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Alpine Avalanche

Location

Alpine, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1960

Page

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Bucks to Play At Van Horn Homecoming Night 1960

Alpine Bucks travel to Van Horn for the 1960 homecoming game at 8 p.m. Friday. Van Horn, a heavy team averaging 170 pounds per position, faces the older Alpine squad with more seniors. Lineups list Van Horn stars Jimmy Stapleton and Bobby Holmes. Alpine counters with Gary Clay and Joe Molinar. Coaches Bromley and Martin plan defensive changes. band and pep squads travel for halftime festivities, with Alpine pep rally planned for 8 o’clock tonight.

Alpine Bucks van Horn Bucks Horn Hornets Eagles Buck Pete Bromley Jerry Martin Mike Nelon Topper Thomas Nito Minjares Charley Babcock Alfredo Espinosa Dick Bryan Mona Faye Reed Alpine High Alpine

City Hopes To Profit On Deal

City votes to sell a 160000 gallon steel water tank at Small Texas to the highest bidder C fic Railway Co 5900. 1 tank and Councilman Winidan Odessaman offered 1000 planning salvage. Mayor Lockhart notes tank could be cut into three pieces and moved to Alpine for about 700. He estimates a new tank would cost 10000. Tank weighs about 90000 pounds with disagreements on exact weight. Council votes: Winter Corkins Whiteside Hernandez yes. McCollister abstains. The tank’s future use includes a 120000 gallon tank for Sunny Glen. Continued on page 8.

W. E. Lockhart Small Texas Cfic Railway Co Bill Win Idan Odessaman Lockhart Sunny Glen Wate Alpine Winter Bob Corkins John Richard Whiteside H.C. Hernandez C.D. McCollister Odessa Southern Pacific Railway Sierra Blanca Navy West Texas Sunny Glen Southern

Amblin Around with Jim Glasscock highlights and corrections

Amblin Around with Jim Glasscock recaps notes from Alpine area press quirks including rug sizes misstate, gas rate errors, and publicity ties. It mentions Charolais calf gains on Mor Ris TV ranch, A J Bierschwabe, Sir Pan Gil, and Morrea News, plus local theater comeback, a pine tree plant, and Charles Patterson’s Rice University enrollment as a pre law student.

Sul Ross selects officers for 1960 61 term

Sul Ross State College named officers for the 1960 61 term across all classes. Graduate officers include Bobby Jobes Alpine vice president Rosalind McFarland Meridian secretary treasurer and Bobby Wixson Alpine reporter. Senior Class president Andy Owens Alpine with Jesse Hatfield Midland as vice president Jean Treadaway Carlsbad as secretary treasurer and John Keith Alpine as reporter. Student Council reps include Senior Herbert Bedford Boyd Mary Anne Robison Sabinal and Woody Richards Bandera. Class officers span Junior Virginia Inabinet Corpus Christi secretary treasurer Margaret McKinney El Paso reporter Rance Smith Eunice vice president and Tom Owens Barnhart repeats as class president. Sophomores Emmett ODonnell Sweeny president Jerry Burleson Dell City vice president Linda Kay Alpine Wanda Craig Divide Barbara Morton Midland reporter with Charlene Watson Alpine Billy Thetford Whitharral as council reps. Freshmen Stanley Seaghr Petersburg president Bill Bourbon Abilene vice president Laroy Kunnaway Hobbs secretary Carmen Brown Valentine reporter Sarah Kerr Odessa Bobby McQueen Austwell as council rep plus Mary Jo Hightower Midland. These officers will serve nine months in campus leadership and activities.

Sul Ross State Lege Hive Bobby Jobes Alpine Lee Roy Kiesling Rosalind McFarland Meridian Texas Bobby Wixson Andy Owens Jesse Hatfield Midland Jean Treadaway Carlsbad John Keith Herbert Bedford Boyd Mary Anne Robison Sabinal Woody Richards Bandera Sul Ross Student Association Tom Owens Barnhart Rance Smith Eunice N. M Virginia Inabinet Corpus Christi Margaret McKinney el Paso Ary Ney Some Carter van Horn Emmett O'Donnell Sweeny Jerry Burleson Dell City Linda Kay Wanda Craig Divide Barbara Morton Charlene Watson Billy Thetford Whitharral Stanley Seaghr Petersburg Bill Bourbon Abilene Laroy Kunnaway Hobbs Carmen Brown Valentine Sarah Kerr Odessa Bobby McQueen Austwell Mary Jo Hightower

Coca Cola Bottling Eyes Alpine Plant Opening

Big Bend Coca-Cola plans a new bottling plant in Alpine if water tests pass Coca-Cola Laboratory Atlanta approval. A well near Antelope Lodge on West U.S. Highway 9 produced 682 gallons per minute in 24 hours, drilled 215 feet for the company. Land optioned from Williams, 2 acres, with 10 000 square feet building to serve Presidio Brewster Jeff Davis Pecos and Terrell counties. Operation hoped by April 1961. current plant is in Marfa. Leveraging Alpine location for geology. project overseen by N Watson Loyd Henderson KL Dunagan and Coca-Cola officials.

Ee Williams Antelope Lodge U.S. Highway 9 Big End Coca Cola Bottling Co N. Watson Tosted Loyd Henderson KL Dunagan Coca Colapany Monahans We Big Bend Company Atlanta Williams Big Bend Coca-Cola Presidio Brewster Jeff Davis Pecos Terrell Alpine Marfa Coca-Cola C. N. Watson Eric Williams Loyd

Winter Gives Tank History in Small Texas City

Winter recounts history of purchasing a steel water tank for Small Texas from Southern Pacific Railway. He says prior leaders sought expert advice and recommended against buying. The city council learned the tank had already been purchased. one offer was $1,000, cost cited as $300, and no sale planned.

Iy Youncyman Pin Winter Small Texas Southern Pacific Railway W. E. Lockhart Lockhart Winter Gene Hilger Peop’e Fort Stock‘on Crane Penwell Odessa Alpine Hillger

AHS Student Council Hosts Faculty Social

Alpine High School Student Council hosts a faculty social with a regular meeting and a guest speaker. Miss Loretta Schmidt discussed ideas on hosting a foreign exchange student at Alpine High School.

AHS Loretta Schmidt Alpine High School

Fall Enrollment At Sul Ross To Set New Record

Sul Ross State College enrollment for the fall semester is projected to break records, with registrar R D Decker reporting 909 students enrolled as of 9 am Wednesday. The tally includes full-time and night students on campus, excluding extension courses.

Sul Ross Decker Sul Ross State College Resistrar R Alpine Wften Texas Commission On Higher Education

Alpine Youth Lobo Starter Named to Sul Ross Lineup

Enjio Hernandez of Alpine is announced as a starting tackle for the Sul Ross Lobos under Coach David Slaughter. A 6 foot 210 pound former Alpine High athlete, he earned multiple letters in baseball basketball football and track and was All-District in football. The Lobos seek a second win Friday against Eastern New Mexico University Portales with their first home game set for Oct 8 at 8 pm against Texas Lutheran College Seguin at Jackson Field Bernal Light attended Buick school in El Paso this week.

D. D. Terrell Enjio Hernandez Elanterio Hernandez Alpine Sul Rosso Lobo David Slaughter Hernandez Alpine High School Sul Ross Lobos Eastern Mexico University Portales Greyhounds Lobos Pam Sul Ross Texas Lutheran College Seguin Jackson Field

Marion Cowell named Sul Ross drum major in tryouts

Marion Cowell, Alpine High School former head twirler, was named drum major of the Sul Ross State College Band after Tuesday tryouts. Alpine twirler Mary Miller and other finalists Donna Davenport Pecos Carolyn Edmondson San Saba Dixie Kennedy El Paso were chosen as twirlers. The new band members debut October 1 at the Lobo Band trip to San Marcos for the Sul Ross Southwest Texas State football game.

Marion Cowell Alpine High School Sul Ross State College Mary Miller Alpine Corbett Smith Donna Davenport Pecos Carolyn Edmondson San Saba Dixie Kennedy el Paso Miss Cowell Louise Cowell Miss

Lions Club to Sponsor Field Concessions This Fall

Alpine Lions Club plans to run concessions at home football games this fall. Mr and Mrs Cecil Hate were visitors in Odessa at the start of the period. The item mentions Bedford Walters Brooks Acton and the Big Beat in a fragmented, era style notice.

Mrs. Cecil Hate Odessa

Alpine Club Hosts Team Golf Tourney for Members

Alpine Country Club will run a team point golf tournament on Sunday September 25 restricted to prospective members. Teams of four mix men and women across classifications with handicaps. Entries close Saturday night and fourballs will be posted for 18 holes. Prizes go to the winning team and a Dutch treat dinner is planned September 24. Reservations with Bill Loven due by tonight. Golf committee members include Bill Sobl Ray LaBeff Charles Boreing Pete Bishop and Jim Francois.

Alpine Country Club Memid Tere Bill Loven Bill Sobl Ray LaBeff Charles Boreing Pete Bishop Jim Francois

Roark Elected Alpine High Student Council Sponsor

Roark was chosen by the Alpine High student body last Wednesday to serve as Student Council sponsor for the 1960-61 school year. He will work with Miss Johnnie Weyerts, sponsoring the S.C.

Roark Leroy Roark Alpine High Johnnie Weyerts S.C

CC Opposes Western Union Agency in Alpine

Directors voted to file a protest with the Federal Communications Commission against a Western Union office here. Sept 25 is the deadline for the company to set up an agency at Alpine Furniture Exchange with Art Gardin chair. They began work on an industrial folder for the Industrial Commission in Austin, Marvin Kay heads the effort. No new updates on the Trans-Texas Airways case. The council voted against granting a natural gas franchise.

Federal Cornations Commission Western Union Iis Western Union Alpine Furniture Exchange Art Gardin Char Industrial Commission Austin Marvin Kay Trans-Texas Airways W. E. Lockhart

El Paso Firm Bids Low on River Road Contract

Borsberry Construction Co of El Paso submitted the low bid of 1,107,987 for paving the River Road between Big Bend National Park and Presidio. State Highway officials in Austin received the bid, but no award decision had been announced. The project covers 28.625 miles from five miles east of Bedford to 0.6 miles east of Brewster County.

Big Bend National Park Presidio Borsberry Construction Co el Paso Austin Charles T. Holmes State

Little Theatre Planned Here: Meeting Set For Tuesday Night

Alpine and the surrounding area show interest in forming a community theatre group. A meeting is called for Tuesday night at Sul Ross Fine Arts Auditorium to elect permanent officers and organize committees for play reading, production, fundraising, and telephone work.

Alpine Ig Bend Players King Terry, Jr Alr. Ponton Kathryn Boyd Carl Heiman Lee Cowell B.ohl J. D. Helman He Ways Charles Stringfellow Paul Forchheimer Fine Arts Sul Ross Leity

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van Hor Jimmy Stapleton Bobby Holmes Jody Henderson C. David Morris Eddie Villalobos Ray Mason Oscar Gonzales Valentien Montoya Gary Mitchell Sammy Sparks Sandy Neal The Gary Clay Forced Chavez Woody Hitchcock Joe Molinar Armando Leyva Ricnara Hale Bart Pate Lee Anderson Manuel Payne Frank Bustamente Pete Hernandez Amblin With Jim Glasscock Gilmer Morriss Morea Morriss A. J. Bischwale Range Animal Husbandry Bierschwabe More Lobo Drive-In Fred Jack R.A. Bow Idaho Joe Davidson Balmothea Fort Stockton Dallas Charles Patterson Julie C. E. Patterson Houston Rice Univrsity Charles Pig Bend Coca-Cola Bottling Co Coca-Cola Laboratory Henderson Wint Bernal Light Casner Motor Co Buick Elijio Hernandez
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