Around Town: Van Horn meets Marfa gridiron tonight
Local column notes Van Horn High opens eleven man football against Marfa High in Marfa, predicting a strong season for Van Horn. The piece jokes about a city street sweeper and introduces Admiral Joby Gillett and Admiral Val Richardson of the Texas Navy, humorously suggesting a single battleship houses 400 admirals with limited space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Horn Nign School
Marfa High
Marfa
van Horn
Alpine
Joby Gillett
Val Richardson
Texas Navy
Alpine notes and local adds spark growth in West Texas town
A reader letter column praises recent cinema, cigars, and national leadership while comments on local development. It highlights Wes, Sam Houston, Sul Ross Lobos opening season, East Alpine growth, Stambaugh’s shop, a new bank building, and expanding White's City prospects in Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes
Alpine Church Notes and Community Reflections
Local church notices list services for several denominations including Church of Christ Catholic and Methodist with times for Sunday school worship and youth events. A new pastor, Wilburn Rainey, arrives at the Church of Christ. other items mention civic concerns, library reading, water issues, and a plan for a town-wide event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilburn Rainey
Harding College
Searcy
Arkansas
Church of Christ Pulpit
Chaffin
Central School
Sul Ross
Alpine Church Service and Sunday Schedule
Eight years of friendly service at Alpine Church includes Sunday school at 9 45 am led by O H Theophilus superintendent with a new curriculum, morning worship at 11 am with Glenn F Davis organist and choir, and a worship teaching service. Visitors welcome. Sunday evening features special services announced in hours as arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Foes Chee Ebgara
Chamber” of ‘Commerce
Big Bend
Glenn W. Bales
Clea
Alpine
O. H. Theophilus
Glenn F. Davis
Hook Worm Causes Itches Across Populations
AUSTIN September 5 A foot worldwide parasite known as hookworm causes itching and severe health effects. State Health Officer Geo W Cox explains that symptoms like toe itch and summer scratch are local names for the disease. The worm lives partly in human intestines and partly in soil around pits, entering barefoot children to cause stunting, anemia, and weight loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. Cox
Cox
Fred S. Rogers
Sanitation design fights rural infestations and illness
A narrator notes infestations cause cravings for chalk or dirt and claims proper sanitation like pits or septic tanks controls them. He mentions rural children often grew up with illness and light infestations, and jokes about dispensers selling gum and other items at the Avalanche.
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Motor Inn
Coca-Cola
Carton
Midland
Livestock Auction
Don Estes
Wal
Sul Ross Lobos
Sam Houston
Everbody
Alpine Public Library
Gene. Houghton
Father Santiago
Christian
Robert Sandlin
KVL
Chris Onship
Chi Rho
D. McPherson
STIAN
Christ
Peter
Mary Baker
Eddy
Church OF Christ
Methodist Church Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Asbury Club
Wesley Club
Austin H. Dillon
Mexican Baptist Church
Church of the Nazarene
J. Kenneth Adams
Woship
Pasadena College
Gospelaire Trio
Lomanene
Carey
Maureen
O'Hara
Granada
U. S
Jim
Phillips 66
Rex Allen and
The
Sons of the Pioneers
M.S. T
CBS
Austin
ST. James
Garde
A. J. Gard
Etter
Pam
Avalanche
Roper Gas
Alpine Butane Company
Abamists
San Antonio
Trans-Texas Airways
Rocket
Oldsmobile
Yurnel
DEA
Henry Bailey Motors
Ave. C
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