Marathon News Highlights From Local Livestock and Events
Sherman Adams wins three ribbons in Alpine livestock show with calves bred by Kimball Kokernot and Travis Roberts. First and second place calves to enter El Paso show Feb 8. Lambs donated to Marathon cemetery sale at El Paso show. Local visits include Rooney, Beckett in Del Rio and the Parker wedding gifts. Community updates cover illness, employment, and travel to Del Rio and California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Adams
Alpine
Serman
Kimball
Kokernot
Travis Roberts
Sherman
FFA
Wilson Feed and Supply
el Paso
Lambs
Jerry Burdwell
Robert Causey
BR. F. Beckett
W. R. Green
Marathon Cemetery Association
Mrs Glen Babb Receives Shower Honors At Club House
Mrs Glen Babb formerly Miss Eva Dell Stewart was honored at a miscellaneous shower hosted Wednesday by Mrs Farreeks Mrs Sam Mather and Mrs Pat McKinney at the club house The event featured bingo with a prize kitchen utensil set awarded to each game winner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Babb
Eva Dell Stewart
Mmds. Farreeks
Sam Mather
Pat McKinney
Mrs Young Hosts Bridge Club at Parkway Hotel
Mrs W E Young entertained her Bridge club Friday afternoon at the Parkway hotel with a salad plate and hot tea. High honors went to Mrs Quigg and second to Mrs Todd, with bingo prize to Mrs Weston and traveling prize to Mrs Dragoo. Miss Johnny Stewart visited the Stewart family. she attends Sul Ross college and plans transfer to a school in Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Young
Bridge Club
Parkway Hotel
W. R. Green
L. C. Ritchey
H. C. Wilson
Marshall Roberts
Buck Treadwell
Zoye Decie
William Donnell
Margaret Buttrill
Gage Holland
Roy Stillwell
Raymond Quigg
L. A. Preston
R. E. House Clinton Ritchey
Elmo Weston
Jack Todd
Ralph Coe
Lee Dragoo
J. A. McGonagill
Virginia Young
Quigg
Todd
Weston
Dragoo
Johnny Stewart
R. E. Stewart
Miss Stewart
Midland
Sul Ross College
Odessa
January Rain Brings Flood of Mud on the Ranch
Ranch residents celebrate heavy rainfall this January, noting more rain than the entire 1948 year. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stumberg Jr hosted sister in law Mrs. D M Garrett of Roswell New Mexico visiting from Sydney Australia. Garrett plans to stay several weeks while her husband serves in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Stumberg Jr
D. M. Garrett
Roswell
New Mexico
Gum ban in Soviet Berlin shocks visitors
School notes report a policy that chewing gum is illegal in the Soviet sector of Berlin. The H E class under Mrs Ola Crandell presented a good program at the Friday assembly January 28. Mustang basketball teams beat Sanderson 58 30 and 26 20 with strong support from the girls volleyball 28 15. Marfa game slated February 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
H. E
Ola Crandell
Mustang
Marathon Mustang
Sanderson
Blackwell
Mighty Midgets
Marathon
Marfa
School Chorus Dedicates Selections to Local Figures
The group dedicated one piece to Mrs. W. H. Scholefield and another to Supt. Earl Biand as Let Me Call You Sweetheart honors were performed.Mrs Gaines Farley of Alpine will replace Scholefield in teaching duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Scholefield
Pie giveaway winner named Mrs E Frietag
Mrs E Frietag won the pie that was given away by the Jun. local event, with attendees gathering for a community fundraiser.
Missing Heir Sought In Texas To Claim Estate
Chicago based probate genealogist Walter C. Cox seeks Texas heirs of Reb Ware and Emma Webb for a $7,000 estate. Cox has no clues on the heir’s location and notes Ware and Webb were married around the date not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chicago
Reb Ware
Emma
Webb
Walter C. Cox
S. LaSalle St
Cox
Ware
Emma Webb
Local Showlets Plan Cake Giveaway Next Monday
Promoters invite everyone to upcoming shows on Monday night and again next Monday for a cake giveaway. Attendees can expect enjoyable performances and a lively community event.
Senior Class Dance Postponed By Weather
The senior class dance scheduled for last Saturday has been postponed due to weather. Watch for signs and come when rescheduled. Music will be by local people and admission is set at 1.50 dollars.
Sam Young Named Director District 1 for ACS Texas
Sam D. Young of El Paso was re elected representative director lay of the American Cancer Society Texas Division for District 1. The Texas division president Frank C. Smith announced the three sided leadership for West Texas with Dr Ralph H. Homan as medical representative and Edna Ferris as Field Army commander for laywomen across 11 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Young
el Paso
American Cancer Society
Sam D. Young
Lay
Texas
Mr. Young
The
Cancer Society
West Texas
Frank C. Smith
Ralph H. Homan
Edna Ferris
Texan banker leads triangular county district in West Texas
Mr. Young, native Texan and president of the El Paso National Bank, organizes a triangular leadership across Brewster Culberson El Paso Hudspeth Jeff Davis Loving Pecos Presidio Reeves Ward and Winkler counties. Extension Service aided four fifths of 1947 farm families in farming marketing homemaking and rural problems. USDA Southern Regional Laboratorydevelops water absorbent and water repellent cotton for towels awnings insulation and weather resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young
Brewster
Culberson
el Paso Hudspeth
Jeff Davis
Loving
Pecos
Presidio
Reeves
Ward
Winkler
el Paso National Bank
First Presbyterian Church
Extension Service
Southern Regional Laboratory
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Inheritance Claim Notes for Texas Residents Ware Estate
The document states that from 1870 onward they lived in Texas and likely had one or more children. Under applicable inheritance laws living children would have first claim to the estate, grandchildren next, and if no descendants, nieces or nephews would succeed due to presumed deaths of Mr and Mrs Ware’s siblings.
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Texas
Ware
Mimeograph Stencils and Paper at The Avalanche
Mimeograph stencils and paper are reported at The Avalanche office, signaling routine printing supplies for ongoing editions and potential work on upcoming issues. Local staff handle inventory as part of daily operations.
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Marathon News
Helen Keller
Frances Rooney
B. F. Beckett
del Rio
George Shelley
Big Bend Park
California
Glen
Buster Babb
Mr. Babb
Sandra Sturmberg
Johnny Cook
Ritchey Bros
Phillips
Fisher
Pontiac
General Mote
SUPET
E. Holland
Alpine, Texas
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