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Weather notes bring rain hints and Texas tales
A weather column reports fair skies with recent rains in the Big Bend including Alpine .63 inches and rumors of wet November and December. It recounts farmers like Rex Ivey and Jack Frost affecting grass, mentions creeks running, and notes local chatter from Weldon Hector and family while weaving in community notices and a talent show at Alpine Junior High.
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Big Bend
Holland
Billi Donnell
Morgan Chaneys
Maravillas Creek
Bear Creek
San Francisco
Butcher Knife
Alpine
Bill Evridge
J. W. Stones
Hovey
Jack Frost
Rex Ivey
Lajitas
el Otro Lado
Mrs. Stillwell
Dead Horse Mountains
Old Ira
Lena Hector
Texas
Philadelphia Inquirer
Terlingua
The
Frederick Rice
Wayne Green
Waddy T. Burnham
Jack Todd
Ira Hector
Man and Beast
Weldon Hector
Hector
Market Street
Lewisburg
Weldon
Hannold
Green Gulch
Old Ira Hector
Old Roy Stillwell
Yankee Land
Travis Roberts
Charlie Shely
Biddy Martin
Marathon
Roy Allen
Big Bend National Park
Lou Anna Leary
San Angelo
Jim Hayes
Clarendon
Palo Duro