Bridge and 42 Party at Coleman Home
Mrs J C Coleman and Mrs G H Harfst hosted a bridge and 42 evening honoring Mrs Shellie Bates birthday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Morrison, Mr and Mrs Waldrum, Mr and Mrs Williams, Mr and Mrs Coleman and many others. High prizes awarded for bridge and 42.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
J. C. Coleman
G. H. Hartst
Bridge
C. G. Morrison
L. Waldrum
W. E. Williams
Knox] Reid
Mab McCool
Evan Chatfin
George Kempen
J. 8. Hord
Dorothy Scannell
W. C. Friesen
Julia Vaughn
Barnes
Rose Coleman
Harfst
Hord High
Morrison
Local Visitors Bring News to Alpine Area
Mrs Laura Bless of El Paso visits Alpine this week. Miss Thalia Gillett from El Paso stays a few days. Mrs Milton Smith and infant Asughter return from El Paso. Mr and Mrs F L McCollum were San Antonio visitors. Mrs Lulu White returns to Lordsburg New Mexico to resume teaching. Mrs J W McConnell of El Paso visits her parents here. Mr and Mrs Murphy Johnson and children from Monahans visit. Miss Mary Wade of Long Beach California visits her parents. Mrs E G McGlasson leaves for Wickett after a month with relatives. Mr and Mrs J H Casey of Kerrville vacation in Alpine. Miss Fannie King of San Marcos visits friends. former Alpine teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thalia Gillett
el Paso
Murphy Johnson
Monahans
Mary Wade
Long Beach, Cal
Mrs
J. C. Wade
Fannie King of
San Marcos
B. B. Isaacks
Joe Brady
Fam
Cieburne
Isaacks
Presidio Af
The
Christian Church
First Christian Church
Cleburne
Frank Anderson
Pegay
Larchmont
N.Y
Boyd Scott
Bartlesville
Okla
James Cotter
Dallas
Dorothy Scanner
Merle Smith
Bloys Camp Meeting at Skillman Grove Revival
A 1945 report recalls Rev William Bloys and a lineage of preachers shaping the Skillman Grove camp meeting. The column describes the 55 year history, the open range setting, and the spiritual influence drawing 2000 attendees with community gatherings, meals, and music. Local visitors include Woodrow Laughlin of Alice, Rev B B Isaacks, and families from nearby towns. The piece notes the 1945 session as epoch making in religious outreach and world conquest for religion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skillman Grove
William B. Bloys
Or. L. Irving
L. D. Anderson
Claude Holman
West
Earth
Woodrow Laughlin
Alice
Laughlin
Otis Scales
Social visits span Houston to Alpine and Carlsbad Caverns
Mrs Paul Abernethy travels with Mrs Sam Hayes and Mrs Roce L Lewis of Houston to visit her mother Mrs W B Hancock. Miss Josephine Linn of Orange returns to Orange for school business. Mr and Mrs G W Abington of Live Oak Florida relocate to Alpine with Mrs Gilmer Morriss. Mr and Mrs Gene Shelburne of Midland visit sister Mrs Claude Holman. The Holmans and Shelburnes tour Carlsbad Caverns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Abernethy
Sam Hayes
Roce L. Lewis
Houston
W. B. Hancock
Josephine Linn
Orange
G. W. Abington
Live Oak
Fla
Gilmer Morriss
Alpine
Gene Shelburne
Midland
Claude Holman
Mr. Holman
Holmans
Miss Bennett Entertains Miss Gillett Friends
Marie Bennett hosted two evenings of social gatherings honoring Miss Thalia Gillett of El Paso. Monday featured a supper at her apartment with several guests, while Tuesday hosted a bridge gathering including Graves Bogel Arthur Blucher Asa Jones and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Bennett
Thalia Gillett
el Paso
Anna D. Linn
Josephine Linn
Margaret Linn
Miltia Hill
John Gillett
Anthony
Graves Bogel
Arthur Blucher
Asa Jones
Southern melody and music linking hearts and world peace
A fragmentary 선 snippet reflects on music as a common language binding people, easing grudges, and shaping a mellow scene. It imagines informal singing around a fire and at home, with beer fitting naturally into the atmosphere of shared melody.
Alpine teachers and families plan moves and visits
Several residents and relatives are traveling from Alpine to seek medical care, relocate to Abilene after September 1, and visit relatives in Illinois and Kansas. Mrs. Homer Wilson and daughter Patricia plan moves to Del Rio, while others like Mrs. James Cotter’s family, Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Coleman, and Mr. and Mrs. Copeland with son Gene, are visiting or departing for duties and family ties in Missouri, New York, and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ms. C. W. Copeland
Gene
Hot Springs
Ark
Copeland
Homer Wilson
del Uo
Patricia
St. Louis
Homer Sr
Arthur Mills
Marfa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Janette McIntyre
Eas
Mary Ann Lacey
Dorothy
Schroeder
Mary Besse Sloan
Patsy Beck
Ruth Greenman
Lucylle Clark
Jean Hoffman
Una Joy Holman
Barbara Beard
Helen Beard
Fort Worth
Mary Frances Smythe
Antonio
Lacy
Kokernot Ranch
Mary
Virginia Stringfellow
Tally-ho Contract Club
G. H. Harfst
Frank Newsom
Cecil la Beff
Ray la Beff
Alfred Creigh
J. C. Epperson
Worth
Frazer
Mesdames
Wally Davis
Dan Ritter
Paul Vogt
James Kemp
C. M. Corkran
Bill Winter
Jimmy Logan
Shellie Barnes
Kemp
Creigh
Davis
Jow
Logan
Rainbow
Rainbow Girls
W. H. Terry
College
Annie Kate Fer
Laura Bless
Milton Smith
Asughter
F. L. McCollum
San Antonio
Lulu White
Lordsburg
N. M
J. W. McConnell
el Pas
Mrs. A. S Justice
E.G. McGlasson
Wickett
J. H. Casey
Kerrville
Walter Garnett
Bloys
Will F. Evans
George Waring
Frances Smythe
Hl. L. Kokerot Ranch
Laurence Kidwell
Sanderson
Kidwell
U. P. Railroad
Ella Ragsdale
Richard Donovan
Small
Richard TI
Clay Holland
Jruson
North Second Street
fClavis White
Joe
Messrs
Don Wotton
B. C. Coleman
Frank Newpeoria
John Newell
Elmer Devenier Goateas
Aeaan Washealport
Roy Owen
Henry Key
Tre
Dumas
Fuqua Zounger
Meriwether
W. T. Meriwether
A. F. Hudson
Mary Bizzelle Hudson
Betty Jo Hudson
Austin
Billy Belle Winter
Fort Stockton
Sul Ross College
Mrs. Vick Winter
D. J. Morris
Ruth
Eva Lee
Oklahoma City
Shirley Scales
Morris
Scales
Miss Mor
Miss Bennett
Miss Gillett
Joe Marsh
Conyrighy
Arius
U. S
David Jack Stephenson
U.S. C.G. Ry
Clendenin
Stephenson
Bond
Furds Ust Reasery
First National Bank
E. C. Coleman
Thisorning
Illinois
Lawrence
Kans
Urbana
Til
Bob
U. Xx
Greenup
Hie
A. B. Vow Earents
D. W. Cole
Kellogg's
T. F. Skevington
Bendix, Spartan
Emer
Son and
Motorola
Kelvinator
Kelvinator Electric
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