Marriage of Mrs Jessie Peters Roughter and Mr Sheldon Wimpfin
Society item reports the marriage of Mrs Jessie Peters Roughter to Mr Sheldon Wimpfin on Thursday afternoon at the sister’s home of Mrs Gene Odell. Franklin R Poage, pastor, performed the ceremony. The couple leaves for Maria and Shafter. he works as mining engineer at the Shafter mine and is a School of Mines graduate. The bride, Alpine High School and Sul Ross College alumna, taught in Marfa and is now teaching at Shafter. They will reside in Shafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Peters Roughter
J. M
Sheldon Wimpfin
Charles Wimpsevaston
Thursanernoon
Gene Odell
Franklin R. Poage
Marne
Ralph Peters
C.D. ‘Wood
Wimpfin
Maria
Shafter
School of Mines
Fter
Alpine High School
Sul Ross College
Marfa
AAUW Meeting Held in Fort Davis by Alpine Branch
Alpine branch of the AAUW held its regular meeting on December 12 at Espy Miller home in Fort Davis with Dorothy Weatherby as joint hostess assisted by Mrs. Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAUW
Fort Davis
Espy Miller
Misa Dorothy Weatherby
A Right Merrie Christmas Dinner
A detailed festive feature describes a Christmas dinner with traditional English hospitality and menus. It mentions turkey, roast beef, stuffed olives, cranberry and pineapple, plum pudding, cheeses, and coffee. A large table and decorated home set the scene, with guests and extended family listed along with hosted by Mrs. Miller and aides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Ulshed
England
Mrs Dwn Jute Hosts Bridge Party At Christmas Decked Rooms
Mrs A N Brown entertained two tables of bridge on Wednesday afternoon. The rooms were attractively decorated for Christmas and a refreshment plate followed the contract game.
Christmas at the Adamses Brings Family Guests to New Home
Miss Eva Chaffin and Miss Doris Chaffin join Mesdames Sam Nelson and Gene Benson along with Percy Wallace Frank McCollum Zeb Decie John Cla ton for Christmas. Mr and Mrs Dom Adams host relatives from Sanderson and Marathon including Ruel Adams Mrs Tom Yarbro Mr Yarbro and their son Charles Benton home from A M College. This will be their first Christmas in the new house and promises a red letter day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Gillett
Frances
Midland
Thalia
el Paso
Lee Hancock
Corona
New Mexico
Edwin
John Gillett
Gillett Home
Eva
Doris Chaffin
Mesdames Sam Nelson
Gene Benson
Percy Wallace
Frank McCollum
Zeb Decie
John Claton
Dom Adams
Ruel Adams
Sanderson
Tom Yarbro
Yarbro
Marathon
Charles Benton
A. & M. College
Adamses
El Progreso Club Hosts Christmas Lecture by Miss Hill
Mrs. A. E. Owens entertained El Progreso Study club at the Christmas party on Friday December 1. The feature of the program was a lecture by Miss Hill head of the Sul Ross Art Department providing an instructive art talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Prc
A. E. Owens
el Progreso
Miss Hill
Sul Ross Art
Paintings of the Madonna Theme Highlight Club Meeting
Mrs. Oweies hosted a Christmas tea as the department presented famous Madonna paintings and discussed their history and creators. Music came from Mrs. Russell Duncan and Mrs. Paul Vogt, with Mrs. Bernal Slight leading the tea and Mrs. Percy Wallace as Santa Claus. A list of attendees included Mrs. Paul Vogt, Mrs. Russell Duncan, J. C. Cooley, Howard Johnson, and others. the group will reconvene January eighth to resume studying the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Duncan
Paul Vogt
Bernal Slight
Percy Wallace
Santa Claus
Sam Nelson
Graci ‘Ous
Oweies
Mesd
Rainbow Girls Celebrate Christmas Party at Masonic Temple
Rainbow Girls marked the 7th anniversary of the Order of Rainbow for Girls with a Christmas party in Alpine at the Masonic Temple reception rooms. Miss Ida Beth Meador chaired. Evelyn Bishop, Mary Bess Hamilton, Evelyn Whiteside and Margaret Weyerts performed. Mr. B. F. Berkeley played Santa, gifts were given, and attendees enjoyed a decorated tree and holiday treats. Mrs. Dom Adams and Mrs. Asa Jones hosted a Legion Hall dance for visiting sons Charles Benton and George Asa from A M College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow Girls
Rainbow Irls
Masonic Temple
Order of Rainbow
Ida Beth Meador
Evelyn Bishop
Mary Bess Hamilton
Evelyn Whiteside
Margaret Weyerts
B. F. Berkeley
Santa Claus
Masons
Alpine
Dom Adams
Asa Jones
Legion Hall
Charles Benton
George Asa
A. & M. College
Black-Draught Cited as Helpful Remedy by Portersville Resident
Mrs Joe G Roberts of Portersville Alabama praises Black-Draught as a purely vegetable remedy for relief from constipation. She notes it prevents billows headaches formerly caused by digestive issues and is enthusiastically recommended by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe G. Roberts
Portersville
Ala
Presidio Commission Hires Attorneys To Oppose Injunction
MARFA December 19 attorney E B O Quinn was hired by Presidio county commissioners to oppose the injunction suit filed by the Marfa Independent School District. An additional attorney may be added to assist. The injunction aimed to block the county from enforcing a special election order for county superintendent, granted in October by Judge C R Sutton. Mrs W T Davis won the November election as superintendent. Commissioners Jack Rawls Henry Brooks Ben Pruett Sr and Judge W T Davis attended. D D Kilpatrick was absent. A new court will take office January 1 with J C Thompson as county judge and West Love succeeding Ben Pruett Sr as Commissioner No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
E B. O Quinn
Presidio County
Marfa Independent
C. R. Sutton
W. T. Davis
Jack Rawls
Henry Brooks
Ben Pruett
D.D. Kilpatrick
Canberlaria
J.C. ‘Thompson
West Love
Ben Pruett, Sr
Tribute to a Family Pet Jack the Chinese bull dog dies this week
A memorial tribute honors Jack, a highly intelligent family dog of Harry V. Fisher, dead this week. The piece praises Jack as loyal, forgiving, and beloved, recalling shared years and promising a kinder world in memory. The notice ends with a call to support local home merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Harry V. Fisher
Ken McClure
York group votes to continue amid horse theft concern
The Mount Top Horse Thief Protective Society of York Pennsylvania recently voted to continue its organization, believing another horse or mule theft may occur in York. Officials in Shafter California are not pursuing the escaped prisoner but seek the door he took from the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheimy Agperiser
Horseradis
Tabasen Saver
Mount Top
Shafter
Calif
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Shafter Man
W. D. Craddock, M. D
Sirius
Holland Hotel
Earl Earp
Fuller Bldg
Texas
Mae M. Ament
Herd Bldg
L. Hopson
Brewster County
A. M. Turney
Torney
Law Office
Alpine, Texas
Trans-Pecos Abst
Auline, Brewster CO
John Stowell
Hone
Crawford-Baines Insurance Agency
John Perkins
Holland
Bunning Alpine
J. W. Shepperd Watches
Noveltie
Alan R. Fraser
Otis Turner Real Estate Insurance
Alpine, Tex
Big Bend Abstract Co
Mars ‘Alpne
Audi Som
the Spectator
Audrey Miler
Romeo
Donald Seraton
Rudiek
Acer
Lillian Miller
Bety Miler
Mesdames
Coleman
Lockhart
Maxwell
Knox
Reid
Rudick
G. F. Fletcher
Bill Hestes
Clifford B. Casey
RJ. Ratliff
Misses Clem
Ma Billingsley
Little Britt
Alice Cowan
Grace Bedell
Stather Elliott
Audrey Miller
Mary Hil
Merle Smith
Myrtle Whiteside
James Cotter
Carlton Dennis
Dennis
Cates Calif
Cotter
Roy Spence
Pecos
Warner Reid
Silverton
Boyd Scott
Iraan
Alpine Lumber CO
Presidio Commission
Istmas
Merry Christmas
You
Adams’ M-System Grocery
Kandy Kitchen
S. Scales
Darth
All of
Yuletide’s
Alpine Motor Company
Campbell Barker
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