Alpine Study Club sponsors Lite-a-Bike drive campaign
At a February meeting Alpine Study club voted to sponsor the Lite-a-Bike campaign urged by Safety Council chair Mrs. H W Morelock. Scotchite will be used for the project. Delegates to the Davis Mountain Federated Women's clubs were chosen, including Mrs. Joel E Wright Miss Flora Daugherty and Mrs H W Morelock. A guest speaker Mrs B H Warnock spoke on Music in the Home stressing parents must enable children to learn music. Refreshments and floral displays marked the gathering with 18 members present.
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Study Club
Alpine Study Club
Safety Council
H.W. Morelock
Davis Mountain Federated Women's Clubs
Joel E. Wright
Flora Daugherty
Annual Meeting of DMF Held Here in Alpine
Davis Mountain Federation held its annual meeting in Alpine on February 9 with registration at 9:30 a.m. at First Christian church. Host clubs were El Progreso and Alpine Study Club. About 30 registrants from Marfa Fort Davis Marathon Sanderson and Alpine attended. Officers elected included D McCready Fort Davis as parliamentarian and Mrs George Baines Alpine as installing officer. The group planned to meet next year in Fort Davis. A luncheon in the Holland hotel Rose room followed the meeting with spring flower centerpieces and a program by Rev and Mrs Jul ian Hendren Fort Davis including songs and a Bach lecture.
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DMF
Davis ‘Mountain Federation
Alpine
First Christian Church
el Progreso
Alpine Study Club
Jack Perryman
Joel Wright
Flora Daugherty
Henry Baiey
D. J. Pollock
William €. Donnell
Marathon
William Savage
Sanderson
Gage Holland
D. ‘M. Bunton
Marfa
H.W. Morelock
D. McCready
Fort Davis
George Baines
J. K. Miller
Holland Hotel
Julian T. Hendren
Hendren
Johann ‘Sebastian Bach
H. L. Kokernot Jr
D. A. Hilton
Edwin McCollum
Reward offering information on theft at Lao Driven drive-in
A 5 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of anyone stealing from the Lao Driven drive-in management. The notice references December 14 and speaks to drive-in property and security concerns.
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Tfe
Dinner for Cub Pack at Methodist Church
Cub Scout Pack 41 sponsored by First Christian church held a Boy Scout Anniversary week dinner for cubs and families Tuesday night February 12 at First Methodist church. About 100 attended with Jimmie Wright master of ceremonies. Badges were awarded by Cubmaster Hardy who also presented Jimmie into Scouts. Rev. Leroy Sewell and Rev. Jesse Pugh offered prayers and remarks. Special thanks to Methodist church mothers and Mrs. James Logan for chairing arrangements. Kimble Alpine Co donated a lamb whose sale proceeds helped defray banquet costs.
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First Christian Church
First Methodist Church
Jimmie Wright
J. E. Wright
Hardy
Jimmie
Joseph Ross
Leroy Sewell
Jesse Pugh
Cubmaster
James Logan
Kimble Alpine Co
Arthur Mitchell 83 Big Bend ranchman dies in Marfa home
Arthur Mitchell 83 pioneer Big Bend ranchman died in his Marfa home Wednesday funeral services were held Thursday He came to Marfa in 1884 with his father and brothers and ran the Mitchell ranch south of Marfa once managing about 10 000 cattle on 10 sections The ranch was divided after his father died and Mitchell retired in 1941 He was active in Masonic church and civic affairs a 83rd degree Scottish Rite Mason Knight Templar member of Marfa Lodge 596 AF and AM and El Maida Shrine El Paso He was a life member of Royal Arch Masonry chapter 176 Patronise Avalanche Advertiser
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Arthur Mitchell
Big Bend
Marfa
Mitchell
Mar
Marfa Lodge
Af&am
el Maida Shrine
el Paso
Royal Arch
Mitchell-Gillett
Alpine
Cororal John Hunter Returns Home from Okinawa
Corporal John L Hunter arrives in San Francisco from Okinawa and starts a 30 day furlough with family in San Angelo and visits in Alpine and Midland before reassignment to San Antonio. Born in Alpine and educated there, he enlisted in 1940 and served as radar technician.
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John Hunter
Okinawa
E. Is Hunter
Lake Drive
San Angelo
Alpine
San Anonio
Cpl
John Lunter
San Francisco
Hunter
Midland
San Antonio
Corp
Army
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Martin
G. W. Marin
Harlingen
T. F. Skevington
A. B. Sandier
Skevington
Garden Club
Chalmers Broadfoot
Broadfoot
Valentine
Marta Garden Club
Texas
Roy Whiteside
Pilot Club
Pilot Club’ of
Vimontiers
Pilot Internaonal Sunshine
Epperson
Crusade For Freedom
Aldine Club
Marie Shepperd
Mamie Crawford
Sis Ben‘on
Mamie
C. H.ad Jennings
Houston
Tom Stovell
Emeral Martin
McFarland
San Diego
Mesdames F. S. Breshears
Mark Her
del Rio
Winter Garden
Methodist Church
Border Patrol
Sth Aaa
Korea
Watus
Elme Wood
Wichita Falls
George “Menson
Kale Greens
Mary Lee Taylor
Tes Peak
Fatow Poultry
Adams’ M‘system Grocery
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