Alpine Avalanche Rate Card Reflects Local and Mail Subscriptions
Subscription rates listed for Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties at 300 dollars yearly or 1.75 for six months, other areas four dollars per year or six months. Text guards against incorrect reflections on persons or firms and promises corrections upon notification. Publisher disclaims responsibility for copy omissions and typographical errors and notes corrections will appear in the next issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio Couns
Census urged for Alpine residents in “Were You Counted” period
Mayor W E Lockhart proclaims May 5 to May 15 as Were You Counted period urging AML citizens to ensure every person in Alpine is counted in the 1960 census. Officials warn census takers are near completion and emphasize the importance of accurate headcount for local economy and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Ilan
el Paso
Texas
W. EE. Lockhart
Alpine
AML
Sul Ross Rodeo Show Promises High Action This Weekend
Sul Ross State College rodeo team, five straight intercollegiate titles, hosts a weekend event from Friday to Sunday. The team, long among the nation’s best, showcases top riders who flourished in ranching traditions and prepare for future ranch work while pursuing education. Attend the intercollegiate rodeo to witness premier competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Sul Ross
25 Years Ago in the Big Bend Davis Mountains Region
A May 17 1935 Avalanche snapshot notes cattle shipments to grass from Fort Davis Marfa Alpine and nearby areas with thousands of head sent to California and Kansas. A new six room stucco adobe school building begins in south Alpine costing 8000 to 9000 with local labor. Alpine endures a severe drought lowering city water supply prompting conservation efforts. Community notes include theater prize winners school track day results civic appointments and local travel and social updates across Alpine Terlingua Study Butte Marathon and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Joe Espy
Fort Davis
California
W. B. Mitchell
South Alpine
Beelzebub and the Blacksmith Tale in Alpine
Spanish dialogue recounts Beelzebub visiting a yard to a blacksmith in Alpine at eleven in the morning. The devil urges swift action, but the blacksmith delays, pears are risked, and the visitors threaten, while the blacksmith summons town boys to drop pears and drive the devils away. The tale ends with Satan reacting in anger and heading toward the blacksmith’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beelzebub
Black Horn
Belebu
Smith
Madurar
Belcebu
Satan
Setanas
Alpine Girl Wins Awards At North Texas State College
Mil dred Armstrong of Alpine, a junior at North Texas State College in Denton, won first place in the moral and received the Sword A from Sigma Alpha Tau. She was elected president and also named to Pi Kappa Lambda, Meritum, and given the Pi Kappa Lambda award for outstanding junior in the School of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casner
Alpine
West ‘Texas Chamber of Commerce
Plain View
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
West Texas
Denton
North Texas State College
Mildred Armstrong
Noble Armstrove
Aiss Armstrong
Sigma Alpha Tata
Pi Kappa Lambda
Meritum
iMusic
UT student joins honorary engineering fraternity Tau Beta Pi
Ben Garland Streetman of Alpine son of Rev and Mrs R E Streetman is among 38 University of Texas students admitted to Tau Beta Pi. The engineering honor acknowledges scholastic achievement and professional merit within the UT campus.
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Austin
Ben Garland Streetman
R. E. Streetman
Alpine
University of Texas
Tau Beta Pi
Sgt Gordon Departs For Far East Duty
San Diego Marine Acting Sgt Martin Gordon brother of Munroe Gordon of Alpine Calif departed San Diego on April 21 aboard the USNS Barrett with an overseas draft bound for duty in the Far East. The draft consists of replacements for personnel with the Third Marine Division who are due to return to the States soon.
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Gordon
San Diego
Calif
Martin Gordon
Munroe Gordon
Ith St
Alpine
Barrett
Far Eas
Third Marine Division
Sgt Baxter Arrives In Saudi Arabia Dispatches To Dharan Base
SSgt Merrell D. Baxter, son of Mr and Mrs Joe Baxter of Alpine, has arrived at Dharan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia after transfer from Laughlin AFB Del Rio. He serves as a dispatcher and will be stationed for one year. His wife and two children stay in Del Rio during his deployment.
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Merrell D. Baxter
Joe Baxter
Alpine
Dharan Air Force Base
Saudi Arabia
Laughlin Afb
del Rio
Park News Highlights Local Visits and Summer Work
Local notes from B B Park report weekend visits by James Chambers family in Midland and Alpine resident Gerald Holcomb joining National Parks Concessions for the summer. Visitors from San Francisco toured the park and Howard Brennan recovers from tonsil surgery. Emily Suer celebrated May 5 with a patio supper. Lynne Mowry and others vacationing in Alpine. John Ripley begins as fire control aid for the season. Panther Junction PTA discussed giveaways and a spiritual duplictor for the school. Barbecue hosted by Buell DeMunbrus and Guy Turner. playground repairs planned. Esther Townsend and Jim Rosenberg prepare to depart for Mammoth Cave.
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John Ripley
Alpine
National Park Service
FOR QUICK RESULTS Class I and PAGE Phone TE 72114
Classified line item lists a contact for quick results with a phone number TE 72114. The terse entry signals a local service or listing likely from a community page. The fragment emphasizes immediacy and direct reach through the provided telephone contact.
Fort Davis Soldier to Join Elk Horn Field Maneuver
Army Pvt Rafael Bejarano Jr 18 of Fort Davis will join the 4th Infantry Division at Yakima Firing Center May 9 23 for Elk Horn STRAC field maneuver. About 18000 troops train under simulated combat with 2500 role players attacking from the north. Bejarano based in Fort Lewis Washington entered service July 1968 with Fort Ord and Fort Davis High School. Eleven local high schools were at the Lamar Tech Jubilee Carnival Saturday.
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Yakima
Wash
Rafael Bejarano Jr
Fort Davis
4Th Infantry Division
Elk Horn
U. S
Bejarano
Sth Infantry
Fort Lewis
Army
Fort Ord
Calif
Fort Davis High School
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Oil
Big Bend
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T. R. Moody
Robert Boyd
Granada Theatre
Traigh
Thornton
Tom Stowell
Jean Webb
Los Angeles
George Pugh
Shirley Seales
D. J. Morris
Oklahoma City
Guy Crawford
Galveston
Dom Adams
Dallas
Margaret
Adams
Tom Yarbro
Marason
Row
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Castalon
Marfa
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Orewe Roberts
Julia Lochausen
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Russell Olver
Raul Jiura
Roy Stillwell
Clinton Ritchey
D. N. Scott Jr
TM Ro US
Sgt. Baxter
B. B. Park
Maribell Miller
James Chambers
Midland
Gerald Holcomb
National Parks Concessions
Seat
Bis
Harold Brodrick
Dugway
Utah
Brodricks
Canada
Park
Caariel Wright
Richand J. Montgomery
Wit Jestern
Office of Design and Construction
San Francisco
Howard Brennan
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Emily Suuer
Laurie Miller
Shiela DeMunbrun
Millie Pinedo
Emery Fulcher
Linda Rogers
Joyce Walburn
Neemah Jeffers
Erlinda Ybarra
Messers
Marty Ott
Stephen Smit
Lynnn Mowry
Panther Junction Pta
PTA
Buell DeMunbrus
Guy Turner
the Basin
Chuaren
Esther Townsend
Jim Rosenberg
National Parks Conessions
Fammoth Cave
Lamar Tech
Garter Review
Indian Lodge
Scenic Davis Mountains State Park
Alpine Cemetery Association
H. F. Dallman
Msk
Isaac W. Burton
Isaac W. Jon
Texas Rangers
Texas Gulf Coast
Bay of Copano
Ike
Burton
Velasco
Brazos
Velasco Landing
Texas Army
Issac W. Bucten
Horse Marines
Luces Brewers Foundation
United States Brewers Foundation
VEW Building
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