Balmorhea Club Hears Alpinian at Meeting
The Balmorhea Athe Maeum Study Club met at the Balmorhea Community Club with Dr M Rochester of Alpine presenting an illustrated talk on unusual areas of Old Mexico. Slides featured the Chamula Indian fire ceremony and a world traveler’s perspective. Members and husbands attended as guests. Mrs Bob Moore J hosted. Fish facts note U S varieties and shellfish counts.
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Athemaeum Study Club
Balmorhea
Rochester
Athenaeum Club
Federated Women's Clubs
Bob Moore J
Junior Firemen Enjoy Park at Big Bend
A group of 27 Junior Firemen aged 10 to 14 visited Big Bend National Park for a weekend. Sponsored by Crane Texas Volunteer Fire Dept and led by Houston Elder, they hiked Lost Mine Trail and some planned a trip to the South Rim. Ranger Steele showed movies. a Sunday service was held at Cattail Falls, reportedly the first there. Park staff praised the group for manners and organization during their visit.
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Volunteer Fire Dept
Crane
Texas
Houston Elder
South Rim
Steele
Cattail Falls
National Park
Safe job Chicago crew held up at office vault
William Her zog, in his interior decorating shop, found eight workers and a customer in the front office after a vault door rattle. They said two gunmen robbed them of $170, forced them into the safe, and slimed the spot. Park Rain record notes May 5 54 inch. followed by brief May 8 showers.
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Chicago
William — Herzog
Interior Decorating
Senate okays 394 688 for Big Bend park work
The senate approved a 394 688 appropriation for Big Bend National Park. Of the total, 165 700 funds construction, 151 570 covers maintenance, and 77 418 goes to management and protection. visits deaneries Mrs. George A. Brown met Miss Claire Le Tourneau during visits to Silver City Carlsbad Las Cruces and El Paso. The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886.
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Senate
Big Bend Park
Big Bend National Park
George A. Brown
el Paso
Minimum Price For CCC Wool Prolonged Through Nov 1
San Angelo reports the Agriculture Department will extend the current minimum selling price for Commodity Credit Corp wool until November 1. RW Hodge of the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association says the policy supports the wool market as the 1955 clip moves into Texas warehouses. Penrose Metcalfe of the National Wool Growers Association notes extensive Washington discussions on the issue.
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San Angelo
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Commodity Credit Corp
RW. Hodge
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’ Association
National Wool Growers Association
Defense Department
Texas
CCC
Penrose B. Metcalfe
Ts&gra
Washington
Hodge
Bollinger Returns From Patrol Refresher in Austin
State Highway Patrolman Mal colm Bollinger has returned from Austin where he attended a refresher school. Before going to Austin, he attended a district meeting of the patrol in El Paso.
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Malcolm Bollinger
Austin
The
Patrol
el Paso
Mrs Cleveland Wright to Lecture in Odessa Monday
Mrs Cleveland Wright will travel to Odessa on Monday to deliver two poetry talks. She will address the High School Writers Group and the Odessa Writers Group, sharing insights on verse.
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Cleveland Wright
Odessa
Odessa Writers Group
Park article by Sas Edwards to appear in Ticket Agent
Sas Edwards informed by A F Hardy of Houston that his article on Big Bend National Park will be published in Ticket Agent, a nationwide magazine for railroad passenger agents. Texas Safety Assn urges drivers to be vigilant near schools parks and playgrounds where children gather.
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Sas Edwards
A. F. Hardy
Houston
Big Bend National Park
United States
Texas Safety Assn
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Hell
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John N. Eighth
Granada
Dieet
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Fred Clark
Lywm
Bari
Maxie Rosenb
Thomas
Parra
Virginia Maryo
Emer Angel
Jack Balance
Paul Newhan
Marlon Brando
Josephine
Wesite
Jean Simmons
Merle Oberon
Michael Rennie
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Robert Morley
Maurice Evans
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Etta M. Koch
Guains
Gomes Sotiwe
Lake Mead
Castelon
Youse
National Park Service
Petrified National Monument
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Lake ‘Mead National Recreation Area
Asa Grande Recreation Club
Roy Curbon
Laurie Miller
Mrs. Miller
Emily
R. R. Miller
Jackie
Mildred
Pat
NPS Administration
Santa Fe
James Chambers
Park
L. B. Willeford
Hotel Diew Hospital
Guy Turner
National Pain Concessions
Turner
Cave City
Kentucky
Canasta Club
James
Everette Arnold
Lige Bledsoe
Vesta French
Stanley Fulcher
Davy Jones
Peter Koch
Roger Miller
George Shelly
Perry Smith
Earl Steele
Dave Sublett
Tess
Tornillo
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Alpine Cemetery Assn
9Th St
American Red Cross
Twin Peaks
Lana Turner
Edmund Purdomin
the Prodigal
Desiree
Napoleon
Bollinger
Waterfront
Joane Clark Mathews
Morris Marshall Tadapson
Aarowe
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Paulette Goddard
Dan Duryea
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