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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1960
Page
4
Aged in public life, John Connally cited as Kennedy’s pick for secretary with noted Texas ties. The piece recalls Connally’s UT days, marriage to Wanell and prior campus leadership, alongside festive holiday social scenes featuring the Kennedy household and friends.
The annual AAUW Christmas tea gathered members and guests at Lawrence Hall at 4 15 p m on December 8 with Miss Anna Linn and Mrs Arthur Hill seeking community roles and a festive display at Adams, Sohls, Shouppe and Hollands homes. Refreshments followed a program by the Sul Ross Modern Choir and Professor Glenn Davis. Hostesses listed include Mrs Robert Decker and others.
The Cotter family and kin gathered over Christmas with Jim and Mary Beth Paris and children Robbie and Mike, plus Nina Boury and Reid family members, Scannell, Cotter spouses, and Spences. They shared luminarias, tree lightings, and a Christmas Eve visit at Rev. Baird’s home before a Christmas Day luncheon at Buffalo Trail Boy Scout Ranch. Jimmy Pate won fifty dollars in merchandise from Shepperd Jewelers on Christmas Eve.
National Geographic Magazine notes Schiphol Airport sits below sea level on reclaimed land. Boats and barges on nearby canals drift about 13 feet higher than airliners on the runways.
Harold and Mrs Thompson observed their golden wedding anniversary with an open house at their Fort Davis home from 4 to 6 pm on Tuesday December 27. The couple, married in San Marcos, lived near Fort Davis. Their three children Genevieve Thompson Cecilia Thompson and Samuel A Thompson hosted with 140 friends from Pecos Toya Fort Davis and the Big Bend area attending. Refreshments were served with Ruth Carlton Ernest Carlton Pete Carlton and Bill Van Auken assisting.
Bill and Mrs Bill Green announce the birth of a son at 9 am Wednesday in Brewster County Memorial Hospital weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces. The child is named Jay Dee after his late maternal grandfather J D Gilbreath. Maternal grandmother Mrs J D Gilbreath and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W R Green of Marathon, Texas.
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