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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1945
Page
4
Around Town By WiLlReD praises local efforts and welcomes returning veterans Sam Walker and Sport Gunn opening a cafe and Sweet Shop. The letter notes civic pride, school representation at an event, and a humorous Santa request for roads, parks, utilities, and housing to improve Alpine’s future.
Coronet magazine extols Texas magnificent golden eagle as a great hunter. It notes the bird’s impact on game, training of young eagles, nesting habits, and risks to livestock. It describes rancher eagle clubs and government support for predator control in the Trans Pecos region.
Alpine pilot John O Casparis says eagles are smart and dangerous to gun. He describes hunting tactics near mountains and the eagle adapting to air, then notes the need to protect the species while balancing rancher needs.
Guests at the meeting included Francis E Riggs Fabens Ray McNeil and two FIFA boys Joe Mons and Billy Mills. The program covered club responsibilities in selling USC furniture with Pred Rogers authorized to represent the club. Duncan led the program and introduced RC Mitchell. Boys spoke on FFA projects and Alpine chapter achievements. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy and support after bereavement.
An unusual flight carried eight babies up to five months old from this city to Chicoutimi. Special three place plywood cribs fit into airplane seats to ensure their safety. The orphans were from La Saint-Vincent-de-Poul in Quebec.
Direct traceable to travel are better living standards in rural areas, a five billion dollar tourist industry, and an eight thousand eight hundred three hundred thousand a year car selling and servicing sector, per the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Cars cost less to buy and operate than years ago with 1940 average at 9.10 per unit versus 31.50 in 1925, cost per pound down from 43 to 26 cents, and operating costs reduced by about half due to high production and ongoing development.
Veterans and family members are featured as several service members are discharged. Billy Dorris Jr. returns home from 46 months in the Navy at Camp Wallace Texas. John W. Gentry Jr. calls his parents from Randolph Field San Antonio and awaits home leave after two and a half years in the Air Force and seven months in Italy. Janie Lee Rowland WAC is discharged in San Antonio and returns home with her mother Eugenia Rowland visiting. Mrs. J. S. Arledge reports her husband, former J. C. Penney manager here, is back in the States and to report to Camp Wallace for discharge after nearly three years in the Navy.
A veteran recalls returning from Germany to the Jenkins farm and driving a tractor in a moment of rough-edged pride. He notes the contrast between war memories and the simple pull of hay smells and farm work, describing the homecoming as a dull but meaningful relief.
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