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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
4
Classified notice offers ranches and Alpine city property for sale or purchase. Contact Turney at box ME Alpine to inquire or place an ad.
Community notices list Mrs. ALN Engle visiting Mrs. Jim Nichols at her ranch, Mrs. Clay Holland visiting her mother, and Mer. John Lamb touring Alpine and El Paso. Dal las visitors Mr. and Mrs. Le J. Roter with niece Mrs. Dom Adams and Mr. Adams. Mrs. Jim Pate and daughter return from San Diego. Mrs. Shirley Scales seeks medical care in Oklahoma City. an ad seeks a driver for entab route in Alpine. Various locals and family updates appear along with a Watkins Co employment notice.
Mrs Scott is reported making satisfactory progress in a San Antonio hospital after a recent heart attack and will be confined there for three weeks. Other families connected by travel and illness are noted, including Mr Scott accompanying his wife, and visits by General A G Castelon and family to Sul Ross College for their ill son Alfredo. The item closes with Do a Texan's Shares Give to the War Fund.
Howard City, Mich., aviation student Gordon A. Kappe, 24, a pilot trainee at the air base, recalls flying five missions where one engine failed and wings were badly damaged. He earned the Air Medal and two Presidential Citations for service in the Pacific. Kappe, a former Michigan farmer, joined the Army Air Forces in 1941 and spent 11 months in New Guinea as an aerial engineer gunner.
The Symphony Orchestra of Mexico will give a concert at Liberty Hall in El Paso on October 29. Sponsored by Paul Michel the Mexican consul general and his committee, including Juarez mayor Arturo Chavez, this renowned group of about 100 musicians, led by conductor Carlos Chavez, has rarely toured the United States and this will be their first and only U.S. appearance. Reservations are available in the Hotel Cortez lounge.
D. M. Bennett declares as editor publisher of the Alpine Avalanche that Alpine Publishing Company owns the paper with Bennett and Gladys Bennett listed as owners. No known mortgages or other security holders are recorded. Notarized by Eva Chaffin in Brewster County Texas.
Rotary News reports Balmorhea State Park manager Charles Talbot and Goliad Rotary member visiting a meeting. Lt Brooks Snow from the air base attended as guest. A relief clothing letter led to a committee to collect items, with drop-off at the city office. Other items include Bible Week remarks by M A Bubler and notes on various local servicemen and shipboard duties.
Mrs Thomas recalls Alpine roots and shared acquaintances as Lt Peyton Cain, stationed at Camp Davis in North Carolina, continues service. The passage notes familiar ties and hometown connections among those featured, highlighting ongoing military duty.
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