Christmas USO dance brightens Alpine season
The USO hosted a formal Christmas dance with the Reviseers orchestra, cookies and candy, fruit, nuts, and a lace tea table for punch. About 100 attendees enjoyed the evening. Church ladies hosted Sunday coffee and doughnuts, while Marathon ladies provided treats for the boys. The USO opened to service members and families, with 15 homes hosting guests and 46 Alpine ladies contributing candy, cake, or cookies. The USO Council thanks volunteers for holiday service. another dance is planned with Presbyterian hosts.
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USO
Church For Christ
Alpine
Us.c. Counci
Military Families Pass News Of Overseas Service And Homecoming
Alfred has been overseas a year and Ernest serves with the Army Air Force. Ensign Mack Roach of Sweetwater, a former Sul Ross student, visits this week en route to a West Coast station after a stint in New York City. Capt. Alfred Neal Brown has retired to the Pacific theater and may visit his mother soon. Master Sergeant Gabriel Armijo, Camp Crowder, and Cpl. Vernon McCall of the U.S. Marines communicate home as two-year Pacific service winds toward homecoming.
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Ensign Mack Roach
Sweet
Water
Sul Ross
New York City
Alfred Neal Brown
Pacific War Theatre
Hils
C. A. Brown
W. D. McCall
Cpl
Vernon McCall
U. 8 Marines
States
Vernon
Pacific Area
Pfe
B. D. Rowland
U.S
Alpine
Williams Field
Ariz
S-Set
Elton
Stirman
R. J. Kinman
France
County War Fund
T. E. McKinney
Counry
Marathon
Raymon Newman
AAF
Germany
Grady M. Nelon
Stevenson
Lucky Nimrods
FFA
Kansas City
Rio Grande
Presidio
W. van Sickle
Big Bend Park
PTA
Uncertain Faith and Bereaved Parents Souls Unite
An oblique reflection on unbounded faith in personal effort and the bereaved parents whose sons do not return. It posits that the dead now know all and will awaken their earthly parents to a spiritual love surpassing human affection.
Card of Thanks and War Bond Appeal in Local Notice
A community note expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for sympathy, flowers, and help after a bereavement. The text also mentions war bond support and military updates, including a RAF discharge and an affected husband wounded in the invasion of France. A regional article discusses Big Bend game restoration plans and funding under Pittman-Robinson, outlining steps to restock and propagate backcountry rams and sheep, with Tucker noting the program aims to preserve remaining stock and details pending finalization.
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Big Bend
Culberson County
Texas
Tucker
Pittman-Robinson
Brewster County Pioneer Agnes Pier son Dies
A review of local obituaries notes the death of Mrs Agnes Pierson Brewster County pioneer at Haymond and the passing of D L Musgrave in Marathon along with several other regional notices. It records veterans pilots missing in action in Europe and Asia and county residents dying in Texas cities.
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Dallas
Big Bend Park
Agnes Pierson
Brewster County
Haymond
Felix McGaughy
Houston
Charles Williams
Grady M. Nelon
AAP
Yugo Slavia
Ray McNeill
North
Burma
Sheriff Hord
Fort Stockton
John M. Rutledge
DPC
A. Vick Winter
AAF
India
Por
D. L. Musgrave
del Rio
Marathon
R. C. Anderson
Presidio
Marie Bobb
San Antonio
Wwuben F. Allen
George W. Baylor
Ray Ogle
Alpine
Henry Moore
Boy Scouts
Un titled Editorial Vows Strength Through Hard Times
Fragmentary 1945 wartime reflection urges readers to endure hardship and take responsibility for their town's fate. It proclaims every person is the captain of their destiny under divine favor, warning that the weak may become derelicts while the strong prevail.
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Club News
Jensey
Walter Wooley
Maria
Simmons
Fette
South al
Flora L. Daugher
Ysette
Will F. Evans
J. W. Sao
Hereford
W. A. Daugherty
Grandview Courts
H. L. Hord
Marta
Tex
Alpine City
A.M. Turney
K. J. Moyer
W. Ave
11Th
van Williams
C. L. Spindap
Nazarene
T. M
Mra
Alan Fraser
J.C. Puller
Gee.Treas
Marfa
Alfred
Ernest
Army Air Force
Barney Teague
APO
Pio
Raymond
Teague
Care
Nevill Haynes
Kate Nevill
J. J. Oliver
Edinburg
Gabriel
Armijo
Camp Crowder
Er. Moyer
Harold Moyer
Eral
Guam
Ford Rackley
RAF
Border Patrol
Lillian Sonnier Smart
An Antonio
George
Pfc. Sn
Trict
E. H. Todd
Saturday Evening Post
Howard Berry
Chisos Mines
Boston
el Paso
Glenn Burgess
Manfer Alpine Chamber of Commerce
Lurk
Harris S. Smith
Edwin May
California
C. A
Tubby) Lease
Lake Jackson
Granada Theatre
William Boyd
Andy Clyde
Evelyn Ankers
J. Carol Naish
INDAY
Allan Ladd
Loretta Young
U.S. War
Diana Barrymore
Brian Donlevy
Canterville
Chas. Laughton
Margaret O'Brien
Ameritex
Cross & Cross
Storey- Whiteside Lamber Co
Dcentral Power and Light Company
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