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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1951
Page
6
Marathon residents reported on a busy week with school events, club meetings, and community notices. Notable items include P T A activities, bridge club proceedings, a fatal dog poisoning poem memorial, and local family updates from the Big Bend area.
Alpine high juniors sweep events as Mary Garret Sadie McSpadden and Sara Hawkins lead in hand contest. Maria Warren Johnson Ulysses Nunez claim slide rule victories while Ben Peterson places. Marilyn Nichols Imajean Gray top spelling. Senior boys tennis honors go to Jack Cooley and Bobby Jobes.
Senior girls doubles honors go to Eva Dominguez and Turdy Acton of Alpine high. In typing Pat O Donnell of Alpine won first with Warren Johnson of Marfa second and Verna Jean Bricker of Marathon third. Shir ley Parker and Dorothy Swartz of Alpine and Fort Davis placed fourth and fifth. Alpine leads District 7 B with 276 points, Marfa 224, Fort Davis 50, Blackwell Taylor 19, Sanderson 17, Valentine 15, Marathon 12. Odessa regional meet set for April 21 weekend.
From where I sit a 4y Joe Marsh recounts Reverend Lester of the church on Hillsboro Road coaching the Young Peoples Choir after basketball practice. Buzz Ellis moves cows earlier after hearing the racket.
A neighbor named Buzz, 40, tone-deaf, avoids the church and rejects social divides. The piece portrays Buzz as inclusive, valuing people over politics or personal tastes and as a true neighbor to everyone.
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