Reads from MP reader notes hint at wartime life and holidays
The column reports on reader letters and notes from wartime GIs, mentioning ex-T-Sgt W. E. Bill Hale returning from Europe and admitting he read MP during service. It notes other readers, a suggestion to read The Progressive, and reminds Brewster County to meet Victory Loan goals while promoting Santa's holiday visit and Lt Leroy W. Roark on leave after two years in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy W. Roark
Saipan
Everything Ready For Arrival of Santa Claus
J C Casparis airport operator plans to meet Santa at Amarillo the last stop before the North Pole. Lt Elvie F Williams recently discharged from the WAC returns to her home to resume duties at CP&L downtown cashiering. Sul Ross Choral club will sing Christmas carols while the band performs. Downtown stores will stay open late for holiday displays. Local veterans and families gather for the Yule season opening sponsored by the chamber of commerce.
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J. C. Casparis
Amarillo
North Pole
Elvie F. Williams
WAC
Saint Nick
Kelly
San Antonio
Main Avenue
Cp&l
Santa
Sul Ross Choral Club
Virginia Link
Pfc
Jim A. Hinojos
Buena Suerte
Army
Ser
Atvice
Ernoon
Aladine
Chamber of Commerce
Carrier Col J T Carey Homebound From ETO Tour
Col J T Carey landed at the East Coast port last Friday and is expected home soon. He has been in the ETO for two years. P O and Mrs Martin Carter have moved from Big Spring to Monroe Louisiana where he has been transferred. Mrs Carter is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Epperson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl D. Wolcott
Navy
Suriago Straits
Leyte
Lingayen Gulf
Tarawan
Borneo
Col. J. T. Carey
Thn
P O
Martin Carter
Big Spring
Monroe
Martin
John Epperson
Funeral services for Mrs Gertrude McKinney held at Livingston
Funeral services were held at Livingston Funeral Home Parlour last Sunday for Mrs Gertrude McKinney 81 who was killed in Dallas last Thursday when struck by a bus. Rev Fred S Rogers officiated with interment in Elm Grove Cemetery Alpine native born Sept 13 1877 married to R L Mer Kinney in 1896. Survivors include daughter Mrs Willie Maude Gudger in Dallas son Ragin McKinney El Paso sister Mrs W D Measday Alpine brothers Frank A Ragin El Paso and Arthur G Ragin Edinburg.
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Livingston Funeral Home
Hare
Gertrude McKinney
Dallas
Fred S. Rogers
Presbyterian Church
Elm Grove
McKinney
Brackettville
Lum Mer. Kinney
Avalanche
W. H. Ragin
Alpine
Willie Maude Gudger
Ragin McKinney
el Paso
W. D. Measday
Frank
Coyotes Killed In County Using New Chemical Gun Trial
In November thirty seven coyotes were killed in a cooperative trial between Brewster county ranchmen and the State Wildlife Service using a chemical gun called getters. Frank Newsom reports 89 coyotes killed in Nine Point mountain section. a second trial will start December 18 in southeast Brewster involving six or seven ranches with Jet Cox as trapper and ranchmen contributing 370 dollars to The Rio Grande Wolf club bank account for a three month period.
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Brewster
Newsom
Darwin Ivey
State Wildlife Service
Nine Point ‘Mountain
Wildlife Service
Asa Jones
Sid Slaughter
Jet Cox
Rio Grande Wolf Club
Brewster County Rumors Bond Shortfall Ahead of Deadline
Brewster County is $43,000 short of its $160,000 Victory Loan goal with campaign closing set for tomorrow. Chairman G. W. Baines reported sales through yesterday at $117,000.25 and noted the county is about $20,000 under its $60,000 county quota. Texas lags in Victory Bond purchases, and officials urge early purchases before next Monday’s report.
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Brewster County
Santa
G. W. Baines
County War Finance Committee
Texas
Brewster
Las
The Little Princess Presented by Alpine PTA
The Clare Tree Major Childrens Theatre will present Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Little Prince at Sut Ness auditorium. Dec. 18 at 8 00 pm with tickets 38 cents for children and 78 cents for adults, part of Alpine PTA activities.
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Clare Tree
Childrens Theatre
Wil
Princes Hodgson Burnett
Sut Ness
Alpine
PTA
Edulis
High School Football Nets $423 From Games Here The Past Season
Supt H L Waldrum reports the past season netted 423.15 from high school football games here with Buck Cathedral leading at 365.79 and Clint next at 362.40 Receipts from Od ess a juniors Fabens Marfa juniors and Sander son ranged from 18.38 to 301.65 Expenses totaling 51.47 covered officials and travel The profit funds coming basketball equipment and new gear for next season for the school team
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Waldrum
Buck Cathedral
Clint
Odessa
Fabens
Marfa
Sanderson
Waldrum
Alpine GI Guards Prince Higashi Kunis Palace in Japan
Pfc Ted Sanchez of Alpine Texas serves with the 97th Infantry in Japan guarding the Narawa palace summer home of Prince Higashi Kunl. The 30 year old prince, married to Princess Shigeko, is a son of Japan's premier and a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese army. Sanchez, inducted in 1944, earned the Combat Infantryman badge with Company G 386th Infantry during battles in the Ruhr pocket and Czechoslovakia before redeployment.
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Kumagaya
Japan
Ted Sanchez
Alpine
Texas
HF. Kramer
Narawa
Higashi-Kuni
Ai Tojo
Hirohito
Shigeko
Pfe. Sanchez
97Th Infantry Division
Camp Roberts
Cal
386Th
Rhur Pocket
Czechoslovakia
Brewster County AAA Election Set for Dec 13
Brewster county ACA announces county committee of 10 to be chosen at a public election December 13 at 2 30 p m in the county office Holland Hotel building. County chairman 8 L Blumberg urges voters to choose men who will do the best jobs on farm programs in notices mailed to prospective voters this week.
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Brewster County Aaa
Holland Hotel
L. Blumberg
ACA
Officials To Tour Big Bend Park Area Early Next Month
An Alpine chamber of commerce letter notes National Park Service regional director M R Tillotson will join Southern Pacific railroad officials for a personal inspection trip to Big Bend National Park in early January. The visit aims to advance the park venture with local leaders and railroad directors. Meanwhile Fort Stockton resident Le Elliott, 57, was found dead by a gunshot in his Alpine cabin after a Thursday court session. authorities ruled it a suicide, with ill health cited as a factor. Elliott and his wife had resided in Fort Stockton for about three months while seeking a new business location. His body was sent to Millersburg Ohio for burial.
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Alpine Chamber of Commerce
M. R. Tillotson
National Park Service
Southern Pacific Railroad
Big Bend National Park
Tillotson
Bloodworth
le Elliott
Alpine
Rocation
Millersburg
Ohio
Fellowship Dinner Planned by Men’s Fellowship
The Men's Fellowship will hold a combined Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner Tuesday December 10 at 7:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church. A special program is set, with a slight deviation from the usual 50 cent charge. Ticket sellers will be notified of the change and the meeting time has been adjusted.
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Presbyterian
Local Pastor’s Radio Devotional Expands to 30 Minutes
Rev John E Pickering, former minister of the First Christian Church in Midland Tex, originated Gods Holy Hour a 15 minute devotional radio period of hymns and messages. It has grown to a 30 minute daily broadcast from 6 to 630 AM on XBG 1030 dial. Original XELO 790 mornings carry 7 to 715. Programs are carried by recordings made in the studios of broadcasting companies.
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John E. Pickering
The
Christian Church
KRU
Pickering
First Christian Church
Midland
Tex
XBG
XELO
Broadcasting Companies
To Hold Union Service At M. E. Church Sunday
A union service will be held at the M. E. Church on Sunday with participation from local congregations. Organizers invite all members of the community to attend and join in fellowship and prayer.
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M. E
Mene Rennicosan
Winans
Ares
Alpine FFA Chapter Used as Model for Program Planning
The Alpine FFA Program of Work from last year will be mimeographed by Better Farming Methods magazine and sent to any US FFA chapter requesting a copy. The 32 page program recently won the Gold Emblem at the national FFA convention and will be shared to help chapters plan their own work programs.
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Alpine Ffa
Magasine’s Service Department
FFA
United States
Wea
Wi Mt
Sheep and Goat Raisers Meet in San Antonio
The 1945 convention of the Tex a Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn will be held in San Antonio next Monday and Tuesday. A dinner for directors and their wives will be given by San Antonio Stock yards Co at Hotel Plate at 9 p.m. Sunday. Business sessions start at 9:30 a.m. Monday. Program includes Steve Stumberg and Ray Willoughby, Brewster county ranchmen.
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Texa Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn
San Antonio
San Antonio Stockyards Co
Hotel Plate
Steve Stumberg
Ray Willoughby
Brewster County
Sul Ross Students Die In Alpine Car Crash
In Alpine last Sunday evening Hughes Hill age 19 and Miss Frances June Holmes age 20 both Sul Ross college students were killed when their car crashed into a tree near West Main. Also in the wreck were Mary Jo Warren and C C Brown, with Brown driving the wrecked car. Warren and Brown survived. Hughes Hill was a World War veteran and son of Mrs T M Hill of Alpine.
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Mary Jo Warren
Rankin
Sul Ross
C. C. Brown
West Main Avenue
Maine
Miss Warren
Mr Brown
Christmas Cantata at Methodist Church Dec 16
A Christmas cantata will be presented at the Methodist church Sunday evening December 16 at 7 30 oclock. About 25 voices will perform in the cantata with the program to be announced in next weeks Avalanche.
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Methodist Church
Alpine Native Lem Taylor Jr Dies After Illness in El Paso
Lem Taylor Jr aged 25 son of Mr and Mrs Lem Taylor of Alpine died in an El Paso hospital after a several weeks illness. He contracted a rare throat ailment from a coastal storm in Houston and sought treatment in El Paso from September 17. He was released September 23 and returned in October for further care. He was flown to Mayo Clinic Rochester for streptomycin treatment but returned to El Paso. Mayo Clinic doctors diagnosed acute leukemia. Born in Alpine he attended school there and had lived in El Paso since 1941 working as a powerhouse operator for Phelps Dodge Refining Corp. Funeral services were held in El Paso with interment there. Surviving: his widow, his parents, a brother Frank, and two sisters Mrs Obie Littrell and Mrs Leon Hutchins of Lexington Kentucky.
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Lem Taylor Jr
Lem Taylor
Alping
el Paso
Houston
Mayo Eli- Mic
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Alpine
Phelps-Dodge Refining Corp
FL Paso
Frank
Obie Littrell
Oleon Hutchins
Lexington
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