Weather notes and hunting plans in Big Bend region
Dry spell dominates Big Bend Country as ranchers await rain to green pastures. Alpine station history is shared detailing long term precipitation since 1900, with 1941 the wettest and 1934 the driest year. Antelope hunting opens Oct 1 for about ninety ranchmen, followed by a Big Bend Sportsmen barbecue Sept 30 near Highway 90.
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Big Bend
Peter Koch
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Alpine
Robert B. Orton
U. S. Weather Bureau
Austin
Central School
J. Frank Dobie
Dobie
Sul Ross State College
KVLF
Tran-Pecos
Cattle Auction Set for San Antonio Two Day Sale
A special two day cattle auction will be held at the Union Stock Yards in San Antonio on Wednesday and Thursday September 27 and 28. The event is sponsored by the San Antonio Livestock Market Institute to boost South Texas livestock trade. Buyers and sellers welcome broader participation. The institute works with commission companies and the Union Stock Yards to meet demand. Large past sale volumes drew feeders order buyers dealers and ranchers from Texas and neighboring states.
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Union Stock Yards
San Antonio
San Antonio Livestock Market Institute
South Texas
The
Livestock Market Institute
Commission Companies
Texas
Alpine Girl Scouts Invite All to Meeting and Summer Recap
All girls ages 7 to 17 are invited to a Girl Scout meeting Monday at 7 p.m. at the Community Center in Alpine. Returning Scouts will meet leaders and learn what Scouts do while prospective Scouts view a film Growing Up. Mothers and friends are urged to attend to support the program.
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Beverly Barber
Sul Ross
Mitre Peak
Alpine
Lillie Rodriguez
Oliver
Fort Stockton
Red Cross
Correction to DAR Constitution Day luncheon hostesses
A correction states that R A Bow was misidentified as hostess for the Big Bend Chapter DAR Constitution Day luncheon. The actual hostesses were Mrs King Terry Jr and Mrs Ray Van Cleef.
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Avalanche
R. A. Bow
Big Bend
Dar
King Terry Jr
Ray van Cleef
Board Thanked Sohl and Haynes for School Field Help
School board members expressed appreciation to Bill Sohl and Neville Haynes for equipment loans and assistance that prepared the high school football field last summer. Supt. Jack Frost noted Sohl lent a tractor mower and dump truck while Haynes provided transportation aided curb and sidewalk work at Central and loaned a tractor for all schools. Sohl also supervised the new athletic field house construction.
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Bill Sohl
Neville Haynes
Jack Frost
Sohl
Haynes
Central
School Board Approves Fuel Oil Bids
The school board approved fuel oil purchases on low bids for diesel oil No. 2 from Mobil Oil Co at 0.1228 and No. 4 from V-B Oil Co at 0.125. Consignee listed Billy Ward.
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Mobil Oil Co
Billy Ward
Consignee
V-B Oil Co
Authorized Dealer Notice for Mrs H F Dallman
Mrs H F Dallman of 901 N 9th St is listed as an authorized dealer with phone TE7 2519. The brief notice identifies her as the contact for related inquiries and sales duties.
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H. F. Dallman
9Th St
Desirable four room apartment for rent in St Louis
Mrs Vick contact TE 7 2596 at 507 North Cockrell, St. Louis. Describes a four room apartment in a city noted as crossroads of the United States with a history as French and Spanish before becoming American and distinctly Southern, per National Geographic Magazine Saye.
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Desirable
St. Louis
United States
National Geographic Magazine
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Texas Association of School Boards
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