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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1957
Page
8
Mrs. White, stranded with her ill husband after abandoning their car near the Rio Grande, survived eight days in a canyon behind Elephant Tusk Mountain. She traced a rock calendar, prayed, found water, signaled rescuers with an eight foot rock message, and was eventually found hours before rescue planes reached her. Her husband died during the ordeal.
Mrs White received medical tests and sunburn treatment after a weeklong ordeal in the park. She and her brother and brother in law spent a night at Antelope Lodge Motel before returning to the Park where she thanked Park Superintendent George W. Miller and staff for the search. The trio then flew to Columbia Tennessee for the husband’s funeral set for Friday at 5 p.m. Burial will be in Nashville. The rescue story captivated national media. The husband, 51, owned General Store Fixture Co. in Houston. Mrs White, 46, was secretary to oilman Bob Smith. They moved to Houston from Nashville over three years ago and had no children.
Hallie Stillwell describes a San Antonio visit with Virginia Madison and Dolly from New York. They discuss the Big Bend region research, reminisce about Marathon Marfa Alpine and Presidio areas, meet Col Halcomb and friends, and note Mrs. White’s rescue from a cactus cave.
William T. Wade aged 85 died Friday at the home of his son Churchill Wade in Phoenix Arizona He was the father of Mrs F S Breshears of Alpine and Houston A Creighton member from the local note implies ties to the area and family connections
John Pate son of Dr and Mrs John W Pate Alpine will appear as Don Gonzalo in the one act comedy A Sunny Morning to be presented July 4 by Texas Tech Summer High School Speech Workshop in Lubbock. The group travels July 5-7 to Colorado visiting Red Rocks Theatre Denver Civic Theatre University of Denver Summer Theatre and Rocky Mountain Summer Theatre.
Methodist Church resident Wade moved to Phoenix seven years ago from Oklahoma and spent summers in Alpine with his daughter. He is survived by son Preston Wade of Idaho Falls and another son, two grandchildren, and a brother in Hollywood. Funeral services were held at Mercer Mortuary in Phoenix with Rev. Bastrom officiating.
John Pate Jimmy Wright Joe Reed and Tak Kubota assistant scoutmaster of Troop 20 will depart Pecos July 8 on the Tee-Pee Special for the Jam boree at Valley Forge Pa. At Longview all trains carrying Scouts will join into one to head to the Jamboree with side trips planned to Washington New York Philadelphia Detroit and Niagara Falls none of which are overlong in duration.
Sportsmen and landowners are reminded of a 7 30 p m Friday July 5 meeting at the Alpine Community Center to discuss hunting regulations and bag limits for the coming seasons. New license regulations will be explained. The program is one of nine in the Trans Pecos county seats, an annual service by the Game and Fish Commission.
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