MGM Stars Parade Through Prewar Screen History
A reminiscence traces MGM’s "Who’s Who" list from 1940, naming stars like Greta Garbo, Lionel Barrymore, Judy Garland, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and William Powell, plus featured players and directors. It reflects on TV’s rise and credits cinema for shaping television’s art and pacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Powell
Kay Francis
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
Spencer Tracy
Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
MGM
Fred Astaire
Lionel Barrymore
Wallace Beery
Eddie Cantor
John Crawford
Robert Donat
Nelson Eddy
Clark Gable
Greta Garbo
Judy Garland
Hedy Lamarr
Myrna Loy
Jeanette McDonald
Marx Brothers
Robert Montgomery
Eleanor Powell
Luise Rainer
Mickey Rooney
Rosalind Russell
Norma Shearer
James Stewart
Margaret Sullavan
Robert Taylor
Honolulu
Robert Young
Ray Bolger
Joan Crawford
Ilona Massey
Thin Man
Daugherty Well Price Too High Says Lockhart
Dr. W F E Lockhart criticizes Miss Flora Daugherty offer to sell city land and water rights. He cites higher financing costs and the need for a tax bond, contrasting with Mrs. Oscar Roberts contract terms and the city’s water capacity and debt. The commission may waive minimum production while awaiting page 8-A continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Lockhart
Flora Daugherty
Daugherty
Oscar Roberts
Texas State Department of Health
Alpine
Roughnecks Favored In Regional Tilt
Alpine High School battles Sundown in a regional semifinal at 2 p.m. Saturday with Sundown the favored small district powerhouse. The Bucks travel Friday, face 11 0 Sundown and bring 36 players under coaches Pete Bromley and Clay Cade. Joel Brown and Manuel Espinosa are bruised but not broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fighting Bucks
Alpine High School
Bucks
Sundown
Roughnecks
White Deer Balls
Pete Bromley
Alpine
Sundown High School
Eagle Pass Eagles
Brownfield
Clay Cade
Bromley
Joel Brown
Manuel Espinosa
Successful Deer Season Ends in Trans Pecos Area
A highly successful deer season in the Trans-Pecos area concluded yesterday drawing hundreds of visitors to the Big Bend-Davis Mountains country. Quail season opens Sunday December 1 and runs through December 31 with a 12 quail daily bag limit and 24 in possession. Mearns Quail is not open. Shooting hours are from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset. Beaver season runs January 1–15, 1958, with a maximum of three beaver per open season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trans-Pecos
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Texas
Trans Pecos
Alpine City Reports Roberts Well 2 Produces 100 GPM
City engineers announced Roberts Well No 2 in Alpine pumped at 100 gallons per minute during a thirty day test from Oct 18 to Nov 18. Water level rose from 85 to 172.8 feet, with 2 pm reading at 90.5 feet showing strong recovery amid recent rainfall and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Roberts
John Stowell
W. T. John
Illegal Transportation Of Two Aliens Charged
Jimmy C. Wade of Alpine faces charges for illegally transporting two aliens who entered the United States. U S. Sorder Patrol inspectors Leroy C Fournier and Joseph Nowsielski filed the complaint in Marfa with Judge Charles E Shannon. Wade bound over for federal grand jury action in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy C. Wade
Alpine
United States
U. S
Charles E. Shannon
Marfa
Leroy C.fournier
Joseph Nowsielski
U. S. Sorder Patrol
James Hammond
el Paso
Wade
Juan Valero
Castalon
Valero
New Mexico
Mexico
Border Patrol
Report cards due and holiday schedule announced
Report cards are due next Tuesday for the second six weeks of the current year. Monday marks the first day of the third six weeks. School will be dismissed for Christmas Holidays December 20 at the usual time.
Brooklyn Navy Veteran Recovers After Heart Attack in Brewster County
William J. McCombe of Brooklyn New York, a retired Navy man with 40 years service, was treated at Brewster County Memorial Hospital after a heart attack near Valentine while traveling from California to Florida. He was later moved to William Beaumont Army Hospital in El Paso, and his wife sent a grateful letter from Brooklyn praising Alpine’s hospital care. Marie Van Fossan visited El Paso last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. McCombe
Brooklyn
N. Y
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
California
Florida
Valentine
William Beaumont Army Hospital
el Paso
Alpine
Family of 5 Rescued After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Mr and Mrs Raul Gomez and three children of Pharr Texas were released from Brewster County Memorial Hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning. They were found in Marathon at Moss Magnolia Station last Friday in critical condition. Local emergency was unavailable. Dr Catto of Waco used emergency oxygen equipment before transporting them to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raul Gomez
Pharr
Texas
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Moss Magnolia Station
Marathon
Moss
Catto Ranch
Catto
Waco
Santa Claus to Visit Alpine Next Saturday
Santa will hand out candy fruit nuts and gifts at the east entrance of the Brewster County Court house in Alpine at 2 30 p m Saturday Nov 30. The event serves Alpine and the Big Bend Davis Mountains country as Christmas lights brighten downtown and merchants ready for a brisk shopping season with 22 days left to shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Brewster County
Alpine
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
Area Directory Being Compiled for Trans-Pecos Region
Grady R. Smith of Smith Directory Service Fort Worth gathers material in Alpine for a Trans-Pecos magazine directory. It will cover Alpine Marathon Fort Davis Marfa Presidio Big Bend area and more with 2000 free directories for motels service stations and businesses. Advertising handled by The Alpine Avalanche. Call The Avalanche Tennyson 7-2114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady R. Smith
Smith Directory Service
Fort Worth
Alpine
Trans-Pecos
Alpine Avalanche
KIM
Pecos
Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Marathon
Ft. Davis
Marfa
Presidio
Big Bend National Park
Valentine
van Horn
Sierra Blanca
Balmorhea
Avalanche
The
Tennyson
Buckner Opens Butane Service In Alpine and Marathon
Cecil Buckner announces the Buckner Butane Co to serve Alpine and Marathon. Buckner formerly with Brewster County Gas Co says the firm will offer butane gas sales and service plus appliances and tanks, with an office to be established soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner Butane Co
Alpine
Marathon
Cecil Buckner
Brewster County Gas Co
Buckner
McCollum Visitor Reported in El Paso Last Week
F. L. McCollum was a visitor in El Paso during the prior week, according to local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. McCollum
el Paso
Sul Ross to Open Cage Season Against New Mexico Western
Sul Ross Lobo basketball team hosts nonconference rivals New Mexico Western in Lobo Gym at 8 p.m. Monday for the 1957 58 season opener. Norman Mullins new coach and 7 returnees lead a squad aiming to improve on last year 14 16 mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
NM Western
Sul Ross Lobo
New Mexico Western
Lobo Gymnasium
Norman (Moon) Mullins
Lobo
San Angelo High School
James Smith
Rochester
Ind
Mustangs
Don Breeze
Mick Cavanaugh
Mack Pace
Lobos
Mullins
Hunter Killed In Mine Fall In Big Bend National Park
A 49-year-old hunter from George West Texas fell 80 feet into a mine shaft in the Christmas Mountains about 70 miles south of Alpine. Clifford Emerson Polozeck was with an unnamed companion when the accident occurred around noon. Polozeck died before reaching the highway. authorities treated his injuries and sent the body to George West for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George West
Texas
Alpine
Clifford Emerson Pelozeck
Christmas Mountains
Pelozeck
Big Bend National Park
Polozeck
State Highway Department
Ed Fidmer
Livingston Funeral Home
Brice Funeral Home
Three Rivers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amblin
Lew Ayres
Virginia Bruce
Billie Burke
John Carroll
Laraine Day
Melvyn Douglas
Kathryn Grayson
Sara Haden
Fay Holden
Jan Hunter
Ruth Hussey
Rita Johnson
Guy Kibbee
Frank Morgan
Dennis O'Keefe
Maureen O'Sullivan
Reginald Owen
Cecilia Parker
Ann Sother
Busby Berkeley
Frank Borzage
Clarence Brown
Jack Conway
George Cukor
Leslie Fenton
Victor Fleming
Mervyn LeRoy
Ernst Lubitsch
Norman Taurog
van Dyke King
Victor
Entprs
Speetsman's Club
C. B. Woodward Jr
C. B. Woodward
Lakes Bros
Young Woodward
Crystal City
Nevill Ranch
Lockhart
Frank Miranda
Holland House
Miranda
West Texas
Mr. Miranda
der the Farrows
Marcell
Edgewater Beach
Chicago
Roberts
Llegal
Marie van Fossan
Bob O'Day
AL Schomicher
Gil Powell
Bill Powell
Coleman
Bill
Schomber
Glen Teaney
Frank Trevino
San Angelo Junior College
Trevino
Teaney
Leon Sims
Eunice
N. M
Henry Ward
Jacksonville
John Patterson
West Plains
Milton Nickel
Mike Powell
Howard County Junior College
Albert Miranda
SAC
Albert
Clarence Stahl
Hermleigh
Barry Meeks
Houston
Leland Cates
Seminole
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