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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
2
Local items list residents and visitors in Alpine and nearby towns. Names include N.S. Starr, Thomas Funk, J.T. Godsey, J.W. Shepperd, and J.E. Casner among others. Entries report hospital stays at Alpine, business trips to El Paso, Dallas, Corpus Christi, and visits to relatives in Stanton, Midland, and Houston.
A long list of visitors and departures across Alpine includes Miss Leitha Chaffin returning home from Los Angeles and Bell California after two weeks with relatives. Los Angeles visitors Mr. and Mrs. J W Jack travel home via Alpine from New York. Mrs. Wm Beard of San Antonio visits H L Kokernot ranch. she is Margaret Ogden, granddaughter of H L Kokernot Sr. Dick Burcham and Billy Jack Burcham from the University of Texas arrive for vacation with the Burham/Bennett families, along with Mrs. J C Bennett of Tishomingo Oklahoma and Mrs. The B. Cummings of Blackwell Oklahoma and their children. Austin visitors Mr. and Mrs. J M Owens Jr. stay with A E Owens, district highway engineer in Austin. Edith Pridgen and Russ Louise Fox of Nixon visit Mrs. F E Gillett, with Thalia and Francie Gillett accompanying to El Paso where they teach high school. Thad and Bob Corkrin, summer guests of Mr. and Mrs G Morrison, plan to leave for Port Arthur, with Morrison assisting to San Antonio to meet the boys for their parents. G A Kunze, Mrs W B Lockhart and children, Mrs T C Selvig and Elizabeth Ann leave for Minnesota three weeks’ visit. Elizabeth Ann will attend St Olaf’s College. Frank Austin of Houston visits Alpine for a few days before taking Mrs. Austin and their children home. it marks the fourth summer they have spent in Alpine.
Rotary News reports Alpine Rotarians heard talks on completing the Big Bend park and Texas Defense Guard aims. Jack Hubbard described Mexican juvenile delinquency methods and Alpine’s appeal, with five visiting Rotarians and six guests present.
Citizens are urged to buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps to fund national protection. The campaign emphasizes patriotic duty and financial backing for military and defense programs.
A dramatic experiment in Death Valley mocks heat as six new cars, each with a different advertised motor oil plus a sixth with Conoco synthetic oil, run at 67 mph until oil failure wrecks engines. The test, under official scrutiny, promotes Conoco motor oil and its Thialhene inhibitor claim to curb pollution and improve lubrication.
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