Old West Picture Plan for New Big Bend Memorial
A heavy rain event near Alpine plus plans for a $15 000 Big Bend Historical Memorial unfold under Capt. James B Gillett president of the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society. He urges controlled cave and canyon access and murals and a Ranger room to honor Texas Rangers with artifacts and regional anthropology displays.
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Old West
J.B. Gillett
W.T.H.S.S
Big Bend
James 2. Gillett
Texas
Gillett
State
Law Enforcement Agency
West
Capt. Gillett
Texas Rangers
Big Bend Scouts Earn High Scores at District Meet
Big Bend Scouts rated A at the district meet held at Paisano encampment grounds under Henry from El Paso. Troop 45 Marfa scored 295 points and Troop 41 Alpine 210 in general events. Senior Star Scout D. J. Boyd of Alpine won the five by friction for a bronze medal. Stunts and court of honor ceremonies followed with Alpine scouts Erail Goeglein Billy Fielder Bob Robinson Jr Ronald Morgan and Assistant Scoutmaster Johnnie Chandley receiving awards.
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Big Bend
Paisano
Henry
el Paso
Marfa
Alpine
D. J. Boyd
Vick Winter
T. A. Beard
Erail Goeglein
Billy Fielder
Bob Robinson, Jr
Ronald Morgan
Johnnie Chandley
Fort Davis Clean-Ups Old Junk Hauls
In the final week, George Clothier hauled nearly thirty thousand pounds of old iron and two thousand pounds of bones from Fort Davis to Harold Moyer of Alpine. Residents joked that future table gelatin could come from the bones while noting the town is cleaner with unsightly heaps cleared from back yards and alleys.
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Fort Davis
George Clothier
Harold Moyer
Alpine
Clothier
George
City Abandons East Edge Well After Poor Flow
City Secretary M Moorman reported abandoning the new east edge well after reaching 178 feet with no appreciable water. A College Hill well drilled two years ago to 580 feet will be tested again to augment supply, as South Hill recent completion steadies water during the dry summer with potential College Hill gains.
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M. Moorman
College Hill
Hill
Artificial lure fishing license required warns warden
Game Warden Ray Williams tells fishermen that a license is needed to fish with artificial lures. The season opened May 1 and locals are using the Rio Grande, Marfa lake, Balmorbes, Fort Stockton and nearby spots. Licenses available in Alpine at the Kandy Kitchen or from the game warden, as weather promises clear skies.
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Ray Williams
Rio Grande
Marfa Lake
Balmorbes
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Kandy
Annual Salvation Army Canvass This Week
W D Pedigo veteran campaigner for the Salvation Army will be here this weekend to conduct the annual canvass for funds assisted by local committee members G W Baines D C Littleton and D M Bennett This will be the only appeal for funds for the Salvation Army this year Pedigo says in the past year in this division 000 families received assistance jobs found for many men and women summer camp vacations provided for women and children more than 100 girls supported in maternity homes and hospitals and thousands helped through the program with much work shared by small towns and rural communities
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W. D. Pedigo
Salvation Army
G. W. Baines
D.C. Littheton
D. M. Bennett
Fraser to Address Marfa Graduates May 21
District Attorney Alan R. Fraser of Alpine will deliver the commencement address for Marfa High School on May 21. Fraser is a sought after speaker who has recently spoken on crime prevention and to women’s clubs, adding to a string of speeches across his district.
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Alan R. Fraser
Alpine
Marfa High School
Fraser
Strange Superstitions of Red Man Told by Former Resident
Barry Scobee profiles Thomas V. Skaggs and his letters on Native beliefs about stopping blood to prevent death. He recalls a major Comanche Mexican battle around Lajitas with sixty Indians killed, mentions early miners finding a skeleton, and notes regional border lore from Brewster to Presidio.
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Red Man
Barry Scobee
Davis
Big Bend
Thomas V. Skaggs
Lajitas
Rio Grande
McCamey
Mr. Skaggs
Mexico
Mariposa
Skaggs
Brewster and Presidio
G H Storey Exhibit and Oil Test At Green Vale
Oil show at G H Storey test well near Green Vale south of Alpine reports strongest results of recent drilling. Separate art exhibit by Living American Arts Inc opens at College Museum today with 24 paintings reproduced by collotype in New York City.
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G. H. Storey
Green Vale Bey
Alpine
Thsil. Ry
Deek Ranch
Marathon
Living American Arts, Inc
New York City
United States
College Museum
el Progreso Study Club
America
Hisy
Louis Bouche
Alexander Brook
Adolf Dehn
Profesor Hughes Mearns
New York University
Damage suit won by mining company
A verdict for the defendant was returned late last Thursday in the damage suit of Fernando Valenzuela vs. Chisos Mining Co. in a case tried in a special session of district court in Marfa. The jury deliberated only a few minutes. Valenzuela sought damages of 2985 for injuries from a mine cave-in at Terlingua in September last year. The case began Monday morning. Plaintiffs' attorneys gave no notice of appeal.
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Fernando Valenzuela
Chisos Mining Co
C. R. Sutton
Marfa
Valenzuela
Terlingua
Officers Installed By Parent-Teachers At Meeting Monday
The Parent-Teacher Association held the last meeting of the school term Monday afternoon at Junior High School. Vice-president Mrs Roy Whiteside presided. Short talks urged improvement of PTA efforts. Incoming officers installed include President Mrs Henry Weyerts, vice-president Mrs Pink Phelps, secretary Mrs L C Pope, treasurer Mrs Milton Merrell Reporter.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Roy Whiteside
Henry Weyerts
Pink Phelps
L . C. Pope
Milton Mer*rell
Good Will Party Planned for El Paso Visitors in Alpine
Plans are underway for a Good Will tour entertainment in Alpine next Wednesday night. A supper at the Holland hotel will start at 8 o'clock, with Alpine business men urged to attend and reserve through the chamber of commerce. About 25 to 30 El Paso businessmen will participate.
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el Paso
Good Will
Alpine
Holland Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Avalanche Honor Roll Readers Respond to Sub Notices
The Avalanche prints thanks to readers who paid subscriptions and to new readers in Alpine Dallas San Antonio Temple Temple and Auburn indicating names removed for nonresponse and confirming those who paid last week including A R Davis Paschal Wilhelm Magdalene Hunter J T Dorsey George Push B Dolly Dan M Link Mrs J D May LT Votan Myrtle Voules and Bessie Chyle Leath.
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Avalanche
Othes
A. R. Davis
Marathon
Paschal Wilhelm
Alpine
New
T. N. Alison
Dallas
Magdalene Hunter
San Antonio
J. T. Dorsey
George Push
B. Dolly
Dan M. Link
Auburn
Ind
J. D. May
Votan
Cordin Holiday
Temple
Myrtle Voules
Bessie Chyle Leath
CP&L To Overhaul Balmorhea System
Central Power and Light will overhaul and renovate its Balmorhea system after completing the Toyahvale extension. Local manager L C Curtis says wiring, transformers, and poles will be updated, with short and damaged poles replaced. The project, using the regular line crew plus local laborers, will take about sixty days. Mab McCool’s shop moves to temporary quarters in the Hord building behind Alpine Drug Store due to fire damage and renovations.
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Madera Valley News
Central Power and Light Company
Toyahvale
L. C. Curtis
Curtis
McCool
Mab McCool
Hord
Alpine Drug Store
Reid senior rancher dies from fall injuries at 99
George Reid, longtime Panhandle rancher and farmer, died after injuring himself falling down steps. Funeral held Tuesday in Silverton. Survived by widow Mrs. L. H. Reid of Alpine, seven sons Bob San Angelo Warmer Silverton Ted Dumas Sid Hollis Okts Wade Roy Ft. Davis Knox Alpine and daughter Mrs Walter Tucker San Angelo. Local men Wade Raid Fr Davis and Knox Reid traveled from Alpine to Amarillo after his death Sunday.
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Wade
Knox Reid
Alpine
Amarillo
George Reid
Panhandle
Silverton
Reid
L. H. Reid
Bob
San Angelo
Warmer
Ted
Dumas
Sid
Hollis
Okts
Roy
Ft. Davis
Knox
Walter Tucker
Alpine Hi Players Fail To Place In State Meet
Alpine High School one act play contestants from Region 8 did not place in the Austin state contest. The group was led by Lola Lee Young Doris Binion Ruth Chambers and Joe Hord. They were accompanied by Mrs John D Young Miss Lenore Hudson Mrs Merle Smith director Jack Hord and John D Young Jr Lola Lee fell ill with a throat infection during the trip and was treated by doctors in San Antonio for two days.
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Alpine High School
Austin
Beng
Lola Lee Young
Doris Binion
Ruth Chambers
Joe Hord
John D. Young
Lenore Hudson
Merle Smith
Jack Hord
Lola Lee
San Antonio
Golden Eagles Listed in Park Bird Survey Report
National Park Service notes seventy eight bird species in the Mexican area of the proposed Big Bend International Peace park. Er nest G Marsh Jr reports golden eagles in Coahuila and Texas, with records of carcass feeding, horseman attacks, and calf predations linked to nestling eagles and violent encounters.
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National Park Service
Big Bend International Peace Park
Ernest G. Marsh, Jr
University’ of Texas
Santa Rosa and
del Carmen
Coahuit
Amo B. Cammerer
U. & Biological Survey
National Museum
Washington
Mexico
New Mexico
Texas
Coahuila
Marsh
Alpine High to Graduate Twenty-Nine Students This Year
Alpine High announces twenty nine seniors will graduate this year as the district reports a strong term. Commencement is May twenty one at eight o clock in Sul Rose auditorium with Dr J A Yarborough delivering the address. Baccalaureate services are Sunday May sixteen at eleven in the college auditorium with Rev J A complete schedule for closing exercises lists exams and events from May fourteen through May twenty one including Senior Night and Junior High operetta. The diploma list includes valedictorian Grace Marie Billings and salutatorian Dick Burcham among others. Summer term scholars Frank Garnett Marion Hopson and John Sottel are also noted as graduates.
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Alpine High School
Sul Rose
J. A. Yarborough
Southern Methodist University
Rev
Supt
Drury Wood
College
Warmack
Rollege
Rachel Babb
Aleta Blerschwale
Grace Marie Billings
Don True Bowman
Lucille Burnett
Dick Burcham
Salutatorian
Aussel Bogel
Dorothy Burling
Juanita Fowler
Joe Hord
J. D. Holman
Mary Lee Hector
Joe Langford
Anne Lange
Mary Virginia
McIntyre
Kirk Newman
Pili
Meneem
Griffith Oates
Mary Lenbel Parsell
Elvira Pena Attaro
Melvin Slover
Cecilia Thompson
Lorenzo Valenzuela
Lacy Perkins Williams
Pat Wooley
Lola Lew Young
Frank Garnett
Marion Hopson
John So[tele
Pastor Fulmer Attends Southern Baptist meeting
The Rev. M. M. Fulmer, pastor of the Baptist church, left Tuesday morning for New Orleans to attend the Southern Baptist convention in session there this week. He will be away over the weekend and there will be no church services Sunday morning or evening.
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M. M. Fulmer
Pastor Baptist Church
New Orleans
Southern Baptist Convention
Fulmer
Aptist Church
Alpine lodge confers three Apprentice degrees
Three Entered Apprentice degrees were conferred at a called meeting of Alpine Masonic lodge Tuesday night. An unusually good attendance was reported at the meeting.
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Alpine Masonic Lodge
Recall of Flood 4 Visitor in Ft. Davis
Chitteen Rice, Texas highway division engineer, recalls the 1900 Galveston flood while visiting Fort Davis. His wife Mrs. Rice described being among the first evacuees from the disaster, aiding the injured and helping bury the dead as people and ambulances headed toward Galveston from near Houston.
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Fort Davis
Chitteen Rice
State Highway Division
Ed i
Fic
Galveston
Mr. Rice
Houston
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