Easter Cantata Olivet to Calvary by Maunder at Sul Ross College
The Easter Cantata Olivet to Calvary by J. H. Maunder will be presented by the combined Sul Ross College Choir and the Alpine Community Chorus at 7 30 p m Sunday March 22 in the college main auditorium. Soloists include Johnnie Mae Fiest Jack Bowers Dr Gerald Miller and Jimmy Snyder. Dr Robert Calder directs. Public invited.
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Olivet To Calvary
J. H. Maunder
Sul Ross College Choir
Alpine Community Chorus
Earth
Christ
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
Garden of
Gethsemane
Calvary
Johnnie Mae Fiest
San Angelo
Jack Bowers
Brownwood
Gerald Miller
Alpine
Jimmy Snyder
van Horn
Shirley Williams
Sanders
Local notes mixed with sports and historic aviation lore
A collage of anecdotes notes Lou Berberet's baseball coaching ties to Long Beach and past major league stints with the Yankees Tigers and Senators. It recalls an eagle hunter who nearly shot his own wagon, author Gay Nagle’s Big Bend feature, Alpine aviation pioneer Leo McNalley, and Cal Rodgers’ Wright Exhibit flight promoting Vin Fiz with Hearst’s prize.
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Rudy Krenek
American Legion
Lou Berberet
Long Beach
Calif
Legion
Lou
Herbert Kokernot
Alpine Cowboys
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Washington Senators
McKesson- Robbins
Leo McNalley
Alpine
Waco
Avalanche
Patrick N. Wardlaw
Texas
Wright Airplane Co
Cal Rodgers
Gardner Champs Visit Sister in Brewster County Hospital
Mr and Mrs Gardner Champs of Phoenix Arizona are at the bedside of Mrs Florence Lacey who is seriously ill at Brewster County Memorial Hospital.
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Gardner Champs
Phoenix, Ariz
Florence Lacey
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Peace Justice Parker Dies
Jim P. Parker 75 longtime Alpine justice of the peace and former Blanca Trading Co. salesman died Thursday night March 12 at Brewster County Memorial Hospital of a heart attack. Born November 21, 1888 in Pecos he moved to Alpine in 1924 and worked with Watson Anderson Wholesale Grocery Co. He served as justice of the peace for Precinct 1 for two years. Funeral 4 p m Saturday at First Methodist Church burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Survived by wife a son James Parker of Nuevo Leon Mexico and two grandsons.
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Jim P. Parker
Alpine
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Mr. Parker
Pecos
Blanca Trading Co
Sierra Blanca
Watson-Anderson Wholesale Grocery Co
Elm Grove
Geeslin
James Parker
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Dan Ritter
Vic Heil
Bruce Sutton
J. T. Carney
Marvin Kay
Bill Loven
Wilson Justice
Robert Swisher
W. I. Winter
Roy Whiteside
Easter Vacation Observed at Sul Ross College
Students at Sul Ross State College will observe Easter holidays beginning at noon Thursday March 26. Academic dean Dr L Harlan Ford announced the break will end with classes resuming at 8 am Tuesday March 31. These are the final holidays of the 1963 64 school year.
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Sul Ross State College
L. Harlan Ford
Erie Canal Length Connects Hudson River to Lake Erie
The Erie Canal links the Hudson River with Lake Erie spanning 363 miles.
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Hudson River
Lake Erie
Alpine Heads Seek Pan American School Site Visit
Sul Ross plans to host Pan American State School data sent to Austin. Alpine officials including Mayor Bill Winter and T A Beard plus Brewster County rep Forrest Walker push site selection for a new mental retardation school west of the 100th meridian with a $6 to $7 million capital cost and $1 to $2 million payroll. An inspection by the site committee is expected in two months.
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Austin
Alpine
Bill Winter
T. A. Beard Homer Hudgins
Chamber of Commerce
Forrest Walker
Brewster County
Marjorie Graham
Vogt Named Judge For City Election April Seventh
Paul Vogt was named presiding judge of the city election to be held April 7 at Tuesday's City Council meeting. He will select his own helpers. Absentee voting opens March 18 and runs through April 4.
Sul Ross Spring Play Look Homeward Angel Opens
Sul Ross Speech Dept presents Look Homeward Angel in the Little Theatre of the Fine Arts Building with 8 p m shows Monday through Friday and a 3 p m matinee Saturday. Eugene Laurent directs, led by Phil Seymour as Eugene Gant and Wendy Blumenfeld as Eliza Gant with a large Alpine and surrounding cast. The play, based on Thomas Wolfe’s biographical novel, portrays the Gantts and Dixieland Boarding House in a Southern town before World War I.
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Angel
Sul Ross
Little Theatre of the Fine Arts
Eugene Laurent
Phil Seymour
Alpine
Eugene Gant
Wendy Blumenfeld
Eliza Gant
Alex Weid
Fayetteville
W. O. Gant
Kenneth Boyd
Ben
Willa Wee Perdue
Victoria
Nick Pike
Andrews
Jeff Henderson
Crane
Leroy Dragoo
Ozona
Sharon Patterson
Benjamin
Eddie Bishop
Maria
Flaine Finderson
Kerrville
Dennie Embley
Malaya
Linda Jones
Fldorado
Sherry Webb
Aledo
Sandi Drumm
Pecos
Laura Lewis
Laredo
Don Haynes
Bartlett
Foster Cox
Barnhart
Larry Willman
Roscoe
Thomas Wolfe
Wolfe
Gantts
Fort Davis Rancher Kills Eagle With Pickup Truck
Fort Davis rancher Bill Cotter killed an eagle near Fritz Kahl ranch while checking cattle and guarding a newborn calf. He surprised two eagles on the ground, struck one with a pickup before it could fly away, and kept the other from threatening livestock.
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Pop Weston
Pop
Ft. Davis
Eagle
Hugh Stiles
Bill Cotter
Fort Davis
Cotter
Fritz Kahl
Bloys
Carolyn Nelon Leads State Bowling Tourney
Alpine bowler Carolyn Nelon posted the high score to date in the 29th Annual Texas Woman's Bowling Association state tournament in Midland. She rolled a 268 single, part of a 581 series for Borden's in Class C, with teammates contributing to a 2277 team score as the half way point reaches nearly 7000 entries.
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Carolyn Nelon
Alpine
Texas Woman's Bowling Association
Midland
Nelon
Alpine Woman's Bowling Association
Borden's
Alpine Association
Martha Haley
Irene Schulze
Penney's
Margie Dorris
Agnes Franks
Barbara Richardson
LaVerne Bryant
Cancer Group Meets Friday In Alpine Center
Brewster County Unit of the American Cancer Society will hold its next meeting at the Alpine Community Center at 4 30 p m on Friday March 30 Dr Daniel Graham chairs the session Robert Mosley of El Paso will present a film The Million Club after the business portion About 60 volunteers from Alpine Marathon and Big Bend Park will receive packets and instructions from county crusade chairwoman Mrs Allan Schonberg The Cancer Drive runs April 1 to 12 and the group urges subscriptions to The Avalanche.
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Brewster County
American Cancer Society
Alpine Community Center
Daniel Graham
Robert Mosley
el Paso
West Texas
Alpine
Marathon
Big Bend
County Crusade
Allan Schonberg
Schonberg
Lobos Host Pan American in 3 Game Weekend Set
Sul Ross seeks a 7-2 mark as the Lobos host Pan American College of Finburg for a three game series at Kokemot Field. Friday's 2 30 p m opener follows with two seven inning games Saturday at 1 30 p m. Pan American Lovs strong club signals more Big Bend baseball action this weekend.
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Sul Ross
Pan American College of
Finburg
Kokemot Field
Stephen Richards
Roy Lewis
Pan American
Big Bend
Texas Western College
Miners
Rossmen
Lobos
Jim Wynne
Ron Stephens
Jim Laney
Kobernot Field
Travis Thomson
Jerry Tyson
Tom Cunningham
Paul Pasqua
Robert Rice
Bill Seifert
Western Auto opens catalog order center in Alpine
Bob Strom owner of Alpine Western Auto announces a new catalog order center as part of Western Auto’s nationwide program. The 438 company stores and 4 000 dealer stores will distribute millions of catalogs nationwide. The 320 page catalog lists thousands of items and will be distributed to area customers in the coming days.
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Alpine Western Auto
Bob Strom
Strom
Western Auto
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Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Gay Nagle
Daily Texan
University of Texas
Big Bend National Park
Boquillas Canyon
Hunter Metcalfe
Peace Justice
Parker
Airport Board
Ray LaBeff
Buddy Lane
J. O. Casparis
Jack Stovell
Keith Morrow
Sul Ross Speech Dept
Mr. Cotter
Mr Cotter
Eagles
Benjamin Franklin
Cancer Group
TWC
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