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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
8
Sunday events center on the Boys Camp Meeting with church services, Sunday school openings, and a mission dinner. Local residents, including Mrs. C.F. Baton and the Magee family, return from out of town. many travel for visits and business. County bond sales and mosquito control are discussed. Scout activities and church missionary work are noted alongside weather and local engagements.
The Rev. David M. Hubler of Monahans directed the camp with Rev. Alvin O. Rue of Fort Davis and Marfa teaching and overseeing recreation and delivering vesper services. Miss Carmen Demmer of Ballinger led music and assisted in camp. Mr and Mrs Haneyauen of the McDonald Observatory colony were away about two weeks visiting Carlsbad and Humble. They returned with daughter Mr BB Schott and her three small sons Nelson Gordon and Charles Schott, and will visit here several weeks.
Local notice lists JOMNBON 15 as a candidate for Sheriff Tax Assessor and Collector in Jeff Davis County Texas. The piece includes brief social notes about residents visiting Clyde Fort Worth and Hillsboro, plus a report on Alaska facts shared by Robert W. Castleberry, Fort Davis attorney.
In Fort Worth a small social item notes the presence of Mira J. Kirby, mother of Mrs. New, accompanying him along with a companion. The fragment provides limited context but confirms identifiable local figures and family ties in a brief social update.
A town report praises a dairy that eliminated flies by using 4 percent measures, noting cows and milk stay pest free. Citizens urged city officials to enforce proper permits for new houses with sewer and water installations, urging action on sanitary standards.
The Library will mail printed lists of books to accredited colleges and universities for selection. Schools requisition desired volumes and establish their own distribution to ensure veterans receive them. Surplus titles must be exhausted before buying more from other sources for veterans, VA said.
In Cedar Mills the notorious wolf Old Crip, long blamed for loss of calves pigs and chickens, is finally captured alive after persistent hunting by Michuson and farmer John Pitts. Old Crip lost a toe earlier and a mate was shot. now she is subdued with tied mouth and lone eye gone, ending her feared reign.
Dr J B Speer will assume duties as Director of Public Service at Sul Ross on July 18. He will coordinate publicity and teacher placement and oversee extension and correspondence courses. He also teaches Elementary Administration and Organization and runs a graduate workshop on health education and child development. Findings from the workshop will be compiled into mimeographed booklets for elementary teachers and education majors.
Veterans will receive surplus textbooks through a Library of Congress program arranged with the Veterans Administration. More than a million books from former Army Navy college training will be distributed to colleges and universities for veteran students, saving over 3 million dollars. Distribution goes to schools, not individuals.
Grover Cleveland remains the only U S president to serve two nonconsecutive terms, a rare anomaly in American political history reflecting two separate administrations separated by a single intervening term.
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