Deer season opening in Big Bend Davis Mountains area
Hunters pour into the Big Bend region for the deer season opener as two hundred bucks were reported in the Pecos region last year. Tribute noted Alpine pioneer J. D. Jack at Lions Club meeting. Gov. James V. Allred discussed Brewster County progress and Sal Ross College events featured at the homecoming weekend with a football game and princess contests.
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Big Bend Mountains
Pecos
J. D. Jack
H.W. Morelock
Sal Ross College
Benjamin F. Berkley
Dadson
Brewster County
Alpine High honors mark for six weeks and local notes
Alpine High School reports 24 students earned six weeks honor roll for 1960-61 with top seniors and juniors named. Phyllis Avant and Donna Mueller are freshmen on the list. ninth graders include Frank Fowlkes Wooly Hitchcock and Chuck Stringfellow. The article notes band awards, vocational contests, and community visits supporting school programs.
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Alpine High School
Alpine High
Donna Mueller
Phyllis Avant
Phyllis
Alpine Central School
Frank Fowlkes
Wla Oates
Chuck String
Garret Briggs
Wooly Hitchcock
Derry Mueller
Bill
Anderau
Raymond Painter
Topper Thomas
Carole Holland
Ann Eselle McBride
Linda Reed
Pat Holman
Peggy Theophilus
Tom Burdett
Carol Vogt
Tony Warnock
Patti Koch
Karlene Anderau
Jackie Rawls
Virginia
Espinosa
Chuck Stringfellow
Myrtle” Whitesid
Ol Vogt
Anne Estelle McBride
Paula Oates
Kathryn Stucke
Hoor
Donna Burdett
Betsey Wright
Ann Cleveland
Kenneth Clouse
Rusty Preston
Norma Uranga
Jerry Armstrong
Earlene Anderau
Bryan
Alpine's bright future urged by Mayor Lockhart
Mayor W E Lockhart outlined Alpine Texas prospects noting a rising enrollment at Sul Ross State College by 1970 and a demand for water capacity and infrastructure. He touted Alpine's climate, education and recreation while warning higher taxes may follow a new political regime. The piece also blends distant historical notes and local generosity to schools.
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Texas
Sul
Ross State College
W. E. Lockhart
Alpine
Sul Ross Sisie College
Top Conservation Ranchers Believers In Native Grass Use
Conservation ranchers in the Big Bend Soil Conservation District advocate native grasses. C F Cox of Sanderson reports drought lessons from under 4 inches of rainfall, while George Mills in Glass Mountains praises seeded ranges. They stress four grazing principles: adjust livestock numbers, tailor grazing to forage growth, locate fences and water for even grazing, and choose livestock suited to the forage. Protective ground cover of about 50 percent is key to sustained yields and soil health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
C.F. Cox
Sanderson
George
Cox
Mills
Alpine Poet Wins Prizes in Texas Poetry Society
Lilith Lorraine of Alpine captured one first, one second and three third places at the Poetry Society of Texas awards banquet at the Statler Hilton in Dallas. Her poem Stephen F. Austin won the Lamar Memorial award for best poem on a historical figure.
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Dallas
Lilith Lorraine
Alpine
Poetry Society of Texas
Statler Hilton Hotel
Stephen F. Austin
William H. Lamar
Needon Tobi
John A. Lube
Texas
Martin Shockly
Denton
Balmorhea Turkey Shoot Set Nov. 20
The first annual turkey shoot will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday November 20 at the Balmorhea rifle range one mile east of Balmorhea off Lake Road. Proceeds go to Boy Scout Troop 9 for scout activities.
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Rifle Range
Balmorhea
Lake Road
Turkey
Troup 9
Boy Scouts
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Buddy) Burling
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