Neighbors Aid Cowboys Prompts Alpine Baseball Support
Front page notes Alpine may boast the highest per capita home attendance in organized baseball. Fort Davis Marfa Marathon Van Horn Balmorhea Big Bend Toyahvale Fort Stockton fans sustain the Cowboys farm club of the Boston Red Sox. The team represents the Trans-Pecos area and its loyal, young athletes fuel continued professional baseball in the region.
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Alpine
Fort Davis
Marfa
Marathon
van Horn
Balmorhea
the Big Bend National Park
Toyahvale
Fort Stockton
The
Cowboys
Baston Red Sox
Trans-Pecos
Marfa PCA celebrates 25th anniversary in May
Congratulations to the Marfa Production Credit Association as it marks 25 years with a May 23 barbeque and business meeting in Marfa. Leaders include John T. Bean of El Paso West Texas as chairman and guest Ben Chambers of Harlingen District PCA. The member ranchers and farmers from Brewster to Terrell counties own the cooperative, which repaid federal funds by 1949 and has grown from 222,661 dollars in 1934 to nearly 12 million in 1949, with over 100 million lent to members over 25 years.
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Marfa
Texas
John T. Bean
el Paso West
Ben Chambers
PCA
Harlingen
Tex
The
Marfa Pca
West Te Counties
Brewster, Jett Davis
Presidio, Pecos
Reeves, Ward, Culberson, Hudspeth I
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Terrell
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125 Years Ago in the Big Bend and Alpine News
A May date recounts local events from Alpine and surrounding Davis Mountains country. Lucyle Ferguson won $100 at Granada Theatre raffle. Alpine budget cuts slash city and water works expenses. Old Settlers Reunion planned for July. teachers reelected. county tree concerns raised. new pastors appointed in Alpine and Fort Davis. study clubs meet in Fort Davis. rights of way deeds obtained for Fort Davis Alpine road. Marathon dinner honors seniors. Youth Week observed in local schools. N M Clifford Jr visits. abracadabra noted as historic magic word origin.
Pedro trades animals in a village tale of barter
Conversational Spanish entry recounts Pedro trading a goose for a rooster then a cow for a goat and a goat for a goose. He meets a wood gathering woman and asks for wood in exchange. Neighbors comment on his trades. Maria later questions and comments on the sequence as honest or foolish.
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Pedro
Lena
Luiego
Maria
Dice
Notice to Creditors of the Estate of Mary Adline Gillespie Nixon
Notice is given that Original Letters of Administration for Mary Adline Gillespie Nixon, Deceased, were granted May 4, 1858 in Cause 806, Probate Court, Brewster County Texas. Creditors must present claims by law. Residence: Roy 22, Alpine, Brewster County, Texas.
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Mary Adline Gillespie Nixon
Brewster County
Texas
Roy
Alpine
Alpine telephon e manager greets readers and invites introductions
The new Alpine telephone company manager introduces himself to readers and thanks Randy Cooper. He notes his wife Lucille keeps a busy household at their new home. He urges locals to say hello, participate, and consider long distance calls during Decoration Day weekend with favorable after 6 pm rates and station to station calls. He reflects on the social value of telephone conversations.
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Alpine
Randy Cooper
Randy
Lucille
Ada
Lucille du I
Otto
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West Texas Press Association
Texas Press Associathd
National Editorial Association Advertising Representatives
Texas Press Service
James W. Glasscock
Jean Glasscock
Mayo Cleveland Hailie Stillwell
Ambell Miller
Callie Holt
Sam D. Adams
Charles DeBarbrie
Avalanche
Advertising Foreman Ranch
Big Bend Park
Oil
MCPA
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
Lucyle Ferguson
Granada ‘Theatre
Apine
Water Works Department
W. H. Terry
Old Settlers
M. P. Slover
Peyton Cain
Myrtle Whiteside
Elmo Johnson
Castalon
E. H. Fowlkes
Jeff Davis County
G. Fernandez
EL Paso
James Canyellas
Colorado
Sanderson
Davis Mountain Federation
L. F. Buttrill
C. G. Matthews
Gage Hotel
Vada Mae Roberts
Josephine Roberts
Alice Belle Rice
Mary Meeks
Travis Stewart
Mares Giles
Mrs. Matthews
Perry
Study Butte
Molinar
Terlingua
N. M. Clifford Jr
Galveston
N. M. Clifford
Mr. Slover
KVLF
Box
LOS Cambios
Pegar
Adonde
the Luckless Legion
Tewin Caplan
States
Canada
Allied van Lines
Parkview
Stan Dempsey
Rock On
Alpine Cemetery Association
H. F. Dallman
Marypie Nixon
Ste
Pues
Richard Turner
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
WTU
West Texas Utilities Ca
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