Christmas Cheer Shines In Alpine With Bright Displays
Al pine residents report a happier Christmas season with more shoppers and visitors. The town glows with outdoor displays from Sul Ross College star lighting to front lawn scenes and blue accented trees. Neighbors boast fruitfully lit homes along Joop Road and Carpenter Addition as plans for more decorations continue.
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Alpine
Sul Ross College
Anna Hayslip
C. D
Joop Road
Santa
Mary
Forrest Vale
Billy
Evlyn Holland
Everal
Hany Carpenters
Rand 3
Wise Men
Jace Ward
Kenneth Studies
F. M. Barler
Carpenter
Jimmy Pates
Frank Yakubanski
Charles Stringfellow
Local Holiday Visitors From Across Texas and Beyond
Local families host relatives and students for Christmas holidays from Baylor University North Texas University UT Austin New Mexico Military Institute and other towns. Guests include Keith Peters Wallace Peters Margaret Morrow and Frosty Walker plus extended kin from Odessa Fort Davis Marfa and El Paso with plans for visits in Brownsville Corpus Christi Midland and Alpine during the season.
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Ralph Peters
Keith Peters
Baylor University
Waco
Wallace Peters
North Texas University
Denton
Frosty Walker
New Mexico Military Institute
Roswell
N. M
Forrest Walker
Midland
Jan
Hugo Stehling Sr
Theresa
Fredericksburg
Hugo Stehling
el Paso
W. B. Walker
Marfa
Lin Baron
Odessa
Open House Honors Miss Toni Pate in Crane
An open house Saturday evening honored Miss Toni Pate bride elect of Fred Webb of Crane at the Terry home on the Fort Davis Highway. The event featured red and silver holiday decor, refreshments, and a guest list of more than 218 including local college students and hometown friends.
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Toni Pate
Fred Webb
Crane
Mr. Webb
James W. Pate
Mrs. Terry
Aable
Mmes
J. W. Shepperd
Helen Gibb
Jim Francois
Louise Cowell
Keith Morrow
Charles Stringfellow
J. D. Holman
Marilyn McKenzie
Nancy Webb
Roy Lassiter Dies Here At 72 In Alpine
Roy C. Lassiter, 72, retired Big Bend National Park employee, died at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Brewster County Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Private services were held Tuesday with burial in Elm Grove Cemetery. He was born November 27, 1892, in Rockport and moved to Alpine in 1924. He joined park work before 1944, helped form Big Bend State Park in 1934, joined the National Park Service in 1946 as an automotive mechanic, became garage foreman, and retired in 1958 after 30 years of service. He was married to Berta Clark in 1926 and was a World War I veteran. He belonged to Big Bend Post 79 of the American Legion.
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Roy C. Lassiter
Big Bend National Park
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Elm Grove
Geeslin Funeral Home
Mr. Lassiter
Rockport
Alpine
Carrizo Springs
Civilian Conservation Corps
Big Bend State Park
National Park Service
Park
Berta Clark
Big Bend
American Legion
Pleasanton Family Guests Visit Over Holidays
Mr and Mrs Asa Farrer and children Kim and Kevin of Pleasanton arrived for holidays to visit Mrs Farrers parents. Mrs Ray LaBeff and Mr the former Sally Lab plan to arrive. Mr and Mrs Charles Tuck of Lawrence Kansas visit. Mrs Tuck is the former Barbara Labeff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buddy Hawkins
Odessa
Mrs. King Tery Sr
Margaret Morrow
University of Texas
Mrs
Ray Morrow
Asa Farrer
Kim
Kevin
Pleasanton
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J. G. Watson
Panhandle
King Terry Sr
Sam Bunton
Watson
Mrs. Bunton
Terry
Wade Reid
Fort Davis
Jack Scannell
Yuba City
Calif
Carlton Dennis
Dennis
Blanche Cotter
Bob McElroy
Brownsville
Campbell Kerr
John Reininger
Bill Cotter
Jim Paris
Brawley
R. L. Travis
Lisa
Casper
Wyoming
Edna Miles
Miles
Harold Stack
J. J. Oliver
Edinburg
Neville Haynes
Lulie
Cindy Winston
Cindy
Texas Western College
Joe Winston
Uvalde
Country Club
Corpus Christi
Pat
Mrs. Bedford Walters
Merry Christmas
Roy Lassiter
Mr. and
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