Pioneer Marathon Citizen Allen Burnham Dies
Allen Burnham, a Marathon resident and notable storyteller with frontier and Texan family ties, died at 10:20 p.m. Thursday at his sister Beulah Van Deman's home in Marathon. He was 50. Born in Midland, Texas, he lived in Alpine and San Antonio, raised two daughters, and was buried at Livingston Funeral Home after services at the Marathon Baptist church.
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Coronal Institute
San Marcos Academy
Houton
Ella Hatch
Marathon
Werorn
Eugene Bohne Jr
San Antonio
Gordon G. Sibson
la Feria
Alec B. Mitchman
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Alpine Baptist Church
M. M. Fulmer
Livingston Funeral Home
Joe Granger
Ailie Davis
Earl Young
Delmar Collins
Karl Clark
Wm. Shackleford
G. W. Worthington
Roy ‘Stillwell
Frances Rooney
Ernest Bandy
Ea Todd
Waddie Burnham
Amos Rutleige
John Yarbro
Albert Chambers
Calvin Maris
Alex Hitchman
San Antonio F
Assie Fulcher
Chisos To Observe 8th Anniversary With Program
The eighth anniversary program of the Civilian Conservation Corps will be held at Camp NP-1-T in the Chisos mountains next Saturday, April 5. Activities run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a noon barbecue. Tours of CCC projects and camp museum are planned, with talks by park officials, chamber of commerce members, and local army and technical staff.
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Np-1- T
Chisos Mountains
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Thing Park
Chamber of Ycommerce
Fire Damages Alpine Residence and Garage in Weekend
A fire of undetermined origin damaged the Alpine residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Burleson last Saturday night while they were away. Insurance partially covers the loss, with full figures pending. A second blaze damaged a garage and store room at J. G. Leath’s East Holland Avenue home, with suspected arson due to kerosene evidence.
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O. D. Burleson
Leath
Cowboys Association Meeting an Enjoyable Local Event
Twenty five local members of the International Cowboys Association attended a meeting at the courthouse last Saturday night. Out of town visitors included Mrs Florence Fenley of Ulvade and her daughter, and Jim Mills of San Antonio, president of the Trail Drivers Association.
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International Cowboys Assn
Florence Fenley
Uvelde
Jim Mills
San Antonio
Trail Drivers Assn
McDonald Observatory Man Tells of Customs In Dutch East Indies
Dr G P Kuiper of McDonald Observatory spoke at the Mile High club supper on Dutch East Indies life. He described a population of about sixty million with only 200000 Dutch rulers, Java as the archipelago’s core, dual government, and land ownership by natives with foreigners renting.
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Dutch East Indies
Fort Davis
Mile High Club
G. P. Kuiper
Java
Kuiper
Cooper
Holland
Indies
Youth Week Observance Set at First Baptist Church
Plans for Youth Week April 6 to 13 at the First Baptist church are nearly complete. Young people will lead all church activities with a formal induction service on Sunday April 6, when the pastor hands over the keys to the Youth Pastor and team who will run each service until the following Sunday morning.
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First Baptist Church
Reading Material Streamed to Chisos CCC Boys
Nelson Lee, chamber of commerce manager, received a letter from Jack A. Clark, CCC camp commander in the Chisos mountains, acknowledging a large shipment of magazines and newspapers for the camp reading room. The note praises the wide selection prepared for distribution, and hints at announcements planned for a Baptist church service next Sunday.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jack A. Clark
CCC
Chisos Mountains
Rotary Talk Highlights Ethics and Storytelling Night
Nine Rotarians were absent as B. J. Bailey led a vocational service program featuring two Central ward school youths Dale Davie and David Littleton who told stories to win applause. The session posed business ethics questions testing members across Alpine with Governor Wright reading a Rotary International letter. The nominating committee will report April 3 and Governor Joel Wright was tasked with inviting nearby clubs to Alpine.
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B. J. Bailey
Central Ward
Dale Davie
David Littleton
Alpine
Tomuch
Alan Fraser
Joel Wright
Charlie Dyer
Rotary Interntional
Alpine Assembly
Joel
J. Crider
Canton
Ohio
Byron Wright
Shirley Scales
Hunting Economics and Deer Populations in Davis Mountains
The Davis Mountains see rising whitetail kills with more than 100 percent of hunts yielding bucks in some lodges. Ranchers shift to conservative hunting practices to sustain annual profits, while acreage open to hunting climbed to 332 437 acres from 237 887 last year. Fines for game violations rose to 458 in 1940 from 345 in 1937, though wardens credit better enforcement and rancher cooperation for the drop in violations.
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Davis Mountains
Redford
Real Estate Group Backs Big Bend National Park Plan
Townsen says Texas real estate association supports Big Bend as a city booster and plans to push the park project at its Mineral Wells meeting May 1 2 3. He believes the park will be a worthwhile investment and pay tremendous dividends for Texans.
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Townsen
Texas Real Estate Association
Texas
Mineral Wells
Big Bend National Park
Townson
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