Alpine heat versus Hell Michigan cold in County heat wave
KVLF weatherman reports 95 degrees at Alpine while Hell Michigan reaches 38. Brewster County election totals revised with Avora Owens at 1412 votes, Tom Carney leading with 1420. Gene Hendryx seeks state representative in the 72nd District. Pecos stays with opponent Larry Cullison. Local notes include older Avalanches, Sul Ross enrollment, Lee Smith taking Garnett Chocolate Shop management, and car ads from Shaw, Casner, and Hord Motors.
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Alpine
Hell
Mich
Phil Wayne
KVLF
Brewster County
Avora Owens
Marathon
Tom Carney
Gene Hendryx
Pecos
Larry Cullison
Arturo Valenzuela
Central School
Sul Ross
Lee Smith
Garnett Chocolate Shop
Holland Hotel
Matt Smith
Bertha Garnett
Chandler
Shaw Motor Co
Casner Motor Co
Buick
Chevrolet
Hord Motor Co
Hill Accepts Oxford Lectureship
Paul V. Hill of Sul Ross State College English Department has been appointed by the University of Oxford to a lectureship in the contemporary American novel. Duties begin in the fall term and focus on evaluating current novels as literature and the images of America they reflect. The Hills sail June 15 from Montreal and plan to stay in Europe until August 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul V. Hill
Sul Ross State College
University of Oxford
America
Hill
University of Denver
University of Liverpool
England
Montreal
Europe
Cancer Drive Totals Reach 771 Dollars In Brewster County
Brewster County American Cancer Society reports 771.71 dollars raised in the 1962 campaign with memorial contributions still invited. Campaign chair Alan Schonberg notes broad Alpine participation. Ed Foley and family plan West Coast trip after World’s Fair visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
American Cancer Society
Dick Rogers
Marathon
Rogers
Alan Schonberg
Final Exams Schedule for Alpine Public School 1962
Alpine Public School sets final exams for seniors Friday May 18 and Monday May 21 with underclassmen on May 23 and 24. Baccalaureate on May 20, Centennial graduation May 23, Central program May 24, and graduation May 25 at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Public
Robert Bristol
First Christian Church
Kelly Scott
William Anthony
Nicholas Thee Thee buried in Alpine burial in Elm Grove
Nicholas Mathew Thee 57 of Marfa died Thursday at Brewster County Hospital. Funeral Mass Sunday at Our Lady of the Catholic Church Alpine with burial Elm Grove Cemetery. Born October 15, 1904 in Hungary he immigrated 1913 with parents. Survived by wife Katherine three daughters four sons mother brother sister and 13 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iton
Nicholas Mathew
Nick
Marfa
Bresidio
Brewster County Hospital
Our Lady of the Catholic Church
Elm Grove Cemetery
Theo
Hungary
United States
Katherine Weyer
Lansdale
Alpine
Carl Tierno
New York City
N. Y
Richard Watts
el Paso
Judy Thee
Nicholas Thee Jr
William
Joe Thee
San Antonio
Jack Thee
Anna Thee
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Edmund Dobler
Brewster County Hospital Seeks 16 Room Addition
Architects estimate Brewster County Memorial Hospital need costs of 246000 for a 16 room addition. State comments are sought and federal Hill Burton funding could cover half. If approved, the county would fund 123000 from regular funds after final plans pass and an election would be held.
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Chitects
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Felix McGaughy
Texas Dept. of Health
Austin
Brewster County
McGaughy
Court Visits Marathon in Brewster County
Brewster County Commissioners Court members visited Marathon after noon to inspect the county park and other county owned sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon
Brewster County Commissioners Court
Sul Ross names top students in All-College Honors
Mrs Linda Kay Clark of Alpine named Woman of the Year. Man of the Year is Joel Rance Smith of Midkiff. Margot Schmidt of Houghton Michigan receives the Gantt scholarship. The three honorees are active in campus groups with Dean’s List honors and Who’s Who credentials. The Schmidt family plans to attend the graduation at Sul Ross on Sunday.
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Linda Kay Clark
Alpine
Sul Ross State College
Winifred T. Slight
Clark
Marvin Kay
Alpine High School
Sul Ross
Joel Rance Smith
Midkiff
Eunice
N. M
Smith
Alpha Chi
Student Education Association
LaRhea
Tohoka
McGrath
Alaska
Margot Schmidt
Henry Schmidt
Houghton
Mich
Gantt
Miss Schmidt
Sachems
The
Press Club
Women's Recreation Association
Schmidt
Big Bend
Big Bend National Park
Isle Royal National Park
Michigan
Car Mishaps Reported in Alpine Area Over Weekend
A sequence of weekend crashes in Brewster County Texas includes a two car collision at Post Road and U S 90 in Marathon injuring one driver’s wife Basilisa Hall of El Paso. Antonio Garcia cited for failure to yield. A single vehicle crash 13 miles east of Marathon injured Bob Sid Wood of Sanderson after a rollover. A tire blowout 4 miles east of Alpine damaged a 1959 Chevrolet driven by Paul Lemelle of Opelousas.
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Alpine
Post Road
U. S. 90
Marathon
Basilisa Hall
el Paso
James Lewis Hall
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Antonio Garciay
Carl Williams
Jey
Texas Highway Patrolsman
Bob Sid Wood
Sanderson
Wood
Paul Lemelle
Opelousas
Mrs Owens Wins Alpha Chi Award at Sul Ross College
Mrs Owens of Alpine received the junior award for excellence in academic work and service to the Texas Chi chapter of Alpha Chi National Scholarship Society. The 16th annual scholarship was announced at Honors Day. Sponsor Alpha Chi Stather Thomas. Last year Andy Owens was named Man of the Year at Sul Ross College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Eee Owens
Andrew G
Alpine
Texas Chi
Alpha Chi National Scholarship Society
Sul Ross State College
Chris Stather
Thomas
Andy Owens
Andrew Gwens
Sul Ross
Space project worker Frank Duane Young named
Word from here says Frank Duane Young son of Mr and Mrs Frank Young has transferred to the Space and Information division of North American Aviation Co He works in the instrumentation division of the Apollo Space Project in Los Angeles California He earned a Electrical Engineering degree last August from Texas Tech
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Duane Young
Frank Young
Space and Information Son
North American Aviation Co
Frank Duane
Los Angeles
Calif
Texas Tech
Lions Club Sponsoring Alpine Little League Program
Alpine Lions Club will sponsor eight week Little League baseball starting June 12 with games on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Coaches from Ray Van Cleef at Sul Ross College will lead teams sponsored by Adams Francois American Legion First National Bank Forchheimer Morri son and a Fort Davis team. Ten games per team include one in Fort Davis. eligibility ages 9 to 12 with birthdate limits.
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Alpine Lions Club
Alpine
Hert Harlow
Herbert Kokernot
Don Stevens
Bob Ellows
Dewey Baker
Ray van Cleef
Sul Ross College
Ivey Seeks Vote Dispute Over County Commissioner Nomination
Rex Ivey Jr sues Cavallin contesting Cavallin’s 32 26 Democratic primary win for Precinct 4 county commissioner. Trial set for May 25 in Alpine 83rd District Court. Ballot boxes from Precincts 4 and 5 impounded. sheriff to hold keys.
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Rex Ivey Jr
Ar M. Cavallin
Cavallin
Alpine
C. E. Patterson
Terl
Big Bend National
Ivey
F.C. Fulcher
Fulcher
U. S
Hart Johnson
Fort Stockton
Students To Get Degrees At Sul Ross Spring Commencement
Eighteen Alpine students will receive degrees from Sul Ross State College at the Spring Commencement on Sunday evening May 20. Degrees include Master of Arts for Monica Heiman and several Master of Education, Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science recipients. Also noted is a visit from Dallas resident Betty Vogt who stayed with her parents and sister over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross State College
Monica Heiman
Billy Moore Bell
Stephen T. Richards
Norma June van Cleef
Tommy Sterling Posey
Marian Phyllis Connor
Maria Lucila Valenzuela
Harriet Jean Carpenter
Carmen Loya
Manuel T. Natera
Elidia Terrazas
Clayton Jones Verner
Linda Kay Clark
Betty Vogt
Dallas
Paul Vogt
Carol
Council Orders Sewer and Water Improvement Survey
The City Council unanimously asks Ashley G. Classen to survey needed sewer and water system improvements and state approval steps. A prior bid to hold a July 1 vote on $75,000 in sewer extension bonds was defeated after parliamentary wrangling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashley G. Classen
el Paso
Classen
W. E. Lockhart
Lockhart
W. J
Grads to Hear Judge Pickett at Sul Ross Ceremony
Perry Drickett of Midland Texas will deliver the baccalaureate convocation address at Sul Ross State College auditorium at 7 p.m. Sunday May 20. Degrees include 129 bachelors and 1 master, awarded by President Bryan Wildenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Drickett
Midland
Texas
Sul Ross State College
Bryan Wildenthal
University of Texas
U.S. Air Force
Kelly E. Scott
First Methodist Church
Corbett Smith
Sul Ross Shows Largest Enrollment Jump in State
The State Auditors Office report released May 1 shows Sul Ross State College Alpine with the biggest percentage enrollment increase in fall 1961 over 1960. Sul Ross fall 1961 credit hours rose 21 percent to 17,829 from 14,643. UT led with 283,782 credit hours, up 4 percent from 1960.
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State Auditors Office
Austin
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Sul Ross
University of Texas
Alpine Jubilee Planned as Big 4th of July Event
Alpine Chamber of Commerce slated a Fourth of July celebration to be titled the Alpine Jubilee. The plan calls for participation by local service and social clubs and a camporee by Boy Scouts. Jackson Field is proposed as the venue with broad West Texas participation anticipated.
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Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Alpine
Carl Williams
Bill Winter
C of C
Marvin Kay
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross
Jackson Field
Big Bend National Park
West Texas
Boy Scouts
Donna Burdett Wins Crisco Trophy at Sul Ross
Donna Burdett of Alpine received the Crisco trophy for outstanding home economics work in 1962. The gold trophy was presented by Mrs. Mabel Dugger on Honors Day May 16 in the Sul Ross auditorium during a recognition program. She is a home economics major and daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Burdett.
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Donna Burdett
Alpine
Crisco
Donna
Mabel Dugger
Sul Ross
Clarence Burdett
Iportant
Alpine High to Offer Driver Education Course
Driver training will be offered at Alpine High School this summer under Principal Donald Stevens a certified driver education instructor. The TEA approved program includes classroom work safety projects and behind the wheel training with a $15 cost for about seven weeks. Twenty students are expected and enrollment closes May 25 with first day June 6 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine High School
Donald Stevens
Texas Education Agency
Stevens
Absentee Voting Rule Explained by County Democratic Leader
Brewster County Democratic chairman Ray LaBeff says absentee voting is unlawful for those in town during an election. He calls absentee balloting costly for the committee and not convenient for voters, reserved only for those definitively out of town on election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray LaBeff
Brewster County
Democratic
LaBeff
Owens Returns to Office After Illness Recovery
Owens who has been recuperating from a recent illness at the home of her daughter Mrs Louis Abbott in Brawford Texas returned home last week and is in her office at the courthouse.
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Avora Owens
Louis Abbott
Brawford
Texas
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Amblin
Wite
Jim Glasscock
Oxford
Ed Foley
Seattle
West
Mrs. Owens
Lions Club
Council
Winter
Dr. Lockhart
Newell
Coun
Cil
Jack Johnson
Southern Union Gas Co
L. G. Bebe Kokerot
Kokernot
North Alpine
Grads
Judge Pickett
Rossonian Choir
Carlene Hegelund
Perry D, Pickett
D. Burdett
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