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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
10
Publication details for Alpine Avalanche including mailing basis second class matter in Alpine Texas and date band. Names listed as editors staff and correspondents. advertising and press service addresses. subscription rates by county. policy on corrections and error handling.
A Texas district anticipates rapid growth as the Chihuahua to Topolobampo railroad nears completion within 12 months linking Alpine Presidio and the Big Bend region to a transcontinental system. River Road and Fort Davis National Historic Site plans are pursued to boost tourism and park access, with H R 566 aiming to include Fort Davis into the National Parks System.
In Brewster County forty years ago the party chose Harry V. Fisher as county chairman and Mae l M. Ament as secretary. Delegates named for the state convention include C. D. Wood A. E. Owens and others. The State Highway Dept invited bids to pave 15 miles on the Fort Davis Alpine route and to construct the Santa Fe underpass on West Holland Avenue in West Alpine. Beneficial rains watered scattered Big Bend and Davis Mountain areas from Henderson to Kokernet and parts of the Meriwether range north of Alpine and the Neville and Kokernot ranches south of Alpine.
Robt. Day reports a drilling halt at the city well on South Hill with the drill at 490 feet and 110 feet remaining under contract. The operation paused in hard black rock as crews halted work.
Ken Moyer son of Mr and Mrs H Moyer of Alpine is candidate for a Lon Morris College degree Jacksonville Texas The 89th commencement will be held May 25 at 10 30 a m in the A Frank Smith Fine Arts Auditorium Dr C C Calvert UT junior college consultant will give the commencement address Baccalaureate will be at First Methodist Church Jacksonville May 21 with Dr Willis Tate SMU president delivering the sermon.
The family of Mrs. Louis Rodriguez thank friends for comforting expressions and friendship during their loss. Also notes 1961 honey prices at a national average of 11.2 cents per pound, reflecting 75 percent of the March parity price on a 60 pound container basis.
Mary Thorne of Alpine has graduated from the Famous Artists Schools in Westport. She studied fine arts painting during a three year home study program led by a faculty including Norman Rockwell Ben Shahn and Ding Kingman.
AUSTIN Gayle Louise Coe of Marathon is a candidate for a Bachelor of Science in education at the University of Texas spring commencement. Dean L. D. Haskew confirms the degree will be conferred during the June 3 ceremony.
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