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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1942
Page
18
A garbled page notes beauty tips and lists numerous names, shops, and brands amid odd phrases. A police report fragment recounts a motorist passing a damaged patrolman after a chase, the officer blaming the cyclist for stopping abruptly.
The story traces Anton Diedrick, misread as Dutch, who served in the Mexican War and settled near Fort Davis as an overland mail coach guard. Over time his name morphed to Diedrick Dutchover, becoming a respected local figure remembered by longtime residents. The piece notes the Dutchover family as a large, continuing presence in the area and humor about sugar registrations from school records.
The baccalaureate service will be at the college auditorium Sunday morning May 24 at 11 o clock with Rev Francis Juaniz pastor of Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church Alpine delivering the sermon Commencement exercises follow Wednesday at 830 pm Rev Richard G Irving pastor of the Fort Davis and Marfa Presbyterian churches will give the address In the Big Bend area the party visited Monday and Tuesday and returned Wednesday. Dru ry and Wirth left for Washington after.
A long list of out of town friends and Alpine residents attended the funeral. Names include Van Adams Del Rio Fred Barrett Comstock Marathon Darbandt BartonFt Stockton and many more from Arizona Texas and nearby towns, with numerous relatives and local officials mentioned.
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