Marathon News Roundup Highlights Family Visits and Local Events
Eastern Gateway to the Big Bend notes a sprawl of social updates from Marathon and nearby towns. Johnnie Adams and partners report rain on a business trip to Uvalde, while families gather for Easter dinners, birthdays, and post rain farm checks. Visitors include Mahlon Clem from Fabens and Wilton Youngblood from Pecos, with Pecos Bridge dedication and a 273 foot high bridge noted. Mrs. Crawford returns from Austin after 17 days of rain, and local clubs hold bridge and samba games.
Alpine High Students Enter Interscholastic Meet in Austin
Alpine High School sends seven competitors to the State Meet in Austin with students in half mile, number sense, slide rule, typing, and debate events. Teams ranked at least second in Odessa regional. Alpine points led 90 to win. They stay at Stephen F. Austin Hotel and return tomorrow afternoon if weather and high water permit.
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Alpine High School
Austin
Alpine
D. D. Thomas
David
Topper
Dexter
Curtis Kelley
Bryan Wildenthal
Kern
Fern Young
Frank Duane
Lyons Lockhart
Johnnie Weyerts
Claude Austin
Claudia
Jane Bohannon
Myrtle Whiteside
Odessa
Stephen F. Austin
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Anna Lee Cook
Big Bend National Park
Carlye
Johnnie Adams
P. E. Adams
A. J. Adams
Uvalde
Biddy Martin
Nesters
Mrs. Martin
Charley Shelys
R. P. Amend
Arlington, Texas
Mrs. Amend
Mahlon Clem
Fabens
Tom Henderson
Guy Combs
San Antonio
Rock Hunter
Chicago
Bud Cohn
Marathon
Wilton Youngblood
Willie
Pecos
Lora Dragoo
Earl Fallis
Hotel Parkway
Youngbloods
Lorraine Ellison
Bill Burnham
Gladys Vickers
W. W. Crawford
Camilla Henderson
Earl Young
L. C. Ritchey
B. van Deman
Ed Hancock
Mesdames Decie
McGonagill
Wedin
Powers
Green
Edwards
Dielsi
Allen
Pecos Bridge
Dave Allens
Frank Wedins
Bill McKinneys
Tom Yarbros
W. R. Greens
Lee Dixon
Yarbros
Sanderson
the Babbs
Wedins
E. H. Thornton
Hattie Bell Memorial Park
Patrick Armstrong
del Rio
Sul Ross College
John L. Dodson
Texas
Mabel D. Arnold
Sunset Limited
el Paso
George Skeving
Bob
Chevron Service
Holland
Doug Dorris
Jim Corder
Marfa
Alpine High
Europe
Gate Way Inn
John Pate
the Marfa Bakery
Mr and Mrs. Webster
Dorris
Douglas Dorris
Humble
Douglas M. Dorris
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