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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
2
Local items list residents and guests visiting or traveling to several cities including San Antonio Big Spring Leakey Dallas and Houston. Entries mention medical procedures, family visits, military transfers and upcoming events with multiple individuals and households named.
FOR LEASE FOR GRAZING 10¢ per acre 640 acres out of Sec 29 623 southeastern Brewster county. Please pay this rental to Father Francis Catholic church Alpine as this money is for bens it of church. The party who ha s been grazing it the past few years will please pay church for use of it. Mary H Gallagher owner Box 508 Hereford. WANTED FREIGHT TO HAUL From Marfa Alpine Presidio Shafter Valentine Van Horn Fort Davis Marathon To El Paso San Antonio Lower Rio Grande Valley and intervening points. We can handle household goods without crating. We are not common carriers. We solicit this freight hauling to avoid operating our trucks one way empty in order to help the war effort Grubbs & Bour Land Marfa Texas Tel 49 13.26 The Lost and Found Yale Key No B120115 Finder please return to Avalanche office. Miscellaneous If you want dirt hauled for your garden or lawn 409 Dick Turner Alpine Disposal Service We also do moving at reasonable prices
Official word from OPA deputy administrator Paul M. O Leary states ration book No 3 will not be withheld from armed forces in the United States. Many service members abroad will delay issuance until the book goes into use, likely in August. Families of soldiers are not affected and should apply by June 10. Civilian applicants should inquire at local post offices about forms from Mitchell, D who are en route to Del Valle, Texas.
At The Churches BAPTIST Sunday school 9 45 a m Morning service 10 80 Mid week service Wednesday 8 45 pm Training Union 7 30 pm Evening worship 8 30 Fellowship Hour every Sunday 9 15 pm Choir rehearsal Friday 8 00 Pastor A Wittner CHURCH OF CHRIST Classes meet Sunday morning 10 00 am Preaching 10 50 communion Evening 8 00 Mid week 8 00 Women's Bible class 3 30 pm Wednesdays We are glad to have you in these
Joint church bulletin lists May 2 morning prayer and sermon at St James Episcopal with Holy Communion on the 3rd Sunday. a Methodist Church School at 10:00 and morning worship at 11 with sermon by Rev Fred S Rogers. evening service at 8:30. Ray B McGrew is the pastor. W H Martin Arch Deacon presides.
Sunday Bible school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 a m. Rev Mrs H Wade Seaford to speak at the evening service at 8 30 p m. Prayer service for men and women in armed forces Thursday at 8 30 p m. Winifred Kelton is pastor. Presbyterian at St James Episcopal also sharing services with Sunday school at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 led by Fred S Rogers.
The wartime notice lists sugar and coffee stamp validity through specific dates and book numbers for home canning and June purchases. It includes red stamp expiration, shoe purchase limits, mileage and gasoline book details, and ends with a subscription status question.
A vehicle pushing another across a railroad grade crossing caused a collision. Witnesses heard continuous warning signals as the incident unfolded. The National Safety Council warns such pushing endangers trains and delays wartime transport, urging driver care to prevent these accidents.
At yesterday's Rotary meeting thirty two members attended. J Brodie Roberts of the Ross faculty faces likely last attendance before entering service. New member R W Taylor announced in classifying Title Abstracting, effective when he begins attendance. Dom Adams led the main program on war driven business ethics and manpower shortages with several discussions by George Koury Dick Bankhead and Joel Wright.
AUSTIN June 7 Discovery of a new double star designated RY in the Constellation Suctum is announced by Dr. Daniel M. Popper of the University of Chicago and staff at McDonald Observatory. Photographs from 25 images with the 82 inch telescope near Fort Davis show two stars in contact orbiting every 11 days, mass about 100 suns.
The Mexican Community Center board held its regular monthly meeting on June 1 at 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Baines presided, reports and routine business were reviewed, Miss Mitchell shared progress on sewing classes and a forthcoming Vacation Bible School plan, and the rummage sale donations were praised for its success. The article notes that in the Middle Ages men’s shoes were often more ornate than women’s, sometimes decorated with precious stones.
A daughter weighing 8 pounds was born to Sgt. and Mrs. Robin Sandlin at the post hospital Ft. D. A. Russell on Wednesday. Mrs. Sandlin is the former Fern Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Matthews of Alpine.
Letter from Blanche B Boyle to Mr C W Davis at Granada Theatre Alpine Texas urges support for March of Time No 10 Show Business At War. Highlighted stars include Clark Gable Tyrone Power Jor E Brown Al Jolson Marlene Dietrich Linda Darnell Hedy Lamarr Dorothy Lamour Edgar Bergen Kay Kyser Ginny Simms Carole Landis Loretta Young Rochest er Jack Benny Mary Livingston Ritz Brothers Phil Baker and many others. Encourages worksheets and backing to boost receipts.
Official collector reports a Denver Colorado garbage problem noting severe waste reduction with scarce bread abundant vegetables and large meat portions largely gone leaving mostly bones as waste.
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