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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1942
Page
4
Miss Harriet Walker visits Wickett and many friends travel to Paso San Antonio and Houston. Numerous locals and relatives from Wickett, Paso, El Paso, Bay City, Des Moines, Des Moines area, and others visit family, attend events, or travel for short stays. Several service members and students are noted with moves, training, or leaves for camps and universities.
A sentimental wartime note portrays Lieutenant Vernon Tame, a husband and father, as the ideal soldier serving both family and state. The piece links his Legionnaire past and current reserve duties with leadership roles in the Twelfth District and Senate, highlighting duty to country and family.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Blucher sold last week their Mitre Peak guest ranch to Mr and Mrs Leonard Mauldin of San Angelo. Bluchers give possession at once while Mauldins take charge. Blucher continues highway work. Sonny Blucher visits Corpus Christi. They plan Alpine home. Mrs Blucher to pursue degree at Sul Ross. The Bluchers built a year to year guest clientele. new owners will stress dining room service.
At a meeting of Big Bend post No. 79 The American Legion held at the Legion Hut last Saturday night officers for the ensuing year were elected. Arthur E. Owens commander Edgar H. Peters first vice commander Frank Wedin second vice commander Hicks Gray third vice commander Anna Gard adjutant Felix Garrett chaplain Tom Johnson sergeant at arms M L Hopson finance officer and property custodian. Five members entered the service including John W. Gillett Felix McGaughy Hal H. Maner Otis B. Griggs and Carl E. Thain. The post closed with 58 members and urged ex servicemen to maintain membership for future government calls.
Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney star in a Madcap comedy at the Gradana Theatre with Tierney in a youthful modern role and Fonda delivering a gay, side-splitting performance. The film follows Tierney from shop girl to debutante as laughter fills the screen.
Spring Byington and Laird Cregar plot to use her as bait to dupe a supposed millionaire. The target is revealed as Fonda, and they escape with all his money. Gene faces a moral bind as she has fallen for him and fears exposure. In Tokyo, earthquakes strike about every three days on average.
The Rock of Ages memorials bear the bonded seal with the Rock of Ages mark. The dealer for this territory handles distribution and related arrangements.
Memorial Arts Ls lists 2030 Montana Street El Paso Texas as its address and notes it sells granite and marble varieties. The fragment suggests a stone company offering further products but details are incomplete.
From where I sit you ought to meet my friend Will Dedley. He is seventy eight or nine yet tall, lean and hard as hickory. His only formal schooling was a few winters in the old red schoolhouse. He teaches the value of just settin and a Wholesome, appetisin beer to bring a peaceful mood.
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