Midland funeral correction and West Texas weather notes
The paper corrects last week's funeral notice for Mrs. Freiburg and her family. Rainfall in the area totaled 2.02 inches with heavy out-of-town rains and hail damaging ranch lands. A long list of local visitors and trips follows, including residents traveling to El Paso Denver and San Antonio, and social events at the Big Bend cafe and with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Rooney
Jim Skinner
Midland
Freiburg
Wed
Pri
Sat
Sun
Mon
G. F. Babb
Tom Yarbro
el Paso
Fort Hancock
Old Spanish Spur joins Big Bend Museum collection
Mrs. M. J. Hughes of Marfa adds an old Spanish spur to the Hughes Collection at the Big Bend Museum on the Sul Ross campus. The spur shows Conquistador style with large towel and decorative iron work. Also exhibited are Gila Pottery bowls noted for their unusual decoration and design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. J. Hughes
Hughes
Big Bend
Sul Ross
Ford Dealers See New 1949 Fords In San Francisco
Alpine Ford dealers Reginald Votaw and Frank Vo taw joined 200 Denver district dealers in San Francisco to view the New 1949 Ford line. The all Pullman Rio Grande special and three other trains converged on the Bay area where over 1100 Western region Ford dealers previewed the first completely new postwar design in their price group. The New Ford Forty Nin er will be shown to the public soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reginald Votaw
Frank Votaw
Alpine Ford
Denver
Ford Motor Co
San Francisco
Mount Timpanogos
Provo
Utah
Bay Area
Ford
Plague Death Toll Reaches Forty Million in 14th Century
A historical note records that forty million people died from the Black Plague in the 14th century, shaping population decline and social upheaval across Europe and Asia.
Two Historic Copper Bowls and Texas Cattle Volume Highlighted
The collection features two historic copper bowls from Shafter Presidio area early settlement. It also includes a 1894 Texas cattle industry data volume studied by John D. Young III, great grandson of George McSpadden. Contents cover cattle trails longhorn Indians stampedes round-ups and pre 1895 biographical dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shafter-Presidio
Texas
John D. Young III
George McSpadden
Shine Em Up Cleansing and Waxing Compound
A Mid west chemical company has perfected a washing and waxing compound that suspends in water so the wax is evenly distributed. The solution is made by dissolving two ounces of the compound in two gallons of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest Chemical Company
Impressive Memorial Day Service and Local News
A Memorial Day parade was featured in Alpine with a large service. Miss Melburne Glass and Miss Ruth Anderson were chosen to represent Alpine at a Fort Worth chamber convention. Rancho Valle la Cienega near Alpine officially opened. Several locals received degrees and announcements included weddings and job changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melburne Glass
Sterling City
Sul Ross
Ruth Anderson
Alpine
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Fort Worth
Pete Crawford
Brown Ranch
Miss Artie Mae Sandifer Receives Degree at Texas University
Miss Artie Mae Sandifer graduates with a degree from a Texas university. An oil man reflects on fortune and misfortune, noting how close one can be to wealth or to poverty in life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artie Mae Sandifer
Texas University
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marathon News
Doyle Worsham
Son of
San Angelo
Jack Doxter
Frank Wedin
Mabel Arnold
Fl Paso
Packard
Mattie Scott
W. ©. Deaton
Orona
Francis Chrisman
Fort Stockton
Mr. Elmo Weston
Denver, Colo
Raymond Quigg
Uvalde
Beulah van Deman
Ned Hitchman
Jean Bohne
Earl Young
West Point
A. J. Willeke
Earl Clark
San Antonio
Jo Ann Shaffer
Thomas Jefferson High School
Preston Wyatt
Gummer School
Sul Ross College
Camilla Henderson
Tornillo
Tom Henderson
George Hargus
Bill Hargs
Dallas
Mr. Hargfus
Mrs. Ocis Lee
Mr. Lee
Charles Smith
Big Bend Cafe
Dc. T. Taylor
Edith Hoffman
FEP Aso
D. W. Collins
Collins’ Lovely Yard
Hitchman
Bohne
W. T Burnham Sr
W. T Burnham Jr
Ann
Bill Burnham
Jack Todd
Emma Burnham
DB. W. Collins Jr
Waddy T. Burnham
Carlsbad,m. M
Fritz Rau
Marfa
A. V. Haliman
Odessa
Jack Maddox
Presidio
Emmett Meeka
Bill Houser
Houston
C. T. Taylor
Loraine Ellison
Joe Granger
Big Bend Park
Lyndon
Johnson
U.S
Ford Dealers
Gard
A. J. Gard
Durham
Mandy
Goodfellow Field
Skyhawks
Adwertan
Joe Marsh
Temperance
Tyranny
Truth
Doe Marsy
United States Brewers Foundation
Livestock Auction Co
KCRS
Don Estes
Frances Gillett
Beatrice Davis
Duncan Scott
Sal Rosa
Euna Sachse
Jeff B. Wade
Edna Nelon
Witt Stack
Presbyterian Church
David J. Murray Offici
Border Times
New Mexico
A. G. Prude
Fort Davis
Leo Murray
Valentine
Murray
Todd Patton
Troy
Alpine Drugstore
Marjorie Casner
Howard-Payne College
Brownwood
David Kokernot
San Marcos
For the People of
San Antonio Municipal Advertising Commission International Building
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