Improvements To Sul Ross Campus Continue
Dr. Bryan Wildenthal states Sul Ross State College receives a 25000 yearly fund for repair and improvement. Administration Building floors receive new asphalt tile and light furniture while fluorescent lights brighten interiors. An acre and a half of parking is being paved and dust reduced by infra-building pavement. Boys Dormitory No 2 dubbed Old Co op sees tile flooring replacement and repainting. Educators note Sul Ross campus is among the United States most attractive sites.
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Sul Ross State College
Bryan Wildenthal
Wildenthal
Sul
United States
Kimball Keesey Wins Big Bend Pistol Club Match
Alpine shooter Kimball Keesey won the three gun aggregate with 1392 at the Presidio Range in Sunday’s Big Bend Pistol Club shoot. Other winners included Ralph Fabian, Al Roosevelt, W. G. Fielder and Travis Roberts Jr across 22 38 and 45 aggregates. Dr Carl Slaton presided with 13 competitors. Next monthly shoot scheduled for April 17 at Presidio Range.
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Keesey Kimball
Alpine
Big Bend
Presidio Range
Ralph Fabian
Pecos
al Roosevelt
Marta
Marksman
W. G. Fielder
Carl Slaton
Marfa
Leon P. Fisher
Billy Roberts
W. B. Johnson
H.M. Hutchings
el Paso
Bill McNutt
Mountain Home
Alpine Man Goes to Eastern Tracks to Shoe Trotters
Bill Davis of Alpine nicknamed the Beef Boulder, famed shoer of trotters, travels with Frank Mitchell to trotting races in New Jersey this spring. Davis, subject of a Philadelphia Inquirer feature, started as an apprentice in 1905 earning 50 cents daily and became a model for a book character. Mrs. Davis runs Grand view Courts in his absence. Elvie Williams visited Study Butte and the Fulcher ranch last Sunday.
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Bill Davis
Alpine
New Jersey
Mr. Davis
Grandview Courts
Philadelphia Inquirer
Frank Mitchell
Providence
R. I
George Agnew Chamberlain
Alloway
Red House
Scudda- Hoo
Scudda Hay
Elvie Williams
Study Butte
Terlingua
Fulcher Ranch
George Jones Plans Southwest Texas Mining Association Meet
George Jones of Marfa announces a forthcoming general membership meeting of the Southwest Texas Mining Association. The group, elected last Saturday night in Alpine, aims to incorporate and draft by laws while debating leasing of metallic mineral rights and proposed royalties under a Texas bill.
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George Jones
Mining Association
Plans
Southwest Texas Mining Association
Marfa
Jones
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
R.N. Pulliam
Quicksilver
Pete Kennedy
Alpine
Nevill Haynes
Jim White
Norman Davis
Joe Clark
Dick Rogers
Jim Casner
Alfred Creigh
Gage Holland
Highland Hereford Breeders Association
Pulliam
Texas Sena
New Topping To Be Laid On Highway 118 Soon
Base has been laid and topping work on State Highway 118 from Alpine north to the Jeff Davis County line will start within two weeks. Four feet will be added to the road width and the surface resurfaced with hot mix asphalt. Contractor is Hunter Strain of San Angelo. Widening also extends east from the 118 Loop Road intersection to Kokernot Field. Dr and Mrs B F Berkeley attended the Pecos Progress Day and noted large crowd.
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Alpine
Jeff Davis County
Hunter Strain
San Angelo
Highway Department
Kokernot Field
Local visitors and medical trips noted this week
Mr. and Mrs. Cavin Woodward Jr. and son Cavin III of San Antonio visited his parents here this week. S. D. Uncle Sam Harmon was in San Antonio for medical treatment earlier this week, accompanied by Clifton Moss. Mrs. W. B. Ward returned last Wednesday from San Antonio after a 10 day medical stay.
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Cavin Woodward Jr
Cavin III
San Antonio
S.D
Sam Harmon
Clifton Moss
Lone Star Dealer Attends Dallas Meeting
John Skinner of Lone Star Dealer attends a Dallas meeting of Lone Star beer distributors. Skinner says the gathering heard Lone Star is the fastest growing beer in the United States by percentage. Officials also reported a packaging contest involving 20 000 units.
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John Skinner
Dallas
Lone Star Beer Distributors
Skinner
Lone Star
United States
Publicity Chief Henry L Bagley Jr Joins Oklahoma City Symphony
Henry L Bagley Jr former Sul Ross instructor and famed public relations director for the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra is now a journalism professor at Oklahoma City University. Mr and Mrs Guy Combs Jr move from San Antonio to a ranch near Marathon Lone Star ranked among top five firms.
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Henry L. Bagley Jr
Sul Ross
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
Mr. Bagley
Oklahoma City University
Guy Combs Jr
San Antonio
Marathon
New Tourist Sign Posted in Texas Cafe
Walker in Texas Cafe posts a new tourist sign listing Big Bend National Park Davis Mountains Scenic Drive Old Mexico Sul Ross Museum Kokernot Field Quicksilver Mines Uranium Fields McDonald Observatory Old Fort Davis Limpia Canyon 12 Mile Scenic Loop for visitor information.
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J. Y. Walker
Texas Cafe
Big Bend National Park
Davis Mountains
Old Mexico
Sul Ross Museum
Kokernot Field
McDonald Observatory
Old Fort
Davis
Limpia Canyon
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Kimball
Mel Anders
Lefty Chapman
C. J. Hardeman
Buck McGonagill
Tex Martin
Booger Martin
Bob Powell
Kenneth Smith
Buster Berryhill
Bill Latham
E. E. Turner
B. F. Berkeley
Geiger Counters
Highland Butane Co
P.O. Box
Lone Star Dealer
Walker
Texas
Lone Star Beer
Brewster County
LOBOS
Ft, Bliss
Kokernot
Star Beer
Brewster
Presidio Counties
Lone Star State
Chevrolet
America
Holland & 7Th St
Casner Motor CO
Hinton
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