Fort Davis News: Athletic Event and Rain Totals
Fort Davis hosts an Athletic At Home in the Home Ec room on April 27 with Mike Brumbelow as guest speaker from Texas Western College. Juniors and Seniors depart for Corpus Christi from April 29 to May 3. Last week’s showers brought up creeks, with Mount Locke rainfall totals and a Fort Davis official rain gauge report of .81 inch. Temperatures at Mount Locke ranged from 30s to 70s through the week.
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Fort Davis High School
Mike Brumbelow
Texas Western College
el Paso
Corpus Christi
Fort Davis
Jeff Ranch
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Barry Scobee
Radar Meters To Get Trial Tests
Texas Highway Patrol will deploy three radar speed meters to monitor speeding. Public tests will start in the Harlingen area with demonstrations for judges prosecutors and the press. The devices aim to exceed car speedometer accuracy and replace traditional speed traps.
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Austin
Texas
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Highway Patrol
Harlingen
Garrison
Jezebel star Paulette Goddard at the Granada Theatre
Paulette Goddard headlines Sins of Jezebel at the Granada today and tomorrow in mew Ansco color. George Nader, John Hoyt, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Margia Dean and Joe Besser co star in Lippert Pictures production directed by Reginald Le Borg with Carmen d Antonio in an exotic temple dance sequence.
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Paulette Goddard
Robert L. Lippert Jr
Ansco
Granada Theatre
Miss Goddard
George Nader
Jehu
John Hoyt
Elijah
Eduard Franz
Ahab
Ludwig Donath
Naboth
John Shelton
Loram
Margia Dean
Deborah
Joe Besser
Carmen d’Antonio
Mickey Raset
Lippert Pictures
Sigmund Neufeld
Reginald le Borg
Richard Landau
Jezebel
Gilbert Warrenton
Bert Shefter
Alpine Avalanche Staff and postal details
The Alpine Avalanche lists staff including Lynn Forbes editor Nell Forbes society editor bookkeeper A N Alkire, and correspondents Mattie V Chambers Fort Davis and Marathon. The paper notes it is entered as second class matter at Alpine Post Office under the March 3 1879 act.
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Forbes Eee Company
Lynn Forbes
Nell Forbes
Marathon News Briefs Include Easter Travel and Club Gatherings
San Angelo visits with Doyle Worsham families noted as Marathon continues. Easter in Abilene with Mrs Bland’s sister and husband A A Holt is reported for Earl Bland couple. Loyd Wade returns from Rio Hondo visiting Mrs Wade McCraley and their new great grandson. Dimono club meets daily at Gateway Inn with attendees Ed Hancock Geo Hargus J A McGonagill Louie Granger Leroy Granger Jack Todd.
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Mrs. Earl Bland
Abilene
Mrs. Bland
Mrs
A. A. Holt
Loyd Wade
Rio Hondo
Dimono Club
Marathon
Gateway Inn
Ed Hancock
Geo, Hargus
J. A. McGonagill
Louie Granger
Leroy Granger
Jack Todd
Books Donated to Marathon Public Library in Memory of Mrs Gulihur
The Marathon library reports four new memorial titles for Emma Gulihur including Great Heritage by Katherine Shippen Coronados Children by J Frank Dobie A Childs Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson and God Loves You by Catherine and Peter Marshall donated by L A Preston and Pat Rooney. Additional donations arrive from Mrs Gayle Bailey Miss Betty Skinner both of Waco and Mrs Zenadia Briseno with Tom Sawyer and Song of Bernadette. Big Bend Regional Bureau also sent two boxes of books for all ages.
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Marathon Public Library
Emma Gulihur
Katherine Shippen
Coronado
J. Frank Dobie
L. A. Preston
Robert Louis Stevenson
God
Catherine
Peter Marshall
Pat Rooney
Gayle Bailey
Waco
Betty Skinner
Zenadia Briseno
Big Bend
Tennessee Champ at Granada Theatre This Week
The comedy drama screens at the Granada with Shelley Winters Keenan Wynn and Dewey Martin. Daniel Norson jumps from a river boat to escape pursuers in an opening scene and uses a fighter's Sunday Punch to redeem guilt.
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Shelley Winters
Keenan Wynn
Dewey Martin
Whill
Granada Theatre
Daniel Norson
Louisiana
M-G-M
Anseco
New Picture
Miss Winters
Sarah
Daniel the Prophet of the Ring and the River
Keenan Wynn stars as Willy Warble a slick fight manager who frees Daniel from the river and launches his sensational prize ring career. Dewey Martin plays Daniel a religious young fighter who seeks fame while his deacon father inspires him in a tabernacle prophecy arc.
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Willy Warble
Keenan Wynn
Willy
Daniel
K. O
Dewey Martin
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