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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1960
Page
3
The 1960 61 school year opens with an assembly in the auditorium. Students hear the school song pledge and creed as the student council introduces staff. Senior girls perform a ditty about the seniors and announcements cover picnics pep rallies and upcoming games.
Last Tuesday the band elected officers with Kenneth Clouse named president and Carol Vogt vice president. Paula Oates was chosen secretary, Patti Koch and Ann McBride librarians, Carole Holland and Peggy Theophilus wardrobe managers, and Rusty Preston, Joel Reed, and Bill Stovell as band managers.
United States Army reservists in Marta and Alpine have no September drills until Sept. 14. This creates a lengthened break from Aug. 20 after summer training ends, nearly a month without scheduled sessions for the Reservis.
About 25 boys reported to Alpine Centennial coaches Elbert Kekols and Bill McGuire last week. They received uniforms and blanks for physical examinations.
Sixty five Master Masons from across the Trans-Pecos area attended Ft Davis Lodge No. 56 last Monday night. Dr Bev ington Reed dean of Sul Ross College spoke on King Solomon s Temple. Attendees included members from Iraan Ft Stockton Toyah Marfa Van Horn Sierra Blanca and Alpine. Hal Burnett worshipful master of Ft Davis presided and noted the lodge has used its register since 1904. Refreshments followed.
In a rural frontier region scarce in women cowbars gathered for dances. To fill gaps men were selected to impersonate female dancers, wearing a kerchief on their arms as a heifer brand. The chosen men earned seating with the ladies between dances as a playful reward.
A lean flanked horse was described as shad bellied in a historical note, reflecting local jargon and color terms used in equine description. The phrase suggests a narrow midsection and a lean build noted by observers.
Mrs John Epperson and Dr Kathrine Boyd attended a coffee for Mrs Lyndon B Johnson Mrs Sargent Shriver and Mrs Robert Kennedy at the Skyline Club in Odessa last Thursday morning Joe Davidson took his granddaughter to her home in Dallas last Sunday and will visit for a week Mrs R Myrtle White of Milford Utah is visiting her sister Mrs J M Hill for a few weeks
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