Big Bend Park Seeks 20 Year Concession Contract
The National Park Service seeks a concessioner for a 20 year contract to build finance and operate guest facilities at Big Bend National Park including Basin and Rio Grande areas. Estimated 1960 investment about 1.5 million with 850000 for Basin and 650000 for Rio Grande. Supt Miller invites offers and inspection of existing and proposed facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Big Bend National Park
George W. Miller
Department of Interior
Miller
Basin Area
Rio Grande Area
Rio Grande
John Pickering Appointed Pastor in Smithville Texas
Rev. John E. Pickering, formerly of Alpine and Woodland Church Houston, has accepted the pastorate of The First Christian Church in Smithville Texas. He previously served several years at Alpine and then moved to Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Pickering
Alpine
First Christian Church
Ithville
Texas
Pickering
Woodland Christ Church of
Houston
Rutherford Seeks Water Maps For Sul Ross Library
Congressman J T Rutherford Texas 16th District receives a request from Sul Ross State College Alpine for water survey maps covering 20 years He ends up with thirteen heavy cartons over 1000 pounds of maps needed for library expansion Big Bend support noted He and his wife attended Sul Ross and have two children Blood donation appeal ends with Red Cross call to join and serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. T. Rutherford
Texas
16Th
Congress
Washington
Rutherford
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
West Texas
Sul Ross
West Texan
Big Bend
Sul Ross College
Marfa
House
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Big Bend National Park
Secretary of Interior
Air Force
Marfa-Alpine
Cleo Ann
Charles Lane
Red Cross
Area Students On Honor Roll At Sul Ross State College
The 1956 57 fall semester scholarship honor roll lists 96 students at Sul Ross State College with 17 from Alpine. Top names include Gladys Cowell and Dudley R Dobie Jr as highest ranking freshman girl and freshman boy. Other high achievers are Claudia B Mosley Nancy M Craft Charlotte Holmes Donald D Murphy Kay Young Bryan Wildenthal Kathryn B Walker Owell Rhodes J C Walker Joe L Rodriguez Glenn Eaves Bobbie Janice Reed Esther Chism Ismael Andujar Betty Dunn Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Gladys Cowell
Dudley R. Dobie Jr
Claudia B. Mosley
Margaret Betancourt
Fort Davis
Nancy M. Craft
Charlotte Holmes
Donald D. Murphy
Kay Young
Bryan Wildenthal
Kathryn B. Walker
Owell Rhodes
Decatur
Alabama
J. C. Walker
Joe L. Rodriguez
Glenn Eaves
Bobbie Janice Reed
Esther Chism
Ismael Andujar
Betty Dunn Sullivan
Field Guide to the Texas Birds ordered for June 1958
The executive secretary of the Game and Fish Commission reports a new book titled A Field Guide to the Texas Birds has been ordered for June delivery in 1958. It will be sold to the public at cost. He notes the work is an important documentary publication since birds are an indispensable factor in everyday life and a reliable reference did not exist.
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Austin
Texas Birds
Game and Fish Commission
Valadez Participates In German Field Exercises
Army Specialist 3c Thomas G Valadez Jr of Alpine participated in a field training exercise with the 11th Airborne Division in Germany. He is a squad leader in the 1st Battalion Headquarters Company 511th Infantry Regiment and entered the Army in 1955.
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Augsburg
Germany
AHTNC
Thomas G. Valadez Jr
West Ave
Alpine
Partici
11Th Airborne Division
511Th Infantry Regiment
Valadez
Fort Campbell
Europe
Alpine High School
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Big Bend Park
John Pickering
Smithville
Delman
New York
Rutherford Requests Water Survey
Clifton L. Moss
Great
Great Southern
Big M Dream Car
Mercury
Ist
American Airlines
Ed Sullivan
General Electric
Sheaffer
Adel Mae
Bird Manual
ORD Ec
Pecos
Mayflower Warehouses
Cosden
Legaps
Bell’s Cosden
E. Holland
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