Holly Daze Sidelights from Alpine to El Paso
Journal notes holiday travel tales and family happenings. Chuck Yw of Asheville School endured a three day trip home with no parents aware of his mode of transport. The Stringfellows report prank on Shorty the car. Virginia Link injures ankle, then flies home by private plane with family help. Mrs. Gilmer visits El Paso for Sun Carnival duchesses.
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Holly Daze
el Paso
Citadel
South Carolina
Alpine
Chuck Yw
Asheville School
Asheville
N.C
Chuck
New Orleans
Charlie
Mary Virginia
The
Stringfellows
Mac
McCallie School
Lee Shepperd
Stringfellow Family
Lo Thes
Shorty
Lee
Virginia Link
Virginia
Howpital
Mary Nell
J. R. Mateh
Big Spring
Hatch
Jessie
Teresa Gilmer
University of Texas
Stather Elliott
Charles) Thomas
Mildred Elliott
Vac
Waco
Houton
San Angelo
San Antonio
Pilots to Hear Gene Hendryx at Pilot Club Meeting
Gene Hendryx president and GM of KVLF radio and TV will speak at the Pilot Club meeting January 10 from 12 to 1 p.m. at the Holland Hotel. Guests may attend and should reserve by 9:30 a.m. January 10. Patronize The Avalanche advertisers.
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Gene Hendryx
KVLF
Kvlf-Tv
Pilot Club
Holland Hotel
Barbara Jo Faseler Weds Tommy Gilbreath
Barbara Jo Faseler and Tommy Gilbreath wed Christmas afternoon at First Methodist Church of Hondo. The bride wore a white peau de soie dress and red carnations. ceremony officiated by Rev. David Stewart with serenades by Miss Susan Mimms and Miss Betty Chapman. Reception followed in the church education building with poinsettias and an open Bible wedding cake. The couple left for Austin after a reception. bride a 1960 Hondo High School graduate and Sul Ross State College sophomore majoring in English.
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First Methodist Church of
Hondo
Barbara Jo Faseler
Tommy Gilbreath
David Stewart
Harold Faseler
J. D. Gilbreath
Gilbreath
Alpine
Susan Mimms
Betty Chapman
Maxine Faseler
Carolyn Faseler
Charles Tuck
David Clay
Gene Turner
Poinsettias
Kathy Mimms
Emalen Seathoff
Patsy Ward
Austin
Hondo High School
Sul Ross State College
Big Bend Park News Highlights Local Visitors and Birth
Big Bend residents host and visit relatives in Paris and nearby towns. A baby, Cecil Lynn Davis, arrived at Brewster County Memorial Hospital in Alpine on December 28 with grandparents Cecil Garrett and family nearby. Community members attended an impromptu New Year’s Eve gathering at Government Springs Community House.
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Waring L
Dave) Davis
Stringer Ranch
Cecil Lynn
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Alpine
Cecil Garrett
Big Bend
M. J
Slue) Robinson
Grand Canyon National Park
Ariz
Robinson
Grand Canyon
Government Springs
Pilot Club aids crippled children with travel gifts
Daniel Tovar a School of Exceptional Children student was sent to Galveston for ear infection treatment under Pilot Club sponsorship. The trip included Red Cross and Easter Seal Fund support, with half fare by Southern Pacific for Daniel and his mother.
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Daniel Tovar
Robert Bristol
Galveston
Pilot Club
Georgia Dallman
Committee of Community Service
Daniel
American Red Cross
Brewster County
Southern Pacificines
Alpine
Estelle Vuvanich
Pilot Club of
Big Spring
Virginia Link
Alpine Club
Pilot Club of Alpine
Ferguson Hall
Sul Ross State College
Austin
Texas-Arizona
Teacher Betty Vogt Returns Home After Holidays
Miss Betty Vogt, a Dallas public schools teacher, returned home Monday after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Vogt and her sister Carol over the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Freak O. Ray visited during the holidays with his daughter Mrs. W. H. Wood and family at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino California where Col. Wood is stationed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon Ryer
Karen
Lon Garrisson
Yellowstone National Park
Big Bend
Park
Ryer
Maverick Ranger Station
Raul Valadez
Robinson
Betty Vogt
Dallas
Paul Vogt
Carol
Freak O. Ray
W. H. Wood
San Bernardino
Calif
Col. Wood
Norton Air Force Base
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Valerie Fashion Shop
Reath
First Savings & Loan Co
Fort Stockton
Aix
First Savings and Loan Association
Texas
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp
Big Bend Park News
Maribell Miller
Dee Howeth
Paris
Stanley Joseph
Panther Junction
Mary Ellis
Mason, Texas
Charles Shannon
Alejandro Gonales
Organ Pipe National Monument
Marty Ott
Joe Ott
Alpine High School
Sul Ross
Adams
M System
Betty Moore
Aransas Pass
Ave
Ott
Bill Webb
Webb
National Parks Concessions
Webbs
Kentucky
Clint Fulcher
Daughters of
Stanley Fulcher
Stanley Josephs
Hal Edwards
Kathy
Kay
Missoula
Irene Sutton
College, Ariz
Louis Gregor
Twin Peaks
Angel Baby
George Hamilton
Mercedes McCambridge
Rock Hudson
Jean Simmer
Sun
Frank Sinatra
Shirley McL
Dean Martin
Martha Hyer
Naked Edge
Gary Cooper
Cross & Cross’ Annual
Coats
Capris
Iecomporateed
Penney’s
Fein Sania
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