Alpine events draw huge crowds for Homecoming celebration
Visitors from across the region flocked to Alpine for Homecoming and a football game between Sul Ross and Texas Tech. The pageant sold out, seats scarce, with many turned away. A separate local feature notes Balmorhea area springs feeding a fertile valley and Phantom Lake, plus a tale of two double-crossed bank robbers rumored to have hid money near Live Oak Creek.
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Tally Worth
Alpine
Texas Tech
Ross
Scarlet Peppers
Sul Ross
Big Bend
Balmorhea
Davis Mountains
Brown Ranch
Oklahoma
Live Oak
Three Hundred Teachers Attend Trans-Pecos Meeting
About 300 teachers from roughly 35 West Texas cities attended the Trans-Pecos division of the Texas State Teachers Association in Sul Ross auditorium over Friday and Saturday April 27 and 28. The four point program focused on revenue sources for the school fund and curricula revision as State Department of Education actions. Speakers included A. H. Hughey El Paso A. M. Blackman McCamey chair, A. M. Lambley Alpine, L. A. Woods state superintendent, E. E. Oberholtver Houston, and J. C. Loftin who warned public schools risk private status and cited land losses from public school ownership.
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West Texas
Trans-Pecos
Texas State Teachers Association
State Department of Education
Sul Ross
J. O. Loftin
Spoctation
Texas Public Schools
A. H. Hughey
el Paso
A.M. Blackman
McCamey
A. M. Lambley
Alpine
L. A. Woods
E. E. Oberholtver
Houston
J. C. Loftin
Pull Residential Service Rate Offered By Central Power and Light
Central Power and Light announces a new Pull Residential Service Rate effective with May meter readings. The plan offers 9 cents per kWh for the first 25 kWh, 4 cents per kWh for the next 100 kWh, and 2 cents per kWh thereafter with a $2.50 minimum bill. The rate targets residential customers using electric ranges and aims to reduce monthly costs for those increasing usage.
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Central Power and Light Company
C. Litteton
P. and L
Litteton
Hightman
Crowning of Queen Opens Big Bend Pageant in Outdoor Theater
Glamour and beauty marked the crowning of Alene Frasier as Queen of the Southwest in the prologue to the Historical Pageant of the Big Bend at the new Lee Ross outdoor theater. Duques from 48 West Texas high schools, led by Rex and Queen from Bul Ross College, presented a sweeping, dramatized history from Basketmakers to Apaches, Spaniards and Americans, ending with a university alumni hymn as 3,000 spectators watched.
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Harper
Alene Frasier
Big Bend
Jeut Ross
Weat
Texas Igh School
Winterland
Alene Prazier
Bul. Ross
College
Mise Prasier
Julius Woeltz
Bul Ross Art Department
India
Cabeza de Vaca
Alpine
State Department of Education
Audiee
Frances Mitchell
Glee Club
Sul Ross
J. Thomas B. Granger
Anutle
Texas
Local pageant rain postpones attendance and plan
Rain swept through the Alpine region delaying the pageant as heavy showers drenched Hovey to Alpine and Persimmon Gap. The Speech Arts department of Sul Rows State Teachers College will reschedule the pageant for Monday May 7 at eight if weather permits, with Miss Ferguson promising a better performance and inviting the public to attend.
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Lena
Alpine
Speech Arts
Sul Rows State Teachers College
Miss Ferguson
College
Iris
Morelock
Postpone Showing of Slides Til Wednesday
The display of slides by the Alpine Parent-Teacher association and women’s clubs was postponed due to conflicting dates. It will now be shown next Wednesday night at the Junior High auditorium. Slides cover eyesight conservation child nutrition and home lighting with free admission.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Alpine
Igh
Fort Davis Pioneer Recalls Camel Days After the Civil War
Fort Davis May 3 A local veteran recalls the camel era sparked by the Civil War era. Bill Kingston the lone observer in the area saw camels near Val Verde country when the war ended. The government imported camels from Egypt in 1856 and from Siberia in 1876. The fate of the last survivor is uncertain.
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Fort Davis
Los Angeles
War Department
Bill Kingston
Bill Ow
Prominent Lady to Speak at Meet at Davis Mountain Federation
Mrs. Minnie Pisher Cunningham, associate editor of Extension Service News at A and M College, will address the spring meeting. A UT Austin graduate, she helped lead suffrage efforts, War Work, and the National League of Women Voters, later directing get out the vote and organization initiatives. Continued on Last Page.
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Davis Mountain Federation
Minnie Pisher Cunningham
Settee News of
A. and
M. College
Cunningham
University of Texas
Washington
Texas
Texas Equal Suffrage Association
Texas League of Women Voters
Congressional Suffrage Committee
Women’s Liberty Loan Committee
National League of Women Voters
Chicago
Land
League
League of Wamen Voters
TECH DOWNS SUL ROSS IN SPRING TILT
Texas Tech defeats Sul Ross 12 to 0 in a spring football game at Sul Ross stadium. Clark starred for Tech with a 50 yard punt return and key runs. Winters and Wilson added early fourth quarter scores as Tech dominated yardage while Sul Ross showed notable fighting spirit despite the loss.
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Harper Sparks
Sul Ross Lobos
Texas Tech Matadors
Sul Ross
Clark
Lobos
Lobo
Winters
Wilson
McElroy
Tech
West Texas Chamber Set for San Angelo Convention
San Angelo hosts the sixteenth annual West Texas Chamber of Commerce convention May 4-16. Maury Hopkins and the Board of City Development ask affiliated towns to nominate directors, name a window Roundup representative, enter speaking and poster contests, submit resolutions, and organize delegations for group conferences. Sixty of 175 towns have reported director nominations to H. Timmins, convention elections chair.
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Angelo
West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Maury Hopkins
Board of
H. ©. Timmins
Convention Elections Committee
Timmins
College Ave Span Opens to Traffic on Main Route
The College Avenue bridge on the U S highways Nos 67 and 90 route opened to traffic after a Wednesday inspection by state highway engineers. Built by Austin Bridge Company with Di Jas as contractors, the span cost slightly over 1000 dollars and replaces routes via Holland avenue. Final paving of approaches remains to be finished by the state highway department maintenance division.
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Collere
Traffieate
Mercedestay
Betizul
Austin Bridge Company
di Jas
U. S
Holland Avenue
West College
State Ighway Department
Sul Ross President Thanks Citizens for Their Cooperation
Sul Ross President J W Morelock thanks Alpine residents for cooperation during the April 27 and 28 pageant. He praises the event for favorable publicity and goodwill, notes plans to make it annual, and credits the Pioneers of West Texas for their visit and contributions to the Big Bend area's distinct character.
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Sul Ross
Alpine
Tam Re
West Texas
Big Bend
J. W. Morelock
CCC Workers Rushed to Chisos Mountain Park Site
A large contingent of CCC workers and skilled laborers from Port Davis and Fort Bliss are being sent to Chisos Mountain park to prepare housing for the first company. Materials arrived from Marathon and El Paso, with Agua Pronto well supplying ample water. Preparations suggest two CCC companies may be stationed at the park immediately, with a second team potentially by June.
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Chisos Mountain Park
CCC
Port Davis
Fort Bliss
Park
Marathon
el Paso
Agua Pronto
Mrs Bill Lane Dies After Brief Illness in Van Horn
Mrs J B Lane 28 died at her home Wednesday after a short illness from pneumonia. Survived by husband James and Gordon Lane, several brothers and sisters, a niece Miss Berta Duncan. Services to be held today after arrival of relatives from San Marcos and Crane.
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J.buy Lane
Verson
Lane
Gordon
Souther Pacific
San Marcos
Holland
Janeson
McCombs
Miller
Texas
Green McCombs
Guadalupe Mountains
van Horn
Berta Duncan
Rankin
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Witin
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Marfa
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Barrow
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