Eight Year Old Shoots Buck With Ordinary .22
The Avalance reports a five year old Darrell Clovis York who hunted with grandfather Clovis Moore and killed a seven point buck with a .22 rifle in the Davis mountains north of Fort Davis last fall. His mother Rosa Dell York brought photos to the newspaper and Darrell vows to hunt again this week.
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Nimreds
Davis Mountains
Fort Davis
Clovis Moore
Sawtooth Mountain
Bey
Rosa Dell York
Avalanche
Darrell Clovis
Health Meet Monday by Brewster County Public Health Committee
The Brewster County Public Health Committee will meet next Monday November 13 at 4 p m in the Holland hotel dining room. Films Let My People Live and Behind the Shadows will be shown and tuberculosis will be the discussion topic. All are invited to attend.
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Brewster County Public Health Committee
Holland Hotel
Mountain PEEKS Classifieds Highlight Halloween Sales
Mountain PEEKS notes Alpine P.T.A. hosts a successful Halloween carnival with receipts surpassing similar towns. It quotes Alpine earning near $700, compares nearby towns, and reports First Cavalry division troops spending in Van Horn and Sierra Blanca, as Salute to local fund-raising efforts continues.
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Balmorhea
Fort Bliss
el Paso
First Cavalry Division
van Horn
Sierra Blanca
Lobos Rally In Tie With Gravesmen In Alamo Tilt
Ada and Oklahoma's Gravesmen traded scores in a hard fought clash as Phil Scott connected with Auten for a 15 yard touchdown, Lochausen added a late scoring pass, and Ed Woodlee nabbed a touchdown pass. The Lobos finish with two weeks to prepare for West Texas State in Homecoming.
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Gaither
Lobos
Oklahoma Territory
Phil Scott
Auten
Locausen
Ada
Ed Woodlee
Lochausen
Bostonians
Phill Scott
Buffalos
St. Mary's U
Tax receipts and land expansion mark Pecos and Reeves reports
Pecos county collectors report more than half a million dollars in the 1939 tax levy paid with discounts for prompt payment. Reeves county shows a nearly 10 percent rise in cultivated acreage to over 16 000 acres. A rotary drill will be installed at the Wilcox test seven miles west of Valentine at 1840 feet depth. In Crane county, 635 Masons attended a convocation at Castle Gap with 85 Texas lodges and 55 out of state lodges represented.
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Pecos County
Reeves County
Valentine
Historic Castle Gap
Crane County
Texas
Park land purchase for Federal government outlined
State board led by Wendell Mayes plans to buy and then convey park land to the Federal government. It is conservatively estimated that the purchase will require 1.5 million dollars with donations urged to support the effort.
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Wendell Mayes
France's Heavy Artillery Trains on Siegfried Line
Donors from the Southwest contribute small sums toward a campaign fund. About $35 000 is on hand and an additional $12 500 is raised to defray the cost of the campaign aiming for a total of one and a half million.
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France
Siegfried Line
Jed
Southwest
Big Bend park urged for year round opening and growth
A campaign to advance a national park in Big Bend aims to open the park year round within two years. Projections expect 1,008,000 visitors annually who would spend about 34 dollars each. Key organizers include Nathan Adams of Dallas First National Bank and D A Bandeen of Abilene.
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Big Bend
Adams
First National Bank
Dallas
D. A. Bandeen
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Carter
Alpine Drug Store
Pittsburg
Big Bend Motor Co
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Bacon
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Libby
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