Local social notes from El Paso and nearby visits
Edwin Gillett travels to El Paso with Mrs F E Gillett and relatives. Luther Milam of Dallas visits sister Mrs Mack Brown and relatives. Miles Pierce returns from San Angelo after Rambouille t show. Mrs Mary Thorne had major surgery in an El Paso hospital. Capt R E Dunlap and children from Sandia AFB visit Mrs T M Hill. H G Watson and wife on stock farm near Seguin spend days at home. Dr Martin Daugherty and sister Flora expected home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Milam
Dallas
Mack Brown
Mary Thorne
el Paso
Alpine
Local residents share travel and family visits across states
Weekends and summer trips unfold as Mrs. C A Brown visits El Paso, Linda Jean Smith tours Featherstone relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Davis fly to Los Angeles, and visitors head to California, with others en route to Kerrville camps and Tyler homes. Families from Monore to Coleman, Houston to Bay City connect across towns.
Notable Visitors Check In At Local Homes Last Weekend
Antonio visited the Morrows here last weekend. Sgt. and Mrs. Russell Henders on and a little daughter of Waco visited Mr. and Mrs. George Henderson last weekend, with Mrs. Henderson staying longer. Sgt. Henderson to be discharged next month and return to join family. Dr. Malone V Hill and two sons Jimmy and Malone Jr and Dr. Hill's uncle Dr. James Hill expected home this weekend from a two weeks vacation to the Ozarks. Dr. Robi T Koenig of Laredo has cared for Hill's patients and may stay here permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Cook Atchison of Harlingen and Mrs. W R Priest of San Antonio and Mrs. Nancy Pelphrey of El Paso visit Frances Boatner in Alpine. Mrs. Boatner has a broken hip from a fall months ago. Visiting sisters include Flora and John Daugherty of Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Henderson
Waco
George Henderson
Henderson
Sgt. Henderson
Malone V. Hill
Jimmy and
Malone Jr
Hill
James Hill
Ozark Mountains
Robi, T. Koenig
Laredo
Cook Atchison
Harlingen
W. R. Priest
San Antonio
Nancy Pelphrey
el Paso
Frances Boatner
Alpine
Boamer
Martin Daugherty
Flora Daugherty
John Daugherty
New Assignments Posted For Btry A 537th AAA Bn Big Bend Area
Col Ben T. Baird announced U S Army Reserve reorganizational assignments within the 537th AAA Bn (AN) SP. for Btry A of the 637th with HQ in Marfa. 1st Lt Louis P. Hartnett reassigned as commanding officer, with Lt Clarence D. Vann as executive officer and 1st Lts Harry O. Williamson Hammond P. Ford as platoon commanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben T. Baird
el Paso
Carl N. Chambers
537Th Aaa
U. S. Army Reserve
Btry
637Th
Marfa
Louis P. Hartnett
Hartnett
Baird
Charles E. Wade
Alpine
Btry “A
Camp Polk
Fort Bliss
Body of Drowned Student Located in Texas Flood
OZONA July 19 The body of Mrs Ruben Gutierrez missing since the June 28 flood was found near the Pecos river five miles from where she disappeared. Her husband also drowned. They were from Del Rio and were en route to Sul Ross College at Alpine. Sixteen known dead, five still missing from the flood. Separate notes mention cricket sounds and Wall Street origin. Baseball box scores for Cowboys Falcons Drillers and others follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozona
Ruben Gutierr
Pecos
Bill Conklin
Terrell County
Gutierrez
Odessa
Howard Draw
Pandale
Robbie Hyde
Glenn Hyde
W. O. Hyde
S. E. (Whitey) Morton
Fort Davis Man Receives Memorial Book For Son WW II Victim
Robert C. Withers of Fort Davis received a memorial book titled Brittan's Homage to 28,000 American Dead. The inscription honors Capt. R. L. Withers U S A A V. The book mirrors Britain’s tribute to American service members and will be sent to the kin of others lost in World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Davis
Son
A. N. Alkire
Fort Davis
Robert C. Withers
R. L. Withers
United States
St. Paul's
London
Withers
R. L
L. Robert
Okinawa Arrival of Pvt. Joe G Jiminez
Pvt. Joe G Jiminez 21 son of Mr and Mrs Jose Jiminez Fort Davis Texas arrived on Okinawa for duty with the 97th Anti Aircraft Artillery group. He was last stationed at Fort Hood Texas and entered the Army in October 1953 after basic training at Fort Bliss. He was a carpenter in civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Joe G. Jiminez
Jose Jiminez
Fort Davis
Tex
97Th
Jiminez
Fort Hood
Army
Fort Bliss
Forbes Publishing and Editorial Staff Featured
The Alpine Texas publication lists editor Mrs Nell Forbes Society Editor Bookkeeper Mrs A N Alkire Marathon Correspondent Mattie V Chambers and notes postal matter dating from March 3 1879. Subscription rates are given for Brewster Jeff Davis and Presidio counties and elsewhere with policy for corrections on request to the publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes Publishing
Lynn Forbes
Nell Forbes
A. N. Alkire
Fort Davis
Mattie V. Chambers
Marathon
Alpine
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin Gillett
F. E. Gillett
Miles Pierce
San Angelo
R. E. Dunlap
Sandia Afb
Albuquerque, N. M
T. M. Hill
H. G. Watson
Seguin
Flora
Opportunity
Luther Anderson and
Jim Estes
P. D. Box
Appliance Company
Rm Laguna Beach
Cal
C. A. Brown
Monroe
Chas
Linda Jean Smith
Coleman
Jim Featherstone
Featherstone
T. B. Davis
Mrs
Ray Welch
Houston
Ray Spence
Mr. Spence
California
Harley Harper
Elizabeth
Jackson Miss
W. B. Bradshaw
Merinel McCollum
Edwin McCollum
Sara Rogers
Dick Rogers
Camp Myssic
Kerrville
Paul Forchheimer
Tyler
Forchheimer
Billy Bell
Dawson
Austin
Galveston
Atlanta
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Jim Warnock
Bay City
A. M. Warnock
Fort Stockton
B. H. Warnock
Tony
Dr. Warnock
M. H. Moorman
Ray
Keith Morrow
Edgar L., McCormick
McCormick
Carol
Kent
Ohio
J. ‘T. Morrow
Ian
Fy Krais Ween’s Movie Entertainment
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Dianne Rooney
Foster
Gordons
Dorothy McGuire
Stephen McNally
Lastres Alegres Comadres
Antonio
Big Bend
Ers
Cowboys
Hopkins
Norman Cash
Pokes
Parsons
Watts
Driller
Cash
Leo Burkhalter
White
Hayden White
Buddy Watts
Taft High School
Fann
Doyle Stout
Kelton Russell
Wan Age Rubber Stamp
Wall Street
New York
Manhattan Island
Falcons
Russell
Stout
Patterson
Work
Golibart
Bowers
Chandler
Kott
Drillers
Howard
Worsham
N. 5Th St
Tivoli
Techni
Edgar M. Queeny
Mr. Queeny
Tort
B. Guerin Jr
Alfred Hitchcock
Robert Donat and
Madeline Carroll
Elect
J.T
Rutherford
Congress
Precinct No. 1
Desperado
Uctole
Bill WiLlays
Wayne Morris
Beverly Garland
J. Lydon
Gg Geen
Hans Christian Anderson
Danny Kaye
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