Alpine Cowboys Open Season Under Lights at Kokernot Field
The Alpine Cowboys start a new season at Kokernot Field Saturday night under lights. Sponsor H. L. Kokernot Jr. installed a new lighting system to host night games, and manager Tom Chandler hails the season as one of the greatest. The team is billed as the nation’s most exciting, known for late inning wins and aggressive play.
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Alpine Cowboys
Kokernot Field
H. L. Kokernot Jr
Cowboys
Tom Chandler
Brewster County News Briefs From Alpine and Marathon
Twelve Brewster County boys depart for El Paso training camp before reforestation work. Local residents host visitors from Dallas and Abilene. A stolen Chevrolet coupe is recovered in Marathon. Ranchers Arthur Hannold and John Rollins return safely after kidnapping. Curly Davis injures in a truck crash in Limpia Canyon. Overnight Alpine rain marks first moisture in weeks. Several locals visit Abilene and North Texas. others travel for business and study nearby towns.
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Brewster County
el Paso
Lawrence Boyd
Charles DeAx
Basil Matthews
Edwin Moyer
Luis Alvarado
Herbert Ogle
Woodrow Holland
Alfredo Gallego
Walter Starns
Ray Morton
Mage Cobos
Alpine
Marvin Worsham
Marathon
Arthur Hannold
John Rollins
Texas Tourist Dollars Hit Record in 1957 Spending
Texas tourism set a new spending high in 1957 with per person daily expenditures rising to 8.22 dollars and average stays at 6.3 days. Tourist dollars totaled 531 million from auto travelers and 98.9 million from other transport modes, funded by 25,320 businesses employing 102,205 people.
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Texas
Texas Highway Department
D. C. Greer
Greer
Texas Jeans
Highway Department
Leave Young Wildlife Alone
Public notice warns against taking young wildlife as pets including deer and coyotes. Game and Fish Commissioner urges observers to contact wardens if distressed animals are found, citing danger and legal penalties. Also includes a Brewster County divorce citation for Eva Valdez Hutchens versus Gerald Hutchens filed April 26 1958 with a June 16 1958 answering deadline.
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Rector
District Court of
Brewster County
Court House
Alpine
Texas
Eva Valdez Hutchens
State of
Connie Hutchens
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West Texas
Texas Press Si
James W. Glasscock
Jean Glasscock
Mayo Cleveland Hallie Stillwell
Marsbell Miller
Callie Holt
Sam D. Adams
Member Press Association
Texas Press Association
National Editorial Association
Tertising Representative Service — Weekly
Publisher Society
Foreman
Big Bend Park
Fort Davis
Congress
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio Counties
Avalanche
Frank Young
Steven B. Pugh
Nancy Lou
Dallas
R. S. Carnes
Southern Pacific
J. T
Curly) Davis
Limpia Canyon
Joe Thompson
Abilene
Mrs
D. S. Barker
Finis Bennett
Houston
Jack Cross
F. L. McCollum
North Texas
Turney Fletcher
Marion
Ala
Elizabeth Weaver
Study Butte
Big Bend
Meriweth
Big Bend Memorial Museum
J. O. Langford
Rio Grande
U. S. Justice
Knox Reid
Wade
Roy Reid
Marathon High
Jeanne Martin
Tom Hollis
Lyda Crawford
Benton Shackelford
Virginia Jones
Canven
Jim Francois Agency
W. Holland Ave
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
By Jerry Marcus
Travelers Safety Service
E. A. Sprott
Game and Fish Commission
State OF Texas
Gerald Hutchens
and Gerald Hutchens
J. W. Frazer
Sara Pugh
Trans-Texas Airways
Por
Trans
Advertising Council
Public Health Service
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
American Medical Association
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Champions of Freedom
Edwin W. Moore
Stormy Petrel
Texas Independence
Texas Navy
Mexico
United States Navy
Commodore Moore
Liberty
United States Brewers Foundation
Foundation
VFW
Austin
Chevy
Chevrolet
America
Casner Motor Co., Inc
Holland
Alpine, Texas
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