City Drug Store Sale Noted as Bow and Nance Lead Purchase
Alpine Texas report notes sale of City Drug Store to R A Bow and Grady Nance of Odessa announced by P D Coulson. Also mentions $20 000 federal grant for Starns Field improvements matched by city, annual Chamber of Commerce officers election, 4 H and FFA events, obituaries and local social updates.
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Avalanche
R. A. Bow
Grady Nance
Odessa
P. D. Coulson
Starns Field
R. E. Thomason
Chamber of Commerce
F. L. McCollum
Alfred FE. Creigh Jr
J. L. Kerby
J. C. Epperson
John Newell
W. N. Wright
French Boy from Alpine High Sends Yale Style Letter
Claude Guillemet of Toulouse, France, an Alpine High School exchange student in 1963-64, writes a long letter to Alpine hosts Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Vincent. He shares engagement to a Parisian teacher, plans to marry in 1969, hopes for a future reunion in Alpine, and recalls friends Barry, Peggy, Nathalie, and Texas Tech memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Guillemet
Toulouse
France
Alpine High School
Doyle Vincent
Alpine
Monique
Paris
Nathalie
Mummy
Barry
Peggy
Baylor
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Texas
University of Dartmouth
Letter from Claude Guillemette in Toulouse
A handwritten note from Claude Guillemette in Toulouse asks about former Alpine High School friends including George Price and Bobby Glasscock, mentions Christmas in France, and notes his fiancé will visit for 15 days. The piece adds a quirky line about Anne Boleyn’s ghost at the Bloody Tower in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Toulouse
Toulouse
Alpine
George Price
Bobby Glasscock
Claude
Claude Guillemet
Chemin Heredie
France
Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII
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Jimmy Pate
Otis Kimball
J. W. Merrill
Travis Roberts
David Combs
Fayette Yates
Jim Espy
Ted Harper
J. C. Weston
John Cox Wright
el Campo
Seguin
Atlanta
Joel Wright
Dessa C. Wright
Amarillo
M. C. Whiteside
George H. Storey
Tom Stovell
San Antonio
John Stovell
T. H. Etheridge
Austin
PTA
G. P. Smith
Leroy Roark
Fort Hancock
Ray Williams
Eldon McGonagill
Nancy
Otto Wilson
Leonard Wilson
J. L. Shoemake
Lizzie Crawford
Sam Nail
el Paso
Farr Young
Katherine
del Rio
Mississippi Gulf Coast
America
Riviera
Gulf Waters
AHS
Yale
Bailey
Henry Virginia
First Savings
Fort Stockton
God
The
Church of Christ In
E. Ave
Joe Reed
Free Bible Course
WTU
West Texas Utilities Old
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