Lions Club Charter Night at Sul Ross College Celebrated
The Alpine Lions Club charter night at Sul Ross College cafeteria Tuesday October 28 featured Deputy District Governor Murry Pry presenting the charter. Attending were dignitaries from Alpine Fort Stockton Rankin El Dorado and other towns with music by Lions Rankin group and Lion Johnny Prude. The Fort Stockton club sponsored the newly formed Alpine Lions and a Call-to-Order bell symbolized the friendship between clubs.
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Sul Ross College
Io Fuse
Murry Pry
Odessa
TC. Pender
Ines
Yernin
Ben 101
Eldorado
M.D. Lakey
Pabens
Roy Desten
Lions State
Austin
Peetons
Hallowe'en Spir
LB. Starns
Alpine
J. W. Frazer
Alpine Rotary Club
H. W. Morelock
Sul Ross
Rankin Delegs Fon
Lion Fend
Lioness Summerlin
Lion LaMarr Chapman
Lion Johnny Prude
Alpine Lions Club
Fort Stockton Club
Lion W. P. Rooney
Lon Alan R. Fraser
Alpine Cub Scout School Planned for November Dates
A local Boy Scout council invites parents and guardians to attend Cub Pack information sessions on November 3 10 at 7:90 pm in the senior high school building. Trained leaders will outline Cub activities and parental duties to support boys in their neighborhood and home grounds.
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Igh School
Toca Boy Scout Council
Unclear text notes from Big Bend park legal hearing
A fragmentary report describes a filed office matter in the Big Bend park region tied to a weekend from Austin. It mentions a hearing about a function filed by C P A King and notes Mr Quinn attending a consecration of Archbishop Laurence Pite Simon at San Fernando cathedral, with references to Seguin and the chamber of commerce.
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PiteSimon
San Fernando Cathedral
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Antetla
Yong Anding
FitzSimon
Chamber of Commerce
Seguin
Two Alpine Youths Set to graduate from Stockton Flying School
Cadets Wesley C Holcombe and Joel B Weight Jr of Alpine are among 190 graduates from the Air Corps Advanced Flying School at Stockton California. They will be commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Corps Reserve and receive silver wings after ten weeks of advanced training. Both graduates of Sul Ross College and the University of Texas Wright earned BA degrees. They completed 20 weeks of primary and basic training then proceeded to the advanced course to learn flight, meteorology, radio code, navigation, engineering and military subjects. The class is the 11th to graduate from Stockton Field, part of Uncle Sam expanding the air force with new pilots.
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H. Yeten
Tod Joel B. Weight Jr
Seat Weight
East C. Weight
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Air Corps Advanced Flying School
Stockton
Cal
Air Corps Reserve
Army of the United States
Stockton Tei
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Sam
Stockton Field
Holcombe
Weight
Army Air Corps
Sul Ross College
Tex University
Wright
Church Leaders to Attend Baptist General Convention
Irene heads a local committee arranging travel for the Baptist General Convention to be held in that city November 11 to 14. Thousands of visitors are expected and prominent ministers and laymen will appear, including Hon. Ps Neff Dr. George W Truett Dr. J B Lawrence Atlanta Gil and others.
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Irene
Gene
Baptist General Convention
Ps Neff
George W. Truett
J.B. Lawrence
Atlanta
Gil
Spot's Dead and the Cowardly Hit and Run
A dog named Spot died after a hit and run in Alpine. Neighbors heard cries as his two owners fed him and tried to ease his pain. The attacker is described as a cruel child who once loved pets. The letter urges dog owners to pay dog taxes, round up strays, and condemn ruthless killers while urging humane care for pets.
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Orson
Texas Defense Guard promotes members and radio link plan
Promotions marked the Texas Defense Guard CoA battalion with Raymond Taylor raised to sergeant and several others to corporal or private. A radio transmitter was issued for Alpine to connect 3rd battalion with Austin and Rio Grande outposts, part of ongoing modernization. An anniversary sale of lighting equipment was planned to celebrate 25 years, with office decorations and employee buttons to mark the occasion.
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Coa
Texas
Defense Guard
Raymond Taylor
J. H. Casey
JC. Dooley
Frank Matthews
Ray Morrow
Dudley Yaws
Corpersis
Dom Adams
Joe Brody
Peyton Cain
HM. Doole
Cas Edwards
Melvin D. Edwards
John Haney
George Hubbard
Ee.onnsen
Frank McCollum
E. Phillips
BB. Ruston
Leslie Spear
Eric Willams
M. A. Webb
Janit Mendy
Ka Moyer
Fort Bliss
Pri
Texas Defense Guard
Alpine
Austin
Rio Grande
Big Bend
Uncle Sam
CPL
Littleton
Test Wells Activity Reported in Brewster County
Reports from Brewster County indicate no activity at either test well this week. Fred Turner well in Sec 89, BA2, GHAH, 48 miles south of Alpine reached concentrate depth about 2000 feet with plans undetermined. Decie test four miles northwest of Marathon drilled by Chester Dewey has been honed down for weeks with renewal expected soon.
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Ith
Fort Davis Flood Strains Roads Lines and Communications
The Fort Davis area faced high flood waters causing road damage and washed out fences and a breached highway near the Pumphouse. Telephone lines were cut, and observers note the Sunday surge surpassed levels from 1992, with maintenance crews restoring passable routes by Wednesday.
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L. E. Wood
UP&L Observes 25th Anniversary and CPL Growth
In observance of its 28th anniversary, Central Power and Light will decorate offices the week of November 38. D. C. Littleton CPL manager notes the utility began November 2, 1916 with few properties and now serves a wide area.
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Central Power and Light Company
D. C. Littleton
CPL
Trade in Alpine and Primitive Ti aris Ferrying
A fragment notes trade in Alpine and mentions natives continuing to ferry across Ti aris by primitive methods. The readable bits describe traditional crossing practices and local commerce connected to the Ti aris area.
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Tiaris
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