Highland Fair Calf Sale Features at Marfa Event
Calf sale previews mark the Twelfth Highland Fair in Marfa with feeder sales drawing interest from the Corn Belt and Southwest. consignors include Smith Brothers and George Jones. events feature midget car races, dances, rodeo, and a Sul Ross State versus Texas Arts and Industries football game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
W. B. Mitchell & Sons
The
Fair Association
Smith Brothers
George Jones
H. B. Holmes Jr
L. K. McCutcheon
W. W. Bogel
Combs
Cattle Company
M. O. Means
T. C. Mitchell
Mitchell & Pruett
R. S. McCracken Estate
P. A. Jackson
Milton Gillett
Albert West Jr
Carr
Corn Belt
Hayes Mitchell
Middle West
Joe Mitchell
North
Arthur Mitchell
R. I. Bledsoe
Jack Edwards
Jack Kelly
H. A. Coffield
Late-Summer Dreath Persists in Highland Section
The late-summer dry spell continues in the Big Bend Davis mountain area with only scattered showers. Rain has been light and relief limited, though the Jim Nichols ranch in the Glass Mountains reported over an inch in a brief fall filling two tanks. Alpine saw a light shower of 0.7 inches, while a Friday event totaled 0.21 inches at the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Davis
Jim Nichols
Glass Mts
Alpine
If It Is In the Vegetable Kingdom in Texas Big Bend
A. B. R. Davis surveys Big Bend Texas flora and fossils near Marfa and Pinto Canyon. He notes fossilized palm leaves, eleven Sequoia living trees in the Chisos at 9000 feet, a West Texas Long Leaf Pine grove, Weeping Juniper stands, and rare cacti including Thelocactus bicolor Echinocactus Grusonii Echinocereus stramineus with alba blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Big Bend
A. BR. Davis
Marfa
Pinto Canyon
Sandston
Smithsonian Institution
Mount Emory
Chisos Mountains
Nail Canyon
South America
West
Vegetable
Bucks and Fabens To Tangle Tonight
Alpine High School opens the 1989 season with a night game against Fabens Wildcats at 8 on Jackson Field. Coach J H Webb leans on a veteran but crippled line to stop Fabens charges, with co captain James Crawford and Wayne Mosley carrying key duties. Fullback Bobby Conkrite anchors the defense as the Bucks, led by a fast but inexperienced backfield, seek a conference win. Home games selling at 1.75 include Fabens September 22 and Fort Stockton September 29 among others. Marfa game at 2 30 p m excluded from night schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. J
Alpine High School Bucks
Fabens Wildcats
Jackson Field
J. H. Webb
Fabens
Cocaptain James
Butch) Crawford
Wayne Mosley
Bobby Conkrite
Grandfalls
Big Lake
Marfa
Chicago parade float funded by 16th Texas district Legion
Funds for financing the float were raised through the American Legion of the 16th Texas district with contributions from every town in the district. The $500 goal was oversubscribed. A Chicago firm is building the float for a parade featuring 21 other floats and 14 bands, with Alpine chamber of commerce and local Legion post among donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion of the
16Th Texas
Legion Post
Chicago
Texas
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
There Ain't No More Siam In This Funny Bulletin
The local post office reports Siam is now Thailand and there will be no more Siamese twins. Quick quips like yes Siam are out, unless you adapt to Thai language puns in this dated humor item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Thailand
Lobo Football Team Prepares for AC Wildcats Clash
Sul Ross coach Graves drills a 35 man squad ahead of the season opener against Abilene Christian College. The game is set for 8 30 p m at Jackson Field with a schedule featuring A C C Texas A I Texas Wesleyan St May s Oklahoma City U Oklahoma Teachers Ada West Texas State and Trinity University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graves
Abilene Christian College Wildcats
Jackson Field
Sul Ross
Lobo
Texas A. & I
Texas Wesleyan College
St. May's U
Oklahoma City U
Oklahoma Teachers
Ada
West Texas State
Trinity University
Grid scores from last week’s games across Texas
Teams such as Wink 12 Diamond Hill Ft Worth 13 and Odessa 19 Ft Worth Poly 7 posted results. Several matchups show lopsided scores with Pecos 14 Roscoe 0 and Ranger 7 Yslete 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wink
Diamond Hill
Ft. Worth
McCamey
Ft. Stockton
Big Lake
Ozona
Odessa
Ft. Worth Poly
Pecos
Roscoe
Plainview
Bowie
el Paso
Ranger
Yslete
Rankin
Marfa
Mary's
U. of San Francisco
Rey Se Shee
Local concerns and historical notes in a West Texas column
Readers discuss downtown truck parking rules and preserve local place names. Everett Townsend laments Spanish-origin locality spellings and suggests restoration with the National Park service. A correction on Rio Grande River usage is offered and regional tax and maneuvers updates are provided along with cotton ginning progress and school enrollment figures.
Substantial Enrollment Rise at Sul Ross Noted This Year
Alpine PTA opens the new school year with strong turnout and new residents. Officers for the year are introduced and the treasurer reports a balance of 172.23 dollars with funds pledged to last year’s budgets. The membership drive begins this week and Cub Scout sponsorship is renewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Alpine P.T. A
Jas. Cotter
L. C. Pope
E. C. Coleman
King Terry
Dick Cross
Guy Crawford
Central Ward School
Reed
el Paso
Boy Scout Organization
P.T. A
Supt. Bankhead
Alpine To Have a New Funeral Home
Roy Akers, who runs a similar business in San Antonio, will open a modern funeral home in Alpine on the old M. T. Chastain property near the courthouse. The remodeling includes a 125 person chapel, upstairs living quarters, and burial transport services. Open by October 15 with the Akers family spending about ten days monthly in Alpine. Mrs. Akers is Don True Bowman, daughter of Odalia Bowman.
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Scobee
San Antonio Express
San Antonio
Park
Jacksonville
van Horn
Alpine
The
Express
Roy Akers
Akers
M. T. Chastain
North Seventh Street
Don True Bowman
Odalia Bowman
Fort Stockton Pioneer notes student choices and Marfa death
The Fort Stockton Pioneer reports Sul Ross as the favorite college for local students heading away this year with 11 choosing the West Texas school and 10 listing Texas University as their second choice. J. M. Rosson, 66, a Marfa business leader, died suddenly last Sunday and was shipped to San Marcos for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Sul Ross
West Texas
Texas University
J. M. Rosson
Marfa
San Marcos
Sul Ross College Opens 1939 40 Term With Large Freshman Class
Sul Ross College started its 1939 40 term with a notable enrollment rise and a record freshman class well over 100. Housing is full except the new women dormitory with capacity over 100. The old coop for girls is full and the boys' coop is in use. Reception for new students and open house eventsmarked opening week. Registration continues for several days as most students already enrolled.
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Sul Ross College
College
College Ave
Pioneer Club
Altho
Foreign Researchers At McDonald Observatory
Visitors from international astronomy programs frequent McDonald Observatory on Mount Locke. Notable guests include Dr. Polydore Swings from Liege Belgium with spectrograph observations on the 82 inch telescope, Dr. Thornton Page and family returning to Chicago, Dr. Phillip Keenan from Yerkes United States, Miss J Winter Hansen from Copenhagen staying with the Struves, Dr. Theodore Dunham Jr. from Mount Wilson Pasadena, and Edwin Bailey Jr arriving to assist in observing.
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Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
Mount Locke
Polydore Swings
Liege
Belgium
Swings
Astrophysical Institute
University of Liege
Thornton Page
Chicago
University of Chicago
Phillip Keenan
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wisconsin
J. Winter-Hansen
Astronomical Observatory
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Otto Struve
Theodore Dunham, Jr
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Calif
McDonald
Edwin Bailey, Jr
Struve
Auto Plates Promote Alpine Sul Ross and Big Bend Park Area
The chamber of commerce sells decorative auto license plates for 25 cents each to advertise Alpine Texas Sul Ross State College and Big Bend National Park. Plates feature Casa Grande peak in the Chisos Mountains and text promoting altitude 4500 feet cool summers mild winters and Alpine Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Alpine
Big Bend Country
Texas
Sul Ross State College
Alps
Big Bend National Park
Casa Grande Peak
Chisos Mountains
Elizabeth Rice Crowned 1939 National Spelling Champion
Elizabeth Rice, a 12 year old from Worcester Massachusetts, won the 1939 national spelling championship for school children and received a grand prize of 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Rice
Worcester
Mass
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Hiland Fair
Sul Ross-A. & I
Highland Section
Britain
Royal Ulster Rifles
Soviet Union
Russia
Jimmie Ashhurst
Wilmington
Del
Legion
LOBOS
ACC
Texas Rockies
Kurt Lange
Everett Townsend
Castelon
Castillon
Castle Peak
National Park Service
Big Bend Park
Ward County
Eighth Army Corps
Balmorhea
Reeves
Ward
Commissioners Court of
Crockett County
the-Pe
Ces
Alpine Pta
Chastain
Enterprise
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