Midland Rodeo Opens With Grand Parade In City
Midland gears up for its 19th World Championship rodeo June 3 to 7 with a giant downtown parade at 4 p m on June 3 featuring 27 floats and hundreds of riders. The five night rodeo begins June 3 at 8 pm with 800 contestants, new clown Billy Keen joins veteran George Mills, and Marion Flynt reports all systems go for Midland Fair sponsor.
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Midland
Sheriff Posse
Lazy N
Winters
Texas
Billy Keen
Sandpoint
Idaho
George Mills
Tilford
S. C
Keen
Hendricks
Roman
Marion Flynt
Midland Fair, Inc
Local residents on visits and travels across Texas
Local items list several families and individuals traveling for visits and business. Mr and Mrs Bill Allen visit Houston while others tour Dallas East Texas and Mississippi. Families plan trips to Washington DC Denver and San Francisco with medical and educational reasons noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. Breshears
Sondra
Houston
Mr. Breshears
Washington, D.C
Josephine Kokernot
David Lee Kokernot
el Paso
Denver
Colo
San Francisco
Robert Kokernot
Hunters asked to aid Trans Pecos survey west of Pecos River
Texas Game and Fish commission seeks cooperation from about 6500 hunters who bought 1952 licenses west of the Pecos or leased hunting rights. A questionnaire card asks for harvests of mule deer whitetail deer javelina bear blue quail gambel quail mourning dove whitewing and waterfowl and time spent afield. Return to Wildlife Biologist P B Uzzell Box 826 Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Trans-Pecos
Game and Fish Commission
Commission
The
Pecos
P. B. Uzzell
Game & Fish Commission
Alpine
Local births add two daughters to area families
May 21 welcomed Susan LaVerne to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Nese, weighing 8 lbs 12 oz, with sister Vivian Elaine age 2. Grandparents include S. D. Vick, W. H. Nele of Alpine, and Buck Jones of Marathon. In Fort Stockton a daughter Nancy Jo arrived last Saturday for Mr. and Mrs. Buck Jones, weighing 7 lbs 9 oz, with grandparents W. A. Morton of Alpine and Mrs. M. H. Jones of Marathon.
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Gene Hilgers
Mrs. Hilger
Ribley Lannon
Yvonne
Fort Stockton
Alpine
A. V. Nese
Susan LaVerne
Vivian Elaine
Buck Jones
Marathon
CC Men And Park Promote Del Rio Tourism This Week
Hugh White of Alpine chamber of commerce Supt Lon Garrison of Big Bend National Park D C Littleton and Glenn Burgess visited Del Rio on Wednesday and Thursday to boost park and tourist traffic along U S Highway 90. Garrison addressed Lions and Rotary clubs during the visit.
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Hugh White
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Supt
Lon Garrison
Big Bend National Park
D. C
Littleton
Glenn Burgess
del Rio
Garrison
Lions
Rotary Clubs
Alpine Postoffice To Close For Memorial Day
The Alpine post office will be closed all day Saturday May 30 for Memorial Day and there will be no city delivery service. Mails will be made up and dispatched as usual for Sunday and holiday service.
Family gratitude for friends after loss of J Gordon Westbrook
The Westbrook family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy in their sorrow. J Gordon Westbrook's family members in Los Angeles and Houston express appreciation, along with Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Coulson.
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J. Gordon Westbrook
J. W. Westbrook
Los Angeles
Calif
H. W. Westbrook
Houston
Tex
P. D. Coulson
Crime rise in Texas cities speeds 1952 totals
FBI report shows Texas urban crime up 9 percent in 1952, outpacing the national rise. Seventy three Texas cities with 3.37 million people reported 78,033 crimes, led by larceny and burglary, with increases in murders, rape, robbery, and auto thefts.
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Washington
Texas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
FBI
Alpine Avalanche Society and publishing details
The Alpine Avalanche lists address and staff including Lynn Forbes editor Mrs Lora Bell Lockhart society editor bookkeeper Mrs A N Alkire Fort Davis correspondent Mrs Alma Causey Marathon correspondent. It notes second class post office status and subscription rates $2.50 yearly in Brewster Jeff Davis Presidio counties $3.00 elsewhere with six month rates.
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N. 5Th St
Alpine, Texas
Forbes Publishing Company
Lynn Forbes
Lora Bell Lockhart
Society
A. N. Alkire
Fort Davis
Alma Causey
Marathon
Alpine
Texas
Congress
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Steel Beams Lost to Sea Urchins Off California Coast
San Francisco report notes sea urchins destroyed submerged steel beams off Ellwood California. The Diogenes Lanterns five pronged jaws scraped metal until the H beams corroded, undermining piers after more than two decades of marine wear.
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San Francisco
Pacific
Ellwood
Calif
Pacific Discovery
California Academy of Sciences
Alpine AVALANCHE 1909 Dry Farming Edition Found
A 1909 Alpine AVALANCHE Dry Farming Special Edition was filed by Judge R B Slight. John Gentry donated a copy to the Big Bend museum enriching Brewster county archives. The 48 page issue features civic leaders, early Alpine scenes, and ads with Model T Ford and local commerce notes.
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R. B. Slight
Alpine
John Gentry
Brewster County
J. D. Jackson
John Young
A. M. Turney
Benjamin F. Berkeley
Alpine Business Men’s Club
West Texas
Mrs. Gentry
John Gillett
Lee Hancock
Bill Garnett
Albert Daugherty
Cecil Wade
Benton Mosley
Hooley McSpadden
South America
Jim Wilson
Dulcie Mosley
Eugenia Hector
Bessie Daugherty
Anna Linn
Margie Phelps
Ollie Boyd
Fort Davis
Big Bend Museum
Big Bend
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Nice Rock
Idea
A. N. Foster
Texas Western College
Chinchillas
Parrish
Nellie Mosley
Big Bend Abstract Co
Gibson
Sybell’s
Union Mercantile
W. A. Pardue
Ave
D. Ph
Hotpoint
Mrs. Hell
East Ave
Rachel Rixon le
R. A. Whiteside
East Holland
V. J. Smith
J Lp
Nice
2Nd St. le
Ave A
Ada Carter
Tfe
E. Ave. D
Jim Francois
Holland
J. BE. Wright
Grandview Courts
Watkins
C. R. Ruble
J. R. Watkins Co
Memphis
Tenn. Io
Powell Radio Service
W. Holland
Western Mattress CO
Sanonere
Bryan Kelley
Joe Frayser
St. Alpine
Hartel
Beaumont
Jack Powell
Alcoholics “Anonymous
Alpine Group
Box
Marfa WN. F. L. A
Marta
Storey
Whiteside Lumber Co
Phone
P. O. Box “Co
J. T. Anderson
Cisco
Paul Vout
Mrs
Bill Allen
Jeff Graham
Robert
Dallas
Jane Carradine
East
Mississippi
Lucy Mullins
Texarkana
Nannie Crawford
Jack Williams
Big Spring
Don
Helen Forbes
Marfa
San Antonio
Jack Cross
American Fashion Assn
Glen Ruth
Mesa, Ariz
David Kokernot
Uvalde
Harve Echols
J. C. Cooley
Mary Weber
Cooleys
Jack
Lowryfield
J. T. Carney
Stephenville
Mr. Carney
Steve
Jan Marks
Roswell
N. M
Lulu White
Bill White
Joe Page
National City
Cal
H. M. Neel
San Angelo
Gene Benson
Jim McDonald
Beng
J. C. McDonald
Japan
Game Depmnt
Pecos River
Twin Peaks
Jack London
Loretta Young
Clark Gable
Sun
Sir Sullivan Ralph Meeker
Wnat Gna
TCU
Wayne
J. T. Davidson
Sun.-Mon
Cornel Wilde
O'Hara Sword St
Robert Douglas
Gladys Cooper
Flesh Furwy
Jan Sterling
Mona Freeman
Universal International
W. J. Smith
England
United States
New Zealand
Paul R. Weyerts, D. V. M
West Ave
Crawford Insurance
Agency
General Insurance
M-G-M
Bogart Mke
Keenan Wynn
Robert Keith
Arturo de Cordova Y
Leticia Palma
Connie
Janet Leigh and
van Johnson
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