Ground is broken for Sal Ross girls dormitory
Ground is broken for Sal Ross girls dormitory in Alpine. Gevend reports eye catching project on campus street west of the main area. Dorm for sixteen girls with room and board at fifteen dollars monthly, managed by Dr. and Mrs. G Preston Smith. Buff brick dorm matches other units. boys cooperative home to be native cut stone. Dorm work provides nine to ten months of employment for artisans. rent houses are scarce in Alpine.
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G. Preston Smith
Alpine
Ozona Man Buys Davis Mrs. Ranch
G Jones of Onona moved seven big truckloads of sheep to his new ranch Monday the first unit in his removal here He bought a Alpine house from Prof W J Senith where Mrs Jones and a daughter will stay while the latter attends Sul Ross college They bought the Mequire ranch twenty sections around Limpia Jones bought the R L Tyler ranch thirty sections about twenty miles south of Marfa with six hundred head of cattle Frank Jones has not run cattle on his Jeff Davis county holdings for years and has grown goats and sheep Yeetl owns Point of Rocks ranch ten miles west of Fort Davis along the Fort Davis Marfa road
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Fort Davis
G. Jones
Onona
Alpine
W. J. Senith
Maris
Frank Jones
Jeff Davis County
Yeetl
Point of Rocks
Mrs Ament Delegate To Dem Convention
Mrs Ament is named as a delegate to the Democratic convention. The article notes her role at the event and outlines related local political activity.
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Mrs. Ament
Local Legion Elects Gray as Alpine Commander
Hicks Gray of Fort Davis was installed Sunday as commander of the American Legion Big Band post in Alpine with Edgar H. Peters named adjutant. Other officers installed include Frank Wedin as 1st vice commander and M. L. Hopson as 2nd vice commander. Peters announced travel pay rules for veterans discharged after World War I and noted about 31 area veterans may claim extra travel compensation.
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Hicks Gray
Fort Davis
American Legion
Alpine
Edgar H. Peters
Peters
Veterans Administration Office
General Accounting Office
Claims Division
Washington, D.C
Gray
Frank Wedin
1M. L. Hopson
Jot F. Odall
Fred Parsell
H. R. Gard
Felix Garrett
Farms
Tom Johnson
Carl Thain
John F. O’dell
Mich Bindens
AR Owens Andsey
Funds for Highway 90 Raised in Two-Man Drive
Alpine Chamber of Commerce reports $850 raised in cash and pledges for Highway 90 from a two day drive led by J. B. Arledge. Don Littleton and Van Binion named to assist the fund. Brewster quota set at 750 with Marathon contributing 200. Community interest grows as paving nears completion and travel along the Border Route improves.
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Alpine
Arledge
Chamber of Commerce
Don Littleton
van Binier
Brewster
del Rio
Marethon
Smith Takes WPA Team to Guadalupes for Anthropology Dig
Victor J. Smith of Sul Ross College led three or four WPA workers to the Guadalupe mountains to excavate a dry Indian shelter. He first noted the shallow cave three years ago as potentially rich in prehistoric artifacts. He devised a dust removing machine to aid his airwork during the dig.
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Victor J. Smith
Sul Ross College
Guadalupe Mountains
Votaw Severely Hurt in Fall to Basement
Votaw sustained severe injuries when he slipped into a basement from an open stairwell at Frank Young's hall during a pool gathering. He fell several feet striking his head and remained under medical care as of Thursday morning with injuries not yet fully determined.
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Votaw
Frank Young’ Ol Hall
Senerete
Benefit Bazaar for Cemetery Association Dinner in Mex can Hall
A bazaar with a Mexican dinner for the Cemetery Association benefit will be held Sunday September 11 in Mexican Hall. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Cemetery Association
Mexcan Hall
Rains Sluice Wide Area in Last Week
Rain fell across the Rio Grande region from Sanderson to Sierra Blanca and over the Big Bend to the Davie mountains. Reports say a wide area received a slow grass rain good for grazing but poor for filling tanks, with Fort Davis, Reagan Canyon, Marathon country, Van Horn, and surrounding locales noted for rainfall impact.
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Rio Grande
Sanderson
Sierra Blanca
Big Bend
Davie
R. M. Everett
Davis Peaks
Valentine
Fort Davis
Charlie Burnam
Reagan ‘Canyon
Marathon
van Horn
Davis Mountains
Golden wedding party spans Alpine clan history
Mr and Mrs John A Weyerts long residents of Alpine celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a family gathering at their home joined by children grandchildren and great grandchildren The couple married September 1876 and renewed vows with Rev Thornberry present The Weyerts family includes six children and seventeen grandchildren with relatives scattered from Alpine to El Paso Grandfalls Bracketville and Hondo
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Alpine
John A. Weyerts
Tocsday
Ventor Weyerts
Fritz Z Weyrts
Germany
America
Texas
Emma C. Poshler
Hondo
al ‘Pine
Uisty
Tew & P
Mrs. Weyerts
F. Duncan
Fritz E Weyerts
Johnnie Weyerts
Toney H. Weyerts
el Paso
H. B. Eudaly
Grandfalls
Poehler
Emma C
Weyerts
M. Harms
G. Langer
J Knippe
Local editor praise and late night autograph quest
Fort Davis man Barry Scobee remains at the editor's typewriter for a week. The writer lauds Mrs. C. D. Wood and Helen Friend for strong local items and versatile poetry. A Weyerts wedding piece is praised as a highlight, while a humorous late night call for Editor Bennett ends with a request for an autograph.
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Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
C.D. Wood
Society
Helen Friend
Marathon
Schools Start Monday For Nine Month Term
The community plans a nine month school term beginning Monday September 12 with enrollment and organizational activities. Superintendent R M Bankhead urges all pupils to enroll that day. Central Ward grades five and under report at nine, junior high holds staggered start times, Alpine high schedules ninth at eight, tenth at ten, eleventh at one, with new high school students reporting at three. A faculty meeting completes the program.
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R. M. Bankhead
Central Ward
Alpine High School
Alpine
Bank
OES Folk Launch Yearly Picnic Plan
An Eastern Star gathering at Fort Stockton turned into a regional group forming The All West Texas Robert Morris Annual Picnic association. Judge A E Owens of Alpine serves as president, Mrs Julia Beeman of Fort Stockton as secretary, with plans to hold the event around August 31 each year at Fort Stockton. Attendees included numerous West Texas members and Alpine residents such as Mrs ula Brown and Miss Mai Selle Brown among others.
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Fort Stockton
Comanche Springs
Order
West Texas
Robert Morris
Fort ‘Stockton
A. E Owens
Alpine
Julia Beeman
Fenris
Ula Brown
Maiselle Brown
Betty Jane Keefer
Mamie Crawford
Fior‘ence Lacy
Verna Lee Newman
Merrell
Warren
Bess Moorman
Lala Matthews
Owenses
Eastern Star
A. E Owens Worthy
Church Dedication Listed for Tonight
A Friday evening service will dedicate the debt-raising campaign’s closing. Bishop Ivan Lee Holt will preach and perform the rites. the 20 year St. Louis pastor leads the New Mexico conference and has wide national and international religious ties. A fellowship supper at 7 precedes the 8 15 worship with special choir music.
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Ivan Lee Holt
Methodist Church
New Mexico
Holt
St. John's Methodist Church
St. Louis
Federal Council of Churches In
Walter L. Barr
J. Y. Bowman
Sanderson
C. G. Hester
Marathon
Milton Hail
Marfa
R. F. Davis
Sonora
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College Hill
Gevend
Sal Commpen
Ozona Man
Davis
Jones
New Jones
Newport
Eng
Gray of
Ft. Davis
Legion
Britain
Sritale
H. M.S. Forth
Dail
Ciydebent
Scotland
Anter Construction
Avalanche
Smith
Guadalupes
J. A. Weyerts
Henry Newman
Tong Experience
Newman
H. D. Wilcox
Highland
Kokernot Ranch
Green Valley
Mr. Newman
Fort Stock
H. Moorman
City Secetary
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Milisterrr
Ben Mannnetitt
OES Folk
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