High Five club hosts social with prize winners in Marathon
Mrs Earl Meeks and Mrs Sam Mathers won the high prize in the Marathon High Five club gathering held last Monday. Mrs J N Meeks and Mrs Hal Sansom took low. The hostess served fruit salad cookies and coffee to numerous local ladies. Several residents listed trips and visits including Mrs O M Roberts returning from San Antonio and the Wardlaws in Del Rio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Meeks
Sam Mathers
J. N. Meeks
Hal Sansom
F. E. Rau
Gulthur
Low
Mesdames Ray
Collier
Gulihur
Causey
Pat McKinney
D. Barnett
Arp Jolly
M. Stewart
Standiea
Green, Schrier
O. McKinney
W. R. Green
Coe
Marquette University Drops One Year Medical Internship
Marquette University in Milwaukee announces that the one year hospital internship requirement for medical graduates is being abolished. The change follows a faster year round curriculum and comes after two decades of insisting on internships. Most Marquette medical graduates will still complete internships due to military and state requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukex
Wis
Marquette University
Raphael C. McCarthy
Marquette
Eben J. Carey
Army and Navy Medical Corps
Army O" Navy Medical Corps
Army Gets Ice Cream in Texas War Time Boost
Texas ice cream production rose 83 percent in January 1943 from a year earlier, with 1,554,000 gallons made. Most went to military centers, not civilians. The UT Bureau of Business Research notes several states produced over a billion in 1940, led by Iowa Illinois Minnesota Texas Indiana Missouri. Local social notes mention Fort Stockton trips, Alpine visits, and community events including a Red Cross drive donation and a India study program at Marathon Study Club with officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
Union
Minnesota
Indiana
Missouri
L. C. Ritchey
Red Cross
Mesdames Worthington
McGonagill and
Davis
Rooney
India
Mesdames Rooney
Wedin
Ritchey
Master Singers Here Saturday in Sul Ross Auditorium
The master singers a noted male ensemble directed by Walter Hadwick of Chicago perform in Sul Ross auditorium on Saturday March 13 at 10 20 am The program includes Frimls Don key Serenade Huntleys Who Built the Ark Rachmaninoff and Cole Porter with operatic and musical comedy selections The group aims to inspire singing with a robust approach Featuring Bernard Van Heft e Shelby Stewart William Conroy Walter Hardwick and Harry Pusey with Solos ensembles and piano pieces in a lively varied program
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul Ross
Walter Hadwick
Chicago
Carl Fischer, Inc
Friml
Huntley
Rachmaninoff
Cole Porter
Bernard van Hefte
Shelby Stewart
William Conroy
Walter Hardwick
Harry Pusey
Cooperation In Combating Menace Of Grass Fires
Texas faces a grass fire threat as deceased and burning reports rise. State Fire Insurance Commissioner Marvin Hall cites marshal data showing heavy losses, including a $45 000 estimate from a fire started by a boy and spread to baled cotton. Fires kill two in January and alarms from grass fires outnumber other causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Marvin Hall
Hall
Fractured Names Among Mississippi Fraternal Groups
A view of Mississippi charter records reveals a suite of humorously styled and sometimes provocative names used by colored religious social and fraternal organizations. The list includes groups such as the Nuptial Tie Union Cooperative, Broth ers and Sisters of Love and Charity, Grand Fountain of the Grand United Order of True Reformers, and the Supreme Lodge of the Unit ed Reformers of America Asia and Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
State of
Mississippi
Undertakers and Sons of
Americ
Grand Tabernacle
Order of Brothers and Sisters of Love and Charity
Grand Fountain
Grand United Order of True Reformers
Supreme Lodge of the United Reformers of America
Asia
Africa
Supreme Lodge of the
Grand Arch Temple of the Brothers and Sisters of America, Incorporated
Independent Pole Bearers of
Australia
Grand Court of the Independent Order of Calanthe
Supreme Court
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias, Colored
North America
South America
Europe
Shoes and hose thefts target delivery and home
While Raymond Kankowski delivered in Chicago thieves stole three cases of shoes from his truck. Grant Bramman reported to Chicago police that six pairs of nylon hose were taken from his home in the same incident wave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Kankowski
Chicago
Grant Bramman
Chic
Drafts Board Eras Keene as I A and War Scrap Drive
A Caribou Maine arart poara reclassifies John W Keene as I A then reveals he is blind and 90 years old The appeal urges junking scrap metal to aid the war effort and defeat of the Japs with a nationwide drive
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arart Poara
Caribou
John W. Keene
I-A
Election Order From Alpine Independent School District
The board of Alpine Independent School District orders an election to be held at the Court House in Alpine to determine public support for district matters. The notice specifies the election location and governing authority, with details to follow in formal procedural postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of ‘Trustees
Alpine Independent ‘School District
Court House
Alpine
Elections Notice of Alpine Independent School District
A dated election notice outlines the polling and candidacy processes for two seat vacancies. It confirms the board secretary’s role, publication requirements, and the official signing by the district president and secretary, with witnesses and the district seal. The document cites election timing and candidate eligibility in formal terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
Ruses Tala
Senos Ae
Ict
Ieee Ne A
Alpine Independent School
Pine Independent School District President and Secretary Seal Date
Day mentioned is March 1943 with L C Pope as president and FE Weyerts as secretary. indicates official attestation and district governance stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Pope
Alepine Independent School District
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Marathon News
0. M. Roberts
San Antonio
Mrs. Dink Wardlaw
del Rio
Odie Roberts
Kansas
Ft. Riley
Roy Stillwell
Mrs. Mae Starr
Emma Ruth Partridge
Dodie Stillwell
Marfa
Robert Thompson
San‘derson
Ed Burdwell
Nancy Richburg
Nannie Crawford
Givens Miller
Signal Gang
S. P. Railroad
Mrs
G. C. Miller
Mrs. Zoye Decie
Mrs. Waller Diggs
Tommy Burch
Charles Kruljne
Leonard Smith
Otis Turner Real Estate—Insura
Alpine, Texas
Crawford - Baines Insurance Agency
Mobilgas Mobileil
Alan R. Fraser
Holland Hotel
Andard Oil Products
J. W. Shepperd
Opponite P
Army
H. Stams
Fort Stockton
Frank Wedin
San Anelo
Annie Adams
San Francisco
Calif
Marathon
D. W. Collins
D. W. Je
F. E. Ray
Bari Young
Virginia Young
Johnny Clanton
Eva Chaffin
Walter Diggs
Zoye Decie
Elmo Weston
Zenas Decie
Worthington
Press Chambers
Mesdames Davis
Todd
Crawford
van Deman
Miller
Lochausen
Cham
Emma Burnham
Thin Co
Jer
Holland
U. S
Tay
The
First National Bank
OF Alpine
Ember Federal Deposit Insurance Corporati
Ittsburgh Paints
FE. Weyerts
Alpine Lumber Company
Santa Fe Reports
Santa
Santa Fe
Santa Fe Agent
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