Alpine Garden Club Poster Contest Opens Clean-Up Drive
The Alpine Garden Club and two other groups sponsor a May city wide clean up campaign. A poster contest will be held in public schools with prizes for each grade. Posters judged by Sul Ross College art students supervised by Miss Miltia Hill.
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The
Alpine Garden Club
Sul Ross College
Miltia Hill
Burl Cole
Imperial
James Capt. Edinburg
Frank Trevino
San Angelo
Garden Club
Ray Spence
M. P. Slover
R. G. Crowder
H. Leo Tucker
Alpine groups urged to join Show Me tour of Big Bend
All Alpine businesses urged to send a representative on the Show Me tour of Big Bend National Park set for next Thursday May 8. The event is organized by the Big Bend National Park Development Committee and the Alpine Chamber of Commerce with support from the National Park Service and National Park Concessions.
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Alpine
Big Bend National Park
C of C
Chamber of Commerce
Park
Santa Helena Canyon
Canyon
Park Development Committee
Basin Area
Dow Chemical Buys Two Tracts in Brewster County
Dow Chemical Co plans expansion in North Coahuila fluorspar deposits via two Brewster County land purchases. Dow bought a 100 acre tract east of Marathon and acres in Heath Canyon near Stillwell Crossing to serve potential storage and milling operations. C M Shigley of La Dominicana S A de C V notes limited current shipments and no firm construction schedule. County official Tom Yarto aids preliminary work in Marathon.
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Dow Chemical Co
Aat
Avalanche
Stetcone
Southern Pacific
Marathon
Heath Canyon
Rio Grande
Stillwell Crossing
Pico Etereo
Coahuila
C. M. Shigley
Freeport
la Dominica S. A
Dow
Heats Canyon
Tom Yartoo
Brewster County
Hunting and travel notes link Alpine and Big Bend region
Major Briggs in San Antonio seeks Lee Duncan’s contact and notes admiration for Alpine Avalanche hunting reports. Alpine and Marfa officials prize new Reagan Canyon photos, Texas Official Highway Travel Map features Chisos Basin scene and Pecos River Bridge. Big Bend distances to Texarkana Amarillo Austin Houston listed.
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Jack Briggs
San Antonio
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Major Briggs
J. C. Henderson
The
Holland House
Bucks
San Antonio Express
Lee Duncan
Joe Lane
Texas
Chisos Basin
Big Bend National Park
Pecos River
Texas Cities
Mexico City
Texarkana
Amarillo
Austin
Houston
Traffic Safety Council Formed in Brewster County
A Brewster County Traffic Safety Council was organized on Tuesday morning in the county judge's office. Avora Owens was elected chairman, Jack Johnson vice chairman, and Joella Livingston secretary. The group cited drunk driving and high speeds as the main causes of local traffic fatalities and urged citizens to report dangerous driving by phone to law officers to prevent deaths. Recommendations were sent to Austin for a statewide educational campaign to engage the public in spotting violations. Ruth Hollingshead of Abilene, niece of Mrs. J. Kim Burgess, is visiting this week.
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Brewster County Traffic Safety Council
Avora Owens
Jack Johnson
Joella Livingston
Austin
Cith Wn
Alpine High Band Ranks High In Class A League Competition
Alpine High Band earned a first division trophy for sight reading and second division for concert play at the University Interscholastic League contest in Odessa on April 26. The Alpine group placed among the top two Class A bands, edging toward the leaders led by Alpine and Big Lake.
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Alpine High Band
Alpine High Back
Odessa
Alpine
Big Lake
Texas
Wink High
Crane High
Rankin High
Odessa High
Ector High
Andrews High
Kermit High
Lamesa High
Central School Fire Quickly Extinguished
A drip pan oil fire under an oil heater in the Central School basement was quickly put out by the Volunteer Fire Dept. No damage or danger to students. Classes continued as normal. The piece describes district band ratings at Odessa contests with Alpine school leading in both sight reading and concert play. several area schools and students earned various division scores.
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Peyton Cain
Master Masons Gather Here at Alpine Lodge 766 Night
About 85 Master Masons from Alpine and nearby towns attended Alpine Lodge 766 AF&AM Past Masters night. Nineteen Past Masters, led by James Rice of Alpine as candidate, conferred the Master’s degree. Earl Petross of El Paso gave the principal address on The Mason’s Obligation after a barbecue buffet.
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Alpine
Alpine Lodge
Af&am
James Rice
G. B. Crawford
J. W. Frazer
D. C. Littleton
G. K. Lange
B. F. Berkeley
W. G. Fielder
Carl Shults Sr
Southern Pacific Railroad
Marfa
R. A. Whiteside
Bremond
W. Williams
Cotulla
Carl Tusk
Fort Davis
Walter Anderson
Denver City
W. J. Vance
Sul Ross Band Invited to Represent Texas in LA Event
The Sul Ross State College Band has been invited to represent Texas at the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce convention June 16 to 19 in Los Angeles. Joe Bellamah, band director, said final trip approval rests with Sul Ross administration after Jaycees from Texas urged the selection following the Battle of Flowers performance in San Antonio.
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Sul Ross State College
Texas
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Calif
Joe Bellamah
Bellamah
Junior Chamber of Commerce of Texas
Alamo Stadium
San Antonio
Sul Ross
Alpine High to Perform Dino at State One Act Finals
Alpine High School competes with its one act Dino at the State UIL finals in Hogg Auditorium Austin tomorrow at about 445 PM. The 1958 Alpine cast includes 10 students plus three stage managers and sponsor Mrs. Freda Powell.
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Alpine High
Hogg
Austin
Jo Hord
Ruth Chambers
Lola Lee Young
Doris Binion
Merle Smith
Freda Powell
Dino
Texas
Red Cross Official Loretta Webb Visits Alpine
Ameri can Red Cross disaster field representative Loretta Webb will visit Alpine today and tomorrow meeting with chamber leaders and disaster chairmen at the Chamber of Commerce building to review chapter duties in disaster preparedness and operations and to outline community responsibilities.
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Loretta Webb
American Red Cross
Alpine
Webb
Chamber of Commerce
Alpine Lions Seek District Convention Next Year
Alpine Lions Club plans to invite the T-2 district convention to Alpine at the District T-2 meeting in Odessa set for tomorrow and Saturday. Attending are Marvin Kay international counselor Thad Corking teenage president Kenneth Stucke president Billie Weston Marvin Merce Hob Halpern Wally Davis and Carl Shultz.
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Lions
Alpine Lions Club
Alpine
Odessa
Marvin Kay
Thad Corking
Teening
Kenneth Stucke
Billie Weston
Marvin Merce
Hob Halpern
Wally Davis
Carl Shulta
Service Station Week Proclaimed In Alpine
Alpine city commission proclaims the week of May 510 as Service Station Week honoring Texas service stations that serve over 600 million travelers yearly and act as ambassadors of goodwill to many visitors passing through the city and state.
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Alpine
Texas
Thurmond Jr. Seeks 100th District State Representative Post
Del Rio resident Roger Thurmond Jr. announces candidacy for state representative of the 100th Legislative District pending the Democratic Primary on July 26, 1958. He is son of a district judge, brother to the current representative, born July 11, 1934, raised in Del Rio, and pursuing a UT Law degree after Rice Institute accounting.
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Roger Thurmond Jr
del Rio
Avalanche
Brewster
Terrill
Val Verde
Kinney
Maverick
Thurmond to be sworn in as Texas attorney and seeks House seat
Thurmond will be sworn in as an attorney in Texas Supreme Court ceremonies on May 5. He notes three generations of his family began public life in the Texas Legislature and he hopes to represent his district in the House, pledging to serve with industry integrity intelligence and humility. He is unmarried and an Episcopalian.
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Ers
Supreme Court of Texas
Thurmond
Texas Legislature
House of Representatives
Episcopal Church
Tri County Community Concert Opens 58 59 Drive
The Tri County Community Concert Association launched the 1958 59 membership drive at the Paisano Hotel Marfa with a kickoff dinner. Plans target an season headlined by the Rudie Sinfonietta of New York plus other artists to be chosen by directors.
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Tri-County Community Concert Association
Paisano
Marfa
van Horn
Alpine
Mia
W. V. Gross
Lois Peters
Keith Peters
Lockhart
Tex Gross
Barbara la Beff
Mary Hogel
William Thomson
Ruel Warnock
Virginia Link
Road Day O Set Saturday in Big Bend District
Big Bend District of the Boy Scouts of America will hold an automobile Road Day O on Saturday May 3 at the Marfa Alpine Airport starting at 2 p.m. The event welcomes all registered Cub Scout Boy Scout and Explorer units with paid-up members and includes driving skill exercises safety instruction and car care tips supervised by Texas Highway Patrol officers Sul Ross State College driving instructors and local officials.
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Big Bend
Boy Scouts of America
Marfa-Alpine
Texas Highway Patrol
Sul Res State College
Lucius Bunton
Kix Bend
Cemetery Barbecue Set By American Legion Club
The annual cemetery barbecue will be held Saturday May 10 at the American Legion Club. The association hopes attendees will bring friends and support the event.
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American Legion Club
Thas
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Big Bend Wat. Park
DOW Chemical
Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Albany
N. Y
al Pine
U. S. Army
Kansas City
Fort Benning
Ray Williams
State Game Commission
Henry Coffield
Reagan Canyon
Traffic Safety Council Formed
Ruth Hollingshead of
Abilene
J. Ki. Burgess
Central School
Stanton
Iraan
Sanderson
McCamey
Seminole
Fort Stockton
Monahans
Pecos
Big Spring
Harriet Carpenter
Betsy Wright
Betsy Young
Tony Stringer
Dennis Williams
Harry Miles
David Shearer
Gene Morrison
Richard Hale
Kenneth Clouse
Joel Reed
Ann McBride
Joel
Nancy Chism
Charles Patter
Master Masons
BOY Scouts
Troop 41
Sims Municipal Park
Bob Teed
Bheoul
Hob Corkina
Sammy Thomas
John Conder
Hobby Glasscock
Joel Wright
Henry Wright
Wrosty Walker
David Forchheimer
Joe Urges
Elizabeth McLean
California
AHS
Marble Falls High School
Marble Falls
Burnet County
Kyle High School
Kyle High
Hays County
Grapeland High
Elizabeth
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