Local residents visit relatives and travel notes fill week
Miss Lois Tinsley vacationing at Buttrill guest ranch near Marathon. Miss Barbara Beard to return from Houston and Port Aransas trip. Barbara Ann Rodriguez heads to Los Angeles for summer with relatives. Mr and Mrs J V McConnell of El Paso visit their daughter here. Mrs C D Wood leaves for Marathon to visit Mrs L F Buttrill. Local residents and relatives travel to and from El Paso, Houston, San Antonio, and Los Angeles, with several staying several days or weeks. Major White to return after training at air base. Community notices include visitors from Artesia, Dallas, and Indianapolis, and a job listing ad for permanent wave products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ann Rodriguez
Los Angeles
R. J. White
Stockton
Cal
Major White
Air Base
Births in August bring families joy across towns
A son named Garland Charles was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Gilbert in Houston on Wednesday August 2. The Gilbert boy’s mother is Mae M. Ament of Alpine, a former city resident. A son named Jimmy Lloyd was born this week at the air base to Pie and Mrs. Jett Woolsey. The father is an airplane mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mara
M. L. Turney SF
Baylord Cospital
Dallas
M. L. Turney Jr
Roepital
Wallace E. Duncan
Wright Hospital
Cameron Clark
Garland Charles
Dutch Gilbert
Houston
Gilbert
Mae M. Ament
Alpine
Jimmy Lloyd
Pie
Jett Woolsey
Families Reunite as Service Members Return Home
Mrs Lynn Kelly and daughter travel to El Paso to meet Major Kelly on two year overseas leave. M J Keefer SJC writes home about a recent visit with W E Vanney Jr S2C, longtime school mates who had been apart 14 months. Mrs Willis Giffin leaves for Dean Beach California to visit Pvt Giffin. Pvt Billy Meriwether wounded in Saipan island invasion reports recovery from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Kelly
el Paso
Major Kelly
M. J. Keefer
W. E. Vanney Jr
Pvt
Billy Meriwether
Saipan Island
Service members updates from World War II era
The article lists transfers and deployments including Cpl Ray McNeill at Robbins Field Macon Ga who was injured in North Burma on Jun 22 and visited relatives in Del Rio on his birthday. M/Sgt James C Hudson training at McCook Neb in a B-29 program. Bird Babcock learning of Pvt Frank Babcock overseas in Malaya with an infantry unit. Cpl Julio Ramos from Camp Roberts Calif on furlough. Pvt Arcenio B Ramirez Alpine undergoing rifleman training with the 37th Infantry division in Southwest Pacific and overseas four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Ray McNeill
Burma
James C. Hudson
McCook
Neb
Bird Babcock
Pfe
Frank Babcock
Maly
Julio Ramos
Camp Roberts
Calif
Alpine
Pvt
Arcenio B. Ramirez
37Th Infantry Division
Southwest Pacific
Pullman plants convert to shipyards for warcraft
In a display of manufacturing adaptability Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co converts car plants into shipyards. The outfit builds 800 ton Patrol Craft Escorts with a passenger bay for seven persons and plans to use them for convoy work and rescue duties during invasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Postwar plane boom offers many private models
A wide airplane industry expects at least three dozen private models for postwar flyers. Twenty two companies plan to specialize in personal aircraft with single place and two to four place planes priced from about 1500 to 2500 dollars, plus sportsman models and new helicopters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neicopters
War Bonds Call to Action and Mead's Bread Prompt
A wartime appeal urges readers to invest in war bonds while mentioning Mead's Bread as a local prompt. The notice emphasizes civic duty and supports war financing through purchase of bonds.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lois Tinsley
Buttrill Guest Ranch
Marathon
Mise Jo Alice McDonald
San Angelo
Gene Benson
Mra, Fritz Bill Weyerte and
Katoy
Mise Frances
San Antonio
Mrs. Mary
Jo Richardson Watts
J. W. Frazer
Barbara Beard
Port Ar
Bruce Delton
Uvalde
Annie L. Dalton
Mrs. J. V. McConnell
Mrs. A. Justice
Mise
Dorothy Ann Finley
George Pugh
Pugh
Woodrow Holland
Lompoc
Meade Holland
C.D. Wood
LF. Uthill
Hhome
J. Mr. Elliott
LC. Ritchey
Lydia Arthur
Gladys
Charles
Marta
CA. Dorris
Bobbie
W. B. Dorris
Hhe
Mrs Uaen Willoughby
Bronte
Zeb Decie
Mr Decie
Richard Donovan Jr
Richard TH
Ft. Worth
Clay Holland
H.W. Morelock
John Washing
Mra
D.N. Scott
Duncan Scott
Santa Fe
N. MI
W. T. Bondurant
Texas Military Institute
San Antonio Military Academy
Prank Cross
Baby
Artesia
E. 8. Cross
Paul
Patricia
Wests
Fairbanks- Morse
Burkhardt
West End
North Add
Isolets
11Th St
Kincaid Ave
Hitchey Hotel
Avalanche
P. E. Meadows
Alto Lodge
Phon
H. A . Burkhardt
West Side
Dick Crome
A. J. Joyce
Yates
Ritchey Hota
Mickie Smith
Smith Furniture Co
P. O
F. Baylor
Gulf Servicenter
Hal Sprague
Balmorhea
Tex
Mae Starr
Yay McKenzie
C. G. Morrison & Co
Versteeg
Gibson Apts
Alpine Hospital
Berry Wilson
Detroit
Mr. Wilson
Border Patrol
Olan Tipps
California
Sgt. Tipps
Camp Beale
Sacramento
James Cotter
John ‘Geary
J.C. Clanton
Nat
Banik
Donald Kee
Lady
KODAK
Howard Studio
Pecos
P.O
J. C. Fuller
Lee.Treas
Marfa Nat Farm Loan Assn
Marfa
David Bloch
Paisano Hotel
Wm. H. Bickle
Texas
W. C. Friesen
Avalanche Office
Mead
Granada Theatre
Overland Mail
Elliott Anne Jeffreys
Komday
THE
Darling Clementine
Frank Albertson
Roy Acuff
Fred McMurray
Dorothy Lamour
U.S
Ella Raines
Franchot Tone
Curie
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
New Caledonia
Willis Giffin
Pvt. Giffin
Dean Beach
Ture
Owaspole
del Rio
Saad Olen Hr
Sted Dengu
Joe Marsh
Sery
Doc
West
America
Gill
Santa FE System
Santa Terd
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