Marathon En Friend News Highlights Community Ties
August rain aids ranches as the county reports wet weather. The Marathon school board accepts the resignation of Principal Carl Shockley and teacher Mrs. Shockley, who will join Del Rio schools. Ruel Cook named principal for the coming term. Local social visits include families from Marfa Valentine San Angelo and Stephenville. Several residents travel to San Antonio for court matters and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Shockley
Marathon
Shockley
del Rio
Ruel Cook
Sul Ross Student Wins Big Bend Art Awards
Eighteen year old Sul Ross sophomore Sarah Tennant from Shafter earned a Rotary Club scholarship after a year studying under Xavier Gonzalez. Her 40 Big Bend landscape paintings, including the St Helena Canyon piece, attracted regional notice and earned third place at Ft Stockton.
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Sarah Tennant
Sul Ross College
Big Bend
Sul Ross
Rotary Club of
Alpine
Miss Tennant
Shafter
Sal Ross
Xavier Gonzalez
College
St. Helena Canyon
Ft. Stockton
Federation of Women’s Clubs
St. Helena
Miss Tennant Gains First Place In State Fair Exhibit
Eleven paintings by a Texas girl featured at the Minnesota State Fair last year earned Miss Tennant first prize among many professional painters. A Sophomore at Sul Ross College she has since shown work in major U.S. and Canadian cities through the Federal Art School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Tennant
United States
Canada
Federal Art School
Sul Ross College
M. R. Tennant
American Metals Company
Shafter
Navy Recruiter To Be Here Next Week
A U S Navy Recruiting service representative will visit Alpine on August 23 to discuss Navy enlistment. Young men 18 to 25 are urged to call at the post office for information and possible enlistment, with parental consent required and applicants needing to pass physical and mental tests.
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U. S. Navy
el Paso
Alpine
Navy
Peterson
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Ed Decie
Zetha Hicks
Shockleys
Chas. Treadwell
San Angelo
Mrs. Tuck
Mrs. C. Daniels
Hobbs, New Mexico
Tot Grimmer
Mr. Grimmer
L. L. Hess
Bob Buscher
San Antonio
Dryden
Hess
Charley Hess
Guy Crawford
Stillwells
Blanche Davis
Eddie Barber
Betty Charles
Stephenville
Stillwell
Eldon McGonagill
Alex McGonagill
J. A. McGonagill
Fred Ludlow
Clint
McGonagill
W. A. Cooper
C. A. Taylor
Roseman Coffield of
Hancock
Virginia Mitchell
Frances Hargus
Margaret Rhineheart
Dallas
Buttrill Guest Ranch
Tom Yarbro
Fort Stockton
Crane
Leona Starr
Mary Lou Sims
W. J. Brown
Mr. Brown
L. C. Ritchey
Feron Ritchey
Pittsburg
Big Bend Motor Co
A. B
Star
Ritchey
Jean
Our Lady of the Lake College
Nova Dawson
Mrs. Watkins
Ed Shirley
Mrs. Dawson
Mrs. Shirley
Ray
Menard
D. A. Green
Jim Green
Indio
Calif
Ray Green
Mrs
Hugh Schrier
Mr. Schrier
Miss Dorris Haynes
Hayden, Aziz
Guy Combs
Guy Jr
Ruth Anne McIver
Ed Todd
Clair
Ruth Marie Hess
Kathryn Hegelund
Patsy Ruth
Buddy Granger
Bill Matthews
Lee-Kane
Guy Lee
Maisie Kane
Calvin Harris
Guy
Ness Man
Steve Brown of
Coleman
Earl Young
Ojinaga
Presidio
Fort Seaton
Dodie Stillwell
L. F. Buttrill
Remona Grive
Roy Stillwell and Son
Virginia Young
Benny
Jack
Dorothy Lamour
Paramount
Granada Theatre
Miss Lamour
Avalanche
Bunyan
Rochester
England
Matt Smith’s
Matt Smiths Market
Alpine Lumber CO
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C.p.and
Maine
California
Central Power and Light Company
Roddy Kilowatt
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Tri-State Equipment Company
Texas
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