New Year Festivities Mark Christmas at the Stones Home
The large home of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Stone glowed with fellowship on Christmas morning as guests including their son and daughter in law Jack and Georgia Stone and granddaughter Georgia Stone arrived. A merry crowd from Pecos Longview and El Paso shared yuletide cheer along with Mr. and Mrs. Reiley and the Hollis Browns. The holiday visit featured tales of a sapphire engagement worn by Charlotte Slight and stories of travels by Spruill and the Late Mr. Spruill in India. A first bullfight in Juarez is noted as a possible last for some attendees. Happy New Year to all.
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India
Spucill
Leroy Stone
Jack Stone
Georgia Stone
Weyerts
Elaine
Tucker
Asa Jones Hatin
Piller McGregors
Pecos
Sweet
Juarez
Unles
Dome
Stones
Toen
Betty
el Paso
Isabel
Wally Davis
Davis
Sunland
Legion Auxiliary To Meet Monday
American Legion Auxiliary will hold the regular business meeting at 7 30 p m Monday Jan 4 in the home of Mrs Henry Bailey
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Henry Bailey
Cowell Children Home for Christmas Gala
Christmas dinner at Mrs. C. C. Cowell's home brought together six Cowell children and their families for the holiday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Cowell Jr. and Cathy Chuck and Shannon of El Paso, Claude Harkey and children Susan Mary Jim of Monahans, Lee Cowell and Jeff Stevie, Wilbur Lindeburg with Deborah of Hondo, Billy Cowell and Marion Cowell, and Mrs. Cowell.
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C. C. Cowell
Holiday Visitors and Local Families Gather in Alpine
Locals Mr and Mrs W N Lamb and son Bobh and fiance Lindy Kendall of Los Angeles visit Mrs A B Sandifer. They travel to San Antonio to visit H C Rogers family, hold an open house for about 35 friends. Miss Frances Wyatt from Albuquerque spends holidays with her parents in Alpine. Jess Wyatt of El Paso and Joe L Smith visit in Alpine and Pecos. Jess Gilmer hosts family from El Paso and UT Austin guests including Terese Gilmer, UT student and Sun Queen Court princess.
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W. N. Lamb
Bobh
Lindy Kendall
Los Angeles
Calif
Frances Wyatt
Albuquerque
N. M
Bob Wyatt
Wyatt
Jess Wyatt
EL Paso
Austin
Jess Gilmer
Jess B. Gilmer
Jessie
New Mexico
ASM
Terese
University of Texas
Terese Hhad
Helen Cartsonas
Athens
Greece
Terese Gilmer
Sun Queen
Alpine couple announces engagement of Miss Charlotte Slight and Arthur Spruill
The engagement of Miss Charlotte Slight of Alpine and Arthur Spruill of Miami was announced at a afternoon open house at the Slight home. Guests included W T Winter, J W Shepperd, Otis Kimball, and others. Slight, a North Texas graduate with music degrees, taught in Texarkana and Florida. Spruill, son of Mrs L G Boggs, earned a Union University degree and a MA in mental psychology, and has taught in Miami. The couple plans a early summer wedding at St James Episcopal Alpine and are teaching at St Stephens Episcopal School in Miami.
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Charlotte Slight
Arthur Spruill
Miami
Fla
Bernal Slight
Charlotte
Art
Mrs. Slight
Mr. Spruill
W. T. Winter
J W. Shepperd
Otis Kimball
B. B. Bounds
Vernon McIntyre
Milton Smith
King Terry Jr
Forrest Walker
Barton H. Warnock
Jack Cross
Oscar Travland Jr
Betty Vogt
Mildred Armstrong
Robert Manning
Slight
Kermit
Texas
Miss Slight
North Texas State College
Denton
Honorary Music. Society
Pi Kappa Lamda
St. James. Episcopal Church
Alpine
St. Stephen's Episcopal School
Alpine Holiday Visitors and Local Hosts at Christmas
Mr and Mrs John Fletcher former Sul Ross students visited Alpine while teaching in San Antonio Tech High School. Several families from Falfurrias Midland Pecos San Antonio and Washington DC spent Christmas with Charles and Irma Chambers and others. Visitors included the Mayberrys Lockhart Koch Reileys Stringfellows and Blunts with multiple trips and a planned Jan 1 arrival of Mrs Blair Helen Blair and Mr Blair.
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John Fletcher
Sul Ross State College
San Antonio Tech High School
Joe Bridge
Falfurrias
Hank Chambers
Midland
Charles Chambers
Chambers
Richard Blair
Blair
Helen
Washington, D.C
American Airlines
Alpine
Yale Holiday Parties Attract Collegians Home From Across Country
Collegians and young marrieds from various schools gathered for a series of informal Yale holiday parties. Events included a Dec 23 buffet at Dr and Mrs W Lockhart home with dancing and a guest list of Eleanor Bounds Gwen Walker Janith West Helen Bass Mary Anita Kay Georgia Morgan Betty Vogt Marion Brooks Tye Hillger Lyons Lock.
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W Lockhart
Loly
The
Alpine
Sue Bounds
Gwen Walker
Janith West
Helen Bass
Mary Anita Kay
Georgia Morgan
Betty Vogt
Barney’ Killion
Marion Brooks
Tye Hillger
Lyons Lock
Linda Breese Overcomes Birth Defect with Columbus Center Help
Six year old Linda Breese of Columbus Ohio was crippled from birth by a serious birth defect. At Columbus Children’s Hospital a new birth defects center funded by the New March of Dimes treated her with surgery and therapy. She now walks with crutches and rides a tricycle, hoping to shed the crutches soon. The January 1960 New March of Dimes campaign targets arthritis polio and birth defects, aiming to ease crippling for many American families.
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Linda Breese
Columbus
Ohio
United States
Linda
Inda
Columbus Children’s | Hospital
March of | Dimes
Columbus ‘Center
March of Dimes
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Studio Girl
Legion Auxiliary
Cowell Children Home For
Joe L. Smith
Ota
Joe Smith
Cross & Cross
Jack & Margie Cross
Jack W. Mayberry
San Antonio
Virgil Miller
Gilbert McGregor
8. W. Reiley
Longview
Reiley
Charles Stringfellow
Reileys and Stringfellows
Lolly Lockhart
Betsy Koch
Mrs. Wilmer _Blunt
Granger and Sperry
Houston
Gene Cowell
Bill’ Jenings
Jim
la Pryor
Yale
First Christian Church
Tomwood
Tommy Posey
Dexter Thoms
Miss Lockhart
Dick Rogers
Sara Rogers
Lee
Joanna Newell
Colon
Mmes
Roy Lewis
Archie Hood
John O'Donnell, Jr
Wilbur
Lindeburg
Sonny Travland
C. C. Cowell Jr
Martha
Wood
Marcella Shepperd
Anna Bounds
BIG Bend Pharmacy
P. D. Coulson
Amana
Nelon Locker
NELON
E. Ave. C
Srawford Insurance
Agency
Benson Flowers
Penney
Lyceeddr
Penney’s
Orion
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