Main Street changes and social highlights in town
Forchheimer’s building is being repainted in an unusual green shade while a former McMurry property near Graham Motor Co and Holland House Hotel is torn down for hotel guest parking and adjacent car storage. Alpine Drug Store displays an outside vintage ceiling fan as a popular spot. The country club supper attracted locals and visitors including Mimzie and Eddie Reider from Hollywood with several social details and updates on residents. Hallie Matlock heads to Big Spring for a month of training with Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
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Holland Ave
Forchheimer’s
Graham Motor Co
Holland House
R. G. McMurry
Alpine Drug Store
Mimzie
Eddie Reider
Hollywood
Calif
George A. Brown
Jane
Tom Coats
Jean
John W.) Pate
Mary
George) Miller
George
Big Bend National Park
Herman Ledbetters
Marfaway
Mairi
Alan) Fraser
Mona
Harry) Carpenter
el Paso
King
Terry Sr
Becky
Area Women To Take Sul Ross Educational Tour
A group of 40 Sul Ross State College women will depart Alpine on July 19 for a multi state educational tour across Texas Louisiana and the Deep South visiting Washington D C New York Boston Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago and more before returning August 16 Tour director is Dr. G P Smith and sponsors include Mrs W H Terry Sr Mrs Nellie Mae McElroy and others from Alpine Fort Davis Sanderson and Iraan The younger Alpine Junior Music Club met July 9 with members listed and individual student recitals were held.
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W. H. Terry, Sr
Nellie Mae McElroy
Alpine
J. C. Duncan
C. J. Turner
Fort Davis
Vera Jessup
Steve Stumberg
Sanderson
Sul Ross
Sul Ross State College
G. P. Smith
Texas
Louisiana
Deep South
Washington D. C
New York City
Boston
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Chicago
Alpine Junior Music Club Recitals Highlight Summer Session
On Tuesday July 8 the Senior Group presented their last summer program. Participants include Jan Coates Big Lake Lana Colvin Andrews Betty Jack Cooper Sonora Walter Friesen Denver Barrie Wassell San Angelo Alpine students Camille Connor Barbara Davis Robert Graham Tony Warnock and soloists Dana Colvin Betty Jack Cooper.
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Alpine Junior Music Club
Jan Coates
Big Lake
Lana Colvin
Andrews
Betty Jack Cooper
Sonora
Walter Friesen
Denver
Colo
Barrie Wassell
San Angelo
Camille Connor
Barbara Davis
Robert Graham
Tony Warnock
Dana Colvin
Marathon couple wed at First Methodist Alpine
Miss Marilyn Lee Coe and Macky Jay Shackelford of Marathon exchanged wedding vows Saturday July 5 at the First Methodist church of Alpine with Rev. R. R. Reed officiating. Mrs. Shackelford is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Coe of Marathon and her husband is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Lindell Shackelford.
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Marilyn Lee Coe
Marathon
Macky Jay Shackelford
First Methodist Church
Alpine
R. R. Reed
First Methodist Church of
Pine
Mrs. Shackelford
Ralph Coe
Lyndell Shackelford
Mrs Leslie Profitt Honored at First Baptist Shower
A miscellaneous shower tea honored Mrs Leslie H Profitt the former Miss Myra Cleveland when the ladies of the First Baptist church entertained Thursday afternoon at the church social room.
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Leslie Profitt
Leslie H. Profitt
Myra Cleveland
the First Baptist Church
David Kokernots Fete Mrs Rowland With Chicken Supper
Mrs Eugenia Rowland, a widely feted Alpine visitor, was honored with a chicken supper by Mr and Mrs David Kokernot at their home on Monday evening. Over 40 ladies attended between 3 and 4 pm with decorations by Mrs R K Streetman featuring a bridal theme and spun sugar bells.
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David Kokernots
Mrs. Rowland
Eugenia Rowland
Alpine
David Kokernot
Mesdames
Ida Kokernot
Gay Meriwether
Vernie Allen
Edith Caldwell
Hallie Stillwell
The
Baptist Church
J. O. Casparis
Ralph Peters
W. E. Vannoy
Edna Carson Circle Bible Study Meeting Notes
The Edna Carson Circle met at Mrs. J. L. Holder’s home for Bible study. Mrs. Sallie opened with prayer and the circle voted to send 5 to a new church in Far go North Dakota. The group heard a Genesis 21 33 study by Mrs. T. M. Lankford and shared ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Carson
J. L. Holder
T. M. Lankford
T. L. Colwell
C. C. Holman
Lankford
J. H. Jessup
J. O. Casparis
Kele
Holder
James T. L. Colwell
Jessup
T. KE. Autrey
W. E. Vanney
Kindergarten of Music Summer Recital Held
The Kindergarten of Music held its final summer meeting on July 9 inviting families of students. Participants included Pamela and Paul Gadsden, Mitzi and Kinney Lange of Fort Davis, Margaret Luckett of Dallas, Kirby and Miles Warnock of Biloxi Mississippi, and Alpine attendees Cam Corkins Linda Largent Jan Morrow Kenneth Peters Kenneth Stuckwish Carol Thomson and Teresa Mae Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Junior Music Club
Donna Colvin
Andrews
Sheila Daugherty
Austin
Kinney Lange
Ft. Davis
Linda Madison
Charles Roop
Iraan
Alpine Club
Sharon Barber
Jane Cain
Rory Coggins
Cam Corkins
Julie Forchheimer
Rex Ivey
Ellen Largent
Jeanne McCollister
Berry Ponton
Carol Thomson
Kindergarten of Music
Pamela
Paul Gaddis
Mitzi
Fort Davis
Margaret Luckett
Dallas
Kirby
Miles Warnock
Biloxi
Miss
Music
Linda Largent
Jan Morrow
Kenneth Peters
Kenneth Stuckwish
Teresa Mae Wilson
Texas film to highlight Alamo and San Jacinto monuments
Gov. Price Daniel announces a July 17 Lone Star State film presentation at the Texas fair featuring the Santa Fe Railway documentary Texas The Big State. The film, loaned by Santa Fe, covers industry agriculture and natural resources and has played widely in schools across the U S Canada and Latin America.
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Alamo
San Jacinto Monument
Lone Star State
Price Daniel
Texas
Big State
The
Santa Fe Railway
E. S. Marsh
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Railway Co
United States
Alpine Garden Club Hosts Picnic For 65 Guests
Alpine Garden Club members and guests gathered in Mrs. Virgil Miller's yard for an annual picnic on Friday July 11. Coffee brewed on the barbecue pit, punch and a chicken casserole supper were served to 65 guests as friends visited.
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Alpine Garden Club
Virgil Miller
West
Texas
Pilot Club of Alpine features talk on Mexico and relations
Mrs Olive Blucher led the Pilot Club of Alpine meeting at the Holland House Ballroom with guest speaker Glenn Burgess addressing International Relations focused on Mexico along the Rio Grande border. President Dorothy McBride presided as members and guests attended including Ruth Johnson and Betty Davis among others.
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Olive Blucher
Pilot Club of Alpine
Holland House
Bleak Jack
Margaret A. Linn
Anna D. Linn
Frances Kelly
Mathilda Forchheimer
Anna Mae East
Monica Heiman
Katharine Boyd
Lurline Pulliam
Dorothy McBride
Virginia Link
Hallie Stillwell
Glen Harris
George Dallman
Avora Owens
Marjorie Graham
Mrs Gerald Ogle Hosts Tuesday Bridge Club Luncheon
Mrs Gerald Ogle entertained the Tuesday Bridge Club at White's Highland Village on July 8. Bridge games followed her luncheon with high prize going to Mrs Hugh White and Bingo won by Mrs C E Patterson. Guests included Mrs White Mrs Martin B Olson and Mrs Patterson. Members present were Mesdames Ralph Peters Alfred FE Creigh W I Winter Frank McCollum and Paul Vogt.
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White’s
Highland Village
Gerald Ogle
Ogel
Hugh White
C. E. Patterson
Mrs. White
Martin B. Olson
Patterson
Mesdames
Ralph Peters
Alfred FE. Creigh
W. I. Winter
Frank McCollum
Paul Vogt
New Members Join Daughters of the Republic Chapter
Hally Bryan Perry Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas held a July meeting at Marathon hosted by Mrs Delmar Collins with co host Mrs John Moss. New members from Alpine Sanderson Marathon were welcomed and the president spoke about the Dallas state convention.
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Hally Bryan Perry Chapter
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Delmar Collins
Marathon
John Moss
Sarah Miltin Hill
Pearl Sandifer
George Baines
Margaret Linn
Fred Gibson
Jim Skinner
Mildred Rogers McElroy
Wally Johnson
Alpine
Nell Rogers Deaton
Sanderson
W. T. Burnham
Collins
Mesdames
E. D. Mciver
Chas Hoppin
Jim Daugherty
Isabel Andrews
Dallas
Texas
Mesdames Baines
Dallman Dandifer
Neimes
Gibson
Skinner
McElroy
Johnson
Misses Hill
Margaret
Anna D. Linn
McIver
Daugherty
Hoppin
Andrews
Sandra Cleveland Celebrates Fifth Birthday Party
Sandra Cleveland marked her fifth birthday with a daytime party at her parents home from 10 to 12 noon. Guests included Eileen Bellamah Diana Bellamah Cheryl McCollister Charles McCollister David Tankersley Ruth Ann Tankersley and others. Decor featured colorful balloons and a doll cake with food service of sandwiches potato chips fruit punch cake and ice cream. New school textbooks arrived at Alpine Public School Depository totaling 22 cases weighing about 500 pounds with obsolete arithmetic texts set for return to the Texas Education Agency.
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Sandra Cleveland
Mayo Cleveland
Eileen
Diana Bellamah
Cheryl
Charles McCollister
David
Ruth Ann Tankersley
Kenneth Peters
Deana Robertson
Doris Lane
Mary Lou Pattillo
Digger Smith
DeAnn
Barbara Brown
Martin Thomason
Linda Stovall
Sandra
Alpine Public School Textbook Depository
M. P. Slover
Texas Education Agency
Chutney and Applejack Described as Traditionally Made Foods
The passage explains chutney as ripe fruit with spices herbs and seasonings pounded and boiled. It defines Applejack as cider distilled to yield a beverage with higher alcohol content.
Rochelle Sohl Earns Medal at Heart O' The Hills Camp
Rochelle Sohl, ten, receives the junior choir medal at Heart O'The Hills camp for junior girls in Hunt, Texas. The Naming of the Braves ceremony honored attitude, attendance, conduct, and skill advancement, presented by camp director Mrs. Kitty Magee of Denton.
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Heart O’ the Hills Inn
Kerrville
Superintendent Miller Heads Mission 66 Discussions in Santa Fe
Supt. George W. Miller is in the National Park Service Region 3 office at Santa Fe this week to discuss park projects under the Mission 66 program. Next week he travels to Denver, Colorado, on official and personal matters with Mrs. Miller.
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George W. Miller
National Park Service
Santa Fe
Denver
Col
Mrs. Miller
Vote for a Better Alpine Water Mains Bond
A city plea urges approval of a water mains bond issue stating unanimous citizen support. Officials cite economical installation and that bond funds will be spent only on materials with no tax increase.
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Chamber of Commerce
Water Advisory Committee
Alpine
State Health Department
West Texas
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Jets
Hallie Matlock
Big Spring
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Macky Shackelford
Mrs. Macky Shackelford
Arizona
Calavo
California
Nabisco
AW Brands
Gandy
Gallen
Peyton
Blue Bonnet & Armour
Kem Biell
Margerine
Ewe Eer
Kimbiell
Elliott
Edna Carson Circle
Fair Gets Texas Film
Gov
Daniel
Jules B. Farber
United States Commissioner General
Council of Women's Organizations
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Presbyterian Church In the
United Presbyterian Women's Organization
United Presbyterian Church of North America
Garden Club
Mrs. Gerald Ogle
Daughters of Texas Republic
Rochelle Sohl
Cathedral Mountain Lodge
Duncan Hines
Tennyson
State Fire Commission
Ashley G. Classen
Sul Ross College
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