Readers added to Alpine peruser list grow to 277
A New Year note highlights readers joining the Alpine column, naming E Keating, George Skevington, Mrs S P Ford, and others as new perusers. Major Hart K Allen writes from France sending holiday greetings and support for Alpine, while Will F Evans replies to the editor’s New Year greeting with a pointed, grateful challenge to readers to contribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Keating
Cal
George Skevington
City
Franks Skevington
Brewster County
New Mexico
Mt. Peeks
Alpine
S. P. Ford
Arizona
George
H. K
Red) Allen
Sam
France
Red
Christi
Hart K. Allen
Sp. Ser
Noritany
New York
Alpine post office 1944 receipts near record high
Mrs Annie K Turney postmaster reports Alpine 1944 receipts totaling 32436 02, nearly matching 1943 figures which rose 33 1 3 percent. First quarter and last quarter slightly led 1943, while the other two quarters were below. Quarterly totals show March 7705 16, June 726739, September 7820 20, December 9563 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Annie K. Turney
Former Alpine Girl Dies At Grandfalls
Mrs. Oswald Adams of Grandfalls, former Alpine girl and Sul Ross student, died at her home Wednesday after a brief illness. She was born Margaret Shapleigh, daughter of a former matron of Sul Ross girls dormitory. Survived by her mother Mrs. M. P. Shapleigh of El Paso and one sister. no brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Adams
Grandalls
Adams
Uiss
Margaret Shapleigh
Sul Ross
M.P. Shapleigh
el Paso
Baptist Meet Set at Marfa Church Thursday
The Big Bend Baptist Workers conference will convene at the Baptist church in Marfa on Thursday January 11 starting at 10 a.m. Members from district churches are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Bend
Alpine Bucks and Buena Vista Cagers to Play Here
The Alpine high school Bucks 6th A and B teams will host Buena Vista for two games tonight and tomorrow at Sul Ross gym. B team tips at 7, A at 8 both nights. Public urged to attend and cheer the Bucks. Also, Mrs Nora B Deaton of San Antonio bought the Van Sickle residence near the Safeway, sister of local resident Mrs J W Gilmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Bucks
Buena Vista Cagers
Alpine High School Bucks
Buena Vista
G. Hannaford
Norrow
Sul Ross
Bucks
Nora B. Deaton
San Antonio
van Sickle
Safeway
J. W. Gilmer
Hubert Lee Ruggles
Medrick
Laws
J.C. Eppersone
Alpine
Richard Lewis
Italy
WAC
Sul Ross Col
Tnden
State Tighway Department
Crost
Chamber of Commerce
Border
Alpine FFA Chapter Praised for National Honor
The Alpine FFA chapter, honored as one of six outstanding chapters at the 17th annual national FFA convention, received gold emblems and saw its instructor R C Mitchell awarded the honorary American Farmer degree. The Furrow notes award night in Kansas City with leaders calling the meeting one of the most serious, highlighting FFA members as a major force in postwar farm production and war-effort activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
R. C. Mitchell
John Deere
Moline
Til
Future Farmers For America
Kansas City
Edwin F. Flato
Corpus
Chit
Thg Lamong
National Agriculture Lead
FFA
January Quotas Drop in Lab Brock District
Ely Fonville OPA rationing executive reports January quotas in Lab Brock district fall short of December levels due to increased military demand. He cites General Eisenhower on tire shortages and urges prompt recapping to avoid tying up Army vehicles and delaying essential transportation in the Pacific and European fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lab Brock
Ely Fonville
OPA
Fonville
Eisenhower
State Planning Game Preserve To Save Last Small Band of Big Horns
Texas plans to create a game preserve to save the last 350 big horn sheep in Culbertson County Guadalupe mountains area. The project would move domestic stock, erect a deer-proof fence, and place biologist Butch Carson to erase predators and guide restocking efforts. If successful, the herd could become a nucleus for future reintroductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tucker
Texas
Commission
Bascom Giles
General Land Office
Big Horn
Carson
Commissan
Butch Carson
Guadalcanal
Rocky Mountains
1944 Rainfall Totals Reach Record Level At Sul Ross
Rainfall in 1944 totaled 25.13 inches at Sul Ross College weather station, a record for the era except for a 1941 high. The piece notes monthly figures, wartime visits by Harvey Mathews and others, and mentions servicemen stationed locally and abroad, with details about 1944 weather and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupiter Pluvius
U. S
Sul Ross College
Alpin
Review of 1944 News From Avalanche Files
A 1944 news review notes missing AAP bombardier Bill Weyerts after a raid, with weather and rainfall totals. Alpine post office receipts rise to 32848.95 dollars in 1949 while county funds push Fourth War Loan efforts. Local obituaries include D.C. Medley and Jett Davis. district attorney race and fire-destroyed Presbyterian church are mentioned along with WW II homefront items such as loan campaigns, prisoner reports, and military honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frite
Bill Weyerts
Alpine Post Office
Big Head
D. C
Jack Cross
Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian
Alpine Uso
F. B. Weyerts
Alpine Bomber Pilot En Route Home After 420 Hours Action
FIFTH AIR FORCE in the Southwest Pacific reports Captain Morgan F. Terry Jr. of Alpine Texas is en route home after completing 420 hours of aerial combat. He is husband to Elinor Terry and son of Morgan Terry Sr. of Alice. A Jolly Roger crew member, he has earned the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. He also qualified as a P-38 pilot. The unit has claimed near 400 enemy planes shot down and major strikes on ships and ground targets in the Pacific campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Air Force
Southwest Pacific
Morgan F. Terry Jr
Alpine
Texas
Elinor Ray Terry
Morgan F. Terry Sr
Alice
Terry
Philippine
Southwest
Pacific
Texas A
Following the Flag with Brewster Service Members
Clifford of San Antonio reports on Olie C. Grauke former Sul Ross student stationed in Europe and now a sergeant. Robt Odell of El Paso earned wings and a second lieutenant commission at Moore Field. Sat King Terry Jr after being wounded in combat near the Western Front telephoned home from William Beaumont hospital El Paso. He sustained severe leg injuries from a hand grenade while serving with General Terry Allen’s Timber Wolf division and will be hospitalized five to six months. his parents plan a visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Name Clifford
San Antonio
Olie C. Grauke
Sul Ross
Europe
Olie
Ronx Reid
Robt. Odell
John Odell
el Paso
Alpine
Moore Field
King Terry Jr
Western Front
William Beaumont Hospital
el Pa- 80
New York City
King
Terry Allen
Timber Wolf
Few New Faces in County Official Family Sworn In
Most county officers were reelected with little opposition and qualified Tuesday. New members include Ray Ogle as commissioner, Pree. 4. J. Johnson as constable, Pree. 2. Haynes as justice, and RE. Saraway as constable, both of Terlingua, already serving in Pree. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Ogle
Chas. G. Burnam
Johnson
Pree
H. B. Pruett
MR. Haynes
RE. Saraway
Teringua
Funds Sought for Alpine’s New Fire Truck Purchase
Alpine volunteers seek about 2000 to complete payments on a seven thousand dollar pumper due for delivery around January 15. The truck, mounted on a GMC chassis and shipped from San Antonio for outfitting, will fight fires in Alpine and adjacent ranches and include a 300 gallon tank, high pressure pump, and fog nozzle. Citizens may donate at local outlets or the bank, with key organizers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
GMC
San Antonio
J.C. Cooley
Storey
Whiteside Lor
Jack Johnson
Jat Casner Botor Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will
F. Vans
Grandfalls
Tory
Bay
Quitman D. Grishman
Fort Davis
Lafuelta Courts
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Santa Barbara
Quartermasters Corps
Africa
Grishman
Francis Phelps
Sass
U. S. Navy
Hawaii
Bela Milhollin
Calcutta
India
Ernest Gallego
John Gallego
England
Pvt
Alfred
Ernest
al Tred
Avalanche Files
Ihuahua City
U.S. Letterville
San Marcos
Nurial
Daniel Musgrave Jr
Mes
de L. Musgrave
Red Cross Fund
Billie Weston
Chihuahua
Big Fend
County
Red Cross Drive
Nellie Martin
Bart Fallis
Air Base
W. Re Ponge
Waco
Victor Wickersham
Oklahoma
Wey
Guayule
Chihuahua City
A. B. Sane Diter
Amielot Alpine
Red Cross
Alpine- Balmorhew Ffa
Texas Tech
H. Me Doole
Mes J. le Shoemake
Brewster Couneie
Marathon
Sal Rosa Cho ‘Sea Center
M. T. Chaselain
Puller
H.W. Kilpatrick
Georgetown
John Henry Jessup
Speedy
Williams
Corpus Christi
Heart
Flyng School
Delaware Springs
N. M
Travers Crumpton
Fort Stockton
Frank P. Fulcher
West Texas
Frank Newsom
Mason
Brewster Jett Davis
Baylor Smith
Hot Springs
J. H. Derrick
Kesey Kimball
Locke McClure
Germany
Alpine Ffa
Tops
C. C. Stephens
Balmorhea
Pecos
J. W. Kokernot
W. C. Pisher Sr
Ark
First National Bank
Big Bend Ark
Rows A. Maxwell
Brewster
W. H. Kokernot
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