Amblin Around With Jim Glasscock
A collage notes Dan Blocker of Bonanza fame hailed by the Los Angeles Times as TVs biggest star likely. Blocker, raised in Texas, is praised as a natural for the Hoss role amid western TV trends. The column cites Sul Ross College ties and a brief football coaching stint prior to acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross College
Los Angeles ‘Times
Dan Blocker
Bob Work
Los Angeles Times
Blocker
Hoss
Texas
Joe Brady to Attend Old Spanish Trail Meet
Joe Brady of Alpine will attend the Old Spanish Trail Association meeting in San Diego California on Friday September 25 as a Texas delegate. Other delegates include John Dodson and Joe Taylor of Del Rio. The Brady couple left for a West Coast vacation and plan to return around September 2. The OST, succeeding the U S Highway 90 Association, is headquartered in Tucson Arizona with Ed Goyette acting as OST secretary.
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Joe Brady
Alpine Wit
Old Spanish Trail Association
San Diego
Calif
Texas
John Dodson
Joe Taylor
del Rio
Brady
West Coast
Tucson
Ariz
Ed Goyette
C of C
OST
Central School PTA Meeting Set for Wednesday
Central School PTA will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday September 23 at Kokernot Lodge with Dr. Noble Armstrong as principal speaker. Working parents are invited after 5 p.m. It will be a PTA party that counts as a regular meeting and a room count will be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cental School
PTA
Kokernot Lodge
Noble ‘Armstrong
Feeder Calf Tour Opens Saturday in Corn Belt
Corn Belt feeders from Illinois and Iowa will join the Highland Hereford Breeders Association on a two day tour September 19 20. Cattle will be inspected on ranches in Presidio Brewster and Jeff Davis Counties with a barbecue lunch served at noon. The group will assemble at the Paisano Hotel Marfa and depart at 9 a.m. Saturday and again from the Holland Hotel Alpine on Sunday. George Jones chairman said cattle will be grouped for easy inspection and a public address system will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neary
Ilinois
Iowa
Highland Hereford
Presidio
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Highland Hereford Association
Paisano Hotel
Marfa
Clayell Estate
F Co
W. Ranch
Petan
Highland
Holland Hotel
Alpine
Firing
Perry Cartwright
WH. Terry Jr
Kimball
California
Texas
Casner Motor Co
Jim White
Highland Ranchers
Soa Wey
Corn Belt
Keesey Kimball
Highland Hereford Breeders Association
Frank Newsom
City Crews Open Creek Crossings and Lay New Water Lines
Alpine city crews advance water and sewer projects across creeks and golf course areas. Crews have dozed the 9th Street crossing and plan a hard surface, near completion at the 2nd Street Alpine Creek crossing by the golf course, and extend sewer lines in East Alpine crossing Southern Pacific tracks toward South Alpine. A large 8 inch line will run from Sunny Glen to city connections. The ditching machine receives upgrades and a side boom speeds pipe handling. Foreman Cobos leads crews installing pipe and fittings while valves arrive from New York and San Antonio for future connections. About $40 thousand of the $12 thousand Water System Bond remains unspent, with $1,500 in the water fund for pipe purchases. Mayor Lockhart remarks on progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Carpenter
Sunny
Glen
Kokernot Field
Sunny Glen
Werner Hollis
Frank Cobos
Sargent Ranch
New York
Sam Childress
San Antono
Lockhart
Citywide cleanup drive planned by Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Alpine Chamber of Commerce directors launch a wide city cleanup drive in cooperation with civic clubs. The drive runs through the week of October 12 to 17 with county trucks and service club volunteers collecting trash on October 16 and 17. Marvin Kay, cleanup chair, urges property owners to clear vacant lots and neighbors to help. Weeds harbor mosquitos and frost will threaten a fire hazard if not cut. county and city trucks will handle trash in containers only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Altions
County
Lanary
Mannea Oy Service Club
Marvin Kay
C of C
Kay
Delegates to Report on Boys and Girls State Programs
Delegates who attended Boys State and Girls State last summer will report at a 7:30 p.m. meeting of the American Legion and Auxiliary at the Legion Home on Monday September 21. Boys State delegates were Charles Patterson Jr Dennis Williams and Russell McAfee Jr. Girls State delegates were Car lene Hegelund and Marion Cowell. The programs in Austin are sponsored by the Legion and Auxiliary to educate youth about democratic government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Legion
Charles Patterson Jr
Dennis Williams
Russell McAfee Jr
Carlene Hegelund
Marion Cowell
Austin
The
Legion and Auxiliary
Principal G G Lafarelle promoted to Morehead Elementary
Named principal G G Lafarelle, former Alpine Centennial School leader, advances to Morehead Elementary School in El Paso. A Alpine High School graduate with an MA from Sul Ross College, he brings decades of local education experience.
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G. G. Lafarelle
Alpine Centennial School
Morehead
el Paso
Mr. Lafarelle
Alpine High School
Sul Ross College
Legion Post Member Urges Tax Reform in Midland
Pete Turner of Midland told Big Bend Post No 79 members on Monday night that taxes have become confiscatory harming labor and capital. Turner is a department judge advocate for the American Legion outlining the Legion’s role in national legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eeteeet Ester Reasen
Pete Turner
Midland
Turner
The
American Legion
Big Bend Post No. 79
Weed Eradication Drive Hindered by Legal Deadline
Jeff Davis County faces a snag in its weed eradication plan as petitions neared election readiness but the Texas attorney general ruled a narrow deadline for state aid. County officials seek a legislative extension to allow the program to proceed and cooperate with Brewster and Presidio counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Jeff Davis County
George Jones
Texas
Suad
Jones
Asphalt Work Begins Soon on US 90 Surfacing
Highway officials say finishing work will start today on 11 miles of US 90 from the Santa Fe underpass to Marfa. Base material will be deepened with asphalt and water, staining may be reduced by lowering speed and avoiding puddles, and traffic will be guided by pilot vehicles along shoulders to ease delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
Marfa
Teas Highway Dept
Highway Department
Wink Hosts Alpine Friday Non-Conference Game
Alpine travels to Wink for a non conference basketball game against the Wildcats. The Buck band will not travel due to distance and will eat their pre game meal in Wink. Alpine and Marfa earned $496.05 from last week’s game.
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Sve Ype Niga Buen Snowall
Wildcats
Buck Band
Schol
Bucks
Eunice
N. M
Alpine
Marfa
van Horn Eagles
Sanderson
Centennial Tops Marfa Eleven 300 In Nonconference Affair
Centennial junior teams defeated Marfa elementary 300 while Pee Wee teams played to a scoreless tie. Higinio Bustamante scored twice for Al Gine Juniors with Ruben Parras and Sonny Llanes adding one each. Llanes intercepted a Marfa pass and ran for a TD. Centennial travels to Van Horn for another conference game.
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Centennial Junior Boys
Marfa Elementary
Marfa
Pee Wee
Higinio Bustamante
Algine Juniors
Ruben Parras
Sonny Llanes
Centennial
van Horn
Services to Be Held Friday For Lula Murphy Alpine Pioneer
Mrs Lula Murphy 68 an early Alpine tree planter died Monday in Prescott Ariz Funeral services set for 3 pm Friday at First Baptist Church Alpine Rev R E Streetman officiating. Burial in Elm Grove Cemetery Lingston Funeral Home directs She born May 18 1471 in Georgia came to Texas with family in 1678 first husband Mr Cline married N S Pat Murphy May 6 1916 in Alpine. Survived by son Bill Cline Prescott.
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Lula Murphy
Alpine
Prescott, Ariz
Signals Rejected for Two Holand Avenue Intersections
Alpine Chamber of Commerce traffic safety committee reports no warrant for traffic lights at the Holland Avenue intersections of 5th and 6th Streets. Texas Highway Department studies show few accidents in 12 years and little delay from current traffic, with alternate controls such as traffic islands or a traffic officer suggested for peak times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Texas Highway Dept
Holland Avenue
Wardrobe Planning Course Offered at Sul Ross
A wardrobe planning and construction course will be offered this semester at Sul Ross on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 to 3 50 p.m. Taught for beginners by Dean Bevington Reed, it carries 3 semester hours and a $28 50 fee per class. A second course on home decoration meets Monday Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 1 50 p.m. covering furnishings and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Bevington Reed
Air Force Academy Scholarship Seeks Alpine Seniors
Alpine High librarian Frank Gafford has details on a scholarship from the Air Force Academy. The award requires an IQ of 115 and is open to any senior boy, with football lettermen especially encouraged to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force Academy
Frank Gafford
Alpine High
Two Rangers Transferred From Big Bend National Park
Charles H. McCurdy a Big Bend ranger since 1957 and Edward J. Widmer a Basin Ranger staffer were reassigned to Zion National Park and Bandelier National Monument respectively. Their families accompanied them and the move was praised as aligning with Park Service promotion policy. No replacements named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kier Rain Anger
Sarvid Ede Wards
Big Bend National Park
Charles H. McCurdy
Gretchen
Henry
Zion National Park
Naturalist
Mr Mccurdy
Big Bend
Santa Elena
Maverick
Ation
Big
Sequoia Nak
Chiricahua National Monument
Navy
Edward J. Widmer
Basin Ranger
Stabeen
Bandelier National Monument
New Mexico
Widmer
Eileen
Dale
Randal
Ark Service
Air Corps
Government Springs
George Miller
National Park Service
Mrs Dallman Ships 180 Calves to Kaies
Mrs George Dallman delivered 180 Hereford calves to Courtney Mellard of Marfa yesterday. They were shipped by Southern Pacific to McFarland Kan. The calves averaged 124 pounds in weight.
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George Dallman
Courtney Mellard
Marfa
Southern Pacific
McFarland
Kan
Funeral services for Mrs W T Arnett held in Meadow
Mrs W T Arnett longtime Alpine resident dies in a Lubbock nursing home after a long illness. She is survived by four daughters including Mrs Caldwell and Mrs Edith.
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Meadow
W. T. Arnett
Edith
Alpine
Lubbock
Caldwell
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Amblin
With Jim Glasscock
Henry L. Bagley
Kansas College
Pittsburg
Hank
Fiton Miles
Latcious Bunton
Fort Stockton
Maria
Bob Stovell
L. C. Brite
Oren Birna
DAR
Avalanche
Gene Brise
Mossup
Conn
George Thomason
Baptist Student Union
Kansas City
M. F. Payne
Blue Spring
Texas News
Central School
Hereford
Bann
Highland Counties
Wink
Baptist Church
Mexican Baptist Mission
Bill Cline
Prescott
Rangers
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