Curious Iron Pot Becomes Local Landmark in West Alpine
In a west Alpine flower bed sits a heavy iron melting pot once used by The Avalanche to cast mats for advertisements. It drew questions from locals and visitors alike, sparking stories of its role in old printing and metal work before 1961.
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Johnny Sotelo
Foothills Food Market
Johnny
Pete Kennedy
Jim
Pete
Gladys
D. M.) Bennett
Nig" Bennett
Avalanche
Alpine
Dr Casey Addresses Alpine Woman's Club on Community Chronicle
Dr. Clifford B. Casey retired Sul Ross State College history professor spoke to the Woman's Club of Alpine on Conserving Our Community Chronicle. He traced Alpine history from the early 18th century with priests passing through, sharing data up to the present.
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Clifford B. Casey
Sul Ross State College
Woman's Club of
George Bechtel
E. J. Foley
Bechtel
Mmes
Doyle Vincent
Adam Hoefling
Gerald Webb
Vaughn Musgrave
Casey
Asia
Alpine
Bill Painter
George W. Baines
D. M. Bennett
Foley
Hoefling
W. E. Lockhart
Frank McCollum
Palmer McCown
Musgrave
C. W. Newbill
James Rice
S.L. Stumberg, Sr
W. D. Talley, Vincent
Paul Vogt, and
Webb
W H Perryman Speaks on National Defense at DAR Meeting
Big Bend Chapter DAR met Jan 18 at Mrs. George W. Baines home with W H Jack Perryman Sul Ross State professor as guest speaker. He urged that home discipline and church attendance foster patriotism and warned Hippies and demonstrators. The chapter voted to donate a book to Sul Ross College library in memory of Miss Aetna Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Daughters of the American Revolution
George W. Baines
W- H. Jack Perryman
Sul Ross
National Defense
Hugh F., Dallman
Perryman
James L. Williams
Valentine
Texas
James W. Glasscock
Dallman
Texana
Sul Ross College Library
Aetna Smith
Vernon McIntyre
Cameron
Mmes
John Bailey
Robert Everett
Valentine Baines
Albert A. Clark
John C. Epperson
Glasscock
Charles T. Holmes
Fredericksburg
Alpine
Mary Taylor
Maria Williams
Miss Laurene
Beta Sigma Phi To Sponsor Heart Fund In Alpine Area
The Alpine chapter met at Mrs. Ross Hise home with 10 members. Betty Bauman of the Heart Association in El Paso spoke and planning for the Heart Fund Drive was completed. Feb 23 labeled Heart Sunday. Marathon drive lead by Mrs. Mackey Shackelford with $50 donation to Marathon Fire Dept for radios. Johnny Watkins chaired the Alpine drive with Mrs. Jimmy Gibson assisting. Phil Wayne Ebensberger from KVLF spoke on radio operation and news releases.
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Alpine
Beta Sigma Phi
Ross Hise
Carl Williams
Betty Bauman
Heart Association
el Paso
Mackey Shackelford
Marathon
Heart
Shackelford
Johnny Watkins
Phil Wayne Ebensberger
KVLF
Mmes
Watkins
Williams
Gibson
Hise
Arthur Meixner
Avis Faulk
Tony Acker
Ricky Sohl
Lonnie Winterrowd
Jack Minnox
Sailors on leave and family news from across bases
Bryan on a 30 day leave will report to Long Beach California after visiting shipmates in Laredo. Barbara and Tuck plan March departure from San Diego to Sasebo Japan for two years with USS Woodpecker and Princeton assignments. Sissy Holman attends Sul Ross and works at Casner Motor Co while new yellow Impala excites her.
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Jeomet
Bill Smithers
St. Augustine
Oaxaca
Mexico
Mary
Joseph
Smithers
Ray LaBeff
Bryan LaBeff
el Paso
Vietnam
Far East
U. S. Navy
Washoe County
Bryan
Pone
Ray
Tucks
Charles
Canon) Tuck
Barbara
Spine
Newport
R. I
Emily
Texas Tech
Dallas
Frances LaBeff
Chuck
Corpus Christi
Falfurrias
Alice
Taft
Pleasanton
LaBeff
Sally
Asa Farrer
Laredo
Long Beach
Calif
Princeton
Tuck
San Diego
Sasebo
Japan
USS Woodpecker
Sissy Holman
Sul Ross State College
Casner Motor Co
Sissy
San Antonio
Berry Ponton
Richard Stocks
Karen Yakubanski
Jacobina Skinner
Trinity University
Nassau
Jasper Koontz
Fort Sumner
N. M
Mrs Shuts Hosts Bridge Club and Ranch Party Flight
Mrs Carl Shutts hosted the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home with members Mmes Steve Stumberg Sr Marvin Pierce W D Burcham Ernest Shearer J M Alderson and John C Epperson. Guests included Mmes Henry Bailey and Otis Kimball. High scores and bingo were noted with Epperson and Bailey leading their groups. The hostess served cherry pie and coffee during a ranch flight chartered by Worley Mills Corp for a visit, with a note that Sherm and Emily Breshears will winter in Green Valley Arizona.
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Carl Shutts
Mmes
Steve Stumberg Sr
Marvin Pierce
W. D. Burcham
Ernest Shearer
J. M. Alderson
John C. Epperson
Henry Bailey
Otis Kimball
Epperson
Mrs. Bailey
Burcham
Kimball
Worley Mills Corp
Sherm
Emily Breshears
Houston
Breshears
Green Valley
Ariz
Hasta la Vista
Mother of Alpine man dies in Ohio
Mrs. Charles DeBarbrie Sr mother of Charles DeBarbrie Jr of Alpine died early Saturday morning Jan 18 in Painesville Ohio. Funeral services and burial were held there Tuesday Jan 21. Mr DeBarbrie left Saturday for Painesville.
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Charles DeBarbrie Sr
Charles DeBarbrie Jr
Alpine
Paines
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Dr. Casey
Woman’s Club
W.H. Perryman
DAR
Marathon Fire Department
Mrs. Shuts
Meliday
Kamous Name
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