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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1946
Page
2
A reader laments traffic issues in Alpine urging citizens to push officials for action and to back a city postal delivery service. The note recalls poetry and celebrates Hallowe'en events, while criticizing political tinkering with Thanksgiving. It also touches on livestock market chatter and local observations.
Congress authorized expanding the Regular Army Officers Corps from 25 000 to 50 000. Applications for regular Army commissions accepted until December 31 1946 with postmark by that date for eligibility. Former WWII officers may apply. Forms and info at Army posts camps stations bases or ORC areas including Amarillo Austin Beaumont Dallas Fort Worth Harlingen Houston Fort Sam Houston Waco. The veteran population was 17 499 000 as of August 31 per Veterans Administration. Also notes on cattle lamb prices and a safety warning about matches urging breakage and storage out of children's reach.
Notice states Homer T. Graham seeks to transfer Central Package Store from Holland Hotel Building Alpine Brewster County to Hinson Garage Building West Holland Avenue on Lot 4 Block 6 Original Townsite. Application to transfer is filed under Permit No P1228.
Mary Fowler Engle, known as Miss Clara A Engle of Imlay City Michigan, a former army nurse in England and France, is appointed Congregational Christian missionary and assigned to Gaziantep Turkey. She trained at Butterworth Hospital and served in surgical clinics in Boston Cleveland Chicago and New Orleans and the Mayo Brothers line before military service.
The Methodist church shelter, run by the Woman's Society of Christian Service, has been reopened after four years of wartime closure for government needs. Rev. George W. Greene serves as superintendent with six U.S. missionaries assisting. The home's capacity remains a key detail in the updated facility.
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