Marathon Scout Field Day Triumphs in Alpine
Field Day for the Boy Scouts district featured troops from Presidio Alpine and Marfa. Marathon Troop 43 won all-around champion by one point, with top placements in fire building signaling knotting and troop stunt. Appreciation extended to local supporters and Alpine hosts the Burns, Lowells, Hoppers and Henderson garage for transport and hospitality. Also notes on local socials and Christmas sale preparations at The Thrift Shop opening December 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Presidio
Marfa
Marathon
Marcoies
Harvey Parker
Henry Culp
Herbert Parker
Marco] Giles
Perry Dawson
Karl Ball
Louie Granger
Pirst
Burnhams
Lowells
Hoppers
Henderson Garage
Library shipment to Sul Ross library reported
Miss Faye Hamilton, librarian, says a shipment of over 400 books is en route to Sul Ross library. The collection covers government, sociology, economics, physical education, and history and will bolster the reading list for these subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Faye Hamilton
Tae Belin
Enemies of Rattlesnakes in the Southwest T
Colonel Crimmins recounts a series of wild and domestic animals that prey on rattlesnakes in Texas and New Mexico. He describes turkeys, deer, javelina, jaguarillan chaparral, and domestic birds and cats attacking and eating rattlesnakes, plus a San Antonio laboratory cat lineage and a Roswell animal exhibit incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Crimmins
M. L. Crimmins
Southwest
August Sanleben
Texas
Uvalde
Jim
New Mexico
Champion Mother of Texas Found in Dallas Area
Mrs. Sarah Womack, 46, located north of town after a long marriage. In 31 years she has given birth to 34 children, 12 living, including quintuplets, quadruplets, and six sets of twins. Married at 14 to her current husband, she and her wife live near the Womacks and will mark their golden wedding anniversary in September. Her mother, Annie Harrington, bore 18 children before age 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Sarah Womack
Texas
Wohack
Annie Harrington
Womacks
Banquet Honors Sul Ross Faculty at Amarillo Convention
In honor of Sul Ross faculty and ex-students at the Texas State Teachers' Association convention in Amarillo a banquet was held in the crystal ballroom of the Herring Hotel on Thursday night, November 26. P. L. Mize of Lefors presided. Talks included Loyalty by J. C. Cochran of San Antonio, Growth of Sul Ross by W. A. Stigler, and The Teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Amarillo
Texas
Herring Hotel
W. A. Stigler
el Paso
Banquet Attendees From Alpine and Ex-Students Noted
Those attending the banquet from Alpine included Dr and Mrs H W Morelock W J Smith Miss Athel Boatright Miss Mary Hall Dr J J Eason Dean Norman Spencer and Dr Clifford B Casey. The three ex students from Lefors were F L Mize E G Sanders and Miss Lanet Franklin. Others from across the state attended, including W A Stigler of El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Moret
Alpine
H.W. Morelock
W. J. Smith
Athel [Boatright
Mary Hall
J. J. ‘Eason
Dean Norman Spencer
Clifford B. Casey
Lefors
F. L. Mize
Sul Ross
E.G. Sanders
Lanet Franklin
Alos
W. A. Stigler
el Paso
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arathon
John Martin
Alex
San Antonio
Otto Lockhausen
Julia
Joe Granger
Presbbyterian
Methodist Missionary Societies
Ed Decie
Zetha ‘Micks
Jas J. Roberts
Mise Mavis Bimpeon
Worthington
Presbyterian Missionary Society
G. W. Worthington
Mesdames Todd, Young, Hopper
L. Ritchey
Thrift Shop
Mojave Theatre Building
Hollad Avenue
Burr Road
Agricultural Laboratory
H. P. Parks
Uvalde Leader-News
Lubbock
Atending
Texas Technological College
Eatables
Alpine Mercantiles CO
Champ
Alpine Steam Laundry
J.C. Cochran
San Anton
Forchheimer
Chevrolet
Engite
ATS
America
Casner Motor Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!