Aldine Avalanche community weekly from Alpine Texas
Alpine Texas based weekly notes staff and correspondents Mattie V Chambers Marathon Kay Steele Big Bend Park and fort Davis notes editors James W Glasscock and Mrs Jean Glasscock publish weekly with postal notice and subscription rates for Brewster Jett Davis Presidio counties at 2.50 per year 1.50 for six months and elsewhere 3 per year 1.75 for six months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Glasscock
Jean Glasscock
Brewster
Jett Davis
Presidio Counties
Park Dedication Urges Texas Attendance for Big Bend Event
Officials fear limited facilities for a large crowd at the Big Bend National Park dedication on Monday November 21 and urge broad turnout from Marathon Marfa Fort Davis Fort Stockton Presidio and other Texas communities to impress federal officials. The ceremony offers students a chance to see a cabinet officer and marks a rare national park dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend National Park
Brownsville
Warren G. Harding
Charles Lindbergh
Mexico City
United States
So Long Bob Welcome Ralph Alpine Welcomes Woottons
Two Alpine families appear in an exchange of welcome notices. Rob Littleton and his family left Alpine for Pe an tie eed aoe as a Board of Water Engineers. Rev Ralph Wootton arrives as Baptist pastor with wife and son after Army service including Korea and time in the Holy Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Rob Littleton
Board of Water Engineers
Littleton
Bob
New Baptist
Mo Mentis
Korea
Holy Land
Woottons
It Happened Here 25 Years Ago
Bids opened on construction of a Magnolia service station at the corner of N Fifth Street and College Avenue in Alpine. Sul Ross Lobos football, a muddy field in Uvalde, a railroad excursion rate, and local school notes mix with obituaries, marriages, and county votes.
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Magnolia
N. Fifth St
College Ave
Texas State
Sul Ross Lobos
Muddy Field
Uvalde
Southern Pacific Railroad
Alpine
el Pas
Sul Ross Lobo School of Mines
Alpine Schools use film strips to boost learning funds funded
Alpine Central School and Alpine High report active film usage from Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc. The Living Desert series and other titles are loaned to teachers amid budget concerns. Scholarships at Rollins College offer aid up to 1800 yearly. applications due March 1 1956.
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Alpine High Film Library
Encyclopedia Britannica Films Inc
Low
Reid
Tim
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
Alpine
June Dyke
Drarian
Brary
Alpine Centennial
Wade
Kemp
Wynne
Joyce
Lassiter
Morgan
Graham
Lane
Alpine Central School
Neeley
Hill
Shaddix
Bogel
D. Young
White
Williams
McAllister
Alpine High School
Roark
Simpson
Museum Curators Attend Texas Archaeology Meeting in Lubbock
Dudley Dobie of Sut Ross College and Victor J. Smith with Mrs. Smith join a Texas Archaeological Society gathering at Texas Tech in Lubbock. They plan to invite the Society to next meet there while visiting son Hanan and family.
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Dudley Dobie
Big Bend Museum
Sut Ross College
Victor J. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Lubbock
Texas Archaeological Society
Texas Tech
Society
Marconi’s Wireless Signal Crosses Two Miles on Plain
In 1896 Guglielmo Marconi sent a wireless message two miles across Salisbury Plain in southern England. This marked the first factual use of wireless communication.
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Guglielmo Marconi
Salisbury Plain
England
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No. St. St. Alpine, Texas
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Dial
Long Bob
Ralph
Kelvinator Appliances Sales & Service Chambers Appliance Co
W. Uvalde Ave
Texas
Union Stockyards
San Antonio, Texas
P. D. Box
Tom Bell
Louis Wardlaw
Maria Shorthurns
Rankin
Brewster County
Ernest Gibbons
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Jimmy Kitts
Athens Hornets
Alpine High Bucks
Pyote
J.T. Mullenix, Jr
Western Union
Evelyn Woodward
Marfa
Kokernot Ranch
Hovey
Louise Noble
Sanderson
R. S. Carnes
Mr. Carnes
Big Bend- Davis Mts
Union Trading Co
Fort Davis
W. S. Miller
Peyton
Aman
Bertas
Diane
Denggal
Central 6Th
van Exare
Glendan Colwell
Egypt
Cairo University
America
Crawford Insurance
Agency
General Insurance
TAS
Joseph
Alpine Furniture Exchange
Ray
Harrison
Mercury
Sim Montclaire
Montero
Brewster County Motors
E. Holland
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