Alpine Garden Club hears Mrs. Smith on Natchez Pilgrimage
Alpine Garden club met at Mrs. A J Biersch Wey Friday with 18 members and guest Mrs. Clifford Casey. Mrs. V J Smith described her Natchez Pilgrimage visit in March with photos of 30 homes. Club approved buying Southwest Gardening for the Alpine library and placing Color in the Garden by Norman Taylor on library shelves. Mr. and Mrs. George Koury planned a Florida visit for two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Garden Club
A. J. Bierschwale
Clifford Casey
V. J. Smith
Natchez
Marc
R. A Whiteside
Alpine Public Library
Southwest Gardening
Rosale Doolittle
Harriet Tiedebohl
New Mexicad University Press
Southwest
Norman Taylor
George Koury
Florida
Big Bend Collectors Hold Supper At Park
The Big Bend Collectors Club gathered Sunday at the Minish home in Big Bend Nat's park for an afternoon meeting. Members displayed foreign stamps and covers while Dr Armstrong, serving in Vietnam Indo China, sent stamps. A barbecue supper followed for guests including the Koch family and others from Alpine, Fort Davis, Maria, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Art Minish
Nat's Park
Minish
Oble Armstrong
Lon Garrison
The
Park
Russell Thornsberg
Maria
R. DeCready
Fort Davis
Harles E. Wade
Armstrong
Boyd Armstrong
Gene Turner
Charlies Patterson
Alpine
Mrs Beckett Hosts Sunday School Class Social
Members of the T E L class of the First Baptist church met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs T M Beckett's home for a social and business session. Mrs T M Autrey presided. devotional by Mrs Ray Spence. Guests included Mesdames George Henderson Autrey Jesse Howell Minnie Holman Lucinda Lewis Minnie Turner Spence J A Joyce Sam Nutt M G Mosley Dora Taylor. Refreshments were served. Mrs H L Kokernot Jr and her mother Mrs J W Rixon depart for Thanksgiving in San Antonio. Kokernots to attend the Texas A M game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.E.L
First Baptist Church
T. M. Beckett
T. M. Autrey
Ray Spence
Dora Taylor
Mesdames George Henderson
Autrey
Jesse Howell
Minnie Holman
Lucinda Lewis
Minnie Turner
Spence
J. A. Joyce
Sam Nutt
M. G. Mosley
Taylor
H. L. Kokernot, Jr
J. W. Rixon
San Antonio
Kokernot
Texas A&m
Mrs. J. K. Livingston Guest Speaker for Presbyterian Group
The Presbyterian Women’s Association met in the church Hospitality room with 15 members and three guests. Guest speaker Mrs. W. K. Livingston of Marfa, secretary of Foreign Missions for the El Paso Presbytery, spoke on foreign missions and combating communism with gifts of money and love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Women's Assn
Earl Anderau
W. K. Livingston
Marfa
Wilmoth Matthews
Mrs. Livingston
Lulu Wood
Crockett
C. D. Reed
Sewing Club Group Meets With Mrs Rogers and Mrs McElroy
The Sewing Sisters club met Friday at the home of Mrs Earl McElroy with Mesdames Eugene Parr Jimmy Pate and Carl Heiman present and Mrs W H Terry as guest. A dessert plate and coffee were served. A second meeting on Monday November 8 hosted by Mrs Dick Rogers included Mesdames Cartledge Decie Ferguson Harris Heiman McElroy Parr and Terry with Mrs W H Terry as guest. pecan pie and coffee were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Sisters Club
Earl McElroy
Mesdames
Eugene Parr
Jimmy Pate
Carl Heiman
W. H. Terry
Dick Rogers
Gene Cartledge
Zeb Decie
Nell Ferguson
L. D. Harris
Imajean Gray and John Newell Jr Wed in El Paso
Mr and Mrs J E Gray Jr of Alpine announce the marriage of their daughter Imajean to John Newell Jr son of Mr and Mrs John Newell Sr of Alpine. The wedding occurred in El Paso on August 14 with Mrs Newell briefly departing for Princeton New Jersey where Mr Newell pursues studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imajean Gray
John Newell, Jr
el Paso
J. E. Gray Jr
Alpine
Imajean
John Newell Jr
John Newell, Sr
Mission Study by Baptist Women Group
An all day W M S S gathering at the First Baptist church featured a Brazil mission study in the morning. A playlet by Mesdames Sammie Lane Bobby Dumas Wilma Dean and Jo Ann Farris highlighted Brazilian life. Mrs Ralph Peters reviewed Pilgrimage To Brazil and displayed linen and jewelry from the country. After lunch the film That They May Hear was shown by Rev Glenn Bales and Frank Duane Young to about 25 members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.mss
First Baptist Church
Brazil
Mesdames Sammie Lane
Bobby Dumas
Wilma Dean
Jo Ann Farris
Ralph Peters
Glenn Bales
Frank Duane Young
Bake Sale by Presbyterian Women’s Association Planned
The Afternoon Circle of the Presbyterian Women's Association will hold a bake sale featuring cakes pies and cookies at 9 a.m. Saturday November 20 at Williams and Vogt grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Women’s Ass'n
Williams & Vogt
Biological warfare topic at Pilot Club meeting
The Pilot Club held a meeting on November 10 with Mrs. Wilmoth Matthews presenting Dan Pollock of Sul Ross College on Civil Defense. Films on biological warfare and the hydrogen bomb were shown with Frank Duane Young assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilot Club
Wilmoth Matthews
Dan Pollock
Sul Ross College
Frank Duane Young
Sunshine Epperson
America
Mac Ament
Golden White
Frances Kelley
Dorothy McBride
Lilly Edwards
Telegraph Wires Linked Marfa Area After Army Post Closure
The piece notes a shortened line on iron poles reaching Marfa to connect with the railway telegraph. It mentions how Comanches and Apaches preferred to cut lines that carried messages to soldiers. The text references the army post here being inactivated in 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Grierson
B. H. Grierson
Fort Stockton
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Garden Club
B. B. Collector's Club
Twin Peaks
Bell
Cosden
Jennifer Jones
Montgomery Clift
Patti Page
Sigmund Rombergo
Mug
STUDE
Prince
Cinemascopi
Ann Blyth
Edmund Purdom
John Ericson
Louis Calhern
Samall
Betta ST
Sum Wuaacs
Singing Voice
Mario Lanza
Marlon Brando
Monarch
Libby
del Monte
Fontana
Schilling Coffee
Price's
Welch
le Fresh
Stakley’s Finest Peas
House OF Crafts
E. Holland
Paul R. Weyerts
West Ave
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Dromedary
Vok
Calif
Swift
Adams ‘M-System Grocery
J. K. Livingston
Presbyterian Group
Sewing Club
Baptist Women’s Group
Tory
Joe Brown
Jennie Jones
Central
Caesar
Alexander the Great
the Iron Duke of Wellington
Ross
the Furniture Fund of Our Community Center
American
Association of University Women of Alpine
F. G. Walk
Poser
Underwood, Burroughs and
R. C. Allen Business Machines
Alpine Business Machines
West Holland Avenue
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