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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1942
Page
2
Alpine residents and relatives are noted in a roundup of local visits. Numerous residents and kin travel for medical care, hunting, holidays, or military assignments, with many staying at homes of friends and relatives in Alpine, San Antonio, El Paso, and nearby towns.
The Friendly Church invites attendance next Sunday with Sunday school at 10:50 a.m. Morning worship at noon with Pastor Buford Isaacks. Methodist Church schedules church school at 9:45 a.m. and worship at 10:50 a.m. Pastor Ray B. McGrew leads. March of Christ holds a 10 a.m. sermon with 10:54 a.m. communion and 8 p.m. evening service. Saint James Church offers 5 p.m. services Sundays with Holy Communion at 11 a.m. on the third Sunday. Archdeacon W. H. Martin presides.
The Baptist Church lists 9:45 Sunday school, 10:50 morning service, 17 Training Union, 8 evening service, 7:30 mid week, and Friday choir practice led by Pastor R L Wittner. Christian Science callers note Thanksgiving Day services at The Mother Church in Boston and branches worldwide with Lesson Sermon text from Bible and Science and Health.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Starnes of Odessa announce the birth of their son Kenneth Deen I born last Saturday weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces. Mrs Starnes is the former Miss Mary Verne Moorman of Alpine.
A 20th Century Fox documentary titled United We Stand recreates the last 25 years from Versailles to Pearl Harbor. Filmed on location, it features presidents, prime ministers, generals and ordinary people, aiming to present a unified, hopeful message. The Granads theatre hosts screenings Wednesday and Thursday, with Edmund Beek as producer and Louis de Francesco supplying the score.
Changes in all Southern Pacific passenger train schedules were announced this week and take effect Sunday. The full details will appear in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue.
The notice describes an evangelistic service with eight pamphlets, preaching each evening through Silcott and on to Lubbock where Mrs. Hord receives treatment for a severe sinus condition. It also oddly mentions a flatiron making steel helmets or sand grenades and urges bringing in "crap" now.
Excerpt outlines consonant sounds in Practical Spanish by M P Slow, detailing how letters like b c d g and h are pronounced between vowels and at word starts, with notes on ñ ll r and other diacritics, and examples such as reloj and canyon to illustrate pronunciation rules.
A Rotary News page shows a five minute program about language sounds. It includes guidance on voiced consonants and Spanish pronunciation, with examples and notes on how x and y behave between vowels and consonants. Further discussion on consonantal sounds is promised when syllabication is considered.
Military and civilian personnel at the Advanced Flying School will register for gasoline rationing with a committee appointed by Col. Gerald Hoyle. Major Charles L. Cone leads the committee with Lt. William B. Barbour and 2nd Lt. Robert P. Kellogg assisting. Registration at the field is 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Nov 19 20 and 21 at the Quartermaster office, Marfa City Hall. The remarks include a later quote about fuel shortages and a personal note from Lt. Hatfield about Shanghai.
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