Alpine High sends 12 to state I L meet in Austin
Alpine High school dispatch sends a 12 member team to the state University Interscholastic League meet in Austin. The group includes Mary K. Winder Imajean Gray Karen Wetmore Hobson Wildenthal and Dickie Allen Jerre Williams Shirley Parker Pat O Donnel Lydia Gallego Marsha Broadfoot George Davis John O Donnell and Yoh Newell. They earned the right by winning regional literary honors in Odessa. Accompanying officials were M M Slover Leroy Roark and Miss Johnnie Weyerts with Mrs Verner Parker helping transport. The Alpine group will return tomorrow night.
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Alpine High School
Austin
Alpine
Mary K. Winder
Imajean Gray
Karen Wetmore
Hobson Wildenthal
Dickie’ Allen
Jerre Williams
Shirley Parker
Pat O'Donnel
Lydia Gallego
Marsha Broadfoot
George Davis
John O'Donnell
MM. P. Slover
Leroy Roark
Johnnie Weyerts
Dhc
Richard Johnson
Verner Parker
Tad Spring
Duncan
Fred
Llams
Yoh Newell
It‘erary
Odessa
Alpine Boy Named Honor Man In Naval Training
Alpine student Billy Mills of Alpine is selected as Honor Man in U S Navy recruit training in San Diego. The award honors duty, leadership, and character during the naval boot camp week. Mills, son of Mr and Mrs Mills, previously attended Sul Ross and worked in local service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Mills
U. S. Navy
Sonor
Alan
United State
San ‘Diego
Tom O
Schootand
Sul Ross Ste Felleve
Attaaah
Snd
Arederoeet
Traveling library exhibit comes to Sul Ross College May 18 19
The Magic Carpet on Wheels, a 45 ft trailer housing 4560 Years of Writing and Printing, will visit Sul Ross College campus May 18 and 19. Dr. Hatfield is curator. Admission is free. The Grollier Society presents 103 rare items from clay, papyrus, leather, wood, and paper, including German and English Bibles, illuminated leaves, early children's books, Shakespeare folio, and early Spanish English and Italian printing.
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Hatfield
Sul Ross’ College
College Library
The
Grollier Society
Former Marathon Boy Receives Jet Pilot Wings
Kenneth W. Hargus of Spring Arkansas, formerly of Marathon, was graduated as a fighter pilot last Friday at Laredo Texas Air Force Base. Completing 24 weeks of intensive instruction the new flyer earned silver wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant. He trained in conventional single engine aircraft photo reconnaissance and all weather interception. Hargus, a Marathon High School graduate, later attended Sul Ross College where he studied engineering. Mr and Mrs E Milton Smith learned their son Micky, stationed at Chenon France with the Army Engineers, was promoted to corporal. He has been in Europe since last September.
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Kenneth W. Hargus
Spring
Gale
Ark
Marathon
Laredo
Texas
Air Force Base
Hargus
Sul “Ross “College
E. Milton Smith
Micky
Chineon
France
Army Engineers
Hot Springs Store Reopened Under Peter Koch at Big Bend Park
Park officials announce Hot Springs store at Big Bend National Park will reopen under Peter Koch after years of closure. Koch, a national reputation photographer, will offer Texas border merchandise, campers supplies, drinks, and Mexican curios while renovating old cabins for overnight use. Upper and lower hot springs stay natural and open, with health restrictions keeping the bath house closed for now.
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Hot Springs
Ig Bend National Park
Peter Koch
Margaret Smith
Koch
Big Bend
Texas
Park Service
Rio Grande
Garrison
Graham Ranch
A Tribute To Mothers By Rev Gordon Collier
Rev Gordon Collier of First Presbyterian reflects on Mother's Day as more than sentimentality. He urges living by the ideals taught by mothers, noting the enduring influence of maternal guidance on faith, virtue, and daily practice.
Lions Plan Negro Minstrel Tonight at High School
Lions Club presents a Negro minstrel at the High School auditorium at eight oclock with Marvin Kay as interlocutor and a cast including Gray Whiteside Adams Stee. Proceeds aid club projects such as light restoration. tickets 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Nounced Lion General
Sam Thomas
Hugh "White
Inda Adams
Marvin Kay
Endmen Gray
Whiteside
Adams
Stee
Ignolle
Trasmus Armstrons
S. “Dynamic Sermon
Iuion J Loveton Stone
Sagapoolee
Lions Club
White
Highland Area Beef Sales Campaign Boosted by Breeders Group
The Highland Hereford Breeders Association, covering Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties, runs ads in The Avalanche and the Big Bend Sentinel this week urging housewives to buy beef at new meat values. Beef prices are claimed to have dropped to pre war levels as several county grocers cooperate with special town prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highland Ar‘ea
Assa
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Avalanche
Bucks Still Top In 5-A Baseball Race
Alpine Bucks beat Kermit 11 hits, eight runs to stay District 5-A favorite. Molinar lasted five innings, Hernandez relieved to close. Kermit plated seven runs on eight hits as Alpine avoided a larger upset. Next games: Pecos at home May 12, Wink at home May 14. three Wink players missed due to state meet.
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Atpine
Bucks
heSanideenon
Basler
Benebal
Thevonig
Hernan
Basle
Ieved
Yellow Jacket
Kermit
Alpine
Molinar
Vichy
Telo Hernandez
Tom Valadez
Davis
Beaty Former County Resident Dies At Ysleta After Illness
Nannie Irving Beaty longtime West Texas resident died in Ysleta after a long illness. She came to Alpine with her Irving ranching family, later lived in Odessa and Alpine, married Robt. F. Beaty in 1910, and worked in ranching across the region. Funeral services were held at Livingston Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Gordon Collier officiating. Interment followed at Elm Grove Cemetery. She is survived by her husband, a foster son in Amarillo, several nieces and nephews, and a local Alpine connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulshear Dee
Marathon Supplies
Storry-Waiteside” Lumber "Co
Abot
Chai
First Methodist Church
Alpine Masonic Edge
Alpine Ddd
Knights of
Nannie Irving Beaty
West Texas
Ysleta
Alpine
Irvings
Odessa
Irving
Robt. F. Beaty
el Paso
Townsend Ranch
Hovey
Kendrick
The
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
G. B. Crawford
Felix McGaughy
Berpal Slight
Raymond Garnet
D. M.bennett
Joe Hord
Wm. Monteith
Amarillo
E. Townsend
May 24 Service At Alpine High School Event
Alpine High School holds end of term ceremonies with a senior exam period May 21 22 and graduation events including baccalaureate. Rev Jesse Push of the First Congregation and Rev Gionn address the service as students complete exams and prepare for graduation activities. Parents are asked to assist with book counts and equipment returns to the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Push
Strion
Iol Ehasehey
Gionn
Feed S. Bowers
Presbyterian Church
Mia Inde
Adurea Seo
Rind
Stina
Eho Eniendar
James Crawford
Jon Exercis
Cowboy Chihuahua game postponed to June
The Alpine Cowboys baseball game against a Chihuahua City team scheduled for last Sunday was postponed and will be played in June. Also noting a Chiropractic Office opening at 410 East Holland Avenue by Dr. H. J. Murdoch, a native Texan from Rusk and graduate of Texas Chiropractic College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Cowboys
Chihuahua City
H. J. Murdoch
E. Holland’Ave
Murdoch
Rusk
Texas Chiropractic College
San ‘Antonio
Oliver R. Smith
James L. Stowe
el Paso
April Building Permits In Alpine Total $7300
Building permits issued for the month of April totaled 7300 dollars, bringing the year’s total to 63750 and listing several residences in Alpine including Narcissi Olazaba's three room adobe on South Alpine, Sonny Uranga's five room concrete tile on East Ave. East College area, and a three room cinder block servants quarters and pump house on East College Ave. RESIDENCE SOLD. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bailey bought a new residence on North Fifth Street built by C. E. Davidson, plans include adding a room, rock veneer, and a redwood fence with a barbecue patio.
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Narcissi ‘Olazaba
South Alpine
D.C. Littleton
E. Ave
Sonny Uranga
Alpine
Leroy
Henry Bailey
C. E Davidson
North Fifth St
Alpine Fire Fighters Enter Kermit Contests
Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept plans a team in the all day Permian Basin Firemen's Assn meet in Kermit this week hosted by Kermit VFD. Fire Chief J C Cooley leads. over 20 West Texas towns expected. Also, Jess Wyatt returns from 18 months in Guam to report to Naval Air Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Volunteer Fire Dept
Permian Basin
Firemen's Assn
Kermit
J. C. Cooleys
West Texas
Kermit Volunteer Fire Dept
Guam
Jess Wyatt
U. S. Navy
Naval Air’ Station
Bob Wyatt
Alpine
Former Pastor Leads Revival Campaign in Alaska
Rev. M. M. Fulmer of the First Baptist Church, Uvalde, granted a leave of absence to conduct a revival at Walden Alaska. He joins six other Southern Baptist ministers in simultaneous campaigns across Alaska as part of the denomination’s new mission effort. The article notes Valdez’s church reaching nearly a year in age.
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M. M. Fulmer
First Baptist Church
Uvalde
Walden
Alaska
Southern Baptists
Valdez
Alpine Bridges To Be Rebuilt Two Bridges
Miss Kay Carlton daughter of Mr and Mrs E Carlton of Fort Davis represented the Aeronautical Engineers as a duchess at the Cotton Pageant and ball at Texas A M University on April 29. She is a Southwestern University student and Alpha Delta Phi member. Her escort was Raymond Roberts of Abilene a senior at A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Carlton
E. Carlton
Fort Davis
Aeronautical Engineers
Texas A. & M. College
Miss Carlton
Southwestern University
Alpha Delta Phi Sorority
Raymond Roberts
Abilene
A&m
Improvements On North 5th Street And Loop Road Up For Bidding
State plans bids on two projects, rebuilding Loop 10 and the North 5th Street bridge on Highway 118. The 40 foot wide bridge will get four foot sidewalks each side, with approaches rebuilt. Bids open in Austin May 20. Progress noted on Highway 118 north of Alpine with widening and levelling toward Jeff Davis county line and June 1 start eyed for a 20 mile section south toward Big Bend Park entrance.
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North 5Th Street
Loop Road
North Fifth Street
Kokernot Park
Loop 10
State Highway Dept
Th Street
Chas. T. Holmes
Austin
Alpine
Mr. Holmes
Jeff Davis County
Here
Big Bend ‘Park
Study Butte
Water production in Alpine April exceeds earlier year
Alpine city records show over 20 million gallons of water produced in April, about one million more than last April and roughly a million less than the all time high of 21 to 22 million in 1961. East well work boosted output while other wells are expected to taper next month as weather conditions improve.
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Alton
Sul Ross Wins National Intercollegiate Rodeo Title at Texas Tech
Sul Ross rodeo team topped Hardin-Simmons 487 to 431 at Texas Tech in Lubbock to claim the national intercollegiate rodeo. Tex Martin led the all around cowboys with 190 points, winning saddle bronc and steer dogging in the first go round plus top honors in saddle bronc and other events. Ira Akers and Wayne Barent also placed in multiple events as Beverly Thorn and Elisabeth Pryde starred for Sul Ross among the top cowgirls. Final all around decisions will be made at Hardin-Simmons May 14-16. The squad will depart for the Arlington rodeo.
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Sul Ross Rodeo
Texas Tec
Lubbock
Sul
Martin
Texas
Ira “Akers
San ¢ Antonio
Wayne Barent
Shamrock
Ted
Junior Rusling
Plains
Dogging
Clyde Martin
Port Arthur
Beverly Thorn
Sanderson
Elisabeth Pryde
Fort Davis
Mildred Cotten
Andews
Sul Ross
Texas A. & M
New Mexico A.M
Texas Tech
Hardin-Simmons
Arlington Rodeo
Tex. Martin
Ira Akers
Junior Rushing
Bob Powell
Artesia
Jimmy Calvert
Maryneal
Rainfall in 1953 Dips Below Five Year Average at Sul Ross
U S Weather Bureau records from Sul Ross College show only 0.69 inches of precipitation in the first four months of 1983, near an inch below the five year average of 1.89 inches for 1948-1952, marking the period as unusually dry. Banner year for the five year span was 1949 with 3.16 inches. 1950 to 1952 showed higher totals, while January to April 1983 saw scattered locally heavier showers but the county remained largely dry and moisture-deprived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Sul Ross College
Lobos Split Pair With Sam Houston Here Last Weekend
The Sul Ross Lobos upset Sam Houston Bearkats 43 in Friday’s Lone Star Conference game at Kokernot Field, then Sam Houston won the Saturday game 84. Pitcher Doyle Stout starred in the Friday win with a two-run RBI in the 11th. Alvin Ward had two hits including a third-inning triple. The Bearkats led 4-1 early in Saturday’s game and pulled away with four runs in the first inning. Sul Ross finishes conference play with a pair of games against East College. Billy B. West, Alpine postmaster, attended the Texas Postmasters Association convention in San Angelo.
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Sul Ross Lobos
Sam Houston Bearkats
Kokernot Field
Bearkats
Lobos
Sam Houston
Texas University
Doyle Stout
Sizemore
Obs
Lobo Alvin’ Ward
Bears
Hodges
Sam’ Houston Battery
Stout
Geraci
Sabas
Keton Russell
Dick Britt
Russell
Swartout
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I. L
C. E. Treadwell
Jerry B. Barber
Phelps St. Alpine
U. S. Air Forces
Tokyo-Yokohama
Gordon Collier
First Presbyterian Church
Tech Rodeo
Billy B. West
Texas Postmasters Aist
San Angelo
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