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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1941
Page
4
Local notes list W Burcham on a Fresno business trip and numerous visitors. Vernon and J J McIntyre in El Paso, King Terry in Del Rio, J P Parker visiting Sierra Blanca, W Terry back from Pasadena, Tubby Lease returns to post office, and others travel to Los Angeles, Alpine, San Antonio, Roswell and Dallas. Milestones include a funeral in Bartlett and a San Angelo church wedding.
A scanned classified page lists land for quick sale including 4 lots in a full block with one commercial group, 3 lots on which inquiries should go to Ritchey Hotel, and a separate Mrs J B Carr home with seven rooms two baths on three lots with clear title. Also notes a 1937 Terraplane for sale or trade and various employment or service requests including a Watkins route opening in Alpine and a dirt hauling service by P T Ross.
Errol Flynn stars in Santa Fe Trail with Olivia de Havilland under Michael Curtiz direction at Granada theatre this Sunday and Monday. The Warner Bros. epic portrays Bloodied Kansas days and the Santa Fe Trail era with Cavalry action as John Brown and abolitionists shaped history.
Roy Gough, Joe Wright, and about thirty-four Rotarians heard Lt Col Kernan of Fort D. A. Russell Marfa discuss the New Army’s training and mobilization. He cited mobility, firepower, and communications as core elements and noted air forces and cavalry roles, asserting American methods surpass others.
H F Johnson president of 8 C Johnson & Son Inc Racine Wisconsin led a team including Dr J W Steinle and A D Peterson to assess candelilla wax potential in southern Presidio and Brewster counties. They toured Hot Springs Big Bend National Park and planned to ship plant samples to Las Cruces and then Phoenix for experiments. The group noted the plant could yield practical wax use and highlighted Youth Service and National Boy Scout week activities.
The Alpine chamber of commerce adopted an open policy inviting guests to Thursday board meetings at 1 30 PM. Nine directors and six guests attended last meeting. They plan to host a visiting legislative party, about 45 lawmakers, traveling to the park area and college, with a banquet and transportation. March or late February timing.
Delegates from the state division of the Women’s Field Army of the American Society for the Control of Cancer will attend the regional assembly in Dallas on February 12. National campaign leaders Marjorie B. Slig and others from Missouri, Nashville, and Philadelphia will participate. The assembly aims to discuss defense era cancer control issues and related public health topics.
Brief notes show education and organization efforts advancing the development of community cancer control programs with emphasis on collaboration, training, and implementation across local health networks.
We express heartfelt thanks for kindness shown in our bereavement. The words of sympathy and beautiful flowers remain a bright memory. Gratefully, Mrs. M. C. Tleman, Mrs. Sam Ross, Mrs. Clarence Hord Jr. See The Avalanche for your printing needs.
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