Lobos Plan Bucks Battle for McCamey Game
The Lobos enter their third week of hard practice to sharpen timing and backfield coordination for the big clash with the Miners on October 10 at Marfa fair. About 28 players remain in camp with several to be cut if no improvement. Scrimmages daily focus on fundamentals and punt and pass play as coaches adjust tactics for the Miner game and the Bucks’ next trip to McCamey and El Paso.
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Lobos
Miners
Marfa Fair
Miner
B. ©. Graves
Bucks
McCamey
Badgers
el Paso
Austin High School
Walloping
Marfa
Alpine
Ollery
Austin High
Midland
Pecos
Milton Henry
Houston
Love
Hondo
Lions Ready For Concert At Alpine Texas
Lions club proceeds from concert by the 60 piece U S Army band to play October 16 in Alpine as part of a ten city Texas tour. Band earns most of proceeds while the club takes 20 percent. College students with activity tickets gain admission funded by activity funds.
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VU. 8. Army Band
Lions Club
Alpine
Marine Band
San Antonio
el Paso
Texas
H.W. Morelock
Four New Cars In September
A brief note reports four new cars appearing in September. The item lists the four models and notes their launch month. No further details or names are provided.
New Licenses Are Received for Brewster County Tags
Brewster County received its 1992 passenger and commercial vehicle licenses last week. Seventeen hundred passenger tags and 375 commercial tags are on hand though receipt books are not yet available. Plate colors differ by type with green on white for cars and orange with green digits for commercial trucks. Plates, produced by Gopher Stamp and Die of St. Paul, arrive from Austin on a competitive bid basis.
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Brewster County
Tventeen
Gopher Stamp and Die Company
St. Paul
Austin
Lobos Play Kelly Here Tomorrow
The 1991 Sul Ross Lobos football team will face Kelly Field’s strong Aggies in San Antonio at Jackson Field tomorrow afternoon. Both teams will run the Pop Warner system in a prep warm up for the Miner battle at Marfa next week.
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Sul Ross
Kelly Field
Sanntonio
Jackson Field
Lobos
Army
West Point
Flyers
Graves
Winter Tourist Travel Over 90 Soon to Begin
Winter months bring steady travel along U S Highway 90 with towns like Del Rio reporting higher activity. Borderway and southern routes attract motorists seeking milder climates, many travelers expected to pass through despite the depression, keeping hotels and tourist camps busy.
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Setober
del Rio
Don’t Give Work to Drifters Warned by Alpine Officers
A local peace officers and Alpine Reef association warning urged residents not to hire tramps or drifters. They cited the risk of inviting more vagrancy, theft, and longer stays, urging townspeople to report needs to the association to direct legitimate work to deserving workers.
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Alpine!” Reef Association
Sheir
Robinson
Fifteen Year Old Lad Flees Home for Train to San Antonio
A curly headed teen, only fourteen or fifteen, left Nome after an argument with his sister over money. He boarded a westbound freight to San Antonio. Police traced him Monday night and reported he is safe. his worried father had sought help from authorities.
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Nome
San Anton
County Tax Rolls Delayed By Staffing Changes
Brewster county tax rolls face further delays as Irene Peters covers for Moor man in the city office while he attends his wife’s medical treatment. Skevington says county assessments are done and school district taxes nearly finished, with completion expected in the first regular session. County value placed at 800000 and rates set at 1.01 per 100 for county, with school district rates varying. delays partly due to Austin timing and Governor Sterling veto.
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Brewster County
Irene Peters
F. Skevington
Moorman
Caveston
Skevington
Atlo J
Commissioners Court
Trathon
Austin
Tax Commission
Ross Stering
Turck's Chicks Win In Calif
Alpine poultry show results from Pomona Pair in Los Angeles show Turck's Chicks led by Henry C Turck with multiple first prizes across Black Java White Java and Rosecomb Black Java breeds achieving top awards and a silver cup Turck earned two firsts in both old and young Black Javas two firsts in White Javas three firsts in Rosecomb Black Javas plus a second on Butterscup a Java specialist.
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Pomona
Los Angeles
Henry C. Turck
Turck
Highland Fair Opens with Barbecues and Feeder Sale
Marfa prepares for the Highland Fair starting Thursday lasting three days with free barbecues for entrants. Ranchers from Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties donate cattle for the event while Marfa businessmen supply cotter bread and pickles. A feeder sale of 2000 top beef cattle from the Big Bend will be held the second day drawing buyers from across Texas and the corn belt. City taxes for 1931 face a 1 month extension, delinquent payments incur penalties and interest to support bond obligations.
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Marfa
Lane
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Catleman
Big Bend
Texas
Corn Belt
Local Women Invited to Pastry Exhibits at Highland Fair
Alpine residents are urged to enter the Highland fair pastry shows with cash prizes for top cakes breads and preserves. Mrs A Graves Boge leads the exhibits from Alpine as the women’s department expands to feature over 160 items across three days. Entrants must follow judging rules including specific icing colors for cake layers to qualify for prizes.
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A. Graves Boge
Big Bend
Bogel
Chicken Dinner Profits Aid Elm Grove Cemetery Sexton
The Indies of the cemetery association report a net profit of about 180 from the annual chicken dinner at the Midway cafe. Proceeds fund the sexton salary at Elm Grove cemetery as Alpine women praise generous patrons and note the event’s success despite competition in the national Better Homes in America program.
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Indies
Cemetery Association
Midway
Elm Grove Cemetery
Peoff Alpine
Sesion
Ed Nevill
Midway Cafe
Nevill
Trucks Call Alpine Laborers For Cotton Field Work
Four trucks from Big Spring and Colorado were sent to Alpine to hire laborers for cotton fields. A. P. Robinson reports few families will work locally for living, offering 80 cents per hundred pounds plus housing water and wood and transport. Many Mexican families face starvation as exodus grows. about 20 have already left, with most away about three months, risking school losses and hardship for families.
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Big Spring
Solorado
A. P. Robinson
The
Chamber of Commerce
Alpine
Colorado
Marfa
Tuesay
Robinson
Revival attendance climbs at Alpine junior high services
Four local pastors from Methodist Baptist Presbyterian and Christian churches share preaching duties at Alpine revival now in the Junior High school auditorium. The first Sunday drew the largest crowd since the revival began three years ago with new calls made only twice nightly. Pastors draw for turns and the preaching minister’s name is kept secret until service time. Rev D J Murray and Rev J T Redman preached first. next Sunday Rev L W Bridges and Rev Buren Sparks will take the pulpit to ensure each has an hour. Continued on Last Page.
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Alpine
D. J. Murray
J.T Redman
LW. Bridges
Buren
Sparks
Inspectors Warn About Unscreened Meat and No Permits
Two state health inspectors from the Austin food and drugs team checked Alpine cafes markets drug stores groceries and soda fountains last week They warned that selling meats and other foods without permits and without proper screens risks disease and suffering The inspectors praised most establishments noting clean soda fountains and good grocery stores but flagged a fruit stand selling foods without screens and lacking local knowledge of the laws
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Rouse
State Department of Health
Austin
Selman
Brock
Clean Grounds For Scout Day For District Field Day
Preparations are under way for a district Boy Scout field day on October 31 at Clinton Heel. Scouts from Fort Davis Alpine Presidio and nearby towns will attend. Competitions include test of ability and skill marching signaling fire building without matches and knot tying.
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Clinton Heel
W. van Sickie
Fort Davis
Marfa
Alpine
Presidio
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