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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1951
Page
6
Marathon Texas community items cover PTA notes on February activities, class projects and upcoming First Aid course. Local residents, students, and guests are listed with personal updates, livestock show attendance, and family news amid church services and school events at Marathon.
Eastor Publisher notices postal matter and rates. The sermon by Rev L B Trone urged attendance. Boy Scouts Troop 43 officially chartered with George Perkins receiving the charter from Robert Pierson. Roy Trust outlined last meeting highlights and planned area activities. Thrasher spoke on Scout uniforms and ongoing necker contest.
Scouts of Troop 43 accepted a challenge to perform and received registration cards, troop numbers with Texas strips, and a Handbook. Joe l Smith handed out Handbooks while Steve Stumberg demonstrated flag signaling with the new flags. C A Haynes, Travis Roberts, Jim Worthington, Bill Green, and David Adams served refreshments to all, with Mrs Roy Trust providing hot chocolate and cookies for two rounds.
A large wedding gathering at Fort Davis featured T T Kelly Foster Granger J R Brandon Woodson Mims John A Conaway and A V Chap in. W I Young served as escort wearing men’s clothing. Vic Chapin preached the ceremony with Tommy Chapin at the piano and Bobby Ledingham as soloist. The event drew strong attendance and the seniors reportedly cleared a nice sum.
A Saturday night February 3 event at Anderson school offered a rada and tamale supper with cakes coffee and fruit. The well attended benefit raised a satisfactory sum to aid in purchasing uniforms for athletic groups. Rusk in Cherokee county was named for Thomas J. Rusk, president of the convention that framed Texas Constitution.
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