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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1945
Page
4
Mixed classified items from Alpine area include a nine room two story business building for sale suitable for a boarding house or apartment house partly furnished in Alpine. ranches and city listings. real estate agents A M Turney and F Evans advertise. loan requests at four percent interest. farm implements for sale. singing instruction by W C Friesen. Gulf Servicenter closure for VE Day observance.
Local society notes record numerous visitors and travels. Mr and Mrs C A Fabian visited in San Angelo while Mrs W C Moore of San Antonio stayed with Mrs J W Rix. Electa Wade Western Union manager vacationing in San Antonio, Irma Garner called to Stillwater for a sister-in-law's death. Continuous family visits span San Angelo to Lockhart Denton Gatesville and Monroe Louisiana. Ernest Gibbons injured when a horse fell on him.
The Bard anniversary of the Mexican victory over French forces at the Battle of Purdie was celebrated by local Latin Americans last Saturday, Cinco de Mayo, with a program at the college gym. Esteban Walker Jr. directed the program, with many residents and visiting Mexicans present. A dance followed at the ATU hall. Committees included Latin American Youth Club led by Lorenzo Lazarelle, Order Pat Martines, and Reception Alfredo Gare Cannon.
Rev George Pearse of Carlsbad evangelist says the Nazarene church revival started last Sunday will run through next week. Services are held daily at 6 pm and 7:49 pm with tomorrow evening titled The Devil's Prayer. Public invited to attend.
A reader asks if you are a member of the Alpine chamber of commerce. The inquiry seeks confirmation of membership status and related affiliations with the Alpine business community.
Local businessmen and ranchers in Chihuahua have gathered about 60 000 pesos roughly ten thousand dollars to fund preliminary work on the Chihuahua Ojinaga highway. Engineer Hector Mo Molinar organized the subscription at a district meeting. The project would extend Highway 67 from Presidio Texas to the Rio Grande and link in Chihuahua City with the proposed Pan American routes toward Canada and Mexico City and beyond.
In Brewster County Texas the sheriff will sell on June 5 1948 at Alpine Court House door between 10 AM and 4 PM the real estate of Elmer Taylor to satisfy a judgment against him by American Employers Insurance Company for 2300 plus costs. The property includes Lot 7 and the south half of Lot 6 Hancock Addition B to Alpine. A bond purchase note mentions saving lives.
Col Baxter, commanding officer of an air field, spoke at the Rotary luncheon. A West Point graduate, he served in the Pacific theater and described raids and vigilant defense of islands. Navy flyer Billy Dorris, home on furlough, shared Pacific experiences. A letter from former Mexican consul Ed Prado was read, and Alpine’s Arel trophy was presented.
Lykes Brother Inc shipped 86 oars of cattle to Roslin Kansas with a total of 2687 head including 309 spayed heifers and yearling steers. Ed Edwards notes sheep movement of 9 000 head to grass at Ale ora. Col Edwin will monitor operations while maintaining West Texas ranch interests. Al Kinsey reports northern Mexico rain shortage and water gaps hinder grazing. proposes wind mills pipelines and large watering tanks to improve stock watering. Hugh Burgess now runs the AAA office for Mrs. Mary S. Baum, with sheepmen rising in local life. A new 108 by 264 foot woolhouse under construction in Alpine underscores the industry’s growth.
Widay furlough, Jiggs Davis, fireman second class, U. S. Navy, is here on a five day path, visiting his parents. On its return to his station he will be assigned to a ship. Catherine Slight Winton, pharmacist's mate second-class, stationed at New Orleans, has been selected for two months training in civil service at Hunter College, New York.
The notice mentions Roy Tennant, formerly of Alpine and Shafter, who died in Germany on April 13 while serving in a field artillery unit. It notes his sisters Sarah and Anna, his education at Sul Ross College, and prior employment with a local mining company. A Santa Ana air field visit by Set. Griffith Oates and remarks on immigration along the Rio Grande are also referenced.
The sheriff’s pursuit of Carillo continued in Balmorhea as of Tuesday afternoon, with unclear results. Olivas was buried Tuesday morning. both Olivas and Carillo were described as being in the United States illegally.
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