Marathon News Calender of Local Events and Deaths
Denton Barnett, 47, died January 7 in Killeen Texas after a ranching career. Surviving wife Juaneta and parents Hugh and unnamed Barnett, two brothers from Marble Falls. Funeral January 9 in Burnet with burial at Burnet Cemetery. Also notes on hospital stay for Mrs. Ted Henderson, illness of Cone Brown, Diocesan Catholic Women meeting January 17 in Marathon, transfers of the Perkins family, Cavness move to Overton ranch, bazaar January 16 for polio, and Marathon Mustang basketball results in Fort Davis with mixed outcomes.
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Austin
Mark and Chester
Marble Falls
Texas
Clements Funeral Home
Burnet
Rev
Co. M. Nyquist
Burnet Cemetery
el Pago
Bridge Club Hosts Dessert Party at Hotel Parkway
Mrs Lon Evans presided over a dessert bridge at Hotel Parkway on Thursday January 7. Guests included Mesdames Reece Moore Tommy Allen L C Ritchey Mabel Arnold Zoye Decie W R Green Frank Wedin Dave Sublett W E Young Jack Todd W C Donnell Ralph Coe and L A Pres.
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Bridge Club
Lon Evans
Hotel Parkway
Mesdames
Reece Moore
Tommy Allen
L. C. Ritchey
Mabel Arnold
Zoye Decie
W. R Green
Frank Wedin
Dave Sublett
W. E. Young
Jack Todd
W. C. Donnell
Ralph Coe
L. A. Pres
G. W. Worthington
George Perkins
Dalhart
Clinton Ritchey
F. M. Roark
P. M. Chambers
Eldon McGonagill
Earl Bland
Steve Stumberg Jr
J. W. Castrell
Margaret Buttrill
Marathon community page notes military and club news
Jack Yarbro, a Navy veteran and former prisoner of war, returns home to Marathon from Cuba to join civilian work at Guantanamo Bay. Local PTA meetings, March of Dimes donations, and school events across Marathon, Hidalgo Ward, and surrounding West Texas communities are reported with details of officers, members, and activities.
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Cuba
Naval Base Ordnance Department
Jack
Redencion Masonic Lodge
Caimanera
Fellowcraft Club No
American Legion Post
Guantanamo Bay
Marathon
Alpine
Texas
Fay
Cua
Martha Ritchey
Martha Bishop
March of Dimes
Roxanna Donnell
Jose Cordova
Cerced Cordova
Hidalgo
Birthday Party for Marion Ray Watley Marked 15th
Mrs. Jeff Stewart hosted a party at her home on January 12 to honor her nephew Marion Ray Watley on his 15th birthday. Dancing entertained. gifts and cake with punch were shared by Cathy Haynes Mary Gertrude Haley Carol Ann Nester Jean Nutt Marilyn Coe and others. The family has moved to the Guy Combs ranch south of Marathon where Mr Cavness is employed. Also, Dee Barnett of Valentine visited to escort his mother Mrs. B W Barnett home after two weeks with them. she remains improved.
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Sam Cavness
Overton Ranch
Marathon
Cavness
Guy Combs
Jeff Stewart
Marion Ray Watley
Marion Ray
Cathy Haynes
Mary Gertrude Haley
Carol Ann Nester
Jean Nutt
Marilyn Coe
Clyde Freitag
Clayton McKinney
Jerry Gulihur
Macky Shackelford
Bill Shackelford
Leroy Lovell
Guy Combs Ranch
Mr. Cavness
Dee Barnett
Valentine
B. W. Barnett
Orchids Highlight Yukon Nature's Wide Plant Range
Wild flora in Yukon territory includes nearly 500 varieties of flowers ferns and shrubs with several orchids among the notable species described in a northern region botanist report.
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Canada
Yukon Territory
Texas irrigation traced 400 years in Lone Star crops
A University of Texas study notes irrigation dates to 1541 with Coronado and active cultivation along the San Antonio and San Saba rivers by mid 18th century. Cotton dominates irrigation in modern Texas, with about one million acres under water for agriculture across the state.
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Austin
Texas
University of Texas Resources
Texas Business Review
Richard P. Brenneman
University
Bureau of Business Research Monthly
Brenneman
Coronado
el Paso
Trans-Pecos Ar
San Antonio
San Saba
Balmorhea
Irrigation Growth Surges in Rio Grande Valley
Brenneman reports dramatic expansion in the Rio Grande region with gated acreage rising from just over one million in 1940 to about 3.5 million today. Capital investment in irrigation works and water rights has climbed from $66 million to at least $150 million over the same period.
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Rio Grande
Brenneman
Roman road network linked Scotland to Euphrates
The National Geographic Society notes an ancient Roman road system extended from northern Scotland across to the Euphrates in Asia Minor. Portions remain in use today.
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Rome
Scotland
Euphrates River
Asia Minor
National Georaphic Society
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Marathon News
Alma Chambers
Sue
Denton Barnet
Ted Henderson
Memorial Hospital
Ernest Brown
Rankin
Cone Brown
Perkins
CAA
Supt
Farl Bland
Children of Mary and
Sacred Heart Societies
St. Mary's Catholic Church
SMMU
Mararhon Mustang
Fort Davis
Bran
Quersnee Poe
Memorial Arts
H. F. Dallman
Assn
Navy
Robert Lee Yarbro
Will Yarbro
Tom
United States Navy
Fleet Reserve
Naval Training Station
San Diego
Cal
USS
Houston
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fay Bowman
Corpus Christi
Bowman
Sul Ross College
Fay Yarbro
Naval Base School
Naval Base
Tony Curtis
Joanne Dru
Lyle Bettger
Universal-International
Granada Theatre
Happy
Custom Assay Office
Chemists and Assayers Shippers Representatives
Bex
el Pees
FORD
West Texas Utilities Company
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