Waste paper drive note from Alpine ranch woman
Mrs F P Fulcher at Terlingua Creek ranch asks about waste paper collection and offers to have Jimmie Wade bring old magazines to the Methodist church for Boy Scouts pickup for war effort support. The item also includes a skeptical note about praise for local editor and comments on local figures and regional lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Fulcher
Terlingua Creek
Jimmie Wade
Alpine
Pulcher
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts
Record rainfall blankets Alpine region with widespread reach
The past week delivered heavy moisture across the Sook Hiland area and beyond, with Alpine reporting 3.74 inches up to yesterday and a year total near 22 inches. Del Rio to El Paso, Fort Worth to New Mexico saw rain, and rivers such as Terlingua Creek ran full while Masquis Creek stayed high. A Santa Fe bridge north of Alpine was damaged and traffic halted briefly. The heaviest rain fell Monday, with 1.40 inches in Alpine, plus additional totals later in the week. A veteran resident recalled a 1904 long rain spell on Sept 3 suggesting a possible repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
del Rio
el Paso
Fort Worth
New Mexico
Rio Grande
Limpia Canyon
Fort Davis
Hovey
Santa Fe
Granada List of Names for Wednesday Thursday Show
Granada picture list to be shown Wednesday and Thursday includes Cpl Griffith Oates Set Janie Lee Rowland Lt Harold Fry Pvt BD Rowland Jack Williams Navy Pvt L Etheridge Ruth Wright cadet nurse Ens John R Whiteside Pfe Fred Slight Capt Tommy Ezekiel W E Var ney Jr Navy W W King Jr Navy Set Burwell Boudreaux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada
Cpl
Griffith Oates
Janie Lee Rowland
Harold Fry
B.D. Rowland
Jack Williams
Navy
L. Etheridge
Ruth Wright
John R.whiteside
Pfe
Fred Slight
Tommy Ezekiel
W. E. Varney Jr
W. W. King Jr
Burwell Boudreaux
Army assigns Harold M. Van de Car to Miami Beach post
Capt Harold M Van de Car formerly director of Personnel at the Southern Personnel Redistribution Center Ft Sam Houston Texas has been named director of the Personnel division at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution station Miami Beach He previously worked for Tide Water Associated Oil Co New York City and held posts at Adjutant General Officers Candidate School and Army Administration schools including WAC liaison duties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. van de Car
Southern Personnel Reassignment Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Miami Beach
van de Car
Tide Water ‘Associated Oil Co
New York City
Adjutant General Officers Candidate School
Ft. Washington
Adjutant General's School
Army Administration
State College,Miss
WAC
Alpine
Army Nurse Week Promotes Nurse Recruitment
The War Department designates September 3 to 9 as Army Nurse Week to boost recruitment of 4000 civilian nurses. Nurses are needed overseas and at U S camps to support medical forces and care for soldiers in training. Civilian nurses are listed as available by the War Manpower Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Army
United States
War Manpower Commission
Air Base
Boy Scouts Lead Paper Salvage Drive In Alpine Area
Local Scouts, Troop 41, organize a paper salvage effort, urging residents to bundle and donate old newspapers for dispatch to Fort Russell and use by German prisoners. The campaign seeks more participation as demand exceeds supply in Alpine. Also note the death of Mrs. Annie Wood Shuler, age 72, of Alpine, at her daughter’s home. Funeral services held at Livingston Funeral Home with interment in Elm Grove cemetery. survivors include two sons, two daughters, and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thun
Troop 41
Boy Scout
Fort Rusell Marta
Annie Wood Shuler
John Blevins
San Antonio
Shuler
Beeville
Texas
Laling
Rie County
Te Shuler
Brady
Elm Grove
George Pugh
Dom
J Adams
Ray Ogle
T. B. Davis
Clarence Hord
Ed Wheat
Nolan
Ray
John
Blevins
Lola Elis
Flpine
Barney
Wood
Lordsburg
N. M
Gridley
Cal
Claude Foster
C. J
Will Baker
Comstock
Anne Ellis
Waves
William Blevins
Air Forces
Jim Ellis
Marines
T. C. Good
Seguin
Shirley Blevins
Avid Shuler
Air base tops salvage drive with 18 tons monthly output
The air base reports an 18 ton per month paper salvage contribution for the past three months. CWO Merl D. Edwards credits squadron and department cooperation for the strong results and offers civilian tips to save paper at the housing project. He advises tying bundles of papers and magazines beside refuse cans and collapsing cardboard cartons before bundling. Mrs Martha V Ezell visits Dallas relatives including son Pfe Elsworth Ezell at South Camp Hood before returning home, where she and her granddaughter plan to enter school locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CWO
Merl D. Edwards
Martha V. Ezell
Roger Tyler
Dallas
Pfe
Elsworth Ezell
South Camp Hood
Ezell
Funeral Services Held Here For Henry Moore
Henry Moore longtime local ranchman died of a heart attack in Fort Stockton and was brought here for burial. A brief cemetery service was led by Rev. R L Wittner with prior services in Fort Stockton. Moore managed Kennedy ranch in the Hovey area and later ran his own ranching business with Lawrence Lloyd as partner. The Moore family settled in the area in the town's early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Moore
Fort Stockton
R. L. Wittner
Moore
Kennedy Ranch
Hovey
Lawrence Lloyd
Marfa Rodeo Draws Civilian and Military Crowds
A three day rodeo in Marfa drew enthusiastic crowds including military contingents from the air field despite a brief weekend shower. Festivities opened with a Friday parade led by Col. A J Kerwin Malone. Winners included Dan Taylor and Clayton Hill in several events with a pooled purse for bulldogging shared among five riders. R A Speed and Eddie from Oklahoma visited Terlingua with Mrs W D Bureham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupe Pluvius
Marfa
Air Field
A. J. Kerwin Malone
673D Army Air Forces Band
Dan Taylor
Doug Poage
James Kenny
Clayton Hill
Ike Tackfer
Joe Thompson
Ernie Barnett
Vic Rogers
Buck Jones
Tommy Clayton
Following the Flag with Brewster Service Members In Action
Local military column lists Pvt Wesley Boyd and T/Set C Le Holman stationed at New York APC and Clovis NM respectively. Pvt Arcenio Ramirez of Alpine earns presidential citation for hill assault on Bougainville Island. Other service members Edward Davidson Ensign Mack Road and Ensign John Whiteside update postings. Marcella Dalton promoted to corporal. Joan Robert Boyd wounded in Normandy and healing in England. more families visit and mail routing updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcenio B. Ramirez
Alpine
6Th Imperial Division
17Th Army
Bougainville Island
Alpine City to Start 1946-47 School Year Monday Morning
Alpine City announces the 1946-47 school term will begin Monday with high schools at the senior building. Seniors report at 8 am, juniors 1 pm, sophomores 1 pm, and free men 3 pm. Elementary pupils enter at 9 am. Two years high school work offered at Centennial. Birth certificates required for first graders unless census-born residents. Reacers listed under new assignments. schedules follow 5 am start and 4:15 pm dismissal for high schools, 9:40 am start for others. Continued on Page Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankhead
Alpine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Will F. Evans
Davis Mountains
State College, N.C
Ne Ee Eee
Lucier
Big Bend
Val Verde
Big ‘Bend
Brewster and
Presidio
Val Verde County
F. R. Poage
Rev
Pr Informatho
Eversti
Misterscobee
Hiland
E. E. Townsend
Granada Picture List
Builis Gap
Billy Dorris
Uncle Sam
Lee Shuler
Gene Odell
Ralph Peters
R. A Speed
Eddie
Alahoma
W. D. Bureham
Mr. Bureham
Terlingua
Ollowing
Brewster
Pvt
Wesley Boyd
New York
APC
C. le
Pig
Edward Davidson
Coast Guard
C. E. Davidson
Oakland
Corpus Christi
Ensign Mack Road
Fort Pierce, Fla
James W. York
Pensacola
Fla
Fred York
Marcella ‘W. Dalton
Camp Blanding
Alpine High School
Dick Dalton
Joan Robert Boyd
Normandy
England
John Richard Whiteside
Naval Air Station
Melbourne
Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Clinton Carroll
Mra Carroll
Crane
Alfred B. Creigh III
Alfred E. Creigh Jr
Fort Benning
APO
James Sparks
Buren Sparks
Miral
Red
Boise, Idaho
My Air Field
Nathan Waiarop
Reacner
Edna Earl McGregor
Johnnie Weyerts
Deane Schloemer
Minnie Phillips
Isabel Winter
Knox Reid
RC. Mitchell
Benoot
Central
Hannaford
Faye Vice
M. A. Webb
Rubye Durst
Helen Carroll
Mise Helen Fielder
Lynn Kelly
Jean Hoffman
Mozelle Jensen
Arthur Blucher
Kathryn Walker
Mary P.bogle
Myrtle Whiteside
Centennial School
M. P. Slover
Swilde Freshman
Hazel Matthews
Vera Gray
Janie Micou
Allene Giffin
G. Hannaford
Floyd Slover
Alma Morrow
M. O. Pittman
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