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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1946
Page
2
In Irish Christmas lore a wren is hunted on Christmas morning, tied with holly and ribbons, and carried door to door by singing boys who expect a dole. An incident linked to a Danish-Irish war tale explains the wren as a blamed, pivotal bird in legends. Woodwards host a Christmas dinner at their home, continuing the honored tradition.
Katharine Cowsert daughter of Mr and Mrs Gully Cowsert and William Jeter Meriwether son of Mr and Mrs W Meriwether were married Monday evening in Alpine. Dew McPherson officiated as minister. The ceremony featured white gladioli and ivy with white candelabra. Walter McPherson played Always. Mrs Charles Beck of Alpine was matron of honor. Ralph Meriwether brother of the groom was best man with Cowsert brothers as ushers. A reception followed at the bride’s home with out of town guests including Mrs W Meriwether and Mrs Hueston. The bride, a June Won High School graduate, attended Texas University and Sul Ross with Gamma Phi Beta. the groom, a Bryan Allen Academy graduate, attended A&M and served in World War II. They plan a two week wedding trip to New Orleans and will live in Alpine.
Mr and Mrs King Terry opened the season with a Friday night dance to greet their daughter Miss Lady Lou. Guests included Miss Patricia Allen of To yah and Miss Ruby June Bureh, students at TSCW Denton. The gala gathering featured old fiddlers music by Mr Kinman and Mrs Canterbury as couples enjoyed eating and conversation. On Tuesday the Terry family hosted Christmas dinner with Mr and Mrs W H Jerry Sr Morgan Terry and two sons of Alice and Mr and Mrs Fuqua Younger of Dut WM. Terry Jr and Miss Glady on Morgan Terry Jr, King and Lady Lou Terry.
A social note describes blue eyed parents and the genetic nuance of eye color, noting most self styled blue eyed individuals may carry brown pigment and could have brown eyed offspring. The event includes Alpine money and a gathering with London era guests and a fiddling dance lasting late.
Mrs Graves Bogel and Miss Clara May were hostesses at a Mexican supper at the Greenea followed by a theatre party at the Granada Saturday evening of last week. Guests included Lady Lou Terry Ruby June Burcham May Hudson Jerry Mill s Dorothy Jean Crawford Elaine Parker Lucille Sempen Rose Anna Smith and Jia Jo Henderson.
Mr ana agra and W. H. Terry Sr hosted their usual open house on Christmas day. The spacious rooms held a traditional Christmas air with poinsettias and festive appointments. Food was served buffet style and guests enjoyed dancing throughout the day.
A fragmentary account traces the Holy Thorn legend at Glastonbury. It describes Joseph of Arimathea planting a thorn staff that allegedly flowered each Christmas Eve, with hints of controversy over Britain’s adoption of the new calendar and public reaction to the tradition.
A Glastonbury thorn cutting was brought to America in 1900 and planted near St. Albans School in Washington DC by the late Right Rev Henry Gates Satterlee. The tree bloomed first in December 1918 and has since yearly blossoms attracting thousands of visitors at that time.
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