Visit to Hallie Stillwell ranch near Marathon
A family group travels from Amblin to Hallie Stillwell’s Texas ranch south of Marathon. They visit Ann and Tom Leary at Los Arboles, enjoy Diane Stillwell’s lunch, tour Guy Stillwell’s 300 acre root plowing project, and remark on the canyon rim and greened flats amid recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallie Stillwell
Guy Jr
Tige
Hallie
Rancho
Marathon
Amblin
Ann
Tommy Leary
Los Arboles
Leary
Stillwell Ranch
Guy
Diane Stillwell
Diane
Vie Heils
Betsy
Maravillas Canyon
Big Bend
Brand
Roy
Hasta Luego
Young Musicians Present Recital in Alpine
Alpine youths celebrated National Music Week with home musicales and studio recitals. Home programs featured Jeanne McCollister Rochelle Sohl Mary Bell Lockhart and Robin Sohl Julie Forchheimer and Lindy Creigh. Studio recitals included Carlene Hegelund Anne Hegellund Tony Warnock Jane Bahannon and four Alpine High School boys John Hayslip Tyrone Hillger John Pate and Kern Wildenthal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Jeanne McCollister
Sheila Daugherty
McCollister
Rochelle Sohl
Cheryl Rackley
Sohl
Mary Bell Lockhart
Robin Sohl
Lockhart
Julie Forchheimer
Lindy Creigh
Forchheimer
Carlene Hegelund
Anne Hegelund
Tony Warnock
Jane Bohannon
Alpine High School
John Hayslip
Tyrone Hillger
John Pate
Kern Wildenthal
Garden Club to Meet at Mrs Crowder’s Home
The Alpine Garden Club will hold a 3 30 p m meeting Friday at the home of Mrs R G Crowder on the Loop Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Garden Club
R. G. Crowder
Loop Road
Bake Sale to Benefit Bluebonnet Girls State
The American Legion Auxiliary holds a graduation bake sale on Saturday June 1 at Adams M System Grocery. No cake or cookie mixes will be sold. Proceeds support Bluebonnet Girls State activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Adams’ M System
Gold Star Mothers and Sisters Honored at Alpine Tea
The Presbyterian Hospitality Room hosted a Monday afternoon tea honoring Gold Star Mothers and sisters of Alpine. LaVern Meister from Sul Ross College performed Italian aria Caro Mio Ben and Hills of Home, with Glenn Davis at piano. Leaders of the American Legion Auxiliary spoke on memorial sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
American Legion Auxiliary
Gold Star
Alpine
LaVern Meister
Sul Ross College
Giordan
Home
Oscar Fox
Meister
Glenn Davis
Sul Ross
Peyton Cain
Maurice Rubby
el Paso
Nell Ferguson
David
Eobernot
A. L. Sublett
Grady
Neton
Forrest Walker
Mrs. Cain
W. E. Lockhart
Ruel Warnock
Mesdames A. Vick Winter
H. W. Morelock
M. L. Hopson
Tempie M. Hill
M. T. McClure
Nannie Crawford
F. E. Weyerts
A. J. Joyce
W. D. Burcham
J. E. Wright
Helen Runge
Elvie Williams
Levin Davis
Betsey
Esther Wright
Presbyterian Women Hear Program by Mrs C W Newbill
The Presbyterian Church women’s association met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs C W Newbill presenting a program titled How a Christian should or should not act in certain social situations. A recorded radio program Let There Be Light from the Board of Christian Education was played. Mrs Charles Stringfellow presided over the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
Clanton Newbill
Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church USA
Charles Stringfellow
Open House Held at SR President's Home
President and Mrs. Bryant Weldenthal hosted an open house at Sul Ross State College for graduates their families and friends. More than 400 guests were served by homemaking students including Jeannette Gotcher Batesville Lynne Timon Beeville Rosetta Williams Knott and Zona Gail Thompson Girvin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross State College
Jeannette Gotcher
Batesville
Lynne Timon
Beeville
Rosetta Williams
Knott
Zona Gail Thompson
Girvin
Central School Names Officers For Next Year
Alpine Central School elected Annis Heil president of the Central Student Council for the coming year with Dianne Ritter as vice president and Dee Ann Dyke as secretary treasurer. Cheerleaders named were Barbara Davis, Kathleen Brown, Candy Weston, and Brenda Jo Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Central School
Annis Heil
Central Student Council
Dianne Ritter
Dee Ann Dyke
Barbara Davis
Kathleen Brown
Candy Weston
Brenda Jo Logan
Card of Thanks from Alpine Community for Van Horn aid
The Van Horn Chamber of Commerce expresses appreciation to Alpine citizens for kindness aid and sympathy during the tragic misfortune of their young people. The message thanks the community for neighborly support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
The
van Horn
Local visits and funeral notice highlight weekend events
Locals Mr and Mrs James Bow and sons of Tulsa visited over the weekend with his parents in town. Mrs W B Kidd and four children from Carlsbad left for home after three weeks visiting her mother Mrs S A Cunningham. Budd Hawkins and two daughters from Odessa visited with Mrs Hawkins' parents Mr and Mrs King Terry. Pete Bishop was called to Yoakum for the death of his grandmother Mrs M E Bishop. funeral was held last Thursday. Joe Thee of Alpine, now at Fort Hood, Texas, attended Alpine High and formerly worked for Western Union in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bow and
Tulsa
Okla
R. A. Bow
W. B. Kidd
Carlsbad
N. M
Buddy Hawkins
Lady and Terry
Odessa
Pete Bishop
Yoakum
M. E. Bishop
Joe Thée
Nick M. Thee
Alpine
Fort Hood
Texas
Alpine High
San Antonio
The
Western Union
Arizona
Pat Murphy
A. S. Gage
Girls State Citizens Honored At Luncheon In Texas Cafe
The Texas Cafe hosted a midday luncheon honoring Girls State Citizens and their mothers on Saturday May 18. Honorees included Willa Dale Hilbrich and mother Mrs Otto Hilbrich Virginia Lee Boyd and mother Mrs David Boyd and Janice Ann Gilbreath. Organizers and guests from the Girls State Auxiliary discussed participation in the 1957 session in Austin from June 10 to 19 and answered attendees questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Texas
Urday
Willa Dale Hilbrich
Otto Hilbrich
Virginia Lee Boyd
David Boyd
Janice Ann Gilbreath
Berta Clark Lassiter
Girls’ State
Edith Hopson
Henry Bailey
Girls State
Lora Lee Lockhart
Austin
Edna Carson Circle Holds Bible Study Meeting
The Edna Carson Circle met at Mrs. T. M. Lankford’s home for a Bible study on Solomon’s dedicatory prayer from Second Chronicles chapters 5 and 6. The group, including 10 members and 5 visitors, opened with a prayer by Mrs. Bob Nickell and closed with a prayer by Mrs. M. P. Slover, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Carson
T. M. Lankford
Bob Nickell
M. P. Slover
Big Bend Park Notes From Kay Steele
Mrs. Gordon Finney traveled to Richmond Virginia for ceremonies where her father James Stone Easley was named Outstanding Man of the Year. She will attend her son Samuel Jackson Dunavant’s June wedding in Halifax. Linda Fitch stayed in Alpine with Patti Koch. George Miller and Harold Brodrick attended a Blue Star Memorial Market dedication in Lancerson. Bob Read, Alpine Scout rep, was in the park on scouting business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Finney
Richmond
Halifax
James Stone Easley
Virginia
Finney
Samuel Jackson Dunavant
Bertha Jane Owen
University of Virginia
George Miller
Harold Brodrick
Blue Star Memorial Market
Lancerson
Garden Club
Bob Read
Alpine
Alpine Student Selected for Texas A&M Summer Science Program
Kern Wildenthal, son of Dr and Mrs Bryan Wildenthal, is among 24 Texas top students chosen for the Texas A&M Summer Science Enrichment Program at College Station. The two-month course runs June 1 to August 2 focusing on biology theory and new fields. Kern will fund his room and board and hopes to pursue medicine after high school graduation in May 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kern Wildenthal
Bryan Wildenthal
Sul Ross College
Texas
Texas A&m
College Station
Texas Senior Colleges
Alpine
Kern
Rice Institute
Johnnie Weyerts
Alpine High
A&m
Dallas
Wichita Falls
Austin
Junction
San Antonio
Uvalde
Bryan
Houston
Fort Worth
Kingsville
Longview
Lubbock
Amarillo
Huntsville
Baytown
Lampasas
del Rio
la Porte
Buck Band
Alpine American Legions
Big Bend Post 79
Centennial PTA Votes to Study Attendance Laws
Alpine Centennial PTA president John Joe Cadena said the group met Monday night and voted to ask school officials to study present compulsory attendance laws with an eye to future age requirements. The PTA held a social hour with refreshments after the business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Joe Cadena
Alpine Centennial Pta
Pilot Club votes to fund Alpine High band uniform
At the Holland Hotel luncheon the Pilot Club approved funding one band uniform for the Alpine High School band as part of a drive for new uniforms. President Mrs Avora Owens led the meeting with committee reports and yearbooks distributed to members.
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Pilot Club
Holland Hotel
Alpine High School
Avora Owens
Kathrine Boyd
Anna D. Linn
Margaret A. Linn
Virginia Link
Electa Wade
Mesdames Sunshine Epperson
Jo Ella Livingston
Monica Heiman
Lurline Pulliam
Hallie Stillwell
Jean Glasscock
Dorothy McBride
Arora Owens
Marjorie Graham
Olive Blucher
Glen Harris
Hallie Veale
Anna Mae East
Sis Benson
Mae Ament
George Dallman
Golden White
Matilda Forchheimer
Bleake Jack
Frances Kelley
Pioneer Mrs Lula Murphy Shaped Alpine's Early Growth
Lula Murphy an Alpine resident for 51 years celebrated her 86th birthday with a party. Born in Georgia in 1871 she moved to Texas at age five and helped found Alpine Baptist and Assembly of God activities. She led paving efforts and planted trees at Elm Grove Cemetery while supporting missions and education across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Murphy
Lulu Murphy
Walter Graef
Murphy
Alpine
Georgia
Texas
Little Settlement
McGuffey
Webster
Dallas
W. B. Hamilton
Chamber of Commerce
Cemetery Association
Elm Grove
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Allied van Lines
States
Canada
Marfa
C. W. Newbill
Central School
Wil Janice Anned
la Dale Hilbrich
Gilbreath
Hunter
Texas Cafe
Edna Carson Circle
Big Bend National Park
Kay Steele
Linda Fitch
Patti Koch
Mrs
Roy Curbow
Brownwood
Mrs. Curbow
Sammy Snure
L. B. Willeford
Earl Steele
Davie Steele
Denison
A. C. Steele
Fort Stockton
Ed Widmer
Denver
David Jones
International Good Neighbor Council
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Monte Fitch
Rural Fire Defense Meeting
Centennial Pta
Assembly of God
Casner Motor Co
BUICK
GMC
Chevrolet
West Holland
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