Marathon News Highlights Local Visits and Scholarships
Marathon residents and visitors are reported in sequence with updates on scrupulous scholarship awards from the Texas Society for Crippled Children Inc. for Sul Ross students, including Diana Hampton who will study business administration and enter public school work. Community events feature a soda stand, the Men’s Service Club music program, and local fare. Notable notes cover illnesses, a hospital operation for Georgia MacNail, bereavement for Barbara Shackelford, wildlife pursuit, and changes in local services including a new barber and festivities at the San Antonio and Austin connections.
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Sul Ross
Texas Society For Crippled Children Inc
Diana Hampton
Marathon
Miss Hampton
Dean Etheridge
Diana
Marathon Women and Men Baseball Game Ends 26 to 6
A large crowd attended Sunday's game between the Marathon women and men. The women, despite fielding some men as substitutes, lost 26 to 6. The piece notes upcoming practice may help future wins. It also covers civic entries and local travels of residents.
Fort Davis Social Notes Mention Visits and Sul Ross Summer Term
Fort Davis society items note visits by the Kountz and Crow families from Wink Texas, and a Young Women's Fellowship gathering at McDonald Observatory. Several residents, including Amy Lou Bloys and Mabel Bloys, are listed with moving between Fort Davis, Park College, and San Antonio. Sul Ross summer term draws at least sixteen local registrants including Mrs J H Clark and Miss Anne Mims.
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Pol Swings
M. D. Hawest
Clarice Hinds
Preston Jolson
Amy Lou Bloys
Kent
Fort Davis
Park College
Parkville
Mabel Bloys
Leslie Fawcett
San Antonio
Alvin A. Jarratt
Keith
Balmorhea
Loraine
Texas
Alvin
Lester L. Jarratt
L. L. Jarratt
Margaret
Sul Ross
J. H. Clark
W. H
Bill) Clark
S. M. Mims
Charles A. Kemp
A. W. Ray
J. D. Crawford
Ruth Carlton
R. D. Swartz
W. C. Massey
Ralph Brandon
John Robert Prude
Patricia Allen
B. R. Taylor
E. Y. Freeland
Anne Mims
Alpine City Ordinance Mandates Weed Cut and Trash Removal
A city ordinance by the Alpine Board of Commissioners requires property owners to cut weeds and remove trash or risk the city abating the nuisance. If the owner cannot be found, the city will remove the nuisance and place a lien on the property for costs plus a ten percent fee, due the next tax paying period.
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Board OF Commissioners OF
City OF
Alpine
Board of Commissioners
13 Second Sermons on Law and Self Boundaries
A brief aphorism asserts freedom lies within lawful bounds and warns that disobedience harms the chooser rather than the law. The moral stresses restraint and personal consequence in abiding or breaking rules.
Not what he has or does measures a man's worth
A quotation reflecting that a person’s true value lies in character and being, not possessions or actions.
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Amiel
City ordinance outlines penalties for weeds and trash failures
The document states penalties including six percent interest on due amounts and fines up to fifty dollars for failure to cut weeds or remove trash after notified. Each day of continued nuisance after abatement deadlines counts as a separate offense. Dated June 13, 1949, approved by Mayor John W. Gillett and City Secretary John Stovell.
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John W. Gillett
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