Newcomer Gwen Peck Shares Wartime Past and Family
Gwen Peck wife of Ponderosa Motor Inn owner recounts years in Paris and Brittany and two years in a concentration camp with her father during World War II. She and her family now reside in town with daughter You and son Marc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen
Bill) Peck
Ponderosa Motor Inn
George Brown
Houston
Eugenia
River Oaks
George
Pepper Brown
Grainger Hunt
Pilot Club marks National Recreation Month in Alpine
Alpine Pilot Club hosted a June noon luncheon at the Holland Hotel with Peter Koch of the Alpine Chamber of Commerce as speaker discussing the travel recreation future of Alpine and the Big Bend. The program featured slides of local sites and Big Bend Park with rock and cactus table decor and attendance from ten of Alpine’s thirteen civic clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot International
Alpine Pilot Club
Holland Hotel
Peter Koch
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Alpine
Big Bend
Big Bend Park
Pilot
Pilot Club
Chamber of Commerce
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Charles McIntyre
Lions Club
Jack Williams
Rotary Club
John Pattillo
American Legion
Elvie Williams
M.P. Slovers
Laurene Lighthouse
VFW
Bob Lafarelle
Lupie Ogas
Judith Dirks
Phyllis Connor
Hallie Stillwell
Margaret Linn
Kittie Ivy
Virginia Bailey
Mrs Burcham Hosts Bridge Club at Home
Mrs W D Burcham entertained the Wednesday Bridge Club at her home last week. Mrs Carl Shults won the high prize for members and Mrs Otis Kimball took high for guests. Mrs Hugh White received the bingo prize. Refreshments followed with Mines Worth Frazer John Allen Marvin Pierce John C Epperson Earnest C Shearer Kimball Shults and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.D. Burcham
Wednesday Bridge Club
Carl Shults
Otis Kimball
Hugh White
Mines
Worth Frazer
John Allen
Marvin Pierce
John C. Epperson
Earnest C. Shearer
Kimball
Shults
White
Eldia Cox Circle Met to Finish Mission Book
The Eldia Cox Circle of the Baptist Church met with Mrs. Tom Lankford on Tuesday morning June 29 to finish the mission book Go Home and Tell. Mrs Mayo Cleveland and Mrs Doris Conrad added a dialogue and served ginger bread iced tea and coffee to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldia Cox
the Baptist Church
Tom Lankford
Mayo Cleveland
Doris Conrad
Slalaspina Glacier Named World’s Largest Outside Poles
The slalaspina Glacier near Mt. St. Elias in southeastern Alaska is described as the largest glacier outside polar regions. The grant ice mass spans about 1500 square miles, an area larger than Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. St. Flias
Alaska
Grant
Rhode Island
Baby Sean Powell born to Thomas family in El Paso
David Thomas and Mrs. David H. Thomas announce the birth of a boy named Sean Powell at William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso on June 24 weighing 3 pounds 3 ounces. Maternal grandparents Jol and Bryant of El Paso and paternal grandparents D. D. Thomas of Alpine. Lt. Thomas US Marine Corps has departed for a 13 month overseas tour in the Far East, stationed on Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Thomas
William Beaumont Hospital
Paso
Sean Powell
Jol. O' Bryant
el Paso
D.D. Thomas
Alpine
Thomas
United States Marine Corps
Far East
Okinawa
Local Social News From Camp Waldemar to New Mexico Weddings
Locals attend Field Day at Camp Waldemar Hunt Texas near Kerrville with campers Beth Francois and Jen Morrow. Mrs Ver non McIntyre visits Cameron. Mr and Mrs B B Bounds attend wedding in Deming New Mexico. Susie Appleton and Rodney Clark wed. Appleton formerly New Mexico Maid of Cotton. Other visitors include Ralph Pauley family from Washington. Card of thanks from Sandifer and Allen families. Note on 7 000 Athenian prisoners in Syracuse quarries in 413 BCE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Francois
Keith Morrow
Mac
Vernon McIntyre
Morrow
Camp Waldemar
Hunt
Texas
Kerrville
Beth Francois
Francois
Jen Morrow
B.B. Bounds
Deming
N.M
Mrs. Bounds
Round of Parties Fete Dr and Mrs Dyke in Alpine
Informal gatherings honor Dr. and Mrs. Delbert Dyke after returning from a two year stay in Karachi. Dennis Dyke joins family events as they host and attend dinners, lunches, and a breakfast with friends and former Sul Ross connections. They plan a Far East tour before Aug 1 and then return to Karachi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert Dyke
Karachi
Pakistan
Ford Foundation
Dennis
Alpine
Sul Ross College
Glenn Davis
Lamar Kay
Lamar Kay Were Hosts To A Barbecue In Their Backyard Honoring Dr. and Mrs. Dyke
Paul Goodman
Frank Snow
Snow
Jim Francois
Dom Adams
Francois
J.W. Shepperd
Ralph Peters
Jack Perryman
Perryman
Dee Ann Dyke
El Paso Wedding Attended by Mrs Davis
Mrs Gertrude Davis attended the wedding of her granddaughter Miss Cullen Davis to Stephen Brown at the First Baptist Church El Paso on June 26 with the Canutillo Church minister officiating. The bride from a West Texas ranch family and the groom from the Hemphill New Mexico lineage will live in Canutillo Texas where he works for the public schools maintenance department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Davis
FI Paso
Miss Cullen Davis
Stephen Brown
First Baptist Church
el Paso
Canutillo Church
Bride
West Texas
Hemphill
New Mexico
Canutillo
Texas
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St. James Episcopal Church
Hasta la Vista
Mrs. Burcham
Redeemer Lutheran Church Meeting
Alpine, Texas
W. Hartman
Cameras
City Drug and Professional Pharmacy
Jack T
David Thomas
Ralph Pauley
Gayl and
Glenn
Bellingham
Wash
A.B. Sandifer
Vernie Allen
Syracuse
U.S. Highway 90
Wartin
Kim Novak
Ray Walston Lad
de Stur
Robel
R.A, Bow
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