Bevington Reed Named Minnesota State College Board Director
Dr Bevington Reed former Sul Ross State College dean and Mankato State College academic dean will become executive director of the Minnesota State College Board. He will assume duties in St Paul July 1. Reed's son Joel is a senior at Mankato majoring in sociology. Clippings on his promotion came to The Avalanche from Ellie McKinney.
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Bevington Reed
Sul Ross State College
Minnesota State College Board
St. Paul
Mankato State College
Minnesota
Sul Ross
Reed
Joel
Mankato
Bev
Avalanche
Ellie McKinney
New Penney Manager Installed in Alpine
Deny Blish became manager of the J. C. Penney store in Alpine succeeding Sam Schulze who moves to Pecos. Blish came from Richardson Texas where he was department manager and has worked for Penney in Chishasha Ardmore and Richardson. He and his wife have three children Lesa Kim and Derry II. They will move into the Schulze house and are Baptist Church members.
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Deny Blish
J. C. Penney
Alpine
Sam Schulze
Penney
Pecos
Mr. Blish
Richardson
Texas
Chichasha
Okla
Ardmore
Lesa
Kim
Derry II
Schulzes
The
Baptist Church
Alpine High School Principal Resigns to Enter Baytown Business
Roy D Worley principal of Alpine High School for the past year resigns to join his brother in the radio and advertising business in Baytown. In a letter to Supt Jack Frost and the school board he praises Alpine and its staff saying it has been one of the happiest years of his life and commends the faculty administration board and student body.
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Roy D. Worley
Alpine High School
Baytown
Jack Frost
Worley
Warnock Elected President of West Texas Historical Society
Dr Barton Warnock of Sul Ross State College was elected president of the West Texas Historical and Scientific Society at its May 17 meeting. He serves as biology professor and museum curator. New officers include vice president Mrs J E Camer and secretary treasurer Miss Anna D Linn. Directors appointed include Thomas Connor and E J Foley. Plans pursue Dr B F Berkeley and Frank Duncan collections for Sul Ross Big Bend Museum.
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Barton Warnock
Sul Ross State College
West Texas Historical and Scientific Society
J. E. Camer
Anna D. Linn
Warnock
B. F. Berkeley
Casner
Martin Merrill
Ernest Shearer
Miss Linn
Bryan Wildenthal
Thomas Connor
E. J. Foley
Barry Scobee
F. G. Walker
Frank Duncan
Brewster County
Dr. Berkeley
Pictorial Guide to Big Bend-Davis Mountains Area
The Avalanche will publish a pictorial guide to the Big Bend-Davis Mountains country edited by Peter Koch of Alpine. It will cover Marathon Big Bend National Park Study Butte Terlingua Alpine Marfa Fort Davis Shafter Presidio Bedford Ruidosa and Candelaria with road logs for six area highways and park roads. The first section appears June 11 followed by June 18 and June 25, totaling about 40 pages of reliable information and photographs with additional guides for resale to tourists.
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Santa Elena Canyon
Big Bend National Park
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Peter Koch
Avalanche
Alpine
Marathon
Study Butte
Texas Proclaims Realtor Week May 24 30
Governor Connally has proclaimed May 24 to 30 as Realtor Week in Texas. Alpine Realtors joining the observance include Mrs. Maude Baines R. L. Bunting and Harry W. Carpenter.
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Austin
John Connally
Texas
Maude Baines
R. L. Bunting
Harry W. Carpenter
Alpine High School to Award 58 Diplomas
Fifty eight Alpine High School seniors will receive diplomas at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. May 27 is graduation with a May 24 baccalaureate service. Supt Jack Frost announced details of the program including processional invocations salutatory and valedictorian roles and several organizational sponsors.
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Alpine High School
Jack Frost
Margaret Jo Rains
Curt Wise
Jimmy George Snyder
Frost
Clanton Newbill
Clyde Chesnutt
Barbara Jean Clark
Donna Lynn Mueller
Supt. Frost
Afican Association of University Women
C. W. Newbill
Davis Mountain Federation of Women's Clubs
Doyle Vincent
National Foundation
C. D. McCollister
Knights of Columbus
Rotary Club
Western District of Study Clubs
Ed Foley
Sul Ross State College
Glenn Davis
National Honor Society
Johnnie Weyerts
Ford
Goldstone Educational Foundation
Schreiner Institute
Texas Western
Jo Ann Ford
Phyllis Avant
Roy D. Worley
William J. Sohl
Margaret Morrow
Sul Ross State College Sets Summer Term Dates
The 1963 64 school year ends at Sul Ross State College with final exams today Registration for the first six weeks of summer school begins Monday June 1 and runs to June 3 Final exams are scheduled July 10 The second session begins June 13 with registration through July 15 and exams August 21 Special features include a Health Education Workshop Traffic and Safety Education June 22 July 10 a Choral Clinic July 20 25 a Workshop In Resource Use Education July 13 July 31 a Speech Education and Play Direction Workshop July 22 August 4 a Workshop in the Teaching of Modern Mathematics June 1 June 19 a Math 330A Elementary Level Workshop Details are available at the Registrar’s office.
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Sul Ross State College
Smith Rites Held Here for Mrs. Duane E. Smith
Mrs. Duane E. Smith, longtime Alpine resident since 1942 and born Louise Noble in Port Lavaca in 1903, died at her home May 14. She taught in Sanderson, joined First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston, and is survived by her husband, son Captain Duane Noble Smith, sister Sarah Noble Carnes, and three grandsons. Funeral was May 16 at First Methodist Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery under Geeslin Funeral Home. Pallbearers named.
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Duane E. Smith
Alpine
Louise Noble
Port Lavaca
Texas
Sanderson
Sul Ross State College
General rains fall in Alpine and Big Bend area
General rains drenched Alpine and the Big Bend Davis Mountains country Tuesday with more showers forecast. Alpine and surrounding locales reported about 0.6 inch, while Joe Lane at his ranch near town logged 0.6 inch. County Judge Tom Gray of Fort Davis measured 2.2 inches at his ranch 5 miles northwest, though rainfall was very spotty in that vicinity.
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Alpine
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Joe Lane
Tom Gray
Fort Davis
Abbott Family Visit Pages from Waco to Alpine
Mrs Louis Abbott and children Avora and Drew of Waco visit Avora Owens county treasurer in Austin. Mrs Owens attended a county treasurers and auditors seminar last week. Abbott plans to visit Alpine this weekend and drive the family back to Waco.
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Louis Abbott
Avora and
Drew
Waco
Avora Owens
Owens
Austin
Abbotts
Abbott
Alpine T
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Norm Cash
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Roy Worley
WT Historical Society
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