Theophilus photos & documents of Alpine, Texas

Alpine Photos

Some of these photos are from the Theophilusfamily albums and some have been contributed by others.

Theophilus family photos in Alpine, Texas- 1943

picture of Peggy in Alpine near original house 1943

Ollie, Peg & Peggy Anne 1943 • Peggy Anne Theophilus (left) & Alpine WW II

Martin Mom's letter about first day in Alpine (moving from Ohio) February 15, 1943

Fay Bowman's comments on Alpine

Margaret & George Crerar 1955	Joe and Martin bought used WWII signal guns from a surplus supply. We'd learned Morse code for our ham licenses. So we'd use them to communicate at night. Best time was when one of us went on"A" mountain and the other to "Twin Sisters" and coded to each other.
Six foot high stack of hail near Alpine, Texas with Martin's Mom Peg on top in May, 1953	Martin & Peggy climbing Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend 1954	Martin riding horses in Big Bend with Peggy Anne & Aunt Ina.
Float prepared for Alpine parade 1950	Here's an Alpine parade with a Girl Scout float. Around the World in 80 Days was showing at the Alpine, Texas Granada Theater. It was released in 1956.	1966
Peg Theophilus art classes in home
Martin's Mom down on Woodward ranch where she hunted rocks regularly. view 1950's video of SR Geology trip Martin's Grandmother (Margaret Crerar) at Santa Elena Canyon	Martin's Mom helped the BBC with the "Making of the Continents" by enabling their access on the Hess Ranch. She joined Chris and Martin on their 1985 UK trip and spent time with Ned Kelly as they were editing the BBC documentary. On that same trip she donated an extensive collection of Big Bend rocks and fossils to the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology.	Piñata at Theophilus' home 1950s 1963 AHS Band parade (Mr. Banks left)
Chris and her Sister Sheila looking at Martin's Mom's donations at the University of Cambridge in 1986 (the year after Peg Theophilus passed away).	Martin & Jackie Crawford	Pop Crerar and Martin

1964-1965 Larry and Donna Johnson (San Antonio) with Carol - Video Larry's bat 1964 Larry & Donna River Road w/Carol, Claude & Martin	Carol on her Honda West of Odessa	Martin riding cycles in Big Bend with George Jones	George, Aunt Ina, Martin, Dad (Ollie) Mom (Peg) Karen, Aunt Isabel, Peggy & Karl
Peggy, George and Karl 1974	Dad & Mom & Martin on their 40th wedding anniversary November 22, 1981	Peg & Oliver's 40th wedding anniversary	Juda & Lee McCollum With daughters
Karl, Keri, Karen & Tom	Christmas in Alpine 1981 Tom, George, George's wife, Peggy, Karen, Peg, Karl, Cheryl, Martin & Ollie	Crerar relatives in Scotland 1984	Peggy & John married 06/17/83
1983 aerial view of Theophilus home across from Alpine Central School	Family at the First Presbyterian Church of Alpine	Christmas in Alpine 1983	Alpine's Anthony's store staff where Martin's Dad was the accountant
Alpine Presbyterian choir with Ellen Boyd at the organ and Martin's Mom front row center	Karl, Karen, Claudia & Paul	Mom, Dad & Martin in Alpine 1984	Martin, Mom & Dad at Niagara Falls
Martin, Mom, Sally, Don & Dad 1984 In 1984, martin took his Mom & dad back to Ohio and Pennsylvania where they grew up, went to school, worked met and married	Chris,& Martin with Martin's family	Chris & Martin's wedding June 1, 1987 (back row) Claudia King, John King, Joe King (in John's arms), Anthony Perez, Kenneth Alan Perez, (front row) Karen Karvonen, Paul King, Peggy King, Chris, Martin, Margaret Theophilus and Ollie Theophilus	Martin, his Mom, Chris, her Mum, Ms. Chenry 1985 in Chris home Sudbury, Suffolk, UK
Dinner at Lynn and Peters (Chris' brother) on the family farm in Suffolk, UK	Dinner last night before heading home. Martin's Mom, Peter, Sheila, Lynn, Mum, Chris & Martin	The family Thanksgiving 1985	Thanksgiving 1985 - out for walk on Tangleridge Circle. Ceda, Orion, Chris, Mom, Joe, Karen, Peggy & Paul.- Last photo of Martin's Mom who passed away on December 22, 1985
The family at George Karvonen's wedding after Martin's Mom passed away	Dad (right) and Rotary friends managing pancake supper at elementary school in Alpine. Rev Newbill on left	Dad showing plaque for Mom's contributions to geology in the Big Bend	Dad (second from right) at grand opening of Shoppers Guide Press after it was bought by the Merrihews in 1986
Dripping Spring restaurant with Mike Kanda, Sally, Judy & Jim, Chris Elsie, Bud & Don - After Ollie's funeral. Martin's Dad passed away on January 1, 1987.	Martin & Chris with Peggy & family	John, Paul,Karen,Claudia,Joe,George,Margaret,Karl & Peggy (Martin's Sister)	Chris, with the Theophilus' in Wales & Martin
Thanksgiving - Peggy, Ken, Ken's friend, Mindy John, Margaret, Joe, C & M	1995 trip to UK with Helen & Bud (Martin's Uncle -Dad's brother)	Karen participating for Sul Ross at riding competition	Chris' brother Peter and Sister Sheila Peter's 50th Birthday party 1993 UK
Alpine Balloon event 1998	Theophilus' old Shoppers Guide Hallmark bookstore now managed by the Merrihews as an office supply store.	03/10/07 Fort Davis	Anthony, Sharon, Chris& Martin at Sheila and Jon's wedding - San Juan, Puerto Rico • MORE PICS & Movies Ken's B-Day
2001 Fort David with the Kings and Caswells	Peggy - 1942 - 2004	Martin's 41st Alpine High School reunion 2005	Go to more pics • Go to Alpine Reunion 2005
		Chris & Martin were hosted to a wonderful English breakfast at Beryl & Ben Wright's in Pleasanton, TX in 2006	April 7th & 8th Midland with Alice and Carl Williams 2007
Anthony, Sharon,Julius, Jan, Chris, Uncle Don & Aunt Sally, Martin -Columbus, OH July 30th through August 3rd 2008 • more pics & movies	2009 Peter, Elaine, Ken, Chris and Martin celebrated New Years dinner together - view movie sharing some laughs and Skype	Peter (Chris' brother) and Elaine visited for a week around New Years2009 - Peter, Elaine, Chris and Martin video visited with Sheila and Michael (UK) using Skype	Chris and David working on DPM files in 2010. Chris has been with David Perkoff Music since 1990.
Julius, Sharon and Anthony came to Texas 2009!• view slide show • QT movie	Chris, KD & Dominique	Dr. Wolff and Troubador at A&M on 09/17/09. Trou diagnosed with encephalitis - given 16 months to live and with good meds and lots of love was with us for 4 more years• Chris with hay and Trou and Brac on 091809 • Martin & Troubador 092009 • Carl's hamburger on Sept 26th	Chris with Rowan and Anthony
Chris and Martin begin celebrating 25th Aniversary with a party 05/30/2010	Sharon & Anthony with Julius and Rowan in Ohio	June 1, 2010	Wonderful visit with Sharon, Anthony, Julius and Rowan over Holloween weekend • view QT movie
Chris with Dancer & KD	Bracken & Troubador	Chris SkyDive San Marcos 040911 • view YouTube video	Chris & Martin flew in a B-17 in Austin April 09, 2011 • view video
June 1, 2011 anniversary • Ampex 200A press release pic	Skype 062411 Sharon, Rowan, Julius & Anthony	Chris & KD attended a horse event • Martin rode	Sharon, Anthony, Julius & Rowan visit Chris & Martin Oct/Nov 2011
United Kingdom trip Dec 4 to Dec 14, 2011 David & Stephanie's daughter Natalie married	Chris filling septic area with compost • video	March 17 2012 Alpine In Austin at Lolly Lockhart's home	October 5,2012 - anniversary of Chris & Martin's first date! Phantom History for version IV of the Vintage Recording DVD Part 2
Chris Martin, John and Sharon's sister Sheila Seattle with Sharon, Anthony Julius & Rowan • view slideshow • view video	While in Seattle we went to see Donna and Larry on Whidbey Island • view video 2012 Skyping with Sharon, Anthony, Julius & Rowan	Thanksgiving 2013 - Barbara, Larry, Martin, Cris, David & Ken Chris and Ken re-builing our fence	July 4th KD's birthday, Ken
Ken, Martin, Chris, Anthony, Julius, Sharon & Rowan NBC KXAN Jim Swift interview about vintage recording collection - video View Austin's NBC KXAN story by Jim Swift about the vintage collection • story	Sept 13, 2013 - AT&T Dallas Cowboy's Stadium Sul Ross vs Eastern NM		Visit with Donna Lynn & Larry at Darryl Mueller's 2014