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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
2
Alpine residents discuss housing shortages as new building, business, and recruiting efforts reshape the city. Reports note visitors from El Paso and Marfa, a hospital stay, a new daughter, and ongoing community planning to attract residents and investors amid postwar growth.
The Lions club voted to extend its term and elect officers including Jer ry Kerby as secretary treasurer. New officers to begin in July include A J Bierce president M Corkran first vice president Wallace Duncan second vice president and Dany Potion third vice president plus Wes Custis and others as directors. The group discussed the minstrel show and upcoming activities while scouts and veterans groups connected with local ministers and ex-servicemen gathered for community welfare efforts. A note mentions Mindanao population context among Philippine islands.
Public notices list candidate names for Congress, state representatives, county roles, and local offices, with election action pending Democratic primary July 27, 1946. Names include Thomason, Conger Jones, Moore, Gerron, McGaughy, Hord, Frazer, Patterson, Owens, Carney, Parker, Prutt, Hernandez, Davis, Dunnington, Fulcher, Davis, Woolley, Kelly, and Beatrice Woolley among others. The notice also includes fee details for announcing candidacies.
A fragment from a wartime poem laments a fallen figure. The lines invoke a quiet afterlife in a mansion where wars never come, noting three years have passed since the hero died and honoring their sacrifice.
A brief tribute to a fallen service member with solemn line “Gave your life that others might live” and reference to “Greater love hath no man” as a civic memory. The text honors the deceased in living memory of the People.
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