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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1945
Page
4
East Alpine residents list residence details and rentals while local service ads promote tires and stoves. Veterans and service personnel from Fort Bliss, Okinawa, Manila, and Tokyo areas are noted with brief updates on discharge and furloughs. Families visit relatives in Fort Davis and Fort Bliss during leave.
Twenty new Green Hands joined the Alpine FFA Tuesday night at the agricultural building. Officers elected were secretary John Jay Alderson, 2nd VP Don Jover, 3rd VP Hilario Hernandez, song leader Mickie Smith, and reporter William Webb. Green Hand degree recipients included Olatilde Bustos Otis French Mal Fisher Cipriano Pier 7 John Hunter Robert Hernandez Billy Mills Gordon Mosley Billy Otazaba Carlos Roman Manwel Ramirez Earl Snoop Jim Spann Joe Smith Willie Urengs Gene Webb Manuel Sanches Juan Portillo Buck Webb. Subscriptions to The Avalanche were being taken for immediate delivery in the area until further notice.
Included among this week’s guests were former Lion J. L. Kerry Mr Robbins high school principal and new member Thomas J Brady Border Patrol of Valentine Ford Rackley and W 8 Meim. Next week Lions meet at the college cafeteria. Ill Friesen was elected secretary replacing G Hanna fend who resigned. Lon Tommy McPherson filled Al Hand’s vacancy on the Boys and Girls committee. Stockton was named chairman of the civic Improvement committee with five city residential projects. Joe Toombs read a paper on being slow to criticize competitors and generous in praise of others.
At the fin year PTA meeting held Monday in the High Zeneo auditorium Mist Britt of Sul Ross College spoke on health. A report on the Girl Scout camp at Tippit Ranch by Mrs LC Pope noted camp leadership by Mrs Pope Mia Jack Joyce and others. Mrs T M Etheridge led the business session and Teal was awarded. Mire Webb's third grade won the room prize.
Pvt G McDaniel arrived back in the States after serving with an RAF unit in the ETO since shortly after D-Day as a radio mechanic. He expects to be discharged soon. his wife Evelyn Whiteside of Alpine has been advised. Ast Sgt F C Clin Fulcher is back from the ETO where he served with the Star Powder River division of the Fifth army in Italy after landing in Africa and taking part in major engagements.
The correspondent notes two men kept a radio active inside a Korean POW camp, risking death daily to transmit. Prisoners, except Epstein, were youngish and could joke about travel and danger. Jack Yarbro recalls family links, including Will Yarbro and Tom Yarbro, while a brother Buster serves in the Navy awaiting furlough after a hospital check.
Fort Davis notes detail local families amid school completions and military moves. Miss Mary Fisher departs for El Paso to study at the School of Mines while the Fisher clan reflects on 26 years with no children in local schools. Several Merrill relatives pursue studies in Texas universities and San Marcos academy as others travel to visit kin. Major Pickett and family visit Las Cruces after returning from India. Rev. Douglas speaks at the Methodist church.
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