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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
4
A San Antonio newspaper features three models in bold flower wigs under a sensational headline claiming the wig helps men forget the chemise. Readers denounce the fad calling it anti-feminine and urge women to resist by not buying the garments or sewing their own outfits.
Miss Cressa Cowell bride elect of Bill Jennings honored at a May 5 Miscellaneous Shower in the Baptist Student Union Building. Hostesses included Mrs. O W Bass and several Misses. A tea table with iris centerpiece and interlocked heart cakes was centerpiece. Guests were listed, and the couple will wed May 24 at First Baptist. Also notes a birthday dance at the Country Club on May 7 for Isabell Davis and Gage Holand.
Announcement of the engagement and coming marriage of Miss Marcella Louise Shepperd of Alpine and Oscar N Travland Jr son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Travland formerly of Beeville now of Alpine The wedding is set for Friday evening June 20 at the First Methodist Church in Alpine.
The Cemetery Association thanks all volunteers for a successful barbecue producing 805 dollars. Proceeds from prior years totaled 501.40 in 1954, 771.36 in 1955, 721.46 in 1956, and 644.50 in 1957, with 805.23 in 1958. The cemetery remains in tip top shape.
A grand prize of two season tickets to Kokernot Field will be awarded at the Girls State Benefit sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. The event runs tonight from 8 to 10 at the Legion Home with three door prizes including half gallons of Borden's milk and ice cream donated by Burl Pringle.
Cub Scouts of Den 3 Pack 141 held a picnic supper on Calamity Creek at Nevill Ranch south of town. Attendees enjoyed baseball and creek wading with Sam Cooley Mike Dorris Jeff Haynes Mac Morrow Rick Roark Milton Wilson and guests Joe Kimball and Monty Bryant. Parents and relatives included the Nevill Haynes Morrow Dorris Roark Cooley and Wilson families.
Miss Jane Caradine reviewed The End of it All from Understanding The Sacraments by Carroll E. Simcox during the St James Episcopal Auxiliary meeting at Mrs. C L Conder home on Wednesday evening May 7. Devotions were led by Miss Myrtle Hill and refreshments served to several members and guests including Mesdames Graves Bogel Conder James W Glasscock Neville Haynes H F E Medlin P B Uzzell Joel Wright and Misses Caradine and Hill.
Marathon couple Mr Ramon Ybarra and Mrs Ramon Ybarra announce the birth of a daughter on May 7. The child was named Celia and weighed 5 pounds 15 ounces at birth.
The Alpine Junior Music Club held its May meeting at the Fine Arts Studio with the annual Scale Round-up and Western music selections. Participants included Jane Cain Rory Coggins Julie Forchheimer Elizabeth Harlow Joy Heil Cecilia Hollis Rex Ivey Joe Kimball Rochelle Sohl Harrell Winter Jeri Bellamah Sara Lines Carol Ann Nelon and Mary Sims.
Mrs. Ralph Peters led the Eldia Cox circle of the Baptist Church in a Bible lesson from The Great Prayers of the Bible at the home of Mrs. Ray Spence on Tuesday morning. Mrs. Pearl Thornton provided homemade doughnuts and coffee for the group. It Pays to Trade at Home Buy It In Alpine.
Alpine announces the engagement of Miss Marci Scott of Richardson Texas to James Kerr Matlock of Alpine. Both are Texas Western College students planning a May wedding He is a pre medical junior and leader in campus groups while she is a junior majoring in education and active in cheerleading sororities and student affairs.
The Girls Auxiliary of the Woman's Missionary Union at the First Baptist Church began GA Focus Week with a Mexican supper in the church dining room. Mrs. O W Bass welcomed guests, Ellen Cleveland answered for the girls, and Ann Estelle McBride with Dorothy Robertson shared testimonies. Rev R E Streetman led an inspirational talk for 29 attendees as plans include visits to shut ins and a slumber party for Pa Members of GA will also fill the choir for Sunday worship.
Pianist Loraine Merrill of Texas Western College music faculty will give a recital at Dr. and Mrs. Arvel Ponton’s home 109 North 3rd at 4 p.m. Saturday May 17. Public invited. She will not perform at Sul Ross Auditorium due to rodeo conflicts. Merrill holds degrees from the American Conservatory of Music Chicago and studied with Leo Podolsky and Sigismund Stojowski. She is El Paso Symphony Orchestra pianist and has appeared as soloist with the group. After Alpine she will perform in Fort Stockton Sunday.
The Red Cross will add a course on preventing hazards from about 85000 backyard pools to its aquatic school curriculum this summer. Ten day programs, open to adults 18 and over, will run at about 25 locations nationwide in June, with lectures practice and seminars to train new first aid water safety and small craft instructors. Miss Lolly Lockhart from Alpine will attend a school in Palestine Texas.
Local minister Robert Lee Cosgrove of the Church of Christ will travel from Alpine to Pyote to address senior students at 11 a.m. and then speak to Robert Lee high school seniors at 8 p.m. Homer Anderson of Fort Davis will lead the Alpine Church of Christ sermons in Cosgrove’s absence. The Cosgroves will return to Alpine Monday for a Marfa church service.
Alpine Church of Christ members will help lead revival services in Marfa starting May 18 and ending May 25. James DeVoll leads singing and Owen Cosgrove preaches each night at 7 30 PM with filmstrips shown after the regular service Monday through Friday.
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