P TA Halloween Carnival Opens With Pet Show At Local Hotel
The carnival begins last night at the Holland hotel with a pet show by second graders. Activities continue today at 4 30 p m on N Fifth Street lot south of Lange's Boot Shop. Coronation of Miss Sandra Rogers set for next Tuesday 7 30 p m in the high school gym. Admission 50 cents adults 25 cents children. Downtown parade next Friday 5 p m followed by concessions on the high school patio run by various grades with themed booths and games. Special events include a one act play in the high school auditorium and penny arcade in the gym.
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Holland Hotel
PTA
Lange’s
N. Fifth St
Sandra Rogers
House of Horrors
Alan Fraser
Inda Adams
Bucks Rally To Beat Iraan Braves 27 20 At Alpine Field
Alpine Bucks erased a 20 7 deficit in the second half of a high school showdown to topple the Iraan Braves 27 20 on Alpine’s home field. Duane Smith connected on key passes and Carlos Robledo sprinted for a go ahead score after a fumble setup.
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Alpine High School
Alpine Bucks
Iraan Braves
Braves
Bucks
Gary Monroe
Iraan
Neil Sconier
Duane Smith
Marlin
Cowboy) Robinson
Buck
Bobby Locker
Brave
Dickie Allen
Allen
Lee
Matt Smith
Carlos Robledo
Lee Matt Smith
Nornan Miller
Jack Burgess
Robert Alindo
Jimmy Matlock
Sul Ross Lobos Rout Mex Poly in Mexico City
The Sul Ross Lobos defeated the Mexico National Polytechnic Institute 40 to 13 in Mexico City last Saturday with Coach Moe Hedrick noting good offense and weak defense. Coaches Milch and Hedrick played every man on the 33 man squad during the trip from Juarez by air.
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Sul Ross Lobos
Mexico City
Mexico National Polytechnic Institute
Ex Poly
Moe Hedrick
Milch
Hedrick
Peace park talks span U S Mexico with Big Bend plans
Leaders from Alpine Chamber of Commerce U S Park Service and Mexican officials met at Boquillas ranger station to review progress on an international peace park linking Big Bend with Mexican lands. Attendees included M R Tillotson Lon Garrison Glen Burgess Hugh White and Congressman Jesus Ramon.
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Big Bend National Park
Mexico
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Boquillas
Bryan Wildenthal
Roman Cepeda
Gov. Cepeda
Peace Park
FPPC
Garrison
Panther Junction
Burt Beckett
Saddle Horse
Assa
Sierra del Carmen
George Shelly
The
Big Bend
Peter Koch
Park
Fort Davis Fines For Speeding In Town Campaign
Fort Davis Oct 16 A deputy sheriff Bill Goss stopped a large loaded truck and two other drivers for speeding through town. The truck driver was fined 16 dollars, another 10 dollars, and a third charged with no fine. Goss urged speedometer repairs and warned of dangers to safety.
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Fort Davis
Bill Goss
Justice of the Peace Court
Monahans B Team Suffers No Loss at Alpine
The Monahans B team defeated Alpine B 28 to 0 at Alpine High School field in perfect weather before about 300 fans. Dan Logan and Israel Salgado led ground gains as Monahans scored in every quarter and Alpine’s star fullback James Thomas sat out with bruises. Alpine enters two games remaining, Pecos B and Van Horn, while Monahans remains undefeated in the matchup.
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Monahans
Alpine
Alpine High School
Bucks
Dan Logan
Israel Salgado
Salgado
Logan
Alpine “B
James Thomas
Roark
van Horn
Fabens
Fa‘bens
Blackwell Junior High
Marfa
Pecos
Legion Auxiliary to Send Yule Box to Vets Hospital
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary prepare the annual Christmas Gift box for the Veterans Hospital in Waco. Gifts are mailed to the hospital for veterans to select and send home to families, with unwrapped items and lightweight, unbreakable gifts preferred. Contributions are welcomed at Holland Hotel Beauty Shop, Willeford's Grocery, or the American Legion.
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Legion Auxiliary
Vets Hospital
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans Hospital
Waco
American Legion
Holland Hotel
Willeford’s Grocery
American Legional
Alpine Student Kathleen Armstrong Joins Mu Phi Epsilon
Kathleen Armstrong of Alpine and University of Texas is initiated into Mu Phi Epsilon, a professional music sorority. A junior majoring in music, she also belongs to Alpha Lambda Delton, a freshman scholastic fraternity. Parents are Dr and Mrs Noble Armstrong of Alpine.
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Austin
Kathleen Armstrong
University of Texas
Alpine
Mu Phi Epsilon
Alpha Lambda Delton
Noble B. Armstrong
SP Official Plans Terminal Site and Highway Dept Office
A Texas Highway Department permit authorizes a new 25 by 48 foot concrete tile office building for the resident engineer. The project, estimated at 8000 dollars, will include four rooms and will be sited south of existing Highway Department structures in North Alpine on city deeded lots. A second permit covers Wally Davis addition to his Northwest Alpine residence in the Hamilton addition, a 15 by15 foot concrete block extension.
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Texas Highway Dept
Highway Dept’s
North
Alpine
Wally Davis
Davis
Hamilton Addition
Kokernot Cattle Reach Fort Worth Market Monday
Fort Worth reports a Monday cattle shipment from the H. L. Kokernot ranch of Alpine arriving in 41 rail cars. It marks one of the largest owner strings in over two decades with mainly aging cows and bulls plus about 350 Summer calves. Calves sold around 15.50, some cows at 9 and 7.50, bulls at 9.50 and 8.50 trim.
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Fort Worth
H. L. Kokernot
Alpine
Marathon Man Wins Trip In Oil Company Contest
A. W. Haley owner of the Chevron Service station in Marathon has won an all expense trip to Newark New Jersey for a week at Atlas laboratory He was selected by Standard Oil Co of Texas for cleanliness of premises and Atlas product sales The territory extended from Sierra Blanca to Sanderson on Highway 90 and to Colorado City on Highway 80 Haley arrived in Newark October 18 aboard Atlas private airliner.
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A. W. Haley
Chevron
Marathon
Newark
N. J
Atlas Laboratory
Standard Oil Co
Texas
Atlas
Sierra Blanca
Colorado City
Sanderson
Haley
Local men attend Falcon dam dedication in Alpine
Alpine and the Big Bend National Park were represented at the Falcon dam dedication on Monday. Dr. Bryan Wildenthal, president of Sul Ross College, and Lon Garrison, park superintendent, attended at President Eisenhower's invitation. M. R. Tillotson of Santa Fe guided Region 3 of the National Park Service. The delegation traveled by auto.
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Alpine
Big Bend National Park
Falcon Dam
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross College
Lon Garrison
Eisenhower
M. R. Tillotson
Santa Fe
N. M
Nationa Park Service
Auto
Coffee Bar Opens in Alpine at 6th and College
The Coffee Bar, a new Alpine business, opens in the Big Bend Abstract Co area just north of the post office. Owner Helen D. Gibb bought the old bus depot and moved her abstract business to the renovated building now housing The Coffee Bar. Hours are 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily except Sundays.
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Big Bend Abstract Co
Postofce
Helen D. Gibb
Grid scores show varied football results across region
Scores list Sul Ross 40 Mex Poly 13 Alpine 27 Iraan 20 ACC 28 McMurry 6 Sam Houston 34 Lamar Tech 0 Texas Lutheran 26 Corpus Christi Southwestern Texas 34 S F Austin Trinity 19 Texas A&I 12 E Texas 19 Chattanooga 7 Texas Western 39 NM A&M 0 Crane 34 Ozona 0 Wink 51 Sanderson 6 Del Rio 41 Lakeview 7 Six Man Fort Davis 63 Buena Vista 21 Marathon 44 Dell City 28
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Sul Ross Lobos
Alpine High School Bucks
Sul Ross
Mex. Poly
Alpine
Iraan
ACC
McMurry
Sam Houston
Lamar Tech
Tex. Lutheran
Corpus Christ S. W. Tex
S. F. Austin
Trinity
Tex. A&i
E. Texas
Chattanooga
Tex. Western
A&m
Crane
City to Drill New Water Well near Santa Fe railroad
The city announces a new water well site west of the Chas Cowell residence in North Alpine near the Santa Fe railroad. Drilling starts immediately after tests on nearby strata and after a prior well four and a third miles north reached 500 feet but yielded only 60 gallons per minute.
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Santa Fe
Chas Cowell
North Alpine
Centennial Teams Sweep Pecos Juniors Contests
Centennial Small Boys beat Pecos Small Boys 20 to 7 after falling behind 7-0 on a early Pecos TD. Key plays by Willy Valenzuela, Robert Valenzuela, and Raymundo Valenzuela fueled the comeback with Portillo and two more scores. Centennial Big Boys then defeated Pecos Big Boys 39-0 with Leno Robledo’s two long TD runs and solid line play.
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Centennial Small Boys
Pecos Small Boys
East Pecos
Centennial
Pecos
Centennial Boys
Centennial Lads
Willy Valenzuela
Robert Valenzuela
Leocadio
Portillo
Raymundo Valenzuela
Big Bend
Centennial Big Boys
Pecos Big Boys
Big Boys
Leno Robledo
Manuel Espinosa
Manuel
Lalo Reyes
Frank Leyva
Hunting Lodge Under Construction for San Antonio Party
A hunting lodge is being built on the Sohl ranch eight miles south of Alpine by Handy Andy Community Stores Inc headquartered in San Antonio. Ten company officials led by A L Becker and his son Charles hunt the ranch annually. The prefab steel lodge will be 60 by 30 feet with sleeping quarters and its own heating and water systems. Local contractor R W Peters oversees the project.
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Sohl Ranch
Alpine
Handy Andy Community Stores, Inc
San Antonio
A. L. Becker
Charles
R. W. Peters
City Secretary-Engineer Attends League Meeting
City Secretary-Engineer John Stovell and Mrs Stovell left Wednesday for Beaumont to attend the annual League of Municipalities meeting in that city. They expect to return home next Tuesday.
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John Stovell
Subdivision Terminals Shift Planned for Alpine Route
The Texas and New Orleans Railroad confirms closing Sanderson and Valentine terminals in favor of a new Alpine terminal. In a long note, E A Craft argues the change fits long term planning for a light traffic stretch between Del Rio and El Paso, supporting a competitive trans continental route.
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Alpine
Sanderson
Valentine
San Antonio
el Paso
Craft
del Rio
Warnock Named AAAS Fellow for Trans Pecos Plant Study
Dr. Barton H. Warnock head of biology at Sul Ross College has been elected a Fellow of the AAAS for his work on Trans Pecos plant life. He has identified and classified over 1,100 species, described new ones bearing his name, and studied regions including Big Bend and Sierra del Carmen.
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Barton H. Warnock
Sul Ross College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Trans-Pecos
Texas
Fort Stockton
Fort Stockton High School
Sul Ross
Big Bend National Park
Wnd
Warnock
University of Iowa
University of Texas
Glass Mountains
Brewster County
Mexico
Sierra del Carmen
Chisos Mountains
Coahuila
Boquillas Canyon
Big Bend
del Carmens
Chisos
United States
Alpine Students Cast in Mask and Slipper Play
Two Alpine residents join Sul Ross college Mask and Slipper club cast for The Devil’s Disciple. Lassiter is Christy Dudgeon and Wallace Nel plays General BurGoigne under director Mrs. Freda G. Powell. New members include Mrs Delphene Young and Chelsea Mae Ann Young.
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Sul Ross College
Carroll Lassiter
Christy Dudgeon
Wallace Nel
General Burgoyne
George Bernard Shaw
Freda G. Powell
Mask and Slipper Club
Delphene Young
Chelsea Mae Ann Young
Alpine
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Alpine High
Curtis Kelly
Freddie Davis
Fidel Cano
Tom Valadez
Don McNamara
Issidoro Salgado
Scotty Escareno
Henry Leyva
Pete Bromley
Bud Smith
Robert Galindo
Bobby Carruthers
David Portillo
Glenn Eaves
Armando Moreno
Luis Hernandez
John Prestridge
Norman Miller
Andy
International Park
SR Lobos Wallop
Poly
Tillotson
Park Service
Federal
Peace Park Commission
Secretary of State
Oil
Humble
Magnolia
Gulf
Texaco
Conoco
Standard
Phillips
Santa Helena Canyon
Hot Springs
the Window
South Rim
Highway Dept
Ft. Worth
By Ted Gouldy
Buena Vista
Dell City
Pecos Juniors
E. A. Craft
Texas & New Orleans R. R. Co
Southern Pacific
Mr. Craft
L. H. Gilbreath
Sanderson Times
AAAS
Barton Warnock
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