Fort Davis visitors attend high school recital
Mrs George Jones attended a musical recital at the high school with Mrs Bill Jones and Mrs Ed Mueller. Mrs Jones plans to spend Christmas with her parents near Toyahvale. El Paco visitors J M Clark J K and Espy Miller. Mrs Hicks Gray learns of John Worley’s passing at Pauls Valley Oklahoma. Mrs Gray’s mother moved to be with Mr Worley. Mr and Mrs R C Withers plan Christmas holidays with relatives at Bay City and other lower Texas cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Fort Davis
Bill Jones
Ed Mueller
Thehigh School
Hicks Gray
John Worley
Paul's Valeley
Oklahoma
Gray
RF. McNamara
Mr. Worley
RC. Withers
Bay City
Texas
George Wright
Preemont
Recital highlights and upcoming bridge project in Limpia Canyon
Miss Terrill’s students staged a December recital at the school auditorium featuring Christmas readings, original music, and Bach studies by Tyrrel DeVolin and others. A six-bridge project is planned for Limpia Canyon by the state highway commission, with new aluminum railings and long-lasting creosoted timbers to resist floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Terrill
Music Reading Pubiis
Cecilia Thompson
Limpia Canyon
State Highway Commission
Texas
Barthead
Toyah
Grapefruit Theft and Skunk Mail: Marathon Notes
A Lower Rio Grande Valley man sold a truckload of grapefruit and oranges at a dollar per bushel to local buyers who resold quickly. Skunk control antics from Antelope Wells are shared, detailing a home remedy involving stovepipe, a lantern and bait. Marathon study club reports holiday plans and community notices, with weather noting recent wet snows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
Lawdy
Port Davis Curiosity Sparks Farmstead Cat Trap Tale
A Port Davis note recalls Mr. Austin rigging a stovepipe trap to catch skunks raiding food. The hired man clamps a pail over the pipe, then carries the pipe to the flats for repair after each shoot. The writer thanks Mr. Austin for his humane, if roguish, remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Davis
United Press
H.W. ‘Austin
Antelope Wells
N. M
Warren Bloys
Chamber of Commerce
Austin
Ausin
Port Davis
Marfa Residents Visit. Weddings Tie Marathon Families
Local bonds tighten as Mr and Mrs Vance Borman visit the Burnams in Marathon while many travelers pass through, including Miss Esta Fulcher visiting Ballinger and Ned McKinney wed Miss Nadine Harding at the George Page ranch. The community notes marriages, visitors, and teaching staff changes across Alpine Clint and surrounding ranches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding—Mckinney
George Page Ranch
Nadine Harding
Ned
McKinney
Kinney
Quilting Show Date Postponed Indefinitely at Mrs Coleman Residence
The quilt show planned for December 29 at the residence of Mrs. S.C. Coleman by the Indies of the Methodist church has been indefinitely postponed. Further notices will follow. Also note a six mile shortening of the Miami to Canadian highway distance due to a new grade on State Highway 33.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing—Matthews
TB. Sowell
Methodist
AR. Davie
Mies Myrtle Tig
Clarence Matthews
Matthews
Marathon School
Sul Ross
Alpine
Elkina
Miami
Canadian
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Barry Scodee
Avalanche 19
J. M. Clark
J. K. and
Espy Miller
el Paco
Oxford
Mifred Bloys
Bill Clark
Carol Stewart
Genevieve Thompson
Georgia Lee Jones
Doris Smith
Dorothy Clark
Tyrrel DeVolin
Elizabeth Ann Miller
Tyrell Dee Volin
Phantom Eaton
Moreau Miller
Cornet
L. Robert Withers
Margaret Coan
Windsor
Lilian Grubb
Mrs. Mead
Marfa
Peggy Meade
Marianna Smith
Mary Martha Coffield
Betsy Smith
Lillian J
Grubb
R. C. Withers
Town Cathedral
Forge Brown
Nancy Jane Rawls
Mary Mar
Tha Coffield
McCutcheons
Fowlkes Ranch
Puertocitas Divide
Paisano
Toyahvale
Pecos
Big Union Sunday School
Presbyterian
Tyrrel Smith
E. H. Powikes
Villa Acuna
Brinkley
Temple Candy Company
Avalanche I
Marathon Study Club
J. A. McGonfagill
Buttrill
Tom Henderson
Davis Mountain Federation
Hopper
Oll
7. Henderson
Mrs
Wilton Youngblood
Portale
Wilton
W. H. Henderson
el Paso
L. P. Suttell
San Marks
Charles Shell
Jack
Patricia
Mr. . Moemale
Yalta
Jack Jolly of
van Horn
Burl Young
He Barnams, Stillwells
Olivers
Duncans
Chambers
G. H. Moorefield
Jake Moorefield
Plorine
Anse Moorefield
del Rio
Bob Malone
Texan
Ben Moorefield
Tesnus
Wallace Git
Marathon
Charles Hess
San Antonio
L. Hess
H. Spruce
Jean Arnold
Dallas
RW. Arnold
Onis Vineyard
Vance Borman
W. T. Burnam
Edward R. Holland
Esta Fulcher
Sam Nail
Ballinger
Tom Sansom
Ross Sansom
Pingstaff, Arizona
Caroline Wilson
Cooper Ranch
Ruth Todd
Priday
Imma
Nannie Burnam
John Carr
Clint
John Dragoo
Leroy
F. Billingsley
Dolph Brisco
Uvalde
Roy Laster
Princpa
Te Mexican School
Teringuard Alsine
Methodist Parson
T. B. Lowell
Utt. Matthews
J. G. Matthews
Lytle
Statthews
McMurry Plumbing Company
Alpine Merc
T. A. Beard Feed Store
Skyline
Model Tailors
Brewster County
Seasons Greetings
Teai Pe Cae
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