Marathon Youth Wins Four Year Opportunity Award at A&M
Marathon native James Travis Roberts son of Mr and Mrs Travis Roberts has been named among 73 Texas boys awarded four year Opportunity Award scholarships to Texas A and M College. The award enters for four years starting in fall with amounts 800 to 1200 dollars total and 200 dollars per year plus part time work. Roberts, Marathon High School graduate, served as president of his FFA chapter, was class valedictorian and has worked as a ranch laborer. The awards followed exams May 7 and May 14 and review of grades, character and need.
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College Station
James ‘Travis Roberts
Travis Roberts
Marathon
Texas
Texas A & M College
Texas A & M Colter
Marathon High School
Young Roberts
FFA
Granddaughter Margaret Greene Weds Anthony Yankievich in Carlsbad
Mrs. H A Heyduck received news of the July 1 marriage of her granddaughter Margaret Greene to Anthony Yankievich in Carlsbad New Mexico. After a brief wedding trip the couple will reside in Carlsbad.
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H. A. Heyduck
Carlsbad
N. M
Margaret Greene
Anthony Yankievich
Alpine Youth Serves Aboard Battleship On European Cruise
Lee M. Smith Jr. of Alpine, a Rice Institute sophomore, serves on the USS New Jersey with 3 000 plus NROTC midshipmen aboard 18 ships of the Atlantic Fleet. The group sails from Norfolk for a two month cruise with stops in Spain and England, wrapping with gunnery at Guantanamo Bay and returning August 2.
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Lee M. Smith Jr
Lee M. Smith
Alpine
New Jersey
Young Smith
Rice Institute
NROTC
Naval Academy
Norfolk
Spain
England
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Texas Highway Patrol Seeks Recruits Across Texas
Homer Garrison Jr announces open applications for Texas Highway Patrol positions through July 25 with August exams for recruit training. About 100 vacancies will be filled from qualified rosters as legislatures boost personnel. Applications from district offices or by writing to Chief W. J. Elliott. Alpine area noted as Pecos district.
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Austin
Homer Garrison Jr
Department of Public Safety
Texas Highway Patrol
Garrison
Patrol
Texas
W. J. Elliott
Pecos
Shot Fells Minister As Car Plunges Into Ditch
Alexander Moses Warden, 53, a retired minister from Norfolk, was shot in the head and rescued after his car left the road and slid into a water-filled ditch. He regained consciousness at the hospital and could not explain the origin of the shot.
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Norfolk
Alexander Moses Warden
Warden
July 4th Celebration at Marathon Old Town
Readable fragments describe a July 4th celebration in Marathon at an old blacksmith shop and later events. Mentions families sharing foods, dances, and park improvements around 1898 to 1946 with community efforts by residents.
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Marathon
Tatyave
Wwe
Trevold Senung
Raymonds
Thal Ies
Free Texas 4th barbecue by American Legion and volunteers
The 4th barbecue committee, aided by M. Foot citizens, served about 1200 people from two lines, the largest in years. A dance followed the supper, sponsored by the American Legion. The event is free to attendees and a longtime West Texas holiday favorite. the Legion Auxiliary kept the concession stand open.
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American Legion
Txas
West Texans
Amercan Legion Auxiliary
Santa Fe’s Highways of Rails Modernize America’s Rail Line
The Santa Fe Railway emphasizes continuous welded rail and smoother rides across 103 miles this year. It details new electric welding, ballast dry cleaner, longer township ties, and 30 year durability to improve roadbed and track stability. The system states funds come from its earnings, not rider fees.
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Santa Fe
America
Cliffside Radio Schedule Fragment Highlights Daily Programs
An OCR collage lists numerous programs and times across a day including Alarm Clock Club Morning Devotion Birthday Club Cavalcade of Music news blocks Queen For A Day Major League Baseball Camel Scoreboard News and radio features from El Paso Times to Casner's Spanish Serenade. Several stations and sponsors such as Gulf Newell Oil Alpine Butane Co. are named along with church services and public affairs shows.
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Cedric Foster
City Drug
Gulf
Newell Oil & Gulf Dealers
T-If
Cole Tue
Coca Cola
el Paso Times
Casner
Charlies
Fulton Lewis, Sr
Bell
Gabriel Heatter
Texas News
Treasury
Thurs
First Christian Church
Mutual
Parade of Sports
Family
Manhattan
Muscat
Cock Club
Devotion Literati
Marta
Seales
FSO Seton Rack
Moss Magnolia
Newell
Armed Forces
Cosden Sta
Winter Cleaners
Alpine Butane Co
Hawaii
Guy Lombardo Orchestra
Science Church
Baptist
Methodist
Rawlings Co
Church of Christ
Alpine Church of Christ
Nick Carter
Rin-Tin-Tin
Public Prosecutor
Considine
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Jim Francois
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Lee Smith JR
State of Texas
Strange Shot
Western State Penitentiary
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
South Vietnam
Red Cross
Stran-Steel
Great Lakes ‘Steel Corporation
National Steel Corporation
Krte
van Horn Equipment Company
van Horn, Texas
STE
Ics
Aeat Southern Life Insurance Company
BIG Bend Motor Freight
Marfa
Presidio
EL Paso
van Horn
Paso
Great
Southwest
Mexico
Ted Moore
Mar
Clifton L. Moss
Wat
Hotel Creat Ta
Een
Santa FE System
Sas
Ania
Words, Froever
Uvalde Livestock
Gladiola News
Weatha
Bower Jews
Cecil Brows
Florida
Kraft
Queen
Tex Beneke
Graham
Eddy Arnold
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