Lobo Basketball Opener Set For Dec 4 At Lobo Gym
Sul Ross State College announces the 1961-62 Lobos season opener at 7 30 p m Monday December 4 in the Lobo gym against Wayland College of Plainview The Lobos follow with a December 5 game vs Western New Mexico in Alpine and a December 11 home date with Southwestern Oklahoma College The football team closed with a 0 7 loss to Howard Payne leaving Sul Ross at 1 6 in the Lone Star Conference
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Sul Ross State College
Lobos
Brownwood
Howard Payne
Ray van Cleef
Sul Ross
Lobo
Wayland College of Plainview
Western New Mexico College
Alpine
Southwestern Oklahoma College
Jerry Burleson
Max Graham
Bobby Goforth
Hanson Family Residing in Tucson While Scholar Pursues PhD
MR and Mrs H S Hanson now live in Tucson Arizona where Mr Hanson studies for a PhD at the University of Arizona and Mrs Hanson heads the Emergency Unit at Pima County Hospital Their daughter Maryette is in third grade Hanson previously taught in Sul Ross College geology and Mrs Hanson led at Brewster County Memorial Hospital The Avalanches Camino del Rio edition draws praise from readers including Addison Buckner publisher of the San Marcos Record and plans to visit River Road with his family
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H. S. Hanson
Tucson
Ariz
Hanson
University of Arizona
Pima County Hospital
Maryette
Sul Ross College
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Camino del Rio
Avalanche
Addison Buckner
San Marcos
Tom Farris
Buckner
Buckners
Big Bend National Park
Kappa Delta Pi Initiates Two at Sul Ross
Earl T. Filby of Marathon and Lou Walker of Fort Davis were initiated into the Zeta Delta Chapter at Sul Ross State College.
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Earl T. Filby
Marathon
Lou Walker
Fort Davis
Zeta Delta Chapter
Kappa Delta Pi
Sul Ross State College
Five Alpine Residents Escape Serious Injury in U S 90 Wreck
A car carrying County Agent B G Hill Mrs Hill Cindy 8 Mrs J E Wright and Joe Alpine High School junior overturned on U S Highway 90 west of Marfa Sunday afternoon. They were returning from El Paso where Joe and Barbara Grubb of Fort Davis received Gold Star 4 H awards. The sedan rested on its top and caught fire but occupants escaped through a popped rear window.
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Alpine
Marfa
B. G. Hill
Hill
Cindy
J. E. Wright
Joe
el Paso
Barbara Grubb
Fort Davis
Alpine B and A girls teams roll past Marathon
The Alpine girls beat Marathon B 41 13 led by Celia Valenzuela with 17 points. In the A game Alpine defeated Marathon 53 27 with Aida Hernandez scoring 24 as Marathon’s Luna tallied 19 for Marathon.
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Alpine
Marathon
Celia Valenzuela
Aida Hernandez
T Luna
Alpine Schools and Sul Ross Grant Thanksgiving Holiday
Alpine Public Schools will dismiss at 3 15 p m on Wednesday November 23 and return Monday November 27. Sul Ross State College plans a noon holiday start and Monday resumption. The Union Thanksgiving Service at St James Episcopal Church on Thanksgiving Day features Rev Kelley Scott speaking and offerings aiding those in need.
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Alpine
Sul Ross State College
Delbert A. Dyke
Alpine Ministerial Alliance
St. James Episcopal Church
Kelley Scott
Methodist Church
Alliance
Big Bend men to attend Chihuahua al Pacifico dedication
A Big Bend area group led by Jim Casner and Hugh White will attend the opening ceremonies of the Chihuahua al Pacifico railroad from Ojinaga to Topolobampo. They will be joined by officials from Alpine Marfa and national park and government representatives, traveling via Palacio Hilton Hotel reception and a Presidential Special Train. The journey includes stops at Guerrero Cuahtemoc Creel and Santa Barbara with canyon views along the Barranca del Cobre.
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Big Bend Area
Chihuahua
Alpine
Ojinaga
Palacio Hilton
S. S. Capitanachi
Teofilo Borunda
Guerrero
Cuahtemoc
Creel
Santa Barbara
Las Mochis
Sul Ross College to Open Dormitory Bid Date Set
Bids for the 56 room Sul Ross College girls dormitory will be opened Monday December 11 in Alpine. The Sul Ross Board of Regents will meet December 13 or 14 to award the contract to the lowest bidder.
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Sul Ross College
Alpine
Board of Regents of
Sul Ross
Housing & Home Finance Agency
H&hf
Better Mail Service To Extend Between Alpine and Odessa
U S Post Office and Midland Odessa Bus Lines sign a contract to extend the Alpine to Fort Stockton mail route to Odessa and add Odessa to Alpine on return. The schedule adds midday dispatches and through service in both directions, improving mail delivery between Odessa Alpine Fort Stockton Crane and McCamey. Rutherford Clampitt and local officials had pressed for the improvement.
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Alpine
U. S. Post Office Department
Midland-Odessa
J. T. Rutherford
F. H. Clampitt
Dallas
Rutherford
Fort Stockton
Odessa
McCamey
Crane
Americanism Talk by Odessa Leader Ed Foreman
Ed Foreman recipient of the Jaycee distinguished service award of Odessa in 1960 will speak on Americanism at a 3 p m Tuesday November 28 open meeting in the Holland Hotel Ballroom. Foreman heads Sun Guard Engineering in El Paso and Drill Aid Odessa and serves as vice president of Permian Brine Sales and Service and Hickerson Transports both in Odessa. Alpine residents may attend and meet Foreman with refreshments served before the Q and A period hosted by Mrs Ing Terry Jr and Mrs Henry Bailey.
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Ed Foreman
Odessa
Jaycee
Holland Hotel
Foreman
Sun Guard Engineering, Inc
el Paso
Drill Aid, Inc
Permian Brine Sales and Service
Hickerson Transports
Son Charged With Assault After Back Shot Incident
Sheriff reports Joe Warren Seaton, 23, charged with assault with intent to murder after his mother Hazel Thiessen was shot in the back at her North 16th Street home during a family argument. Mrs Thiessen hospitalized at Brewster County Memorial Hospital.
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Hazel Thiessen
North 16Th Street
Jim Skinner
Justice of the Peace Court
Alpine Avalanche Thanksgiving Greeting
The Alpine Avalanche sends readers warm wishes for a joyful Thanksgiving Day with friends and family.
Oranges Thrive in Brewster County Longstanding Fresno Canyon Tree Bears Fruit
An old Fresno Canyon orange tree in southern Brewster County continues to bear despite years of neglect. Planted around 1918 by James L. Crawford Sr. near the Rio Grande, the orchard produced large navels and fresh sprouts after the parent tree died back. The Crawford family ties link Alpine and Phoenix, Arizona, with ranching history noted by Harris Smith and a 1936 Alpine Avalanche remark on a 12 inch circumference orange.
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Rex Ivey III
Fresno Canyon
Rio Grande
Brewster County
James L. Crawford Sr
Lajitas
Guy Crawford
Alpine
Phoenix
Ariz
Crawford
Rex Ivey Jr
Rex III
Harris Smith
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Myers
el Paso
M Rodriguez Dies in Crash at Fort Bliss
Funeral services for Manuel Rodriguez aged 23 who died in a car crash near Balmorhea follow an Army career including 18 months in Korea and 18 in Germany with Company D GM SS Battalion 61 Artillery at Fort Bliss. He was born in Alpine November 15 1939.
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SPS
Manuel Rodriguez
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church
Young Rodriguez
Company D
GM SS Batallion 61
Artillery
Fort Bliss
Alpine
Korea
Germany
Balmorhea
Mike Pallanez
Pecos Memorial Hospital
Charlie Rodriguez
Charlie Jr
Jose
Luciano
Roberto
Ruben
Ofelia
Hortensia
Belia
Celia
Cub Pack 142 Meets Monday Night at Church
Cub Pack 142 will hold a regular meeting in the basement of the Methodist Church at 7 p m on Monday Nov 27. Parents and friends invited. Several boys earned awards including Bobcat badges for a large group and Wolf Bear and Denner badges with names listed among volunteers and helpers.
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Alpine
Bobby Ford
James Haas
Robert Fellows
Andy Gray
Ray Hendryx
Ronnie Drewry
David Dorris
Forrest Smith
David Newell
Charles McCollister
Tommy Connor
Scott Williams
Chris Frost
Jerry Rice
Tommie Rains
Kenneth Peters
Terry McMillan
Randy Wilson
Benjie Rhodes
Bobby Crawford
Jimmy Burling
Norman Smith
Thomas Coats
Andy Sutton
Richard Alfie
Mike Surratt
Donnie Drewry
Gary Rice
Denner
Monty Kimball
Billie Carlson
Andy Gary
Rod Ponton
Ray Ellis Davis
Gary Kimball
Daisy Nutt Laid to Rest
Services for Mrs. Daisy Nutt 84 of Alpine were set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the First Baptist Church with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. She died Sunday at home after 34 years in Alpine. She was a Baptist. Survived by daughter Faye Lamb of Dixie Washington two sons Jake Nutt of Marathon and R L Nutt of Alpine two grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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Daisy Nutt
Alpine
First Baptist Church
Elm Grove
Gary L. Clay Returns on Leave from Chanute AFB
Gary L. Clay son of Mrs Susse Clay of Alpine arrived home on leave. He has been stationed at Chanute Air Force Base Illinois and will report to SAC headquarters at Lincoln Nebraska on December 3. A 196? Alpine High School graduate, he entered the Air Force last June.
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Gary L. Clay
Susse Clay
Alpine
Gary
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
SAC
Lincoln
Neb
Alpine High School
Air Force
Camino Del Rio edition copies available
Extra copies of the Camino del Rio edition of The Avalanche dated Nov. 2 are still for sale. They can be mailed anywhere in the United States in a special wrapper for 20 cents. Place your order now while supplies last.
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Camino del Rio
Avalanche
United States
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