City Schools Open Next Week for 1990-1940 Term
Registration for the 1800-1900 term of city schools starts next week with schedules for each grade at the High School and Junior High. New and Central ward students report by 3 p.m. Pupil registration times and faculty assignments for High School, Junior High, and Central Elementary are listed, including names of principals and teachers.
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Dick Bankhead
Central Ward
Bankheld
O. Phillips
M. P. Slover
J. H
Edna McGregor
Fannie King
Knox Reid
Peyton Cain
Ruth Keeter
Eunice Bishop
Rudolph Mellard
Central Elementary
Lulu Cotter White
Dorothy Scannell
Velma Owens
Avis Fetsick
Fay Vice
Haines
San Benito
Centennial Junior
Jesse ‘Watking
Frances Johnson
Taylor
Lucy Miller
Lucy Smart
Mabel Rigby
Isabel Yates
Janie Micou
John Wilma Kolodzte
Sue Evans
Miss Sarah Stroud Passes Away After Brief Illness
Miss Sarah Alice Stroud aged 5 died at home of her mother Mrs A L Stroud here Friday after a brief illness attributed to a head injury from a fall two days earlier. Born Groesbeck April 8 1889 she was the daughter of Alma Logan Stroud and Alice Parnell Stroud. The family moved to Alpine in 1908 where her father ranching until his death in 1928. She and her mother ran the ranch since. She was a member of the Methodist church since age 15 and of the Order of Eastern Star. Funeral held Saturday at four p m from College Avenue home Rev Franklin R Poage officiating. Interment Elm Grove cemetery. Survived by mother and sister Mrs Hugh F Dallman of San Francisco a brother Logan died in 1992. Out of town relatives included Mrs Dallman and sister Mrs J D Betley Cameron.
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Sarah Stroud
A. L. Stroud
Sarah Alice Stroud
Groesbeck
Alma Logan Stroud
Alice, Parnell Stroud
Alpine
Sarah
Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
College Avenue
Franklin R. Poage
Elm Grove Cemetery
Hugh F. Dallman
San Francisco
Calif
Logan
Dallman
Mrs. Callaway
Grandmother Yates
James H. Yates
G. H. Yates
F. R. Poage
J. A. Kearns
The
Christian Church
Forest Robinson
Jim Casner
Will Cotter
G. W. Seybert
Jim Nichols
Fred Williams
Amos Yates
Forrest
Bell Simpson
Corona
N. M
J. T. Bristow
Norco
Don Yates
Longview
J. E. Yates
San Angelo
B. F. Yates
San Antonio
Otis
Billie Yates
N.M
Felix McGaughy
Dr. Yates
Observatory contract awarded to Paso firm in Fort Davis bid
McMillan Materials of El Paso won the state observatory project bearing $4,865.0 to recondition the roadbed with caliche and asphalt from the Y in Davis Mountains State Park to Mount Locke, elevation rise 600 feet, 30 days. Althandsi Swateell of Dallas secured $15,200 for widening five bridges on US 90 from Alpine to east of Marathon.
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Fort Davis
Sept
McMillan Materials Company
el Paso
McDonald
Chervatey
Oflermas
L. Wood
State
Wood
Althands |i & Swateell
Dallas
Alpine
Marathon
Observatory
Davis Mountains State Park
Mount Locke
McMillan
New Sul Ross College appoints C C Gulley as business manager
C C Gulley former state auditor and first assistant at Austin will become Sul Ross College business manager arriving later this week. He was appointed by the State Board of Regents for Teachers Colleges at Canyon. Gulley holds a BA and MA from Texas Christian University and an MBA from the University of Texas. Flora Daugherty steps to head the Correspondence division and manage the book store. Special courses in the Business Administration department will lead toward an MBA. A full two year course in commercial work is planned.
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C. C. Gulley
Austin
Sul Ross College
Gulley
State Board of Regents For Teachers Colleges
Canyon
De‘ercer
Texas Christian University
University of Texas
Game Wardens Shifted In Westex
Fort Davis, Sept 6. Texas game department reorganized after Governor Daniel's budget cuts led to 90 dismissals. State divided into five divisions. wardens promoted to captain and placed in charge. Robert Snow of El Paso named West Texas captain with 18 wardens under him, governing Jeff Davis Pecos and part of Culberson counties, the deer country.
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Fort Davis
Texas Game Department
Tom
Redford
Daniel
Texas
Robert Snow
el Paso
West Texas
Grandmother Yates Rites Mark Life of Local Matriarch
The extended obituary honors Mrs. Yates born October 13, 1863, who died September 1 after a brief illness at her son G H Yates Alpine home. It recounts Civil War era hardships, marriage to Dr. James H. Yates in 1867, 10 children, Methodist faith, devotion to family and church, and a life of old fashioned dignity centered on apron wear and quiet service. Family members across several states attended, with 17 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren noted.
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Grandmother
Body Recovered From Rio Grande After Drowning Incident
The body washed ashore on a rock about 10 miles downstream from where Mr Russell drowned while swimming the Rio Grande with Ed Lidsey of Wickett. The swift current carried him into a whirlpool believed to be 20 to 25 feet deep.
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Russell
Sinclair to Build New Filling Station on East Holland Ave
Sinclair Oil and Refining Co plans a frame construction filling station on East Holland Avenue two blocks west of Sul Ross campus, along U.S. 90 and 67 in Alpine. Expected completion is around September 15. operator details are not yet learned.
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Holland Avenue
Alpine
Sinclair Oil & Refining Co
Sul Ross
Sonora Girl Believed Athenia Passenger Safe in Ireland
Miss Robbie Halbert of Sonora was thought to be aboard the torpedoed ship Athenia but telegraphed her parents that she is safe in Ireland. She attended Sul Ross College here during the summer term last year.
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Sonora
Athenia
Ireland
Robbie Halbert
R.A. Halbert
Halbert
Sul Ross College
Lobos Football Camp Opens Next Week at Sul Ross
Sul Ross college football training camp will begin Monday under Coach B C Graves at Jackson Field with 10 to 75 players expected, aiming to bolster reserve power for a demanding fall schedule featuring senior college games and several high school and junior college graduates. The Lobos anticipate one of the strongest teams in school history as the fall slate includes Abilene Christian College in early September and Texas Wesleyan College in mid October.
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Sul Ross
B.C. Graves
Lobos
Graves
Zoach Graves
Jackson Field
Abilene Christian College
A.K L
Horned toad blood spitting tale fuels Lone Star feud
In Brewster County a private confronto between Everett Townsend and a newspaper editor delves into whether the horned toad Phrynosoma cornutum can spit blood when agitated. Sisters Sue Mildred Johnston and Madeline Maria Wagner recount a dog toad clash and pledge to seek justice and truth amid claims by Townsend and Jerry Ratliff of Sul Ross faculty.
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Everett Townsend
Jerry Ratliff
Sul Ross
Everett
Jerry
Ferry
Indies
Bob Ripley
Sue Mildred Johnston
Frances
Madeline Maria Wagner
Elousius
Eloysius
Wwe
Caninis
Ndelis
Highway group hears need for paying U S 67 into the Big Bend
Obituary notes W R Long 36, a railroad telegrapher with 28 years service, died in Houston after months of illness. He lived near Alpine with his wife and two sons, survived by five sisters and five brothers. Funeral in Alpine followed by burial at Improve Cemetery. Texas Highway Commission hears plea to improve Highway 67 linking Big Bend with Central Texas, urging hard surfacing from Santa Fe crossing to U S 90, right of way, and completion of the road north to Old Spanish Trail. Delegations from Alpine, Marfa, Fort Stockton, and surrounding counties press for improvements to boost tourism to the Big Bend and Davis Mountains. The Big Bend region seen as a major tourism artery, with observatory and Sul Ross attracting visitors. Bowen Bus Co seeks weekly trips to the Big Bend and Carlsbad Caverns.
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USTIN
Texas
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
Harry Hines
Wichita Falls Combmsation
Bg Bend
J.C. Thompson
Marfa
C . Casebier
Fort Stockton
R. B. Slight
Alpine
H.W. Morelock
Sul Ross College
EE. Townsend
Bi Bend
H. L. Kobernot
W. D. Reynolds
W. W. Reynolds
J. M. Reynolds
Art Worth
Teal
Texarkana
Presidio
Santa Fe
Marta
More~sock
McDonald Astronomical Observatory
Museum of Sul Toss College
Bowen Bus Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Carlsbad Caverns
Big Bend Park
West Texas
Davis Mountain
Yellowstone
Graves Returns to Sul Ross After California Trip
C. Graves, Sul Ross college coach, returned Tuesday from a visit to California where he attended the Fris- o and met with Leland Stanford University alumni. He enjoyed a reunion with Pop Warner, his former mentor during Stanford days.
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Graves
C. Graves
Sul Ross
Caliornia
Sale of Brewster Ranch Is Pending
SAN ANGELO September 3 Pending sale of the Iron Mountain ranch in Brewster county by the Ira G Yates state to J M West Houston capitalist for 295 466 87 was revealed here Saturday with filing of a commission suit in 199th District court The 42 20951 acre ranch north of Marathon has been contracted for a value at 7 an acre according to the petition filed by J H Ogden and J C Renfro Brady and San Angelo real estate brokers They ask a commission of 141173 32 and list as defendants the executors of the estate and Frank J Miller San Angelo real estate dealer The executors include Mrs Ann Yates Cornelius Mack H Yates of San Saba and Ira George Yates of Jack county The petition points out that while the sale was completed by Mr Miller pending examination of titles or other technical details the plaintiffs allege that Mr Ogden had an agreement with Jared P Hill San Angelo agent for the estate to find a buyer for the ranch Citing the contract for sale between the Yates estate and Mr West the two plaintiffs allege they initiated negotiations with the Houston buyer and charge that Mr Miller had no authority to deal with their penrl attorneys
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San Angelo
Iron Mountain
Brewster County
Ira G. Yates
J. M. West
Houston Capitalist
199Th District
J. H. Ogden
J.C. Renfro
Brady
Ogden
Jared P. Hill
San Angel
Yates
West
Houston
Miller
Furniture Co Goes to Dallas Fort Worth to Buy Merchandise
A furniture company left Wednesday for Dallas and Fort Worth to purchase merchandise for its store, aiming to stock its inventory with new items.
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Paso
New Business
Mgr
Westex
River I
Rio Grande
Sinclair
East Holland Ave
LOBO
Rockies
W. R. Long
Southern Pacific
West Junction
S. P. Railroad
Spotford
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star
Church of Christ
Bruce
Ray
Corpus
Christi
S.A. Shields
Hatch
A. P. Rr
Lafayette
Louise
Carpenter
Floydada
M. Woodley
Waco
G. M. Long
Cascadia
Ore
Homer Long
Gary Long
Klamath Falls
Curtis Long
A.C. Long
Dunsmuir
Cal
Improve Cemetery
Church of Christ In
Brewster Ranch
Iron MT
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