Alpine settler reunion and regional road to winter
Hallie Stilwell notes fair weather replacing a cold snap as Big Bend ranches shift cattle and sheep out of the area. Alpine residents Earl and Ola Fallis plan to return, while Lew Dayton and Joe Clark relocate to ranching districts. Visitors from El Paso and Spain travel through, and Clayton Williams’ Texas History volumes are celebrated at a Fort Stockton barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Alpine
Earl Fallis
Ola
Grandbury
Fort Worth
Virgil Polacek
Harriet Street
Carpenter
Ecome
Earl
Lew Dayton
Lower
Vietnam
Joe Clark
el Paso
Henry Richburg
San Antonio
Allan Kaufman
George Dallman
Miltia Hill
Spain
Europe
Portugal
Morocco
Nellie Mae McElroy
Herbert Kokernot
Frank McCollum
All Texas Air Tours
Sul 88 State University
Highland Motel
Rojo Resigns as Alpine City Councilman
City council accepted the resignation of Alberto Rojo at a special meeting on Thursday October 9. A successor may be named at the next regular meeting on Tuesday October 21. Rojo was absent as his letter was read by Mayor Homer Hudgins and cites gratitude to Alpine residents and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberto Rojo
Rojo
Homer Hudgins
Alpine
Eisenhower's Nurse Tours Alpine Visitors and Local Hills
Retired Army nurse Edith Turner visiting Alpine with her brother Ben stopped at the Kitchens. Turner once served President Eisenhower and now tours Texas, praising Big Bend scenery. Also noted public notice for a 1961 Ford bus bid in Alpine ISD and a Kokernot Lodge barbecue by the Methodist Student Center to fund a Wesley Center TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hower
Texas
Florida
Miss Turner
Big Bend
Alpine
Southwest
Alpine Independent School District
Ag Farm
Methodist Student Center
Kokernot Lodge
Wesley Center
Midland hosts barbecue with Williams family and Historical Society
Robert Pollard of Midland and his son and wife Mr and Mrs Clayton Williams Jr of Fort Stockton were hosts for the barbe cue and the Historical Society with Hart Johnson as president hosted the open house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Pollard
Midland
Clayton Williams Jr
Fort Stockton
the Historical Society
Hart Johnson
Dutchover reassigned to security squadron at Tyndall AFB
SGT Ruben Dutchover is assigned to the 4756th Security Police Squadron at Tyndall AFB Florida after completing active duty in Danang Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bill Dutchover of Fort Davis. His wife Josie Ortiz Dutchover and their daughter Amy age 2 joined him at the new base. She is a former Alpine girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruben Dutchover
4756Th Securit Police
Tyndall A Force Base
Fla
Danang Afb
Vietnam
Bill Dutchover
Fort Davis
Josie Ortiz Dutchover
Amy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hallie Stilweil
West Texas
James Rooney
del Rio
Iraan
Pecos
San Angelo
Williams
Toni Todd
la Colbain
C & S Shopping
City Post
America
US Savings Board
Freedee
Eisenhower
Towncraft
Shank
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