World Community Day Observed Here in Alpine
The United Council of Church Women met at the Presbyterian church Friday at 3 30 pm to observe World Community Day The program titled The Price of Enduring Peace featured leadership by Mrs Marvin Williams with music by Mrs Bill Stoa n and Mrs Jack Davis The president Mrs H W Morelock was absent The group collected a free will offering for world relief and reported a May Fellowship Day fund split between National headquarters and local use The treasury balance stood at 2 dollars The council reported 476 pounds of clothing sent to Rehabilitation Administration for relief in liberated European countries.
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United Council of Church
Presbyterian
Marvin Williams
Bill Stoan
Jack Davis
W. E. Independence
Sbaugh
Adah Medlin
H. W. Morelock
National United Council
May
Fred Rogers
Europe
J. E. Casner
Geo. A. Brown
Hattie Grace Elliott
J. D. May
Local Baptists Host Hobo Party for Sunday School Class
The Day County Baptist Sunday school class hosted a basement party with guests dressed as hobos. After games, a handout of hot dogs and Dr Pepper was served to a long list of attendees including Jimmy Brotherton Don Oliver Bud Starnes Buddy Kidd and many others along with several married women and Mr E L Frazer.
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the Baptist Sunday School
Dr. Peppers
Jimmy Brotherton
Don Oliver
Bud Starnes
Buddy Kidd
Charles Cowell
Jim Spann
Alvis Teague
Dale Davis
Otis Ward
Jo Helen Burgess
Marion Huison
Andy Jo Keane
Virginia M. Murray
Delores Harrison
Sybel Davenport
Betty Rae Ogle
Betty Jane Mayer
Lois Davis
Bettigene Slover
Bobby Morrison
Carolyn Melton
Thomas Spurling
Patsy Ward
Gladys Ridgway
Emily Livingston
Bobby Nickell
Edward Lee Wither
Gordon Mosley
M. Plemmons
Jerry
R le Wittner
Ee Williams
Charles
M. O. Pittman
Bertie Agnew
C.E. Patterson
E. L. Frazer
Wedding for Air Field Personnel Adds To Base Ceremonies
Last week multiple wedding ceremonies occurred at the air field base. Evona Jane Larsen and Avi were among the personnel commemorating marriages, reflecting a series of nuptials among base community members.
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Evona Jane Larsen
Avi
Nationwide Bible Reading observance proclaimed in Texas
Governor Coke R Stevenson urges Texas and nationwide communities to join a Bible Reading from Thanksgiving to Christmas. The National Sponsoring Committee includes Hoover and Dulles, with over 30 religious bodies represented. Bookmarks and V Mail forms aid distribution and messages to armed forces overseas. A separate 1944 divorce suit notice from Brewster County is included.
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Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
American Bible Socety
American Bible Society
Herbert Hoover
John Foster Dulles
Ernest J.J. King
John G
Failies
Ration calendar stamps and coupons for 1944 wartime rations
Summary of sugar, meat, fats, processed foods, shoes, gasoline, tire inspection, and bond prompts. Lists stamps and book numbers with indefinite validity for sugar and fats, expiration dates for certain items, and notes on film airplane shoe stamps. Encourages buying war bonds amid ration details.
Cowboy Philosophy by Cal Edwards
A Texas book in its second printing presents cowman life and God as a Christmas present. A cloth bound volume with 87 pages of verse and 40 pictures of the Big Bend Country. Available at bookstores or mailed autographed and postpaid for 1.50 dollars.
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Texas
Big Bend Country
Belgium War Aid Supports Airmen From Belgium
The Belgian War Relief Society reports that Belgian airmen with the American forces now outnumber Belgium’s prewar air force. The fund sends monthly cigarette and comfort kit gifts and runs recreation centers for those on leave in London.
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Belgium
Belgian War Relief Society
National War Fund
Belgian War Relief
London
No Plans For Armistice Day Observance Locally
No plans for Armistice Day observance in Alpine are known. Armistice Day falls on Saturday, so most Alpine business houses are expected to remain open all day.
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Alpine
Dorothy Jean Hamilton Wins Contract After Costume Gas Incident
Dorothy Jean Hamilton, a two year old girl linked to the Washington bonus army expulsion incident, wins a movie contract in a children’s comedy competition after competing against over 150 entrants.
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Dorothy Jean Hamilton
Bonus Army
Washington
What Army Wives Learn From Returning Husbands
A high ranking officer rejects claims that returning soldiers are strangers to their spouses. He says soldiers fight for home and finish the war to return to it. Home means small parts of life like a garden, a work bench, books, beer with friends. These memories link him to home and shelter his thoughts as he returns to battle.
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Society
Darwin Reed Miner
American Ford
Utah
Alto Lodge
Miner
Gyneth Webb
Lindsay
Cal
Joseph R. Meyer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry ¥. Smith
J. $. Webb
Thomas McChuskey
Mabel Arnold
Margaret Buttrill
Marathon
Janette McIntyre
Reta Smith
L. D. Harris
Vernon McIntyre
Ellen Hudsom
C.D. Wood
C. D. Wood
Jones and Chrysanthemums
Mesdames King Teffy
L. D
Harris
H. E. Gates
Piles Aetas Smith
Mesdames
J. E. Casnér
W. D. Burcham
Vernon Mclinigre
Gene Parr
J.S. Hord
Ellen Hudson
J. W. Frazer
J. W. Shepperd
Mrs. Hartigh
Mrs. Perry
McIntyre
Bingo Prise
Mrs. Burcham
Clay Holland
Holland Hotel
Mesdames Vernon McIntyre
J. S. Hord
Gene Benson
Charles String
Earl McElroy
Aetna Smith
Hord
Janie Micou
Wade
Charles E. Wade
the Christian Church
M.A. Buhler
Alpine High School
Sul Ross College
Sa‘hems
Centennial School
Lieut. Wade
Eliza Wade
Alpine High
Boy Scouts
Dept
St. Lo
France
O.m.ahla
Camp Beall
Calif
South Pacific
Jimmy Wade
Indian Lodge
Monti
N. J
Eric Morley
Randay L
M. L. Hopson
Wight
Alpine, Brewster CO. Tex
Cael
Cronies A
State OF Texas
Margaret
McClasky Dalton
District Court
Brewster County
Herbert Dalton
Mary Et McClasky Dalton
Clifton
Arizona
Margaret McClusky Dalton
Republic of France
Evdence
Pine
Dallas
Louis Brooks
Sweetwater
Amos
Brooks
Ion of America
Cal Edwards
Pecos
Tas Edwards
Pra
Prio
Imonis Poli
Carty
Cary
Pera
Western Auto
M. J. McBride
Tex
Epith
Joe Marsh
Penney
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