GMC Trucks Previewed From Dallas Meet
D L Cross of the Casner Motor Co. returned from a GMC dealer gathering in Dallas detailing the all new 1955 Blue Chip truck line by GMC Truck and Coach Division. Officials outlined upcoming sales plans and a merchandising program while four color films showcased styling and engineering advances. The 1955 line is described as the most improved and complete in the division with streamlined fronts, bomb guard bumpers, concealed running boards, panoramic wind shields and over 100 new basic truck models.
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D.L. Cross
Casner Motor Co
GMC
Dallas
GMC Truck & Coach Division
Pontiac
Mich
Cross
Harold Haynes Receives FFA Collegiate Degree
Harold Haynes of Alpine was one of 29 members of Sam Houston State College’s Collegiate FFA Chapter to receive a collegiate degree in Huntsville. Candidates must major in agriculture, be active in the chapter for one semester, complete six vocational agriculture hours, and pass a comprehensive FFA test with a majority vote. Haynes is a Sam Houston agriculture graduate student and chapter member.
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Harold Haynes
Alpine
Future Farmers of America
Sam Houston State College
FFA
Huntsville
Sam Houston
Haynes
J. W. Haynes
Alpine High Dominates District 7A Interscholastic Meet
Alpine High swept 13 of 18 literary events in the District 7A IL meet in Alpine. Winners include Dark Wind by Mrs. Alice Olson for one act play with Alpine actresses honored, and Myrtle Whiteside’s debate team claiming both firsts. Eighteen Alpine High students qualified for the regional meet in Lubbock on April 23.
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Alpine High School
Alpine
Alice Olson
Crane
Fort Stockton
Joanna Newell
Alpine High
Gladys Cowell
Sara Rogers
Odessa
Myrtle Whiteside
Ann ‘Gerbert
Jackie Hance
Bill Avant
James Wood
M. P. Stove
Don Burgess
Willa Dell Hilbrich
Dery! Parker
Georgeanne Smith
Fort ‘Stockton
Mr. Slover
Tillman Eddy
Dennis Williams
Central
Centennial
Johnny Urquidez
Carol Vogt
Betty Young
Hortensia Rodriguez
Ann Estelle McBride
Annis Heil
Diane Ritter
Marilyn Briggs
Jofa Prestridge
Robert Louis Hindman
Elidia Chavarria
Hortensia Urquidez
Sandra Thomas
Charlene Watson
Harriett Carpenter
Linda Kay
Lubbock
Christian Science Monitor Readers Praise Daily Edition
Readers commend The Christian Science Monitor as an informative international daily. The note promotes a one year subscription for $15 with shorter options and asks for address details.
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Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
Norway Street
Boston
Masa
U.S. A
Disney Film On Nature Opens At Loho Sunday
Walt Disney's True-Life Adventure series presents The Vanishing Prairie at Loho Sunday. The film follows a prairie calf from birth to first winter with dramatic wildlife scenes and a focus on species facing extinction. It blends adventure with nature records and moments of danger, including a prairie fire and predator encounters.
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Loho
Walt Disney
Descendant of Tennyson at Sul Ross Writes Poetry
Davenport a Sul Ross State University sophomore from San Antonio is the great great great grandson of Alfred Lord Tennyson. His ancestors fought in the Revolutionary War and Civil War splits. He began writing poetry two years ago and shows a Tennyson like style per poet Lilith Lorraine of Alpine.
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Davenport
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Mr. Davenport
Sul Ross
San Antonio
Tennyson
Witte Historical Museum
Lilith Lorraine
Alpine
Mrs. Paul T. Mefarland Visits California Relative
Mrs. Paul T. Mefarland of San Simeon, California visits her sister Mrs. Edith Smith and her parents Mr. and Mrs. T C Taylor for two weeks. She plans to travel to El Paso to visit another sister after leaving here.
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Paul T. Mefarland
Sansamno
Calif
Edith Smith
T. C. Taylor
el Paso
Rutherford Eyes Marfa Air Field Reactivation
U S Representative J T Rutherford says reactivating Marfa Alpine field could support high altitude jet operations while Pyote base shifts to radar use. He plans to consult Air Force authorities after discussions with Alpine Chamber president Gene Hendryx.
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U.S
Marfa Army Air Field
U. S
J.T. Rutherford
Pyote Base
Pyote
Gene Hendryx
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Rep
Rutherford
Marfa-Alpine Field
Air Force
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