P T A Meet In Alpine Next Week
Delegates from West Texas districts anticipate 15 to 100 attendees at the 15th annual Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers in Alpine. Speakers include national rep C E Roe and state president M A Taylor. Sessions run Wednesday through Thursday in the junior high auditorium with a home relation to character formation theme. Events include a tea, luncheon, and board meeting with host clubs. District covers El Paso to Sanderson and Iraan and Pecos region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Texas
Texas Congress of Parents ‘and Teachers
C. E. Roe
Washington, D.C
M. A. Taylor
Bonham
Clarence Longnecker
el Paso
J. C. Cole
Chamber of Commerce, Lions and Rotary Clubs
Board of Managers
J. C. Coleman
Sanderson
Iraan
Pecos
Ion
Prominent Rotarian Speaker Addresses Local Rotary Meet
Hon Arthur B Mayhew of Uvalde spoke at yesterday noon Rotary meeting. A longtime president of the board of regents for Texas teachers colleges and former Rotary International director, Mayhew led a career with Mayhew Lumber Co. until his 1904 retirement. He helped form several Texas Rotary clubs and was guest of Mr and Mrs H W Morelock in Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Mayhew
Uvalde
Board of Regents
Texas Teachers Colleges
Rotary International
Rotary Club
Mayhew
Mayhew Lumber Co
Lumbermen's Underwriters
Texas
Southwest Texas
H.W. Morelock
Alpine
Alpine Wins Dual Track Meet Over Marfa High
Alpine defeated Marfa High School 85 to 55 in a dual track meet at Jackton Field last Saturday. Alpine took nine of 14 firsts and won all events except the 440 dash, with 25 Alpine boys participating. Capt. G. C. Heldenfels, CCC commander in the Chisos mountains, was hospitalized in Marfa earlier this week for flu and reported improved yesterday. Dr. Springer, camp physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Marfa High School
Marfa
Jack‘ton Field
G. C. Heldenfels
CCC
Chisos ‘Mountains
St Marfa
Dr. Springer
Phy
Marathon
Chisos Mountains
Boquillas
Chats
Alpine Feature in Texas Parade Draws Praise
The Avalanche acknowledges a complimentary Texas Parade issue with Alpine photos on page 1 showing Twin Sisters from Sul Ross campus and a Chisos range goat scene. The March 1 issue is praised as among the most interesting magazines of its kind and widely distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche
Texas Parade
Texas Good Reeds Association
Alpine
Sul Ross College
H. M. Wilon
Chisos
Work On Limpia Bridges Resumed
Fort Davis March 17. The state highway department will soon call for bids on four bridges on the Fort Davis Balmorhes road across Limpia creek Frazer and Short Canyon making the road all weather with flood safety. The Limpia creek bridges, seven concrete bridges on the route and twelve miles of completed state highway mark progress on No. 11. Between Fort Davis and Valentine a PWA and county project covers about twenty-five miles in good condition. Dr W H Doty 68 Sanderson physician dies in Del Rio hospital after pneumonia. Interment in Del Rio. Survived by widow son daughter and four brothers.
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FT. Davis
Davis Montains
State Highway Department
Fort Davis-Balmorhes
Limpia Creek
Frazer
Short Canyon
Limpia
Fort Davis
Valentine
PWA
Sanderson
W. H. Doty
del Rio
Highland fruit safe after deep freeze in Big Bend area
A wet ground and damp air kept Highland area fruit from total loss as temperatures fell to around 22 to 25 degrees. Orchardists report little damage and anticipate a safe crop this season despite the hard freeze. Legislative tour of Big Bend praised Alpine area, with bills proposing fishing and hunting licenses and expanded Game Fish and Oyster Commission powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland
Arsion
Wrepee
Fort Davis
FI Davis
Stheate
Fish and Oyster Commission
Alpine Golfer Bears State Junior Champion in San Antonio Tilt
James Parker of Alpine defeated Lee Brandt Jr of Westmoorland College to claim the state junior title in a San Antonio match last Saturday. Floyd Williams, also of Alpine, beat a Westmorland entrant on the same day as the Alpine team accompanied the players on the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Parker
Alpine
Lee Brandt, Jr
Westmoorland College
San Antonio
Floyd Williams
Westmorland
College
Mexican Is Fined In Local Court Vagrancy Case
Cecilio Rodriguez a Mexican was fined ten dollars plus costs in Justice H B Pruetts court last Saturday on vagrancy charges. It marked the first conviction on the charges in local courts records for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecilio Rodriguez
H. B. Pruett
Davis Mountains Road Project Resumes Connecting U S 99 and Bankhead
Work to complete the Davis Mountains State Park highway to Kent on the Bankhead resumed this week. A. E. Babcock oversees a crew with $8 000 monthly funding to extend the Alpine Fort Davis route, aiming for a scenic connection from Alpine to Van Horn via Brown Canyon and Nunn Hill, passing near McDonald Observatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Mountains State Park
Kent
A. E. Babcock
Musquiz
Limpia Canyon
L. Wood
Fort Davis
Brown, Cole
Elbow Canyons
Nunn Hill
Dobe House Canyon
X Ranch
Bankhead
U. S. 80
Sawtooth Mountain
Sawtooth
McDonald Observatory
Delegations Urge Completion of U S 62 at Highway Meeting
Delegations from Fort Stockton Marfa and Alpine pressed the highway commission for early completion of U S Route 62 linking Dallas to Presidio. The group pictured the road as a transcontinental artery toward Mexico City and emphasized its role in attracting tourists to the Big Bend region. The meeting also noted plans for a Bi national tour into Chihuahua Mexico to boost support for improvement work along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
S. M. Swearintren
Marin
San Angelo
Presidio
Juarez
Chihuahua
Alpine
Mexico
Fort Stockton
Marfa
Austin
R. B. Slight
Wm. Carter
Earl Clark
W. D. Burcham
J. W. Frazer
Casing Removed From Hole At Test Northeast Of Alpine
A string of casing lost in the Dodson Means test northeast of Alpine was cleared and drilling resumed. The hole reached 4000 feet in reports. The Green Valley G H Storey test is shut for a cable, and the Smith Hess test near Marathon is delayed by water shutoff, with the hole down a little over 500 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oor
Terrell County
West
Texas
Alpine
G. H. Storey
Green Valley
Here
Smith Hess
Deeke Ranch
Marathon
Unregistered Vehicles Push Near Deadline in Brewster County
Deputy Tax Collector Pink Phelps warned only 237 licenses were issued by mid afternoon leaving about 1300 vehicles unregistered before the April 1 deadline. The tally for 1996 was 1351 registrations. Deputy LaBett and Skevington assisted in Terlingua to ease local needs. Meanwhile Katherine Young, Marathon, earned a dean’s special honor on March 11 at Texas State College for Women as a junior pursuing a bachelor in vocational home economics.
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Brewster County
Pink Phelps
H. C. LaBett
T. F. Skevington
Katherine Young
W Young
Marathon
Texas State College For Women
CSA
Young
Many Attend Baptist Meeting in Marfa This Week
Large turnout fills District 7 Baptist General Convention gathering in Marfa with evangelistic conference, four district focus areas, and talks by Dr. Geo Mason G S Hopkins Mrs Leigh and Prof L B Reynolds. Meetings extend to Sunday school Training Union Woman's Missionary Union and Brotherhood sessions drawing strong local attendance.
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M. M. Fulmer
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Marfa
Pecos River
Lee Yearby
First Baptist Church
el Paso
LE. Reynolds
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Training Union
Woman's Missionary Union
Brotherhood
Woman's Missionary Meeting
Geo. Mason
Texas Baptists
G. S. Hopkins
J.[leigh
Texas W. M. Us
B Reynolds
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.T.A
Tes
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Big Bend
Balmorhea
Big Bend National Park
Gage Hotel
Abpine
Viet South
South Rim
William Nell Sewell
Midlothian
Bailey B. Ragsdale
Augusta
Eimuth
Schueneman
Kenedy
Eugene Tolbert
Tyler
Eugene Worley
Shamrock
Abe M
Alpine Rotary and
Lions Clubs
Texas Hunters’ and Fishermen's Association
Shirley Scales
Ray Williams
Rotary
Williams
Willama
Bears
Davis Mts
U.S. 99
Bankhead Hiways
State Highway Commission
Alpine Fort Davia
Fort Davia
Mountainville
Cougarburg
Van
Ham
Harte
Valentin
Maria
van Horn
Davis Mountains
Paso
U. S. 90
U. 890
Che Pecinla
Brown Canyon
Granti
U.S. 62
Bruce Duncan
Tig
Bruce
Cme
Baptist
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