Marathon social notes highlight bridge club and town updates
Mrs Roy Stillwell hosted a Parkway hotel bridge club with high score winner Mrs Raymond Quigg and second place Mrs Lee Dragoo. Guests included Mesdames Young Decie Harris Standlea McGonagill Buttrill Todd Quigg Yarbro Dragoo and Miss Katherine Young. The item lists local comings and goings, travels, weather, and notes on neighborhood businesses and events including Paisano encampment attendance and Parkway Coffee Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Stillwell
Parkway Hotel
Raymond Quigg
Lee Dragoo
Earl Young
Zoye Decie
H. C. Harris
Archie Standlea
J. A. McGonagill
Margaret Buttrill
Jack Todd
Tom Yarbro
W. R. Green
Emeral Martin
Jack Jolly
Katherine Young
Local residents conduct trips and fund sale notes
The report lists several residents traveling including a trip to Del Rio and border crossing last week. Tommy Leary returns with his grandmother after visiting San Angelo with his parents. The Marathon Cemetery Assn. earned just over $50 from a rummage sale held last Saturday and plans another sale in late September.
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del Rio
Tommy Leary
Margaret Buttrill
San Angelo
Marathon Cemetery Assn
Marathon Women's Civic Club Plans Aug. 30 Events
The Marathon Women s Civic club met to discuss fund raising through an auction at stock pens on August 30 and a picture show at the schoolhouse that evening. A free will offering Big Bend park show is set for 8 p m at Marathon High School auditorium. Laura Lee Henderson is visiting Marfa and Presidio as Earl Bland announces the school faculty for the coming term with Jimmy Dales hired as Business Administration teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marathon Women's Civic Club
Big Bend Park
Marathon Women’s Civic Club
Ear! Bland
Marathon Public Schools
Jimmy Dales
Trainees Solo at Big Bend Flying Service Dates Noted
Bill Hargus and Clinton Ritchey announce solo flights for Sam Adams May 26 Bill Burnham May 27 Waddy T Burnham Jr May 28 Werner Hollis June 14 F O Valenzuela July 8 Urchie Standlea June 27 Earl Bland July 25 Son Ray July 30 H A Springfield August 4. Father Francis Juaniz farewell Mass at St Marys Marathon before transfer to Topeka Kansas acknowledging congregation support.
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Bill Hargus
Clinton Ritchey
Big Bend Flying Service
Sam Adams
Bill Burnham
Waddy T. Burnham Jr
Werner Hollis
F. O. Valenzuela
Urchie Standlea
Earl Bland
Son Ray
H. A. Springfield
First Communion Class Honored at Mrs Miller Home
Mrs J J Miller and Miss Ra mona Grieve hosted St Marys Catholic church First Communion class Aug 3 with games and refreshments. Attendees included Mildred Miller Johnnie Valchar Robert Valchar and visitors Marilyn Coe Gayle Coe Billy Green Dolly Sue Stuart Markellen Herring Lucille Valchar Jerry Lee and Ronny Lee Major Sam Smith on leave visiting Mr and Mrs John I Smith recently returned from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Miller
Ramona Grieve
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Women Provoke Shared Distrust Across Genders
An editorial cartoon-laden line says men and women share a single belief: they both distrust women. The caption implies a satirical take on gender attitudes, presenting a paradox about public judgment and social norms.
Weekly Livestock Summary From Fort Worth Stock Yards
Lambs and yearlings moved to slaughter and stocker interests at steady prices. Old sheep mostly steady, with some common ewes weakening 25 to 50 cents. Cattle and calf receipts remained heavy. hogs similar, sheep declined about 6 000 head. Prices swung unevenly. mature steers steady. good to choice fed cattle steady, mid grades weaker. Calves and cows showed mixed changes, with canners and cutters steady to 50 cents lower. Bulls, stockers, and feeders steady. best heavy calves steady, lightweights off. Good to choice fat calves 18 to 23 dollars, plain cattle 12 to 22.75. Stocker and feeder calves 18.50 to 22.50. cows 11 to 13.50. Old ewes and wethers 5 to 9.50. two-year-old muttons 7 to 13. some shorn lambs up to 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rannihan
South Dakota Leads U S Rye Production in 1944
In 1944 South Dakota produced more rye than any state, followed by Nebraska and Oklahoma. Rye is grown in 32 other states as well, indicating widespread cultivation across the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
South Dakota
Union
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Motorcyclist Dies After Coat Turned For Warmth
A motorcyclist tried to shield himself by turning his coat, speeding on a highway when a car cut across a side road. He was thrown into a ditch and died after police and an officer tried to assist, noting the head was turned.
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Joe Granger
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Leonard Wilson
Eldorado
Odie Roberts
Sonora
Tommy Henderson
Marshall Roberts
L. C. Ritchey
J. H. Reid
Donnie Parker
John Skinner Call
Marshall Robertses
W. Jeffers
San Antonio
Guy Combs Jr
David Combs
Don Forker
Spencer
Virginia Young
Mrs. Willeke
el Paso
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Fred Barrett
Sterling City
Margaret Pierson
Houston
Bina Miller
Nora Earls
Sylvia Bennett
Fritz Ray
Rankin
Billie Wade Ray
Ella Burnham
Beulah van Deman
H. C. Harris and
Guy Stillwell
J. H. Wilbourn
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Alpine Lumber Co
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Alpine Lumber Company
Alpine
City Drug
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Vincent Auriol
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Molotov
George Bidault
Marshall
United States
Mabel Arnold
Mrs. Earl Meeks
Ted Henderson
van Horn
Civic Club
Laura Lee Henderson
Marfa
Presidio
Air Field News
Francis Juaniz
Topeka
Kas
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Marathon
Sam Smith
John I. Smith
Major Smith
Fort Worth
Alpine Package Store
Port of
Haviland
Western Trail
Rippling Brook
New American Bar
Old Taylor Grandad Old Crow
I. W. Harper Yellowstone
Canadian Club
Old Charter A. & A
Stowell Sales Co
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Gary
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West Texas Utilities Company
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