Alpine News Briefs Highlight Local Growth and Timely Improvements
The Murphyville column reports progress on the Del Rio meeting of the Mexican Border Trail Assn as 8 670 square feet of billboard space promotes the scenic border route on U S 90 and Holland avenue Alpine merchants stand to gain. Del Rio Winter Garden Telephone Co announces a modernized system with 606 new wire pairs and ongoing upgrades. Ethelberta's Alpine calendar by Lassiter and Nail charms readers with local history sourced from Al Avalanche files.
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Murphyville
del Rio
Holland Avenue
Hollan Avenue
Alpine
Winter Garden
T. M. Miller
Miller
Berta Clark Lassiter
Ethel Nail
al— Avalanche
Ethelberta
Alpine News Roundup Sparks Town Spirit and Sports Gridiron
Local notes celebrate Alpine locals and events from 1920s style club scenes to football games. Lions and Sul Ross Lobos gear up for clashes with Ozona Maria and Sam Houston, with community tales of square dancing, Gulf Monday Quarterbacks, taxes, and playful jokes about cars and tortoises.
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Ozona
Maria
Marfa
Sul Ross Lobos
Jackson Field
Alpine
Sam Houston
Sul Ross
Columbus
America
Spain
Christopher Columbus
E E Howard Grows Big Grapes in Dilley Vineyard
Former Alpine resident E E Howard now in Dilley produces Muscat Rose grapes praised by county agent N H Hunt of Pearsall who photographed vines. One vine yielded at least 50 pounds of grapes in 20 months after planting. Clipping from Dilley Herald sent by Mrs H B ard via Avalanche mentions the record. Viscountess Astor, once Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, becomes England's first woman MP. Rome's Cathedral of St Peter is 636 feet long.
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EE. E. Howard
Alpine
Dilley
Frie County
N. H. Hunt
Pearsall
H. B.ard
Viscountess ‘Astor
Nancy Langhorne
Virginia
England
New SA Faculty Announced With Several Appointments
Dr. Hawkins announces new SA instructors including Charles L. Cox Jr in Geology, Elton R. Miles as Associate Professor of English, Charles W. Cox as Graduate Assistant in Speech, Hank Finger as Graduate Assistant in RAH, Lanell S. Skinner in Library, Neal Barnhart as Associate Professor of Business Administration, Tom Connor as Student Union Building director, and Dr Frank C. Dutton in Education relieving Bill Powell on leave while pursuing a doctorate.
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Charles L. Cox, Jr
University of Colorado
Charles W. Cox
Sul Ross
Hank Finger
R.A.H
Lanell S. Skinner
Neal Barnhart
Tom Connor
Frank C. Dutton
Education Department
Bill Powell
Almence
Key Receives Honorary State Farmer Degree in Area II
Henry Key, former Sul Ross business manager and current educator, was named the lone recipient of the Honorary State Farmer Degree by Texas FFA Area II. The tribute recognizes his sacrifice of time and energy to support Future Farmers of America activities including Leadership Training Schools and invitational judging contests.
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Henry Key
Sul Ross
Texas Association of the Future Farmers of America
Area II
Area II Association of Ffa
Key
Olne
FFA
Future Farmers
Confucius Sez Says on Empty Promises and Manners
A quirky collection of aphorisms critiques dating fruitlessness, flattery, drinking, loyalty, and manners. It notes that praise may come from unworthy sources and warns against flattery leading to bad outcomes while highlighting social missteps and the unreliable value of empty gestures.
In Mexico everything is banana says Mexican visitor
A Mexican visitor comments that in Mexico everything is banana while in America the approach is to take it up first thing in the morning, highlighting cultural accents in a light remark.
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Mexico
America
Humorous Quote Mixes Disease List with Vow Jibe
A cheeky line lists yellow fever malaria elephantiasis and dengue as diseases carried by mosquitoes and ends with a quip asking two people to marry and forget each other reflecting lighthearted satire.
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Big Bend Train Association
Chihuahua
Ledger
Es International Harvester
Eway Ibs
Houghton
Miss
New Mexico
Miss Shirley Hughes
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Wilfred
Our Town
Lenin
Russia
United States
Hugh Akin
Hugh
John Newell
KVLF
Gene
E. E. Howard
Dilley Vineyard
Texas Ffa
Cross & Cross
Dodge
Hollywood
Cal
Mins
Coronet
Meadowbrook
Doder
East Holland Ave
Alpine, Texas
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