Letters From Home and Local News Retrospect
The column laments a sharp drop in fan mail, notes a letter from Pre. Jacob C. Rodriguez about reading the hometown paper away from home, and urges readers to support mail to troops. It condemns indiscriminate dog poisoning, calls for stray dog control, apologizes to Mrs. Martha V. Ezell for earlier mention, and asks support for the Red Cross Wet Fund drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob C. Rodriguez
Will Rogers Field
Oklo
Shreveport
Red Cross
New Plan for Operating USO Adopted in Alpine
Alpine USO Council voted Monday evening to assume community operation of the present USO club. Laura deVeuve and Porter Garner of San Antonio outlined plans amid praise for Alpine leadership. The club will maintain the existing building and equipment while Stary remains as director until formal activation in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
USO Council
USO Club
Laura deVeuve
USO
YWCA
Ind
Porter Garner
San Antonio
Garner
America
Council
Marfa Club
Irs
Georgianne Stary
Stary
Mrs. Stary
Fred Rogers
500 Auto Licenses Issued In County
The tax collector reports 500 auto licenses issued in the county up to yesterday noon with about 700 vehicles still unlicensed. The final date to attach 1944 plates is April 1. The office has opened Wednesday evenings 6:30 to 9 for air base personnel and will reopen next Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
District PTA Conference Set for Fort Stockton Next Week
Fort Stockton heard the sixteenth annual District 15 PTA conference will run March 29 and 30 in the high school auditorium. Notables include Mrs. W A Kay and Sen H L Winfield speaking on Four Freedoms with coaches, superintendents, and 125 delegates from 12 counties attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Texas
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Board of Managers
PTA
W. A. Kay
Winfield
Sen
H. L. Winfield
Fort Stocktom
J. B. Day
Rotan
Texas Congress
Frank Monroe
Midland
Recreation
W. J. B. Dixon
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mr. Dixon
Nay Win
Association
el Paso
Russell Payne
C. L. Holley
van Horn
N. G. Harp
Grandfalls
C. E. Daniel
Pecos
N. H Keller
4. H. Clark
Fort Davis
J. A. Leeah
Sierra Blanca
Alpine FFA Boys Show Set For Saturday
Alpine FFA plans a live stock show Saturday in downtown Alpine by the Southern Pacific depot. Entries include fine-wool ewe lambs, fat lambs, crossbred lambs, calves and a capon exhibit. Winners advance to El Paso for the next show. A. J. Bierschwale of Sul Ross College will judge. An auction of fat lambs begins at 2 p.m. and a corn-eating contest will amuse attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine F. F. A
Alpine
Southern Pacific
el Paso
A. J. Bierschwale
Sul Ross College
War claims Brewster county man as a victim
The war claimed Pvt Daniel L Musgrave Jr buried in Brewster County and killed in action in the WW theatre with the 26th Division American Army He volunteered three years ago overseas about 11 months at 25 He was raised in Brewster County attended Alpine schools worked as a cowboy before enlisting He has a Navy brother Joe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
D. L
Bill) Musgrave
Daniel L. Musgrave Jr
Adjutant General
Pvt
Musgrave
Young Musgrave
Joe
Sale of Easter Seals Starts This Week In Alpine
The Easter Seal sale by the Texas Society for Crippled Children begins this week and runs past Easter. Stamps cost 1 each in sheets of 100, with 10 stamps per child packet for 100. Half of proceeds stay in the county to aid crippled children and hospitals. local stamps will be available at the chamber of commerce in the Holland hotel building. Communications and contributions may be mailed to Mrs. Ellen Hudson Box 178 Alpine, with officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Society For Crippled Children
Alpine
Chamber of Commerce
Holland Hotel
Ellen Hudson
Victor J. Smith
H.R. Gard
Third lecture on Post War Employment at Lawrence Hall
Dr Coleman will deliver the third talk in a Bun ay afternoon series at four o clock. Miss Millin Hill of the College faculty will be hostess for the occasion. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman
Lawrence Hall
Millin Hill
Beautification Program Begins on Main Avenue
City hall reports a beautification project on Main avenue from Fifth to Sixth streets. A new curb will be placed a few feet south of the present curb and the plot will be planted with grass. The city commission envisions similar improvements on the next block west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue
Fifth Street
Sixth Street
City Commission
Former Alpine Resident Emil Goeglein Dies in San Antonio
Mae M Ament learned by telegram that Emil Goeglein aged 58 died in San Antonio from a heart attack. A former Alpine and Marfa resident, he worked for Casner Motor Co and later ran a filling station in San Antonio. Survivors include his widow Henrietta Gene Gilbert son Emil Jr and two grandchildren. Interment was in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae M. Ament
Gene Gilbert
Houston
Emil Goeglein
San Antonio
Goeglein
Alpine
Marfa
Casner Motor Co
Henrietta
Emil Jr
Buddy
Goeglein Jr
Army Air Forces
War Bonds Purchase A Tot Will Save Many Lives
A short notice urges readers to buy war bonds as a means to support the war effort and save lives. It emphasizes that even small purchases help fund operations and protect service members. The appeal targets broad public participation without detailing programs or figures.
County Nears Goal In Red Cross Drive
Owilliam Wwmargus, 22 year old Marathon flyer, now stationed at an Eighth AAF air station Somewhere in England. He joined the P-4 Thunderbolt fighter group, famed for dive bombing, and serves in escorting Fortress and Liberator bombers on raids over Nazi targets and fighter sweeps. He is son of Mr. and Mrs G. W. Hargus of Marathon, graduated Marathon High in 1940, attended S Ron, and was commissioned August 30, 1943 after training in Tallahassee Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon High
S Ron
Aieen
Tallahassee
Fla
Major Richard White Named Training Director at Pilot School
Major Richard J. White, formerly air inspector at the pilot school, was appointed by Col. Donald B. Phillips to lead training. He succeeds Lt. Col. John D. Wynne who moved to Mather Field. White arrived with prior roles as field director of flying and deputy director of training since 1942. He is a Kemper Military graduate and served in the Army since 1939 with training at Randolph and Brooks fields. He and his family reside in Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. White
Donald B. Phillips
John D. Wynne
Mather Field
Calif
White
Kemper Military School
Boonville
Army
Randolph
Brooks Fields
Highland Fruit Is Killed By Freeze
Alpine area fruit bears the brunt of a hard weekly freeze with apricot plum and peach trees hit hardest. Temperatures around 28 degrees, down to 26, persisted nightly. Rain totals for February and January are noted, while ranchers report green ranges and little moisture needed for spring grazing.
Contributions In Campaign Total 5600 With Only 400 To Be Raised
Brewster county neared its 6000 quota in the Red Cross War Fund Drive, reporting 5600 in contributions up to yesterday. Marathon led with 1500. Alpine and Terlingua committees organized by local volunteers urged those who have not given to contribute by March 31 or at the First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewster County
Red Cross War Fund
Dr. Wkeley
Herkeley
Marathon
Walter Diggs
Mae Starr
G. W. Worethington
A. Higginbotham
John ‘T. Martin
Frank Wedin
Laura’ Henderson
O. M. Roberts
J A. Conway
Chona Salamon
Avalanche
Terlingua
First National Bank
Small Fire Reported After Hose Entanglement Incident
A small fire was reported this morning and extinguished with little damage. The blaze started when a hose on a pump became entangled with a moving vehicle, pulling the amp over and igniting gas via wiring sparks.
Train schedule changes on Southern Pacific division
Southern Pacific announces slight passenger train timetable changes effective on this division. For full details contact the SP advertisement elsewhere in The Avalanche issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
S. P
Unclear OCR Summary of Officer Confrontation and Arrests
Fragmented text describes a Mexican and others reacting to a marking officer, with an incident involving the officer’s gun. Some phrases suggest arrest of a suspect named Ertan and references to a deputy or witness statements. Names, dates, and places are obscured by garbled OCR.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cal
Navy
Kate ‘Smith
Aleutians
States
Pyote
Martha V. Ezell
Alpine Council
O. T. Schupbach
Sand‘son
Marine
Marine Corps
Marine Corps Base
San Diego
John H. Braswell
Virginia Braswell
Maggie Braswell
Winder
George T. Hall
Ft. Stockton
Gerry Stapes
Fort Custer
Battle Creek
Mich
Jerry
Alpine Independant School
A. J. Joyce
Frank Young
J. W. Shepperd
Egnn McGregor
Knott
FFA
Uisteid F. F. A
Alpine Sapter
Carl W. Shults Jr
County
Richard White
Reeser
Sean
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!