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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1942
Page
2
Weekend visitors and departures fill Marathon and surrounding towns as soldiers from PL Bliss camp at Marathon Friday night. Residents including Mrs. Joe Huelster, Mrs. Jack Roberts, Mrs. A. Davis, and Mrs. Ray McKinney travel for medical, family, or military reasons. Jean Martin returns to Tucson after a two week visit. Hileman family heads to Los Angeles. Mrs. Granger and the Matthews family share a Monday post supper.
The article lists numerous social visits and gatherings in Alpine and nearby towns.会 details include Mrs Worcereen hosting a bridge club at her home with guests Miss Katherine Arnold and Mrs G W Hampton. visits from Miss Lonita Hickey of El Paso, Bishop Schuler of El Paso, and Fr Francis of Alpine. travel and military deferments for local residents. barbecues hosted by Mrs E B Lambert and Ja Bardwell. multiple families visiting relatives across San Angelo, El Paso, Uvalde, and Fort Worth. and a for sale item: one bed, one cookstove, wood and coal, one dining table.
A nostalgic MGM screen adaptation stars Natalie Thompson with family names like Frank Morgan and Kathryn Grayson. The ad promotes a ride in a Stanley Steamer car and teases the film's period appeal, inviting Grandparents to recall the past.
Texas ranchman J C Hall who spent 35 years in Cuba says the island is a cattleman paradise with fat cattle scarce and prices around 15 per head for cows but export growth has reduced local fat stock. He notes Cuban ranches are well equipped, beef prices fluctuated with government controls, and cattle management differs from Texas, including grazing on sabana and guie pasture.
Wink residents celebrate news that a British cadet training base will be built at the designated CAA airport west of Wink. Army engineers survey indicate about 5 000 cadets officers and ground personnel will be stationed there with 2 000 workers during construction. Barracks offices and field improvements planned and land gains totaling about 1 300 acres. Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
The excerpt asks trivia across music art exploration and history about the March King the Arctic explorer the father of the modern political cartoon the Three Wise Men and the builders of the Great Wall of China It also queries ownership of the Panama Canal Zone and the unity of English Scottish thrones plus a patriotic plea urging support for war bonds and meeting quotas.
Sigma Chi at North Dakota State College appear in pajama shirts in class as the bed clothes are pledged to be worn until slacks are eliminated. Paul Gallagher, fraternity president, says the coed classroom makeup prompts the change.
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