Local items note Alpine and Fort Davis visitors
Pill Cotter of Toyahvale visited Alpine last Sunday. Barry Scobee and Earnest Carlton of Fort Davis were business visitors in Alpine Monday. Mrs Edith Phillips of El Paso was weekend guest of Mrs J E Burgess. Mr and Mrs John Gillett attended the Lumberman's convention in Fort Worth last weekend. Miss Jonel Pope of Tulsa is spending Easter holidays with Dr and Mrs L C Pope. Mr and Mrs D M Bennett traveled to Tisomongo China last Friday to visit friends and relatives. W H Terry Sr reports a satisfactory recovery from major surgery performed Tuesday morning in an El Paso hospital. Miss Roslyn Bunton, niece of
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Scobee
Earnest Carlton
Fort Davis
Alpine
Jonel Pope
Tulsa
Kia
Mrs. L. C. Pope
W.H. Terry Sr
el Paso
Social Roundup of Visitors and Local Guests
Mrs King Terry and Mary Mehan of Texas Tech led the weekend guest list in Lubbock. Visitors from Roswell and Big Spring joined area families including the Hoopers and the Schemes while plans for spring travel and TCUs Henry Coffield join the headlines. Rodeo guests from Big Bend also appeared among the lingering visitors.
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A. C. Hooper
Jeff Hooper
Lubbock
Dick Hooper
Big Spring
Alpine RotaryMembers Embrace Mayor Clelliit Western Costume Proclamation
Alpine Rotary Club members follow Mayor John Gillette's order requiring male citizens to wear western costumes and facial whiskers from March 25 through April 10 during Sul Ross State College National Intercollegiate Rodeo. Photos show Paul Forchheimer helping Fred Olson while Ira Akers and John Bumgardner observe.
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John Gillett
City of
Alpine
Sul Ross State College
Alpine Rotary Club
Paul Forchheimer
Fred Olson
Ira Akers
John Bumgardner
Hunter
Easter Holiday Guests and Local Notables Visit Spence Home
Long Beach visitors including Mrs Leon Evans Roy Lassiter and others spend Easter in the home of Mrs J Roy Spence. Mrs Glenn Davis hospitalised in El Paso with sister Mrs Emma Rice of Spokane visiting. Marital news notes Lina J Denison and Horace Sowers wed in Florida. Blocker family from Sonora visited Alpine. Pat Watson and Dean Etheridge judged Sul Ross one act plays. Wade Reid discharged after major surgery at local hospital with sister in law Mrs Spence.
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Carlton Dennis
Emily
Long Beach
Cal
Dennis
J. Roy Spence
Spence
Warren Reid
Michael
Sue
Glenn Davis
el Paso
Davis
Emma Rice
Spokane, Wash
Davis Home
Dan Blocker
Debra
Donna
Sonora
Blocker
Sul Ross
Pat Watson
C. N. Watson
Alpine
Alpine girl in Pioneer Roundup chorus at Sam Houston State Teachers
Mari lyn Parker of Alpine joined the Loulie Sexton Estill society and the T club on the Sam Houston State Teachers college Huntsville campus for the Pioneer Roundup show. Parker, a junior Home Economics major and Alpine High school graduate of 1951, appeared in the chorus line Pretty Baby.
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Huntsville
Marilyn Parker
Alpine
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Loulie Sexton Estill
Alpine High School
Marines land on Iwo Jima during Operation Flag Hoist
Marine Pfc Teodoro De La O and Marine Pfc Raymond Loseya, both from Alpine, California, landed on Iwo Jima with the 3rd Marine Division during Operation Flag Hoist. Memorial services were held for over 4 000 Marines and sailors who died in 1945 to capture the island from Japan.
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Iwo Jima
Teodoro de la O
Felix de la O
Alpine
Raymond Loseya
Golla Loseya
3Rd Marine Division
Ellis Receives Sea Duty Indoctrination Graduation
Thos G Ellis son of Mr and Mrs Ben FE Ellis Alpine has graduated from the Sea Duty Indoctrination course at the Marine recruit depot in San Diego and transferred for duty aboard a capital ship of the Pacific fleet. The equivalent of 510 miles of woolen suiting materials has been shipped abroad in CARE packages since 1346.
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Thos. G. Ellis
Ben FE. Ellis
Marine Recruit Depot
San Diego
Pacific Fleet
Ex-SRs and Exes Attend Sul Ross Contests in Odessa
Vocational agriculture instructors and Sul Ross exes gathered at the judging contest in Sul Ross last Saturday. Teachers from Odessa Iraan Eden Bronte Colorado City San Angelo Coahoma Alpine and Van Horn led teams with notable performers including Aaron Jacoby whose grass judging team posted one of the contest’s highest scores. Other ex visitors from the Sul Ross circle attended the rodeo and social events, including Gannaway Arratt Pitts Stevenson Kelton Harrell and Whittley.
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Carl Maddox
Odessa
SR Ex
Sul Ross
J. T. Henry
Bronte
R. E. Post
Colorado City
E. E. Young
San Angelo
Gerald Steward
van Horn
Aaron Jacoby
Sul Ross Ex
Homer Gannaway
Hermleigh
Texas
Sonny Arratt
Wade Pitts
Marlin Stevenson
Big Lake
Bill Kelton
Crane
Nancy Harrell
Pecos
Buck Whittley
Mertzon
Garden Club Plans Spring Flower Show
The Alpine Garden Club schedules its annual Spring Flower Show for Friday April 23 from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p m in the Chamber of Commerce building. Members and friends may bring flower arrangements pot plants or specimens between 9:00 a m and 12:00 noon. Exhibits will not be judged and are for the pleasure of participants and viewers.
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The
Alpine Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
Garden Club
Rainbow Girls Invite Eastern Star and Knights Templar
The Rainbow Girls extend a formal initiation invitation to members of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Knights Templar. The event is scheduled for April 27 at 6 30 p m.
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Rainbow Girls
Order of the Eastern Star
Knights Templar
Card of Thanks to Alpine Fire Department
The Fulcher Family expresses sincere thanks to friends neighbors and the Alpine Fire department for assistance during the fire at their home.
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Alpine Fire Department
Fulcher
Global quake activity far exceeds records kept each year
More than a million earthquakes occur worldwide annually, but only a small portion are officially recorded. Scientists note many quakes go undetected due to magnitude, depth, and sparse seismograph coverage, leaving gaps in global catalogs.
Alpine Avalanche Society and contact details
The Alpine Avalanche lists staff including editor Mrs Nell Forbes society editor bookkeeper Mrs A N Alkire Fort Davis correspondent Mattie V Chambers Marathon correspondent and notes postal registration and subscription rates for Brewster Jeff Davis Presidio counties and elsewhere with annual and six month prices.
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Forbes Publishing Compar
Lynn Forbes
Nell Forbes
A. N. Alkire
Fort Davis
Mattie V. Chambers
Marathon
Alpine
Texas
Congress
Brewster
Jeff Davis
Presidio
Three Young Texans at Granada Fri and Sat
Mitzi Gaynor Keefe Brasselle and Jeffrey Hunter star in Three Young Texans a Technicolor western from Panoramic Productions showing at the Granada theater. The plot involves cattle rustlers a train robbery and a $50000 payroll heist amid rugged Colorado New Mexico and Mexican border settings.
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Mitzi Gaynor
Keefe Brasselle
Jeffrey Hunter
Miss Gaynor
Jeff Hunter
Colorado
New Mexico
Rio Grande
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Pill Cotter
Toyahvale
Edith Phillips
Fl Paso
J. E. Burgess
Fort Worth
D. M. Bennett
Tisomongo
China
Roslyn Bunton
Paul R. Weyerts, D. V. IN
West Ave
Alpine, Texas
Boyd F. Scott
Jeff
Roswell, N. M
Scott
Lulu White
Mary Robinson
J. Roy Spenge
T. M. Hill
R. E. Dunlap
Capt. Dunlap
Albuquerque
Ruidoso
Arnold Denwalt
Oklahoma City
Walter Tucker
Mrs. Tucker
Fritz Bill Weyerts
Mrs. Weyert
Greg Turner
March Henry Coffield
Big Bend National Park
Art Minish
Lon Garrison
Zitiartoege Bly
Mitzi Keefe Gaynor
Brasselle
Warnes
Omeeeny
Wayne Morris
Joan Weldon
Ero Ras Wt
Leon Evans
Roy Lassiter
Bo Boulter
Slue Robinson
Bert Beckett
Lina J. Denison
Horace Sowers
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Wade Reid
Wade
Ckin
John Atkins
Iraan
Mr. Atkins
H. M. McElroy
Eden
Howard Loveless
Will Ray Loveless
Mr. McElroy
Wayne White
Coahoma
Clay Cade
Bob Burkholder
N. 5Th St
Manhattan
Forchheimer
Granada
Mexico
Henry Levin
Durtango
la Plata
Colo
Aztec
N. M
Rockies
Rio Grande Valley
Malaya
National Geographic Society
Big Bend
Gulf Station
Clint Ritchey
M-G-M
Pest of the
Columbia Pictures
Gene Autry
Ipack Thalm
Gailena Smiley Burnette
Pillsbury
Sun
Alan Ladd
Jean Arthur
van Heflin
George Stevens
Amsi
GOG48
Buchananama
Fas
Thur
Carine
Broderick Crawford
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