Christmas Rush At The Post Office In Amblin Feature
A brisk holiday mood infuses Amblin as Knox Reid Fritz Weyerts Cecil Duncan Vernon Boysen and others brace for busy mail days. The piece notes stamp purchases, postage calculations, and Christmas delays at the post office amid local color and scenic references to Brewster County and the Big Bend region.
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Knox Reid
Fritz Bill Weyerts
Cecil Duncan
Vernon Boysen
Et’ al
Postal Service News
Sportsman's Club Plans Deer Contest After Turkey Shoot
Big Bend Sportsman's Club outlines a deer hunting contest after a successful turkey shoot drawing 100 participants and 200 visitors. Johnny Carpenter, 10, Alpine, won two turkeys and a ham. prizes include rifles and a sportsman's electric razor. Entry blanks arrive December 5 or 6 with deer season December 8 to 13. A March of Dimes shoot is planned for January.
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Sportsman's Club
Johnny Carpenter
Alpine
John Gillett
Rotary Club
Mitt Glasscock
Lions Club
Joe Davidson
Twin Peaks
Fred Jack
Granada
Lobo
Sportsmar Club
Keesey Kimball
Ralph Fabian
Bill Burling
Joe Brady
The
Big Bend Pistol Club Plans Dec 16 Shoot at Presidio
The Big Bend Pistol Club will hold a shoot on Sunday December 16 at the Presidio range. Major event will be the 45 caliber pistol with S B Hendrix of Eagle Pass winning last shoot’s 3 gun aggregate 1392. Fabian of Alpine and Casner of Presidio led expert and sharpshooter classes with scores across multiple calibers. Prizes included Sterling silver teaspoons and coasters.
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NRA
Big Bend
Presidio Range
Presidio
S. B. Hendrix
Eagle Pass
Ralph Fabian
Alpine
Inley Casner
Hendrix
Fabian
W. C. Lacaby
Marfa
Frank Jones
Stanley Casner
Henry C LaBeff Laid To Rest
Funeral services for Henry C. LaBeff 71 were held at 4 p.m. Friday at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Clanton Newbill officiating. Interment followed in Elm Grove Cemetery with Livingston Funeral Home in charge. Pallbearers included Jim Francous Neville Haynes Bill Sohl Dave Elliott Frank McCollum Fritz Weyerts Knox Reid and Eric Williams. Out of town relatives and friends attended from Austin Odessa Brownsville Andrews Midland and Marfa. LaBeff came to Alpine in 1928 and ran a service station and served Brewster County as deputy sheriff for many years.
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H.C. LaBeff
First Presbyterian Church
Clanton Newbill
Elm Grove Cemetery
Livingston Funeral Home
Jim Francous
Neville Haynes
Bill Sohl
Dave Elliott
Frank McCollum
Fritz Weyerts
Knox Reid
Eric Wiliams
Sissie
Patsy LaBeff
Austin
E. M. LaBeff
Odessa
Clyde McCain
Brownsville
Cecil LaBeff
Andrews
Kenneth Johnson
Midland
Theda Cook
J. C. McSpadden
LaBeff
Alpine
Brewster County
Texas Arizona Merges With Alamo Motor Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the acquisition of Alamo Motor Lines by Texas Arizona Motor Freight Inc of El Paso. Texas Arizona runs El Paso to the West Coast while Alamo serves Houston to El Paso. Charles W Bishop in Alpine noted Alton Davenport joined as a pickup and delivery. Davenport recently received a T year safe driving award after 68 000 miles without a chargeable accident.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Alamo Motor Lines
Texas-Arizona Motor Freight, Inc
el Paso
Texas-Arizona
West Coast
Alamo
Houston
Charles W. Bishop
Alpine
Alton Davenport
Bishop Recenly
Lobos Begin Busy Week With Trinity Five Battles
Sul Ross State hosts Trinity University for a two game set after opening the week with decisive wins over White Sands Proving Grounds. Wilder and Schomber lead the Lobos in scoring while Ingle remains out and Powell earns a starting spot in his first game back.
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Sul Ross Basketpai
Lobos
Alpine
Tigers
Trinity University
Lobs
Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds
Greyhounds
Texas Western
Trinity
Sul Ross
San Antonio
Lee Galloway
Paul Ingie
Ingle
Rockets
White Sands Proving Grounds
White Sands
Thanksgiving Holiday Closure Notice
The Avalanche will be closed Thursday Friday and Saturday for the Thanksgiving holidays. We reopen for business as usual Monday morning December 3. Happy Mondays.
Alpine church founder Mrs Gillett dies aged 86
Mrs F E Gillett 86 longtime Alpine resident who organized the Episcopal Church in 1908 died Monday in an El Paso hospital. Services were held at St James Episcopal Church with interment in Elm Grove. Survived by three sons John Edwin and Irving and three daughters Thalia Frances and Mary. She helped found the Alpine Study Club and Davis Mountain Federation.
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Murs
Uillet
Episcopal Church
Alpine
el Paso
St. James Episcopal Church
Robert Y. Davis
Elm Grove Cemetery
Livingston Funeral Home
John W
Edwin Gillett
F. E. Gillett
Davis Mountain Federation
Fruit Cakes Sold by Alpine Band Boosters Club
Alpine Band Boosters Club offers fruit cakes in three sizes for sale at Alpine Furniture Exchange Model Cleaners Alpine Flower Shop Alpine Cash Grocery and E M Grocery. All orders due by Saturday December 15.
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Band Boosters Club
Alpine Band Boosters Club
Alpine Furniture Exchange
Model Cleaners
Alpine Flower Shop
Alpine Cash Grocery
E&m Grocery
Felix Cobos Dies At 33 In Alpine Funeral Rites
Felix Cobos aged 33 died Saturday in an El Paso hospital. Funeral services were held in Alpine Sunday. He is survived by his mother Mrs Martina Cobos Alpine four sisters Mrs Dolores De Anda Mrs H L Edson and Mrs Guillermo de la Rosa Alpine and Mrs G S Armijo of El Paso six brothers Cal Cobos Austin Ben Margarito Cobos Alpine Gabriel Cobos Midland Jesse Cobos Odessa and Mack Cobos Marfa. Mr and Mrs Joe Bellaman and children were to spend Thanksgiving in San Antonio.
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Alpine
Felix Cobos
el Paso
Martina F. Cobos
Dolores de Anda
H. L. Edson
Guillermo de la Rosa
G. S. Armijo
Cal Cobos
Austin
Ben
Margarito Cobos
Gabrie Cobos
Midland
Jesse Cobos
Odessa
Mack Cobos
Marfé
Johnny Carpenter Wins Turkey Shoot At Big Bend Club
Johnny Carpenter ten year old fourth grader son of Mr and Mrs Harry Carpenter of Alpine won two turkeys and a ham at the Big Bend Sportsman's Club turkey shoot. He broke a ham string with a 22 rifle to claim the prize and also won the skeet event against nine adults using shotguns. He has hunted deer since age six and will seek his fourth back when the season opens.
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Johnny Carpenter
Harry Carpenter
Alpine
Big Bend Sportsman's Club
Johnny
Big Bend Soil District Plans Entry in 1987 Contest
Supervisors of the Big Bend Soil Conservation District announce the 12th Annual Fort Worth Press Save The Soil and Save Texas awards for 1987. Alpine and Marathon high school students may enter with essays on Youths Stake in Soil Conservation. The state winner earns a paid vacation to Colorado.
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Big Bend
Colorado
Bridge Across Creek Expected To Be Built
The State Highway Commission approved a 100000 project to pave a 5 mile rural road between Study Butte and Terlingua in southern Brewster County. A bridge over Terlingua Creek is likely as surveys begin next September for the river road segment linking Big Bend National Park and Presidio. paving now extends from Presidio westward about 20 miles with full paving planned in the coming years.
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State Highway Commission
Study Butte
Terlingua
Brewster County
Charles Hoymes
Alpine
Big Bend National Park
Presidio
Presidio County
Clarence Hord Harvests 118 Bales on Pecos County Farm
Clarence Hord reports 118 bales of cotton plus 500 tons of shea area? hegisra produced on the Hord farm in Pecos County Texas. The 200 acre lease from Graet Brothers near Alpine relies on a large irrigation well drilled last year. Cal
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Clarence Hord
Hovey
Hord
Graet Brothers
Alpine
Pecos County
Graets
Miller speaks at Houston convention meeting on Big Bend Park plans
George W. Miller, superintendent of Big Bend National Park, addressed the Houston Chamber of Commerce conventions committee last Monday noon at the Ben Milam Hotel. He outlined Mission 66 improvements and displayed colored slides. Attendees included hotel managers, transportation interests, County Judge Felix McGaughy and Alpine Mayor Hugh White.
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George W. Miller
Dent
Big Bend National Park
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Ben Milam Hotel
Miller
H. H. Gray
Southern Pacific
Felix McGaughy
Hugh White
Alpine
Judge McGaughy
White
Mayor Proclaims Beef Week in Alpine Texas
Alpine honors cattle industry as Dec 28 is proclaimed Beef Week by Mayor White. The proclamation celebrates Texas cow country heritage and marks Alpine’s third year participating in the statewide event.
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Magn 3Nite
Alpine
Texas
White
Miss Mystic Wanessue Speaks on The United Nations
Alpine High social science instructor Miss Mystic Wanessue addressed the Woman's Missionary Society Tuesday afternoon. Her topic was The United Nations.
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Mystic Wanessue
Newa
Alpine High Social Science Department
The
United Nations
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