
Carl Rusk
W. H. Stover
Marfa
Russell White
U. S. Border Patrol
Border
Gully Cowsert Laid To Rest In West Texas
Captain Gully Cowsert a longtime Texas Ranger and West Texas rancher was laid to rest in Junction after a June 11 death in Austin. Born 1896 in Kerrville he led Company E the West Texas District from Junction for 14 years and later retired January 1 to run family ranches with his son K. Survived by widow two sons a daughter sister and four granddaughters.
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Gully
West Texas
Junction
Captain Cowsert
Billy Meriwether
Alpine
Seton Hospital
Austin
Kerrville
Sonora
Texas
Associaton
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
Brownsville
el Paso
Midland
Ranger Service
Sierra Blanca
K Cowsert
Kimble County
Gully Cowsert Jr
Longview
Meriwether
Burnell Kunze
Campbell, Calif
Gay and
Kay Meriwether
Graves Weighs Return to Sul Ross State Football Post
Graves considers resuming his former Sul Ross State football role after meeting with Dr. Bryan Wildenthal and the athletic council in Alpine. He is currently in Austin with his wife and was honored at the last Sul Ross Homecoming.
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Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Graves
Bryan Wildenthal
Athletic Council
Sul Ross
Veterans Administration
Temple
University of Texas
Sul Ross State
Texas Western
Texas Tech
West Texas State
New Mexico Col
Milwaukee Baseball School Opens Today
Ninety boys from Texas and New Mexico are expected to attend the Fifth Annual Milwaukee Braves Baseball School at Kobernot Field. The program runs through Saturday under Earle Halstead the Braves chief scout for Texas and the Southwestern area.
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Texas
New Mexico
Milwaukee Braves
Kobernot Field
Earle Halstead
Braves
How Bond Money Will Be Spent
City officials detail a $65 000 bond issue aimed at upgrading water lines. Plans include replacing 8000 feet of 6 inch Sunny Glen pipe with 8 inch line boosting Alpine flow from 375 to 500 GPM and installing 6000 plus feet of 6 inch lines on Avenue G Avenue A College Hill and more with fittings and fire plugs. Installation by the city crew.
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Livingston Land
Sunny Glen
Alpine
Avenue G
Blue Bonnett & Carpenter
Blue Bonnett
John Gillett
Ashley Classen
Blue Bennett-Carpenter
Avenue A
College Reservoirs
College Hill
Avenue D
Bien Venido Motel Plans Formal Opening
The remodeled and expanded Motel Bienvenido will hold a formal opening Sunday July 6 per Mrs Ella McBride. The first units opened yesterday while the full project including a new swimming pool should be finished in about two weeks.
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Bienvenido
Ella McBride
Lodge Meets Tonight at Alpine Lodge No 766 AF AM
All members of Alpine Lodge No 766 AF AM are urged to attend the 8 o clock meeting. New officers will be elected at the gathering.
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Alpine Lodge
No. 766
Af&am
Sul Ross rodeo team takes second in Colorado Springs rodeo
Sul Ross College rodeo team finished second at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association event in Colorado Springs June 12 to 15. Don Lee Smith won the world saddle bronc title and received a silver buckle and saddle.
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Sul Ress State College
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Free Press
the Gazette Telegraph
Denver Post
Sul Ross Rodeo
Don Lee Smith
Sul Ross
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
McNees College of
Lake Charles
Jeff Smith
Aspermont
Texas
Jim Bausch
Rapid City
Jody Jones
Ozona
Bob Johnson
Eldorado
Don Thorson
Scenic
John Brennerman
Midland
Sal Ross
Don Lee
NIRA
Smith Brothers
Jeff
NIRS
Robert D. Decker
Decker
Brice Resigns to Return to Yale for PhD
Rev Gene Brice resigns as pastor of First Christian Church Alpine effective Aug 19 to resume work on his PhD at Yale University. He will lead his last services Aug 17 and, with his wife and 17 month old son Mark, plan to depart Sept 15 for Connecticut for a two year program. A pulpit committee led by Dr Bevington Reed will select a successor. Brice began as minister in 1955 and has served as Alpine Lions Club director and Little League commissioner.
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Gene Brice
First Christian Church
Yale University
Brice
Mark
Connecticut
Yale
Bevington Reed
Jim Nichols
Jim Casner
Raymond Skelton
First Christian Church of
Alpine
Alpine Lions Club
Little League
Alpine Tourist Information Tent Set Up on Highway 90
Fred Jack and the Alpine Chamber of Commerce tourist committee erected a tourist information tent at the east entrance to Alpine on U S Highway 90. The booth will be staffed by committee members and pamphlets about Alpine Big Bend Balmorea Davis Mountains guest ranches and area attractions will be distributed.
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Fred Jack
Alpine Chamber of Commerce Tourist Committee
Alpine
U. S. Highway 90
Big Bend National Park
Balmorhea State Park
Davis Mountains
Little League doubleheader dominates Ft Davis schedule
Davis and Morrison's meet at 4 this afternoon in Ft Davis Little League action. Casner's hosts Chuy's Food Market at 6 pm on Monday June 23 with First National Bank facing American Legion in the nightcap. Standings note Favargues leaving this week for trips to Ohio.
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Casner's
Ft. Davis
Chuy
Morrison
Davis
Morrison's
American Legion
Bank
Casner
Bank Vs
Legion
Alpine's Debts-Assets Ratio Falls to Second Low in History
A municipal finance report shows Alpine's total debt at 50.5 percent of assets, down from 70.5 percent in 1937. Assets rose to 910,250 while annual income grew to 183,000. future debt projections and debt-to-income ratios through 1963-70 are outlined, with no recommendation on projects.
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Alpine
W. J. Newell
Municipal Finance Committee
224 Girls At Paisano Camp Open In Summer Session
The Paisano Baptist Encampment opens a multiday camp with 224 girls from El Paso and surrounding towns in District 7 Junior Girls' Auxiliary program. The event features foreign mission study, crafts, noon evangelistic service, and a nighttime missionary speaker Janet Mae of San Andres Island.
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Paisano Baptist
District 7
el Paso
Fort Stockton
Clint
Kermit
Fort Hancock
Pecos
Monahans
Wickett
Wink
Grandfalls
Royalty
van Horn
Fabens
Crane
McCamey
Balmorhea
Alpine
Marfa
Big Lake
Southern Baptist Convention
Janet Mae
San Andres Island
Columbia
F. I. Childress
Royal Ambassador
Park Visitor Jerome Miller A Santa Fe Architect
Jerome C. Miller regional landscape architect from Santa Fe is touring the Park this week as a business visitor to observe current projects and meet with officials.
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Jerome C. Miller
Santa Fe
Park Tunnel and Road Project Bids Due June 27
Bids will be opened Friday June 27 on a 750000 dollar Big Bend National Park road and tunnel project. Nearly 3.5 miles of roadway plus a 300 foot tunnel to replace a dangerous curve will be built under the Mission 66 program ending at Rio Grande Village. Completion expected within 300 days from award.
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Big Bend National Park
Bureau of Public Roads
Rio Grande Village
George W. Miller
Bureau of Public Roads Office
Denver
Miller
Park
Panther Junction
Boquillas Canyon
Water Main Improvements To Be Issued In Alpine Bond Election
Alpine voters will decide on July 8 whether to issue 65,000 in water works system improvement bonds. The city commission approved the election to fund a replacement 6 inch Sunny Glenn pipeline with 8 inch pipe to raise capacity from 375 to 575 gallons per minute and improve fire protection across the distribution system.
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Alpine
Ion
W. E. Lockhart
Glenn Burgess
B. F. Berkeley
Gene Hillger
The
Avalanche
Commission
R. A. Underwood Co
Dallas
Carl Shults
Elmer Hudson
Nell Ferguson
George Dallman
Ashley G. Classen
el Paso
Lockhart
Sunny Glenn
Classen
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Texas State Fire Insurance Commission
Brewster County Audit Summary Published for 1957
The 1957 Brewster County audit summary by T B Davis appears on page 5 of today's Avalanche. County Judge Felix McGaughy ordered publication. Davis has conducted the annual audit since McGaughy assumed office.
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Brewster County
T B. Davis
Avalanche
Felix McGaughy
Mr. Davis
McGaughy
Death of Mrs W J Yates in San Antonio
Word comes of the death in San Antonio of Mrs. W. J. Yates widow of an early editor of The Avalanche.
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W. J. Yates
San Antonio
The
Avalanche
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Newton
Gene Leek
University of Arizona
Leek
San Diego
Omaha
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Wichita
Chance Vought
Chandler
Amblin
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B. C. Graves
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