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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1945
Page
4
Walter Henderson of Smith Furniture Co advertises radios, house sets, and cars. Silk Mastery Mills and Mrs. Alice Hammons listed contact phone 293 with date 10 19 4c for the representative service.
The board approves renovations including gymnasium expansion and two tower wings, a new field house and re-sodding the football field. Plans call for removing part of the stadium upper level to extend the frontage. An $18,000 state appropriation funds campus road paving from Lawrence Hall to the band house and toward the museum.
Mr and Mrs Laurence Kidwell announce the birth of their daughter Dina Lou at Wright Hospital last Friday. The newborn weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces.
Mrs. G H Martst returned from a two week visit with Mr. Martst in El Campo. Roy Spence, at Pyote army air field, visited Mrs. Spence here last weekend. Mrs. E H Cross returned from a visit with her son Frank Cross and family in Artesia NM. Mice Militia Hill will attend a regional D K meeting in San Antonio this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Stringfellow and baby left for Cline to visit Mrs. Stringfellow’s mother Mrs. Raymond Barwood. J W Westbrook who had visited his father W A Westbrook and sister Mrs P E Coulton returned to Los Anon Calif. Mr. and Mrs. J B Roberts left for Dallas for sister’s illness. joined in San Antonio by Mrs Roberts’ mother to Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cross and Miss Margaret Linn plan to leave tomorrow for Dallas to buy merchandise. Mrs Roy Spence will supervise Miss Linn’s shop during her absence. Raymond Taylor returned to Alpine from a West Coast ship yard and resumed his old job at Krenek’s barber shop. family will join him when housing found. Mins my Lo Hari and family awarded a position at Atasuintant at T3CWs Denton in Sango. The award was made on 8] [tans guidelines of ship and citizenship. Mrs Don Carlton and daughter Jo Ann left for Austin. accompanied by her mother-in-law Mrs Carlton of Fort Davis and Mrs James Cotter, who stopped in San Antonio for a visit with daughter Mrs John Scott. Frank Young and Mrs Cas Edwards were called to San Angelo for sister Mrs Norman Maier. mother Mrs John Young Sr. accompanied them home from San Angelo and Ozona.
A Texas delegation of sailors is shown aboard the escort carrier USS Savo Island stationed in waters off Omine to Japan. The crew includes James R. McAdams Vie rna Gerald S. Hill Leakey Jose N. Fierro Alpine Ruben Ramirez Mission John E. Ward Mercedes. The clipping lists tea expenses and PTA activities at Alpine schools, noting donations and awards and praising the school board for supporting cafeteria upkeep and renovations.
Alpine Parent-Teachers Association reports past projects and outlines future efforts. They list purchases for the high school including a motion picture projector, a central ward projector, and cafeteria upgrades. They note funds spent on equipment, carpentry, and utilities, plus requests for donations of dishes and utensils to support school meals.
The Alpine FFA chapter held its monthly meeting Oct. 11 after which the initiation for Chapter Farmer was held. Green Hands raised to the degree include Robert Cross Joe Oss William Webb Eadie Martin Bruce Pulcher Rudy Gonzales Ruben Borunda Hilario Hernandes Joe Ramirez Cheo Sa tele Eddy Burling Don Jabes Alvaro Ramos.
A reader quotes a speaker at Pill Webster’s fire scene who argues peace after war does not mean easy living or relaxing. The talk warns against violence and intolerance toward differing political beliefs and choices between beer or buttermilk, stressing continued vigilance.
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