Marathon Girls Honor Football Players at School Dinner
Mothers of Marathon Mustang football players hosted a February 3 dinner at Marathon High School with football field themed decorations and a family style menu. Program featured Supt Earl Bland and remarks by Coach C. M. Fille and co captains Preston Adams and Ben Ramirez.
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Mustang
Pep Squad
Doyle Riley
T. J. Allen
C. M. Fille
Preston Adams
Ben Ramirez
al Milch
Alpine
Isabel Garcia
Jack Cox
David Cook
Paul Adams
Lannie Colston
Norman Gulihur
Josie Smith
C. A. Haynes
Bill Green
David Adams
Meliton Ramirez
Steve Stumberger
Mary Lee Martin
Marathon Mustang
Fort Davis
Marathon P.T.A
Marathon P. T. A
Martha Ritchey
W. FE. Ray
Betty Cunningham
Dan McGrew
Leonard Rose
PTA
FFA
Sam Cavness
Leroy Granger
W. D. Hood
P. E. Adams
E. A. Colston
Earl Bland
Eva Chaffin
Wedding announced for Barbara Jean Clark and Lassie Chandler
Mr and Mrs Ruel R Clark of Dryden announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Barbara Jean to A 2C Lassie Gene Chandler son of Mr and Mrs Chandler of Sanderson The wedding will be Tuesday evening March at 730 in the First Tasne sian church in Sanderson Reception in Fellowship Hall after the ceremony Barbara Jean Clark is a graduate of Sanderson High School and will graduate from the Baptist Memorial School of Nursing in San Antonio in August Gene Chandler is a graduate of Sanderson High School and attended Sul Ross College in Alpine He is stationed at Gary A F B San Marcos plus other details about local moves
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Ruel R. Clark
Dryden
Barbara Jean
Lassie
Gene Chandler
Marence Chandler
Sanderson
Fellowship Hall
Mise Clark
Sanderson High School
Baptist Memory School of Nursing
San Antonio
Gene
Sul Ross College
Alpine
Gary A. F. B
San Marcos
Sul Ross Campus Plans Landscaping Around Native Plant Life
Sul Ross College considers a future landscaping plan integrating native plant life to bridge desert and high altitude vegetation. The plan, pending State board approval and funding, proposes tiered planting along SR hill with higher altitude species at the top and desert grasses lower down.
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Sul Ross College
Sul Ross
SR Hill
College Cam
U. S
Texas
East Texas
Bridge Party And PTA Meeting Within One Local Page
Mrs L A Preston hosted five table bridge at the Hotel Parkway on Thursday January 4 with many guests. Winners noted Mrs Moore high and slam with Mrs Yarbro second high. Hidalgo Ward PTA met February 9 with President Mrs Benito Garcia and planned evergreen trees for the school grounds and a May talent program.
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L. A. Preston
Hotel Parkway
Jack Todd
Frank Wedin
Tom Yarbro
Ralph Coe
Lyon Evans
Lon Garrison
Reece Moore
W. R. Green
Mabel Arnold
Clinton Ritchey
Tommy Allen
Dave Sublett
J. A. MacGonagill
L. C. Ritchey
W. E. Young
Hidalgo
Who's New Mrs Marshal Roberts Welcome Baby Daughter
Roberts announce the birth of their daughter born Friday February 5. The family celebrates the arrival of a new member for the community.
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Mrs. Marshal
Roberts
Baby Dona Jo Born at Memorial Hospital Fort Stock ton
The infant Dona Jo weighs 5 pounds 6 ounces and is welcomed by grandparents Mr and Mrs M Roberts of Marathon and Mr and Mrs Bill Jones of Marfa. Jimmy Hampton passed his U S Air Force test in Denver Colorado and awaits deployment.
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Jimmy Hampton
Denver
Colo
U. S. Air Force
Alpine Ordinance 311 Sets City Election Filing Rules
Notice of sale start February 12 1954 at Parkway hotel for The Alpine Avalanche and details of Ordinance No 311 prescribing candidate filing procedures for mayor and city offices in Alpine Texas with election officer place and notice rules. The ordinance was passed February 8 1954 approved by Mayor John W. Gillett and City Secretary John Stowell. The final line notes the whale is the world largest animal.
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Parkway
Alpine
Texas
John W. Gillett
John Stowell
Checkin’ on the S R exes
Aubrey Nooncaster, Sul Ross 1936 graduate, now coaches Pampa AAAA state champions with 49 straight wins. Travis Jenkins, Sul Ross 1942, moved from teaching to El Paso chamber of commerce assistant manager and rodo show lead. Cuthbert Carl, Sul Ross alum, in McCamey Rankin Crane newspaper business. Abe Mitchell Sul Ross athlete owns Taylors cafe in Fort Stockton. Betty Sue Clark teaches P E in Big Lake.
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Aubrey Nooncaster
Sul Ross
Travis Jenkins
el Paso Chamber of Commerce
Cuthbert Carl
Alpine High School
McCamey, Rankin and Crane
Cuthbert
Old Belt
Abe Mitchell
Taylors Cafe
Fort Stockton
Mary Oates
The
Panthers
Mexico Plans Military Centers Along Texas Border
The plan calls for new military centers outside Piedras Negras Reynosa and Matamoros on the Texas border with inland posts at Saltillo Torreon and Tampico. The Defense Ministry puts the total cost at up to 3 500 000 dollars.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Reynosa
Matamoros
Texas
Saltillo
Torreon
Tampico
Defense Ministry
Glenn Miller Story Rated One Of Greatest Films
Hollywood previews and critics hail The Glenn Miller Story as among the finest films to come from Hollywood. The Walter Winchell column and media across the nation praise the Technicolor picture starring James Stewart and June Allyson, premiering in Miami and due for nationwide release in February and March.
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Glenn Miller Story
Hollywood
Glenn Miller
Miam
Fla
Walter Winchell
James Stewart
June Allyson
Miss Perkins and the backseat drivers of town
A long time driver Miss Perkins recounts a parking mishap on Main Street. She tells a curious passerby she has no time to teach him, defending personal preference in choices from politics to beverages.
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Main Street
Miss Perkins
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el Paso
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Sheffield
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Fort Worth
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Glenn Burgess
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Hallie Stillwell
Burgess
Big Bend Park
Peace Park
Bill Hargus
Big Bend
Marathon
Mr. Burgess
G. W. Worthington
P. M. Chambers
W. C. Donnell
F. M. Roark
Eldon McGonagill
Charles Smith
Bennie Hooper
David Graham
FE Paso
John Skinner
Skinner
Pearl Beer Co
Lone Star Beer
W. W. Anderson
R. M. Treadwell and
Fl Paso
Mr. Treadwell
Frigidaire
RSC
Aig
General Motors
West Texas Utilities Company
B. H. Warnock
Gordon Barrow
S. Ross
Mrs. B. N. Kimbell
Bridge Club
Mrs. Clinton
Martin Batz
Edbert Coffield
del Rio
Ed Hancock
Betty Sue Clark
P. E
Big Lake
Chamber of Commerce
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Cadillac
West
Storey-Whiteside Lumber Company
Ledger Index Guides
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A. J. Gard
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H. F. Dallman
Alpine Cemetery Assn
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