Marfa Credit Group Plans Big Stockholders Meeting
Marfa Production Credit Association members will gather at the Palace Theatre in Marfa on Tuesday July 24 for a record stockholders turnout. Registration starts at 10 30 a m with the business meeting at 11 a m George Jones of Marfa seeks reelection as director for a three year term. Associate directors up for reelection are H A Coffield M i a M E Fincher Fort Stockton and Glenn E Camp Jr Fort Hancock for one year terms. The meeting moves from Pilot Lodge to Palace Theatre this year with a barbecue at the Pilot Lodge at 1 p m El Paso Valley members travel early to catch registration time served by the El Paso Field Office in the First National Building El Paso.
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Marfa
el Paso
Association
First National
DIATRON Weight Loss Claim Promises Quick Results
An advertisement promotes DIATRON as a hunger curber that requires no diet or exercise. It claims rapid weight loss with a money back guarantee and notes Alpine Drug Store in Alpine handles sales and mail orders.
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Alpine Drug Store
Alpine
Alpine Schools Then and Now Aims and Budgets Compared
A 1947 to 1956 overview shows Alpine Public Schools rising from a $164 000 budget to about $285 000, with local taxes up from $79 250 to $110 000 and per capita funding growing from $59 250 to $80 257. Salaries jump from $97 215 to $204 840, maintenance costs rise, and foundation funds reach about $82 000. The piece argues education costs more today but offers lasting American opportunity, highlighting Dan Bustamante’s community coaching and long-standing educational traditions like McGutty Readers and the 1853 elocution-focused primer used by the Green family.
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Alpine Public Schools
Gilmer-Aiken Foundation
State of Texas
Culver Military Academy
McGutty
Flesch
Johnny
John Green
Emile Jane Green
Patrick Henry
Oliver Goldsmith
Washington Irving
Edmund Burke
Walter Scott
W. Shakespeare
C. W. Holmes
Houston Descendants Back Price Daniel for Governor
Five of Sam Houston's direct heirs work to elect Sen Price Daniel as Texas governor this year. The relatives include Mrs Daniel and her daughter Jean Baldwin of Houston, the great granddaughter of Houston, with the Daniels’ four other descendants.
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Austin
Sam Houston
Sen
Price Daniel
General Houston
United Os Senate
Daniel
Jean Baldwin
Houston
Texas
Imero
Daniels
Jean
Joan Baldnd
John Bald
McGuffey Readers and Shifting Reading Methods
The piece reflects on McGuffey's Reader and competing educational ideas. It notes the clash of concepts spurring richer thought, praises McGuffey's literature, and foresees guided teaching methods. It ends with Beecher’s democratic liberty quote from the Scottish Rite News Bulletin.
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Granada
Boabdil
Spain
McGuffey
Henry Ward Beecher
Tuly
Campaigning with Senator Daniel in South Texas
J B Davis audits show the Daniel family active in the Democratic primary scene this summer. Price Jr. accompanies Senator Daniel on Texas whistle-stop tours, with his 15 year old son distributing literature and joining a central Texas swing. The senator and family were recently in South Texas for a campaign push.
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Rockbridge County
Daniel
Price Jr
South
Texas
Pexas
Audit Clears County Funds After Commissioners Court Review
County Judge Felix McGaughy announced at the regular meeting last week that all funds and accounts were found to be in order after an audit with members of the Commissioners Court.
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Commissioners’ Court
Felix McGaughy
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Marfa Credit Group
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Henry Grady Weaver
Dan Bustamante
Sul Ross
Baker's Jewelers
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Bakt
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West Texas Utilities Company
Aid Price
J. B. Davis
Brewster County
Mary Jane
JT Rutherford
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J. T. Rutherford
Crawford Insurance Agency
General Insurance
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Pecos
Ben Ramsey
TT Rutherford
Congress
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AT Rutherford
Texas Senate
Communist Party
United States
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