Marathon News and Local Happenings Highlight Summer Events
Marathon residents share a mix of community notes. A two week opening special at a local laundromat offers 20 cents for one wash, then 25 cents per load. Post office upgrades, library plans, and weekend pool crowds reflect a busy town life with visitors from Alpine and Fort Davis.
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R. E. Thompson
Toni- Anna Launderama
Marathon
Marathon Post
Alpine
Marfa
Fort Davis
Fort Stockton
Why Ranchers Like Federal Land Bank Loans
Farmers consider the Federal Land Bank loan program due to no appraisal fees no mission charges realistic appraisals no prepayment penalties and low long term interest. The program serves both small and large operators offering favorable terms.
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Federal Land Bank
Wade returns from 18 day trip to Virginia and beyond
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wade completed an 18 day journey visiting Petersburg Fort Lee Washington Baltimore Gettysburg Nashville and Nashville area relatives. They met family and attended museum and battlefield sites and historic memorials along the way.
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Charles Ee Wade
Petersburg
Quartermaster Museum
Fort Lee
Battlegrounds
Washington, D. C
Wax Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington and Lincoln Monuments
Arlington Cemetery
Baltimore
Charles
Levy Smith
Smith
Jim
Mary B
Battle Grounds
Gettysburg
Smiths
Fort McHenry
Wade
Ella Mae Cox
Emily
Nashville, Tenn
Ann Batey
Irma Lee Batey
Sul Ross College
Alpine
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Memphis
Tenns
Marion
Ark
Carrie S
Family visits span Texas and Del Rio travels
The narrative describes a trip with Buck Phillips and family returning to Texas to visit Wade's aunt Mrs. Lonnie Bratton and cousin Gladys Gawvit in Glen Rose. They were joined by Wade's sister in law Mrs. George L. Yates who then visited Del Rio with sisters Mrs. T. Cy Nutt and Miss B. Micou.
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Buck Phillips
Texas
Mr. Wade
Lonnie Bratton
Gladys Gawvit
Glen Rose
Mrs. Wade
George L. Yates
Yates
del Rio
T. Cy Nutt
B. Micou
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W. T. Burnham
Vilseck
Germany
Mrs. Burnham
Black Gap
Guy Lee
Jerry Lee
Bill Mace
Arthur
Alice Ray) Cavness
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Benny Hofacker
Cisco, Texas
Mrs. Hotacker
Anamus
Mackey Shack
Elford and Sons
G. E. Martin Jr
Ted Henderson
Raymond Stewart
Jack Maddox
Claudia
Betsy Bomar
Jack
West Texas Utility Co
Thomas B. Henderson
Cecilia Acosta
Eliseo Riojas
Janet Edwards of
Mrs. C. W. Edwards
Ste
Elba Adams
Sonora
Preston
Odessa
Douglas
Monahans
Darryl Mueller
Steve Stumberg Jr
Federal Land Bank Association of
J. Fred LaLanne
Marfa, Texas
Home Furniture CO
Charles Wades
Virginia
George Hargus
Frances Springfield
Brenda Wagner
Tokyo
Ellis Owens
Pecos River
Sheffield
Busou UU
Big Bend Pharmacy
P. D. Coulson
E. Holland
Horina Desler
Alpine Cemetery Association
H. F. Dallmas
Enav
Casner’s of
Chevrolet
Pontiac
Oldsmobil
GMC
Buick
Cadi
Forchheimer
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