Surplus ads list hardware and services in Lone Star area
Linoleum patterns cheap at Moyer’s Surplus Sales. Lizzie Young residence on College Ave advertises 3 bedrooms and 3 lots. Model bulldozers offered for ranch use, trade for livestock. Air compressor and drill leasing offered with 30 hour minimum. Route takeover opportunity in Alpine with weekly profits of $50. Watkins Co seeks seller in Tennessee. High school distance learning ad. Burlap bags and wool remnants buyer seeks material. Bryan Kelley buys burlap bags and wool remnants.
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Alpine
J. R.| Watkins Company
Memphis
Tennessee
Ranch Loans and Ranch Property Listings in Alpine Texas
Marfa NFLA in Marfa Texas offers first mortgage improvement notes at 6 percent with safety for Alpine property loans. Whiteside Lumber Co advertises farm and ranch equipment, tape products, and a range of land and rental properties for sale or trade including two acres to a six thousand acre ranch in Brewster and surrounding counties. Abstracts of title, title insurance, loans, and general services are advertised in Houston and San Antonio areas.
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Whiteside Lumber Co
Phony
P.O. Box
Alpie
Alpine
Ear Co
Xas
Brewster
County
Houston
San Ansonio
Kohler Signs D. D. Spraying Shrubbery and Weeds
Skim of an old classified notice lists Kohler offering shrubbery and weed spray for trees residences livestock and fly control to keep city pale. Billie Weston Satie Jawn Mowers sharpened tools repaired by Joe Frayser 205 S Ltd St. 4-6-6 mo. p. Foreign line mentions many a woman marrying idle husband.
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Billie” Weston
Satie
JAWN
Joe Frayser
205 S. Ltd
Mo. P
Alpine Local Folks News Briefs Include Visits and Appointments
Ralph Tippit of Kent visited Alpine this week. Mrs. Jack Hitt and children of Texans stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Leath. Eric B. Friesen of Carlsbad weekend at the Bennett home. Mrs. J. J. Kerby of Midland returned after visiting daughter Mrs. Arthur Hill. Miss Melen Fielder of the Kermit faculty spent weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Fielder visit. Skevington traveled to Yuma Arizona and Anthony New Mexico for family visits. Misses Ligon and Devaney of Carlsbad spent weekend with Miss Ligon's mother, Mrs. J. W. Frazer. Clifton Caldwell, grandson of Mrs. A. J. Tippit, received West Point appointment via Sen. Tom Connally. Mrs. Faith Caldwell, Mrs. Verie Allen and Joe Hord just back from a Colorado trip. Mrs. Helen Swift of Seattle and Ned Gard of Boise visited their father H. R. Gard and brother A. J. Gard. John Stowell undergoing skin grafting at Southwestern General Hospital El Paso after past burns. recovery favorable. Mrs. Stowell’s daughter Miss Idie Beth of Fort Stockton will attend their son John Edward’s Naval Academy graduation in Annapolis and then visit Tennessee, D.C., Pennsylvania and New York. 1st Lt. Bob Bilgrave and wife visited Alpine en route to Moffett Field. he is a former Alpine Cowboy pitcher and Johns Hopkins basketball coach. He is in the Marine reserves. Mrs. Bilgrave was formerly Miss Joyce Dyer of Sul Ross College.
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Fred Reeder
Idie Beth
Fort. Stockton
John Edward
Naval ‘Academy
Annapolis
Relves
Tennessee
Washington, D.C
Pennsylvania
New York
Bob Bilgrave
Moffat Air Field
San Francisco
Cal
Bob
Alpine Cowboys
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
J. S. Marines
Bilgrave
Joyce Dyer
Sul Ross ‘College
Panthers Rally To Edge Fort Stockton In Opening Game
Alpine area May 14 Fort Stockton led early as Hernandez doubled and scored on a long triple by another player. Robinson and Hammons drove in Stockton’s runs, but Alpine won in a dramatic late inning. Gonzales of Stockton pitched five-hitter with two strikeouts in a 3-2 loss as Fort Stockton committed three errors. Second game slated for 4 PM at Kokernot Field.
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Fort Stock
Nucks
Panthers
Erdine Barrow
Luis Hernan
Hernandez
Cowboy
Robinson
Bobby Hammons
Hammons
Stockton
Fort Stockton
Hester
Armed Forces
Gonzales
Dan Valenzuela
Alpine
Bucks
Kokernot
Tribute to Alpine's Growth by Mrs Lula Murphy
Mrs Lula Murphy recalls arriving in Alpine eighty years ago and witnessing the town's growth. She thanks those who helped start and sustain projects, notes the cemetery association's role in tree watering, and mentions work on securing contracts and keeping the town in good shape.
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Lula Murphy
Alpine
Justo
Ely
Associatn
Alpine Mayor Proclaims May 28 as Poppy Day
Mayor John Gillett issues a proclamation for Alpine Texas declaring Saturday May 28 Poppy Day. Citizens are urged to wear memorial poppies to honor those who died in World Wars and remember their sacrifice. American Legion Auxiliary volunteers will distribute poppies on the streets, collecting contributions for Legion and Auxiliary activities.
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Beenantes
Alpine
John Gillett
Texas
Cig Alpine
American Legion Auxiliary
Former Alpine Boy In Hospital In Japan To Return To States Soon
A Weldon Hector letter from Newfoundland Pa reports Thompson D Easterwood formerly of Alpine has been advanced to Corporal and is hospitalized at the 279th hospital in Osaka Japan. He is recovering from exposure illness while serving with the 31st Infantry Regiment, 7th Division, Ki He, and hopes for an early rotation back to the U.S. for visit to Texas. The message also includes personal reflections from the writer about community life and gratitude for local efforts.
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Weldon Hector
Newfoundland
Alpine
Thompson D. Easter Wood
Hector
Thompson D. Easterwood
279Th
Osaka
Japan
Easterwood
31St Inf
Texas
U.S. A
Amateur Operators To Kerrville For Annual Convention
Amateur radio operators of the South Texas Emergency net plan their sixth annual convention in Kerrville at the Bluebonnet hotel on May 26 and 27 with a program of lectures a transmitter hunt and a barbecue emphasizing emergency and net operation. The gathering follows heavy station activity during the February ice storm with multiple agencies reporting on weather telephony power lines and railroad traffic. Notable speakers include W L McGill civil defense Red Cross and state officials Gen A D Rooke Col Carl Hatch and F C Ellis among others with Western Union and railroad representatives also slated to attend.
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South Texas
Kerrville
Bluebonnet Hotel
W. L. McGill
American Red Cross
State of Texas
W. L. Broman
Texas
A.D. Rooke
Texas State Guard
Carl Hatch
Fourth Army Corps
Charles Fermaglich
S.C. M
J. L. Bullard
Gen
Luther Smith
Claude Gilmer
Civil Defense Organization
Buddy “Lane
WSNYG
Johnny Newell
WSREM
Alpine
Clinton Aitetey
OWS
Marathon
Midland Livestock Market Steady With Mixed Gains
Midland area ranchers kept cattle at home as the Midland Livestock Auction Co sale on May 10 showed a steady market with some classes 25 to 50 cents higher than the prior week. Fat calves and yearlings brought 30 to 34 dollars, mediums 27 to 30, fat cows 23 to 26, mediums 21 to 23, canners and cutters 16 to 21, and bulls 24 to 29. Not enough feeder cattle were offered to test the market.
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Midland Livestock Auction Co
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Phelpe
Moyer Army Surplus
John Mansville
Frank Young
Sette
Glenn Davis
LeAette
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RW. Smith
Oslessa
Tex
Lizzie Young
College Ave
Ollie Ox
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Sweetwater
Eppiciency
Hilton
Coltee Inn
A. Morton
Jim" Francois
W. B. Hancock
F. Ave. C
Pete Gallego
Green’ Cate
New Apt
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Mone
N. 2Nd St. Sp
Mae Starr
N. Rd
Man
Rawleigh
W. T. Rawleigh Company
W.ilinois
Tenn’ Dept
EL Paso
Britte
Bryan Kelley
10Th St
Marfa Nfla
Marfa
M. L. Hopson
Pecos Abstract CO
Kohler
Elsctholua
Electrolux
Tivoli
Ralph Tippit
Kent
Jack Hitt
J. G. Leath
Ericl B. Friesen
Carlsbad
DM. Bennett
J. J. Kerby
Midland
Arthur Hill
Melen Fielder
Kermit School
W. G. Fielder
Burs
Skevington
Sone
Tom
Yuma
Ariz
George
Anthony, N. M
Dorothy Ligon
Elena Devaney
N.M
Miss Ligon
J. W. Frazer
Clifton Caldwell
A. J. Tippit
West Point
Sen
Tom Connally
Faith Caldwell
Verhie Allen
Joe Hord
Colorado
Denver
Bill Caldwell
Lowry Field
Helen Swift
Seattle
Washington
Ned Gard
Boise
H. R. Gard
A. J Gard
John Stowell
Southwestern General Hospital
Stowell
Granada Theatre
Gene Autry
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Fox Movietone News
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Ina
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Grarane
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Morrison
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Southern Pacific
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