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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1961
Page
5
Note requests contact Ruth or Caven Woodward at 02 Ranch to call the Big read Telephone Co. and leave a message during line construction. The item appears dated and fragmentary with unclear purpose.
Funeral services were held at St. James Episcopal Church for Robert S. Nod Jr 54 of Van Horn killed in a ranch accident Monday night He stumbled or suffered a heart attack near dogs attacking sheep his gun discharged He was son of the late Rev and Mrs Robert Dod Sr of Alpine Survived by wife a son a daughter and four sisters Pallbearers listed Burial at Elm Grove Cemetery Alpine.
Presidio High School edged Sanderson 48 47 to win Alpine High School’s 8th annual Al Girls Basketball Tournament. In consolation McCamey defeated Brackettville 47 40 and Presidio beat Fort Davis 40 38 in semi finals Alpine beat Van Horn 50 35 then lost to Sanderson 43 42. Alpine took third 43 38 over Fort Davis. All star selections included Olga Ochoa Presidio Katy Robbins Sanderson Gloria Bingham McCamey Ann Espy Fort Davis Carmen Natera Alpine Lupe Garza Sanderson Yolanda Nunez Marfa Lupe Oreste Brackettville Marie Onelas Presidio guards.
Earlene Anderau hosted a party for Angie Menke with twelve attendees including Carol Vogt and Donna Burdett. New students arrive at AHS from Langtry and Midland, while senior Bonnie Foster and Kaye Huggins transfer in. Student Council talent show for the New March of Dimes featured many performers, and debate teams head to Midland tournament. Our Personality of the Week highlights a senior Bucks starter and All-West Texas honoree Lee Anderson.
Funeral services for 85 year old Mrs. Carolina Aranda were held at Mount Sinai Mexican Methodist Church with Rev. Samuel Blanco and Rev. Anthony Montez officiating. Burial followed in Livingston’s directions. She died January 18 at her home in Alpine after nearly 30 years in the town. Survived by four daughters and a list of pallbearers, with many out of town relatives attending from Odessa, Balmorhea, El Paso, Midland, Monahans, Lubbock, Fort Stockton and Big Spring.
Rev. Austin H. Dillon former pastor of the First Methodist Church here now serves at Roswell New Mexico. He visited local friends early this week and conducted a series of meetings at the First Methodist Church Ft. Stockton during the week.
Alpine congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses attended their semi annual circuit assembly in Carlsbad New Mexico with over 1000 attendees from West Texas and eastern New Mexico. R L Anderson of Brooklyn delivered a public address Is God Interested in the Affairs of Men. Twenty one new ministers were ordained by baptism at the assembly. Alpine High Bucks defeated McCamey 51 to 46 with Peters scoring 15. The B game result was McCamey 42 to 29.
D. C. Mudd left yesterday by plane for Australia to serve as a consultant with pipeline technologists on a Shell Oil Co. project in Sydney. He will be joined later by Mrs. Mudd who plans a Hawaii stopover and visits with their daughters in Odessa and Longview before heading to Australia around March 1. The Mudds expect an 18 month to two year assignment, then plan to return to Alpine.
Howard H. Story 59 longtime Pure Oil employee died of a heart attack Friday January 13 in the Ocis Chalk community. He visited with his daughter Mrs. Bob Strom and family during Christmas. Funeral services were held January 15 at Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home Big Spring. Burial Trinity Memorial Park Big Spring. Survivors include his widow and three daughters Mrs. Strom Ella Beth Story and Nancy Story. Mrs. Story returned to Alpine.
Nearly 80 area school board and faculty members attended the quarterly Biz Bend School Board and School Masters Association meeting Monday night. Charles Bitters, a Texas Education Agency consultant, discussed proposed standards for Texas school administrators. A Mexican with Mr and Mrs Strom will leave for her home in Odis Chalk Saturday.
Alpine provided coffee and live music as part of a Green Cafe gathering. Attendees enjoyed a relaxed evening with performances and beverages in a communal setting.
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