Marathon WSCS Hosts Meeting and Local Updates
Mrs. Ed Hancock hosted the Methodist WSCS meeting on Monday August 17 with new officers elected led by Mrs. Pat McKinney as president and Mrs. F M Roark as vice president. The program focused on Making Friends of Gods Children and missionary work. The note section lists visitors and travels including residents from Texas and California, with reports of rain and farm activity around Marathon and surrounding ranches.
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Methodist W
Ed Hancock
WSCS
J A. McGonagl
Pat McKinney
F. M. Roark
Beulah van Deman
G. C. Miller
McGonagill
van Deman
G. W. Worthington
Taft Morrow Family Visits Kin In Jacksonville
Mr and Mrs Taft Morrow and two daughters of Linton and niece Judy Pegues of Jacksonville spent last weekend with Mr and Mrs Zoye Decie. Mr Morrow is a brother of Mrs Decie.
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Sue McKinney
Odessa
Maggie McKinney
Tommy
Pvt
Malcolm Martin
Fort Hood
Biddy Martin
John
Big Bend Park
Taft Morrow
Linton
Judy Pegues
Jacksonville
Zoye Decie
Mr. Morrow
Decie
Infant Paul Bryan Buried In Marathon Cemetery
Funeral services were held Sunday at Marathon Methodist Church for infant Paul Bryan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Riley of Bro., with Livingston Funeral Home in Alpine directing. Burial followed in Marathon Cemetery. Survivors include parents and one brother Bill. Out of town relatives from Odessa New Mexico attended. A scientific note on ocean salt content and world coverage ends the text.
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Marathon Methodist Church
Paul Bryan
Doyle Riley
Livingston Funeral Home
Alpine
Marathon
Carl Lawson
Aul Bryan
Alpine Hospital
Bill
J. W. Riley
Johnny
Odessa
John Hobbes
Margaret Hobbes
C. A. Long
New Mexico
Mrs James Roosevelt Receives Albert Einstein Medal 1938
Mrs James Roosevelt is awarded the Albert Einstein Medal for humanitarian efforts in 1938. The honor recognizes her civic work and public service across philanthropic endeavors and social welfare initiatives.
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James Roosevelt
Albert Enstein
Living With Peace of Mind in Daily Faith
This devotional urges living by God's will through gentle, compassionate acts. It contrasts worldly solutions with faith, urging humility, forgiveness, gratitude, and trust, and warns against anxiety, envy, pride, and violence. It emphasizes joyful, unwavering love for God and people as the path to peace.
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Jesus
God
Florida Population Rise In 1951 Census Figures
Florida’s population grew 6.8 percent in 1951 over 1950 levels, per the 1953 Yearbook of the American Peoples Encyclopedia. The 1951 estimate places the state population at 2,961,000.
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Florida
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Marathon News
Alma Chambers
Worthington
Society
Mrs. Roark
H. L. Roberts
el Paso
Jessie Roberts
Toots Mansfield
Big Spring
Bill Neal Jr
Neal
the Neals
Mansfield
George Whiteley
California
Sam Mathers
Mildred Miller
Sanderson
Earl Piergon
Bill Clark
Mary Kay
Houston
D. W. Colling
Clark
Mrs. Clark
Robert Causey
Wallace Chambers
W. G. Gulihur
Fred Gulihur
Merlin Nester
D’hanis
Dorothy Jean Turner
Louise Moody
Jimmy Kate Hoover
Marion Currie
Iraan
Arizona
Carlsbad Caverns
Grand Canyon
Jessie Babb
Globe, Ariz
Toots Turner
Turner
Smokey Babb
Jack Collins
Tommy Allen
Derrell Cook
Lonnie Colston
Talpa
Marathon F. F. A
Supt
Mrs. Ear Bland
East
Texas
West Pyles
Eldon McGonagill
Combs
Bill Neal
L. M. Hess
Kate Roberts
Bro
C. A. Haynes
Lee Sharp
Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson Robertson and
Gus Willeke
A. J. Willeke
Fort Bliss
Gus
BIG Bend Plumbing Company
Holland
Alpine, Texas
Korea
Kirby Page
Storey-Whiteside Lumber Company
FORD
Pew
E. Holland Ave
Brewster County Motors
Victor Mature
Jean Simmons
Androcles and the Lion
First National Bank
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West Texas
E .Overland
W. Murphy
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