Lobos Open 1990 Football Season at Abilene Christian
The Sul Ross Lobos face Abilene Christian College Wildcats in Alpine tomorrow night, September 20, at Jeckoon Field. Kickoff is 8 pm as Graves leads 35-man squad including Auten at halfback and Woodlee at quarterback in a seeker to avenge last year’s 14 point defeat.
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Sul Rees Lobos
Alpine
Abilene Christian College Wildcats
Wildcats
North Texas Teachers
Gal Ross
Rust
Bilis
Barrett
Birchum
Fowler
Lee
Rigas
Auten
Brandon
Woodlee
Plembert Or Schupbach
B. C. Graves
Lobos
Keyman
Johnny Auten
Alpine Firefighters Spark Praise In West Texas News
A Pecos Enterprise note highlights Alpine and U S 99 highway travel humor amid a heat wave. Alpine volunteers extinguished a morning blaze at Alpine Motor Co with precise, calm action. County residents praised the fire department’s efficiency and dedication as students from Sul Ross joined early season crowds.
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Pecos
Alpine
U. S. 997
el Paso Times
Times
Tee
Temple
Bell County
Merle
Alpine Fabens Grid Scores From Last Weekend
Scoreless results noted for Alpine and Fabens in last weekend grid games with limited readable details. Further data unavailable in the fragment.
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Alpine
Former Sul Ross art instructor to paint Amarillo mural
Julius Weeks a former Sul Ross College art instructor won an $8800 government commission to paint a mural for the Amarillo post office. The Southwest-wide contest picked Weeks from preliminary sketches sent to Washington. He previously taught at Sul Ross and painted landscapes now displayed in the Elgin post office.
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Sul Ross
Amarillo
Julius Weeks
Sul Ross College
Amarllo
Southwest
Washinton
D.C. Marler
Woelz
Elgin
Tex
Woelts
Bul Ress
Allege
Artered Crafts Institute
New Orleans
Bucks, Ft. Stockton Play Here Tonight
Alpine High School Bucks meet Fort Stockton in a second 1909 game. The Bucks show weak blocking and frequent fumbles, with no score in a recent Friday clash against Fabens. Coach Webb drills blocking as officers guard Jackson Field and fans stay in grandstands.
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Alpine High School
Bucks
Fabens
Alpine
Buck
Cone
Webb
Fort Stockton
Stockton
Jackson Field
Dick Bankheed
Joes
Daugherty to Hold Paisano Ranch Stock Sale Next Friday
Alpine breeder W. A. Daugherty announces a stock sale at Paisano Ranch between Alpine and Marfa. Top young bulls and senior yearling heifers will be penned for inspection on Oct. 2 with sale starting Oct. 6. No auction will be used, prices set per uniform stock quality. Range bulls bred by Daugherty won several prizes at the Great West Livestock Show in Los Angeles last November.
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W. A. Daugherty
Paisano
Alpine
Marfa
Daugherty
Los Angeles
Boy Scouts of Troop 44 Reorganized by Duncan
Scouts of Troop 44 Yucca Council Alpine met at the Scout House on the A hill to reorganize for winter. Enrolled: Hank Chambers Esra Glen Cook Claude Garner Bob Hamilton M J Keefer Charles Livingston Billy Tom Meador Warren Mosley Bob Odell Francis Phelps Raymond Vengue. Present: Ezra Cook Cecil Duncan Claude Garer M J Keefer Charles Livingston Francis Phelps Rede Richmond Teague boys. Four new recruits: Charles Brown Frank Daugherty Billy Gene Perdue Douglas Dorris. After a short meeting the Scouts roasted frankfurters until 9 90 and then disbanded for home.
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Cecil Duncan
Yucca
Alpine
Hank Chambers
Esra Glen Cook
Claude Garner
Bobby Hamilton
M. J. Keefer
Chas. Livingston Jr
Billy
Tom Meador
Warren Mosley
Bob Odell
Francis Phelps
Raymond Vengue
Ezra Cook
Claude Garer
Charles Livingston
Rede Richmond
Teague Boys
Charles Brown
Frank Daugherty
Billy Gene Perdue
Douglas Dorris
Mar Lon Nixon Named to Texas A and M Band Debut
The message notes that Mr and Mrs M S nopson have learned their son Mar lon Monkey has been chosen as a member of the Texas A and M band in his first year. London has organized a women’s auxiliary fire department.
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M. S. Nopson
Marlon
Monkey
Texas A. & M
London
Observatory Float to Represent McDonald at Hiland Fair Parade
A portable replica of McDonald Observatory from Mount Locke is being prepared for the Highland Fair parade in Marfa next week. The model, built by Mile High, Study, and Parent-Teacher groups, will be true to the original with a turning dome and mounted on a dressed truck.
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Fort Davis
McDonald Observatory
Marfa
Reach
Mount Locke
Mile High Club
Study Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Mem ‘Bers
Mrs McNeill to Take Over DeLuxe Cleaners
Mrs Mattie McNeill announced this week that she had acquired the DeLuxe Cleaners business and would take charge Oct. 1. The shop has been operated for the past several months by Murphy Bennett.
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Mattie McNeill
Murphy Bennett
Stroud Leases 12000 Acre Ranch to Rotan Man
Mrs. Stroud leases her 12 000 acre ranch near Alpine to W. W. Barren of Rotan. Barren plans cattle stock and has moved with his wife to the Mrs Ed D May cottage in West Alpine.
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Ora
A. L. Stroud
Alpine
W. W. Barren
Rotan
Project at Sul Ross Under Way at NYA Program
Worn started this week extensive improvement program at Sul Ross College sponsored by the NYA with about 30 eligible young men employed. The work includes landscaping the grounds around the new women’s dormitory, boulevard shaping between buildings, and building a dining room and kitchen for the girls’ cooperative home. The dining room will seat 90. a quota of 45 was set, with roughly 30 men available. The project engineer is 4. T. Williamson.
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Sul Ross College
NYA
Girls’ Cooperative Home
Old College
T. Williamson
Alpine Pastor to Lead Olney Revival Meet
Rev J A Kearns Christ in church pastor and Mrs Kearns depart Alpine for Olney October 2 to 17 to start a revival. Bailey Alpine High School teacher and Dr E C Coleman Sul Rows faculty speak Oct 18 morning services. Church women run evening services with Mrs C P Herbert and Mrs J E Cameron on Oct 1 and 15. Mrs Jim Nichols to present Bible stories on the first Sunday in October.
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J. A. Kearns
Christine Church
Kearns
Olney
Bailey
Alpine High School
E. C. Coleman
Sul Rows
Indies
C. P. Herbert
J. E Cameron
Jim Nichols
Fire damages Alpine Motor Company with heavy smoke
A fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage at the Alpine Motor Company early Tuesday. The blaze started in a used coupe owned by Hord Motor Co and spread, breaking glass and scorching wood at the storeroom. Wreckers and cars from nearby properties suffered also, with losses partially insured.
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Alpine Motor Company
Hord Motor Co
Alpine Motor Co
Hord Motor Company
Ernest Lavenga
Mary Hess
San Antonio
PTA Study Group meets at junior high Monday month start
PTA Study Group will meet Monday October 1 at 3 30 pm at the Junior High school. Those interested in the PTA procedure course are urged to attend and enroll for this course. Definite good comes from group discussions of four problems that come to all of us as parents. Plan to attend the meeting on the first Monday of each month. Mrs Ray Williams Study Group Chairman.
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PTA
P T. A
Mra
Ray Williams
Restoration Under Way at Roy Bean Headquarters in Langtry
Work to restore Judge Roy Bean's Langtry Jersey Lily Saloon and court room proceeds with a state appropriation of about 4000 dollars. A loop road from Highway 90 will enable easier tourist access, with Val Verde County securing needed right of way. Limited time estimate given for completion.
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Poole
State Highway Department
Val Verde County
Texas
Langtry
Alpine Woman Mrs C E Slichter Dies in Ohio
Alpine friends mourn the death of Mrs. C E Slichter who passed away in Beach City Ohio on Tuesday after months of ill health. She had left Alpine last April with her husband to settle in Ohio where they once resided. The Slichters lived in Alpine about four years and Mr Slichter was a partner in the City Drug Store. James Stauffer of Blainstown, Ohio, still drives at age 91.
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Alpine
C. E Slichter
Beach City
Ohio
Fraud Charged In Sale Of Brewster Presidio Acreage
A Dallas grand jury indicted Alva B. Davis and L. J. Summerfield for defrauding investors via Santa Fe Land Trust and Title Company Inc. They allegedly promoted 5 to 20 acre tracts in Presidio and Brewster counties Texas as oil rich land, while selling low value hills for up to 10 per acre. About 260000 involved. Summerfield arrested. Davis to appear.
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Dallas
Alva B. Davis
LJ. Summerfield
Santa Fe Land Trust and Title Company, Inc
Davis
Summerfield
Presidio
Brewster
Texas
Howard Daily
U.S
United States
Clyde C. !Astus
Ings
Santa Fe Railroad
Well Known Photo Man Returns Here
W D Smither, a renowned photo gopher in West Texas, moves back to Alpine and will open a store and curio shop in the Granada theatre building. He will do photo enlarging and continue soaking lantern scene slides after three years in El Paso.
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W. D. Smither
West Texas
Alpine
Granada Theatre
Hi Paso
Bridge widening and Big Bend park plans advance in Texas
Work began on a bridge widening project on U S Highway 90 east of Alpine with five bridges included. contractors Allhands & Swatzell and engineer AB Bounds update detailed locations and timelines. Officials anticipate a Texas October visit by National Park Service director Tolson to speed Big Bend National Park plans and park service studies outline master plan, road access, and funding via Public Roads Administration and Congress.
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Alpine
Allhands &Swatzell
East Holland Ave
Brewster County Motors
Lenox
Marathon
B. B. Bounds
State Highway Department
4. P. Swatzell
Texas
Hillery A. Tolvon
National Park Service
Big Bend National Park
Regional Park Service
Santa Fe
N. M
H. W. Morelock
Big Bend Park Association
Advis
Tolson
CCC
Chi- 10S Mountains
Big Bend Park
The
Park Service
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Congress
Letter-Writing Week Observed Here October 1 7
The Alpine post office joins the second National Letter-Writing Week from October 1 to 7. The observance highlights the ease of sending letters with three cent domestic rates and up to five cents per ounce to most foreign countries. Personal delivery or registered confidential mail may incur a small extra fee.
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Alpine Post Office
Post Office Department
United States
Fall Shipping Starts Early for Livestock Trade
Fall shipping of livestock began ahead of schedule with several shipments already reported. Calves contracted since the war began fetch higher prices, while recent shipments include mixed cattle to Los Angeles, heifers to Maysville, ten loads of mixed cattle to Eutaw, sheep to K Olin, feeder cattle and cows to Oklahoma, stocker cattle to Letts and Montgomery, and feeder cattle to Chillicothe.
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High Sea
R. Miller
Los Angeles
W. B. Mitchell & Son
Maysville
Ernest Gibbons
Eutaw
Ala
H. Yeager
Alpine Chapter Eastern Star Sets Tuesday Meeting
A stated meeting of the Alpine Chapter Order Eastern Star will be held at the Masonic hall next Tuesday evening. Members are urged to be present and visitors are welcome.
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Masonic Hall
Sul Ross Band to Play at Hiland Fair in Marfa
The Sul Ross Smilin Lobo band will perform at the 2nd annual Hiland Fair in Marfa starting October 5. It will join the parade, rodeo and other events staged by fair officials and appear at Sul Ross Texas A and I football game set for Friday night October 6. The trip includes the annual election and presentation of the sweetheart of the Lobos band during the college game halves.
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Marfa J
Texas A. & I
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