Merit Badge Counselors To Attend Meeting
All newly appointed merit badge counselors and other scouters are asked to attend the Big Bend district meeting at 8 pm on Tuesday May 1958 at the First Baptist Church. Over 100 merit badges are organized into 15 groups with a counselor in charge of each group. Group counselors for Alpine include Frank Newsom Delbert Dyke Ronard King Felix McGaughy Jim Glasscock C L Kay Mrs O H Theophilus WW Millstead Curtis Kelley James J Crawford Everett Turner J C Cooley M Floyd and others. In 1958, 2 158 000 persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents.
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Big Bend
Alpine
Frank Newsom
Delbert Dyke
Ronard King
Felix McGaughy
Jim Glasscock
C. L. Kay
Mra. O
Card of Thanks for Major Paul W Stack Sale
The family of Major Paul W Stack Sale extends thanks for the cards wires calls and flowers during his illness and for the many expressions of sympathy during our bereavement.
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Paul
Paul W. Stack
Hereford stocker and feeder show and sale set for May 11
Sets of bronze platters will be awarded grand champions at the Hereford stocker and feeder show and sale in Fort Worth on May 11. Ted Gouldy of Fort Worth and Henry Arledge of Seymour, president of the Texas Hereford Association, are pictured. The association sponsors the special sales with the Market Institute. Last year 9974 cattle sold for nearly one million dollars, and the sales draw nationwide attention with prices generally 50 cents to more than a dollar above current values as buyers flock to the event.
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Fort Worth
Ted Gouldy
Henry Arledge
Seymour
Texas Hereford Association
Market Institute
Town News Notes On Local Folks And Frontier Day Trip
Green in town. Mr Oole has been under the weather this spring but is feeling better now. Earl Clarke from Marathon and Roy Reid from Fort Davis in town. Cap Yates leaving this week for Guymon Oklahoma to attend the Frontier Day Celebration there. Cap shipped Longhorn steers from his ranch north of Marathon to be used for the celebration. Ranch did not get in on the recent rains but had two inches last week.
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Green
Oole
Earl Clarke
Marathon
Roy Reid
Fort Davis
Cap Yates
Guymon
Oklo
Cap
Neh
Scout Explorer Post No 90 To Sell Flags In Alpine
Explorer Post No 90 teams with Alpine American Legion Post No 79 in an Americanization drive to place a four meter flag at every home and business in Alpine. The funds support a vigorous program and post equipment.
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Scout Explorer
Explorer Post No
Alpine American Legion
Alpine High PFA Teams Return From Lubbock Stock Meet
Alpine High judging teams returned Saturday night after attending stock judging contests at Lubbock where 131 Texas high schools were represented. The Alpine livestock team ranked about 15th, with the contest won by J Stanton. Wool judging and related activities were also noted along with Alpine participation in expeditions, social events, and community service projects.
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Alpine High
PFA
Lubbock
Tom Allen
Texas
J Stanton
Sixth of the Nineteen Fort Davis
A fragment notes the sixth item involving Fort Davis in a list from the era. The readable text points to a numbered sequence tied to a fort in the region, but details are limited to the terse reference and place name.
Rains and winds hit Marathon area with damage across ranches
Local notes recount a Monday storm bringing wind hail and rain across the Old Sibley and Moore ranches. George Alan Jones, Mollie, and other residents faced damaged homes and washed-out roads between Sanderson and Fort Stock. A twister damaged George Hargus’s well rig and trailer near Marathon. Reports say Tuesday brought rain to Marathon and hopes for grain harvest on the 3rd.
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Marathon
Travis
Jeff Stewart
Shely
Ranea
Chinati
Jack Smith
Presidio
Ollie Cox
Sweetwater
Little Grandson
Alpine
Dink Wardlaw
John Lindsay
del Rio
Massey
Veral
Zeb Decie
Decie
Meriwethers
J.J. Roberts
Ode Roberts
Orene
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Marfa N.F.L.A
J. Fhed LA Lanne
Treasur
Marte
Texar
Aliaeven
Penney’s
BY Hallie Stillwell
Travis Roberts
Nature
Ass Jones
Is Ranch
Jones
Haveline
Dove Mt
Pope
Borden
Alping
Alpine Cash Grocery
Daclman Memorial Arts
Alpine Cemetery
Assn
Mth
Metallica
Pennes
Penney's
SUL Ross Rodeo Association
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