Flag Day Observed With Basin Ceremony at Big Bend
On June 14 the 180th birth anniversary of the U S flag was marked in Big Bend National Park Chisos Basin with a flag raising ceremony Visitors and residents attended Invocation by Ranger Wendell Bryce a history talk by the park naturalist and a closing Star Spangled Banner The flag created by Continental Congress resolution in 1777 symbolizes a form of government influencing world history
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United States
Big Bend National Ark
Chisos Basin
Wendell Bryce
Continental Congress
National Park System
Fort Davis News Roundup Includes Travels and Local Events
Barry Scobee returns from Providence Hospital El Paso appearing chipper after a serious operation. Horace Lee Crawford travels to Idaho for a summer forestry job. Hazel Ray visits Philadelphia with family. Sherry Woolley visits Marfa. Vacation Bible School at First Baptist closes with commencement exercises. Attendance averaged thirty. Families travel to San Francisco and Houston for work and home moves. Several locals attend Bloys Camp Me ing. Dr. Alan Maxwell undergoes emergency appendectomy. Post Office staffing shifts during vacations. Multiple local visits and church events summarized.
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First Baptist Church
VBS
Fort Davis
L. C. Lange Jr
First Baptist Church of
Marathon News Installation Recalls Local Service
Mrs. Coffman a Marathon resident for years had two sons and a daughter buried here and her husband Dan Coffman noted. Lela Weatherby served as installing chaplain and Mrs. R L Irving as organist. Mrs. R D Swartz installed as Worthy Matron and Mr. H E Sproul as Worthy Patron. A social hour followed.
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San Antonio
Lela Weatherby
R. L. Irving
R. D. Swartz
H. E. Sproul
Weekend visitors greet Skevingtons and kin on ranch
El Paso residents Mr and Mrs George Skevington arrived in Marathon on Tuesday to enjoy time on their ranch and visit Mrs Skevingtons mother Mrs Mabel D Arnold and the Eldon McGonagills. Their daughters Cynthia and Kay joined them. Also in town were Beulah Van Deman hosts for a June weekend with visitors from San Antonio including Mrs Ella Burnham Mrs Eugene Boney and two sons and Mrs Simpson and her son. Clinton Ritchey family left Sunday for Dallas after visiting his mother Mrs L C Ritchey with stopovers in San Angelo and Abilene and sister Mrs Frances Hendricks from Houston who spent the night.
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el Paso
George Skevington
Marathon
Beulah van Deman
San Antonio
Ella Burnham
Eugene Boney
Simpson
Clinton Ritchey
Dallas
L. C. Ritchey
San Angelo
Abilene
Ritchey
Houston
Frances Hendricks
Hendricks
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