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Marathon News: Soldiers, Schools, and Easter Events
Marines from Marathon share letters and news on furloughs and mail delays while local families note Saint Patrick’s Day spirits. Easter stamps raise funds for crippled children as Marathon hosts plays, studies clubs, scouts, and community teas with High Five games, hikes, and a Big Toe Wallace launch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Roy Stillwell
Tommie Hollis
Johnnie Herrington
Francis Hollis
le Hite
Donnie Parker
Oxford
England
Lonnie Parker
la Guardia
New York
Lannie
Ace Freitag
Camp Crowder
Signal Corps
Baie Moore
Merchant Marines
Sidney Skinner
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Sam Adams
Camp Brwin
Calif
California
Thomas Lambert
Alasa
Hesim
Robert B
Bil) Kimball
Shorty Shannon
Shorty
James I. Worthington
Caracas
Veneanela
Washington
Eugene Snodgrass
Jack Green
Jonesoro
Missouri
Lallian
Big Bend
Elden McGonagill
Camp Barkley
A. J. Coe
Africa
A. J
Johnny Adams
Irving
Hawaii
Sam
Ft. Bliss
Arthur
James Chambers
Burbank
Texas
Henry Jo Snodgrass
Marfa Army Air Field
Pat Lester
Alpine
Lizzie Crawford
Marathon High School
Eary
Miss Stillwell
Big Toe Wallace
Skipsr Bunky
Wade McCrawley
Bunky Rutledge
Jackie Link
Thomas Montgomery
Buddy Granger
Bobby Hollis
Carton Lemmons
Gene Watson
Kenneth Hargus
Alva D. Burrows
Tommy Dale Dawson
Dadie ‘Stillwell