Great Southern Club Meeting Heads To New Orleans
Mr and Mrs Clifton L Moss depart to join the 17th annual Great Southern Club meeting in New Orleans at the Roosevelt hotel. The Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and New Mexico group earns the trip for outstanding action among 156 club members. The 1963 club is the largest to qualify for the annual gathering. For the year ending June 30 sales of new life insurance reached $66,244,716 with an additional $12,732,192 from other Great Southern writers, totaling $80,980,908.
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Clifton L. Moss
Great Southern Club
Great Southern Life Insurance Co
Houston
Roosevelt Hotel
New Orleans
Moss
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
Kourys Return From Four Month Europe Tour
Mr and Mrs George Koury returned Monday from a four month tour of Europe. They report a wonderful trip and notes from their travels appeared in recent Avalanche issues.
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George Koury
Europe
Need for Classic Readings in Every Home Library
Writers propose presenting classics in shortened form to aid early reading and encourage rereading in high school. They urge every home and school library to stock enduring works like Black Beauty and Robinson Crusoe to build a strong cultural foundation for tomorrow's citizens.
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Smoky
America
Longtime Alpine civic leader R. B. Slight dies
The obituary chronicles R. B. Slight’s varied career from drug business to county judge of Brewster County where he cleared debt and balanced finances. He helped establish Alpine's first light plant, served as city secretary and postmaster, and remained active in the local Methodist church and Masonry.
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R. B. Slight
Slight
Laurence Haley
Haley
George A Brown
Lincoln County
New Mexico
Alpine
Brewster County
Board of County Commissioners
Taft
J. H. Derrick
Central Ward
First Methodist Church
Birth of Tom Edward Murrah in Alpine
A son named Tom Edward Murrah weighing eight pounds was born last Saturday to Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Murrah. The Murrahs’ family includes an 18 month old son Dan. grandparents are R. H. Murrah Sr. of Alpine and Ed Farley of Ballinger. The elder Murrah was a long-time Masonic member, receiving a 50 year pin in 1947 and serving as worshipful master, secretary, and life member. A funeral for Judge R. B. Slight was held at First Methodist in Alpine with a Masonic service at the cemetery and pallbearers named.
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Slight
Alpine
F. F E. Weyerts
Jim Nichols
Mr. Slight
Alpine Masonic Lodge
Tom Edward
R. H
Bud) Murrah
Murrahs
Dan
R. H. Murrah Sr
Ed Farley
Ballinger
Alpine Lodge
Alpine Commandery
Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons
Alpine Council
R. B. Slight
First Methodist
Carl Lawson
Felix McGaughy
J. E. Casner
Vernon McIntyre
L. B. Starns
T. B. Davis
George Kempen
Stalag-17 at Twin Peaks Theatre
The film Stalag-17 stars William Holden and Don Taylor and opens at Twin Peaks Theatre for four days September 5 6 7 and 8. The War era comedy based on a New York stage hit promises lighthearted gags and heroics from prisoners of war.
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Twin Peaks Theatre
P. W
New York
William Holden
Don Taylor
Card of Thanks for Hettie Schaffer and family
The Schaffer and Graef families extend thanks for kindness and sympathy after the loss of Hettie Schaffer. Mr and Mrs Shirley Scales return home Sunday after major surgery in Rochester Minnesota and recuperation in Oklahoma City with Ruth Morris. Jim Stowell visited home folks en route to West Palm Beach Air Sea Rescue after eight months at Travis AFB.
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Hettie Schaffer
Schaffer and
Graef
Shirley Scales
Mr. Scales
Rochester
Minn
Oklahoma City
Mrs. Scales
Miss Ruth Morris
Jim Stowell
West Palm Beach, Fla
Air Sea Rescue
Travis Afb
Cal
Airman Rescue by Helicopter Shown in Life Magazine
Alpine friends of John C Bradford note Life magazine August issue featured photos from a naval rescue off Virginia coast. Naval photographer Bradford and crew on the Seneca fleet tug captured a helicopter rescue of a pilot from a plane that crashed at sea near an aircraft carrier. Bradford arrived to visit family and spoke about the Atlantic fleet camera party of 120 enlisted men and 25 officers mobilized for such assignments.
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John C. Bradford
Virginia
Life Magazine
Bradford
Seneca
L. C. Bradford
Atlantic Fleet
Navy Photographer Bradford’s Career Details
Mr. Bradford served on about 30 ships from row boats to ships of large size and took pictures for a national magazine. He has traveled to Naples Oran Gibraltar Sicily and other Mediterranean ports. A former Alpine high school and Sul Ross State college student he was in the Naval Reserve and was called to active duty in 1952.
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National
Bradford
Naples
Oran
North Africa
Gibraltar
Sicily
Mediterranean Sea
Alpine High School
Sul Ross State College
Naval Reserve
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Lange
Alpine Lumber
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West Ave
Alpine, Texas
Alpine School of Fine Arts
Ruel T. Warnock
Mary K. Winder
E. Avenue C
Bel Air
U. S. Gov't. Uck
U.S. Gov't
U. S. Gov't
U. Ss. Choice Beef
U. S
Honeybird
R. S. P. Pie Cherries
FAB Suds
Busy Baker
Edwards
Nob Hill Coffee
Kern
Welch
Edward
Canterbury
Top Kick
Squibb’s Mineral Oil
Colgate's
Jergen
Mennen
Ige
Royal
Libby
Alaska
Kellogg’s
Extra Fancy
Lake County
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