Marathon News and Social Notes April Events
Arp Jolly and MARATHON NEWS Mn VADA STONE. The Marathon Men's Service club hosted a program on Tuesday night April 16 at the club house with Don Littleton of Alpine as outside speaker. Guests and members heard brief talks, then enjoyed sandwiches cake and coffee for 30 ladies and 20 members. Numerous local residents were mentioned incl Miss Margaret Pierson of Sanderson. Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Shoemaker of El Paso visited. several families returned to Marathon. Easter egg hunts dominated school and church activities with Sunbeams and juniors participating. Emelene Bogue entertained. a drama program by Miss J L Shoemake. J L Shoemake left for Hot Springs. Mars Evansnewett Simpson obituary. several local trips and visits. many relatives noted. Church services Easter week observed with various pastors. Mrs Felipa Olvera dies in Marathon. interment in Latin American cemetery.
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Don Littleton
Alpine
Plains lender touts long term loans to ranchers
A regional finance firm offers long term loans at 414 percent interest to ranchers and farmers in West Texas. The company claims over 50 million dollars earned in Joana over the past 25 years and invites calls or letters for details about the program.
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Joana
Texas
Veterans Loan Guaranty Division Opens in San Antonio
The Veterans Administration forms a Loan Guaranty division at the San Antonio regional office effective April 22, directing it under BR Gulledge in the Federal Post Office building to serve nine counties. All GI loan correspondence for Brewster County area now goes to San Antonio. files formerly at the VA Dallas office have been transferred. Local lenders are advised to route applications to their banks and mortgage firms, with necessary processing information available.
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Veterans Administration
San Antonio
Marvin A. Harlan
BR. Gulledge
Unclear Historic Claim on Czar Era Peasant Flash Bulbs
A fragmentary note describes an alleged Russian invention during Czarist rule, claiming a factory produced a flash device for peasants with a one and a half thousand unit size and capable of delivering many individual flashes from a single apparatus. The text is incomplete and difficult to verify.
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Russia
Teres
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