Alpine Social Items Jump Between Town and Trail
Local items list visits and travels of residents and relatives. Doris Chattin of El Paso visited family here. Margaret Anne Brown goes to Austin to enter Texas University. Sammie Dorris visiting relatives in Houston. George F. Brown leaves to reenter military training in Austin. Dr. and Mrs. Frank P. Mathews spent weekend in El Paso. Mrs. Mathews to Cloudcroft. Lensise Weakley returns to San Antonio after studies. Moorman takes position in McCamey schools. Dorothy Scannell to Midland to teach. Arthur Blucher returns from Camp Shoshon near Estes Park. Drury Wood and family arrive to stay with Mrs. Wood’s mother injured last Sunday. Carroll Stevens family visiting with G. Watson. Woodrow Epperson and son Woody Jr. visiting Alpine. Boyd Scott hospitalized in Springfield. George M. Benson of Fort Worth visiting son Gene on way home. M. F. Payne leaves for Kansas City after weeks in Alpine. Mrs. CD Wood fractures hip in Alpine. at hospital. J. Yates and families from Lubbock and San Antonio visiting. Reuben Allen, WAAC veteran, arrives to visit grandmother and father. FM Shearer to Alpine as field rep for Production Credit. Foreman job sought. Jane seeks cook and farm help. Trade ad for duplex and ranch loan rates. Lost small yellow gold wedding ring found in Avalanche office.
Card of Thanks for sympathy and kindness
We express gratitude for friends words of sympathy and other acts of kindness in our bereavement. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newsom Bay War Bonds and Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tana
Mim
Ray’. Newsom
Bay
Rotary News M A Webb Edito
Thirty four Alpine Rotarians attended with one guest Lt Van de Car from WAC and visiting John Kane from El Paso. Reginald Votan rejoined, two others were announced for membership next meeting. George Pugh discussed feed shortages and projected increases in feed acreage. Dan Ritter outlined wool Mohair issues affecting 12 month clips. Appraisers must review clips for Commodity Credit Corp. Meals skipped due to cook shortage at USO hall. Bond purchase authorized for 3rd War Loan drive with meal funds.
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John Kane
el Paso
van de Car
WAC
Reginald Votan
Col
Alton V. Arnold
Jerry Starnes
George Pugh
George
R. C. Mitchell
Vocational Sevice
Dan Ritter
Dan
Commodity Credit Corporation
USO
Joel Wright
Sunday church services and schedules across denominations
Local notices list Baptist Christian and Church of Christ services with Sunday school at 9:45 to 10:00 and worship times from 10:50 to 8:30. Midweek and choir practices included. St James Episcopal records morning prayer on select Sundays and Holy Communion on the 3rd Sunday, with church lines and minister names.
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Baptist Sunday School
Christian Sunday School
John Weyrts
Church OF Christ
Jas. A. Fry
ST. James
W. H. Martin
Sunday Bible School and Worship Services
X regionas Sunday Bible school at 10 a.m. morning worship at 11 a.m. Prayer service for men and women in armed forces Thursday at 8:30 p.m. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone. Winifred Kelton, Pastor. Presbyterian services at St James Episcopal Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Fred S. Rogers, Pastor.
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X Regionas
Winifred Kelton
Fred S. Rogers
War ration and stamp notices and a grass fire report
A local update lists ration stamp validity dates for sugar, shoes, meats, blue stamps, gas coupons and tire inspections, with dates through October and September. Separate item notes a grass fire on Hancock Hill near Alpine blackened about 300 acres, aided by Alpine residents and the fire department. The article also mentions the Zum Indians of New Mexico as uniquely religiously based on fetishes or carved animal forms.
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Hancock Hill
HL. Kobernot & Son
Alpine
Iast
Jet
New Mexico
West Texas faces big fall wool season and tankage boom
West Texas enters a large fall wool season with a government price of 1.08 per pound clean, about 48e grease. Rome Shield, Texas chief wool appraiser, notes daily appraising by three committees totaling around 21,000,000 pounds this year. News covers tankage and meat scraps use in livestock feeding, by‑products like soap and glycerine, range dryness from San Angelo to Rio Grande, and market moves in cattle, goats, and lambs with multiple local producers and buyers.
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West Texas
Texas
Rome Shield
Texas Range
Carl Huntington
San Angelo
Huntington
Ed Mertz
Thanks to friends for help in funeral of husband and father
Mrs. H.C. Yeager and relatives express gratitude to friends who assisted during the funeral of their husband, father, and brother.
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H.C. Yeager
Rain and Showers Bring Relief Across Big Bend Area
Rains and showers covered a wide area from Alpine to Marathon, dampening scorched ranges and offering relief. Alpine saw only .13 inches, while August’s total neared 6.5 inches for the year. Downpours also reported at Marfa. In personal news, Mrs. George Skevington of Miston and infant Katherine, born Aug. 19, are healthy. Agnes MacArthur to spend months in Phoenix. Australia remains the world’s top wool producer.
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Big Bend-Davis Mountains
Marathon
Alpine
Su Ross College
Marfa
George Skevington
Hospital Notes on Recent Tonsil and Appendix Surgeries
Ruth Ann and Willie Ethel Kelly of Sanderson had tonsil ectomies last Friday. John Votaw, son of Reginal Votaw, had a tonsillectomy last Friday. Fred Smith was at the hospital for a tonsillectomy Tuesday. Miss J Ramirez of Terlingua underwent an appendectomy Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann
Willie Ethel Kelly
Sanderson
John Votaw
Reginal Votaw
Fred Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doris Chattin
Margaret Anne Brown
Austin
Texas ‘University
Sammie Dorris
Mrs €. A. Dorris
Houston
George F. Brown
George A. Brown
St Bawards
Endemy
Frank P. Mathews
el Pa
Mise Lensise Weakley
Sul Rows
San Antonio
Mes
MH. Moorman
Fort Hancock
McCamey Schools
Dorothy Scannell
Midland
Arthur Blucher
Drury Wood
Chip
del Ro
Carroll Stevens
Ann
Margaret
Mr. G. Waton
Woodrow Epperson
Gon Woody Jr
St. Louis
John C. Epperson
Set Woodrow Bpperson
Boyd Scott
James Cotter
Springfield
Angus
George M. Benson
Fort Worth
Gene
Colorado
M. F. Payne
Kanns City
CD. Wood
USO Club
Alpine Hospital
J. Yates
Barbara
Dorothy
Reuben Allen
Fila Wilson
WAAC
Camp Kilmer
Jim P. Wilson
James A. Wilson
FM. Shearer
Credit
Assa
AAA
Tor Bale
HOYAL
SUGAL
Storey-Whiteside Lbr
Bastmman Kodak
G. W. Baines
Metta Harms
West Alpine
Paul Vogt
Williams & Vent
Gro
Alpine City
A.M. Turney
Ed Nevill
Jack Williams
Boerne
Tex Ip
Jane
J. ©. Puller
Sec
Treas
Marta
Natl Farm Loan Assn
Rotary News
M. A. Webb
Edito
L. Wittner
Christian Science
Christ
Mary Baker Eady
Nazare
St. James Episcopal Church
Granada Theatre
William Tracy
Jean Porter
Roy Rogers
Cedric Hardwicke
Henry Travers
U. S. War
Chester Morris
Jean Parker
Alice Faye
John Payne
THE
Bert Merritt
Camp Wood
Real County
Mr. Gilbert
New Mexco
Bill Stroman
Rocksprings
Edwards County
Cotplay
Chant Thru
Willis Miers
R. L. Stans
Berry and Son
A. L
Bud Barfield
van Horn
van Horn Land
Calvles
O. K. Harkey
Sol Weatherby
Amarillo
W. E. Barron
Rotan
Ashley McMullan
Big Lake
Ft. Reno
Okla
Ea Hobbs
Ite
Louis Farr
Merizon
Kansas
Trans-Pecos
M. L. Hopson
Edith Hopson
Res
Agnes MacArthur
Phoenix
Ariz
Australia
Ove
Amme
Wea.Thure
T. F. Skevington
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