Highland livestock and local holiday note through town
Dr Joel Wright shows off a seven pound turnip grown in the patch while Mrs Patsy Roberts Beck touts Jersey twin calves. A white faced bully mistakes a mirror for a rival and shatters furniture. Town looks forward to improved roads KVLF radio prestige and Scouts encampments as Christmas cheer and bills arrive.
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Joel Wright
Dom Adams
Doc
Patsy
Roberts Beck
Gage
W. H. Kokerots
Marathon
Alpine
Big Bend National Park
Highland
KVLF
Paisano
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Alpine College Holiday Notes and Public Cheer
Community letters describe Christmas joy at West Texas college and Sul Ross, praise for a prominent musical program, and calls to expand Alpine branding as the Roof Garden of Texas. The writer references a Christmas gathering, student greetings, and requests for nylon stockings while noting a serviceman with commendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Possi
Jis
West Texas
John L
Sul Ross
Glenn Davis
Pate
C. of C
Alpine Suggestion
Texas
Santa
Isadore Bradlyn
Selma
Senta
Grand Et Haeuals
Be Thou Teil Christmas Day Customs Recorded
Reading mentions Be Thou Teil and wassail as early Christmas customs. The snippet notes celebrating with drinking a wish for health and happiness among guests and references wassail in traditional practice.
Wassail Recipe Fragments From Historic Hearth Traditions
Fragments describe wassail brewing on a hearth with apples roasting above a log fire and elder base in a large wooden bowl. It mentions ingredients such as allspice cinnamon and cloves, with milk or cream, and odd garbled notes about timing and performers.
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Wilfred
Lene Sehd
Jamous
L. A. Teplicer
Prop
Williams & Vogt
Western Iron Works
San Angelo, Texas
Alpine Cafe
Mrs. J. Y
Slim) Walker
Berna
Texas Cafe
Mrs. C. West
Naadt
Tex
S.hospitality
Ritchey Brothers
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