Big Bend Park News and Local Community Notes
Big Bend National Park news covers a granddaughter born in Alpine to Mr and Mrs Peter Koch and mentions local families. Lions Club activities include a night program at Old Tesearch, with 55 members present and Gordon Finney receiving his membership certificate. A Halloween Fall Festival raised 80 for school library improvements with home baked goods and crafts. Other items note residents buying new cars, trips to Austin, a National Park Service office visit, a bridal shower for Mrs Don Martin, and a correction to last week's column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Koch
Alpine
Bobby Cooper
Fone
Timothy
Big Bend Park
Lions Club
Old Tesearch
Earl Steele
Lion Gordon Finney
Perry Smith
Cornelia Childress
San Angelo to Host Third Annual Steer Roping Contest
San Angelo will stage the 1956 Third Annual Steer Roping and Branding Contest at 2 p.m. Sunday November 11 at the fairgrounds. Fifteen ropers will rope and tie four steers each with the world’s top ropers listed as entrants. Tickets available at the Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce office. reserve seats at adults 2 dollars, children 1 dollar, general admission 50 cents adults 75 cents children. Roy Curbow, who recently completed the Red Cross First Aid Course, was injured when he fell from a horse and cracked his arm while in Alpine for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Dick Truitt
Stonewall
Okla
Jim Bob Altizer
del Rio
Don McLaughlin
Fort Worth
Sonny Davis
Kenna
N. M
Howard Westfall
Sonora
Jim Snively
Pawhuska
Clark McIntire
Troy Fort
Lovingon
Shoat Webster
Lenapah
Everett Shaw
Stone Okla
Cotton Lee
Ft Sum
Carl Sawyer
Torrington
Wyo
Dewey David
Guernsey
Wolf Marcum
San Angelo Fairgrounds
Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce
Nagbourne
Steer Roping Ticket Orders Mail Address
The notice directs readers to mail all ticket orders or inquiries to Steer Roping Box 712 in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
UT Receives Rex Brasher Birds and Trees Gift
The University of Texas Rare Books Collection gains a 12 volume set Rex Brasher Birds and Trees of North America. Only 100 copies exist. donor Mrs. Joe M Wilson of Dallas and her three children Wynant Ruth Eleanor and Lice presented the volumes. Selected plates will be featured in the Rare Books Collection suite during November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
University of Texas
Rex Brasher
North America
Joe M. Wilson
Dallas
Wynant
Ruth Eleanor
Lice
No Need to Share an Elephant Warning Amid War Fears
A public notice laments wasting time sharing praise for federal aid under Democratic leadership while warning of the nation facing a possible war. The speaker expresses distress over the brink of war and prays the country does not fall into hostile relations with Russia as both sides face troubling times.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big Bend National Park
News
Gordon Finney
Roy Curbon
R. R. Miller
Ruth Sanders
Steve
Iss Joan Speiser
National Park Service
Washington, D. C
Don Martin
Eunice, N. M
Nesdames Roy Curbon
Russell Dickenson
David Jones
Laurie Miller
Ana Galt
LO Sa Eg
Roy Curbow
Red Cross
Pearl Brewing Co
Sen Antonio Eae
Mayflower Warehouse
Pecos
Texas
Alpine Furniture
Ector County Coliseum
Odessa
Nigntsana
Matizee
Chamber OF CO
West
St. Odessa
3Rd St
Tleketa
Joel Wright
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