Annual Rambouillet Sheep Judging Contest at Sul Ross
Fourth annual Rambouillet judging event hosted by Clip and Brand Club of Sul Ross State College at Miles Pierce Altuda Ranch on Thursday afternoon March 24. Contest features five ram classes, weight and fleece estimates, and shrink percentages, with sheep from show string across Texas venues. About 75 club members compete for a $100 cash prize and a barbecue feast after judging ends around 5 p.m.
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Sul Ross State College
Miles Pierce
Pierce
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Fort Stockton
Odessa
el Paso
San Angelo
A. J. Bierschwabe
Range Animal Husbandry
Sal 1 Ross
Clip and
Clip and Brand Club
The Dark Wind at Alpine High School Auditorium
A large audience attended Alpine High School's one act play The Dark Wind hosted by the Alpine Rotary Club. Proceeds from the evening exceed $50 for the Rotary scholarship fund. The program also featured Music by the Hungry Five and notes on Operation Pinwheel.
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Alpine High School
Alpine Rotary Club
Rotary Club
Marathon News Bridge Club Brings Players to Parkway Hotel
Mrs Mabel Arnold hosts Thursday Bridge Club at the Parkway Hotel on March 10 with three tables of bridge and a Samba group. Attendees include L C Ritchey Jack Todd Frank Wedin Zoye Decie Earl Young Tom Yarbro W C Powers Ralph Coe R M Treadwell F M Roark and Mabel Arnold plus others. Wedin wins bingo. Ritchey high score. Todd second. Also notes Mildred Adams attends a Stanley Products unit managers meeting in Carlsbad NM March 2.
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Mabel Arnold
Parkway Hotel
Mesdames L. C. Ritchey
Jack Todd
Frank’ Wedin
Zoye Decie
Earl ‘Young
Tom Yarbro
W. C. Powers
Ralph Coe
R. M. Treadwell
F. M. Roark
Ed Iancock
van Deman
Mildred Adams
The
Stanley Products
Carlsbad
N. M
Elizabeth Kokernot Hall Opens at San Marcos Academy Dormitory
San Marcos Academy will open Elizabeth Kokernot Hall as a residence for 200 girls in September. The new SMA dorm, named for Mrs. Elizabeth Kokernot, will have 100 rooms with baths, housing grades1–6 on the first floor and grades7–12 on the upper floors.
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Elizabeth Kokernot
San Marcos Academy
Herbert Lee Kogernot
1St Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Women’s Christian Union of First Church
Ywca Board of
Kokernot
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Herbert Lee Kokernot Jr
Alpine
San Marcos
First Baptist, Church of San Antonio
Baylor University
Mrs George Pugh Visits Lubbock Amid Brother Illness
Mrs George Pugh and Jimmy Owens were in Lubbock last weekend prompted by the serious illness of her brother. The trip underscored family concerns as reports from the period note convalescence and local sympathy.
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George Pugh
Jimmy Owens
Lubbock
New Residence Underway in N Alpine Area
Work has begun this week on a five room frame residence for Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Uzzell in North Heights Addition near North Seventh Street and West Fort Davis Avenue in Alpine. Contractor C. E. Hammond of Marfa expects to build more homes soon. Uzzell is a biologist with the State Game Department. A three room addition to Homer Rackley’s West College Avenue home was also anticipated this week. The Navy uses more than seven million items in building a modern submarine.
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P. B. Uzzell
North Heights
Northwest Alpine
North Seventh St
West Fort Davis Ave
C. E. Hammond
Marfa
Uzzell
State Game
Homer Rackley
West College Ave
Sul Ross Lauded In State Auditor Report
State Auditor C H Cavness praised Sul Ross State College for improved record keeping in the 1954 operations. The audit notes a 10.19 percent rise in state appropriations to 433,760 from the prior year and mentions accounting method changes affecting assets. It warns of future bonded indebtness liquidation challenges and highlights bookstore discrepancies. Rentals of books began in 1953 but do not yet fully cover wear costs. rent adjustments are planned.
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Austin Bureau
Austin
Sul Ross State College
C. H. Cavness
Sul Ross
Corral
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