Marathon News Adopts Various Military and Local Updates
Major James L. Worthington arrives from Washington to assume a new post. Cadet Owen C. Graham visits Marathon. Local families report furloughs and visits. There is a note on Mrs. Starr’s son in the South Pacific. Community events include baccalaureate services and sermons on knighthood. Scholastics drop slightly to 221 in the Marathon Independent district. Fred Beasley named Government Range Inspector. Teachers re-elected. D. Smith of Alpine named principal. Fred Beasley sworn in as trustee, first since five years with a full board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
James L. Worthington
Washington, D. C
Owen C. Graham
Marfa
Jack Dozier
William Henderson
Chuck Evans
Sara Ferrol Wade
Marathon Independent School District
Pless Chambers
Conway
D. Smith
Alpine
Sanderson
Fred Beasley
War Stamps Honor High School Students and PTA Plans
The Study club will award five and two and a half war stamps to top high school averages for girls, while the PTA grants stamps to top boys. The P.T.A. near its final meeting discussed surplus funds, a cultural program for next year, and installing a swimming pool. A committee led by Mrs. Leroy Granger was formed to study the pool issue. Officers for the coming year were installed by Supt Conway: Mrs. Pless Chambers president, Mrs. J. N. Meeks vice president, and Mrs. M. L. Causey secretary treasurer. A special meeting set for May 17 to hear pool reports followed refreshments in the home economics department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTA
Leroy Granger
P T.A
Philip Worthington
Supt Conway
Pless Chambers
J. N. Meeks
M. L. Causey
A. L. Miller
J. W
Fluorescent Rock Display Uncovered in West Texas Museum
A West Texas Historical and Scientific Museum hosts a rare fluorescence exhibit curated by J. Whitaker of Alpine. Visitors can view fluorite rocks and other specimens that glow under ultraviolet light, with a special dark case to control viewing.
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West Texas Museum
Sul Ross
West Texas
Henry Fletcher
Starr
Eliot
Stather Eliott
Whitaker
South Gate
Brewster County
Cart Chelf
Questions and curiosities from a wartime reader note
A list of trivia styled queries touches meanings of running amok, Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, Latin America’s official language, a president breaking a constitutional norm, the Wild Bull of the Pampas, the Iron Maiden, the irate Hook, petroleum leadership in the eastern hemisphere, the boomerang’s inventors, and who feared the crucifixion, closing with a wartime appeal to buy War Bonds and Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latin America
United States
Pampas
Hemisphere
Pontius Pilate
Herod
Jesus
Military police and chaplains as trusted soldiers’ authority
The text notes that military police acknowledge a form of relaxation that does not hinder efficiency and that chaplains and military police hold strong authority over soldiers. The passage reflects a viewpoint on discipline, morale, and trusted figures within the military structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
Ambulance Collides While Transporting Injured Woman
In Stoneham Massachusetts an ambulance carrying Mrs Bessie Bower to hospital for a broken leg skidded into a tree and broke her other leg.
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Stoneham
Mass
Bessie Bower
Notice to Creditors of Viviana Mining Company
Notice to creditors of Viviana Mining Company. Henry A. Coffield Receiver announces claims must be filed by July 15 1943 or July 18 1943 for intervening parties in Brewster County District Court Alpine Texas. Creditors to present claims for approval or be barred from participation. Court order and decree specify deadlines and parties.署
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Ana Exen
Notte
Viviana Mining Company
Ant
First National Bank
Alpine
Torsta
Vivanin
Sid Burnet Court
Sae
Menry A. Cot
Htc
Marfa
Onan
Henry A. Cotfeld
Texas
A.D
District Court
Brewster County
Tex
W. C. Jackson
Fudge
Said
3Rd District Court
Vivianna | Mining ‘Company
A. D
Vivianna
Henry A. Coffield
Viviana ‘Mining Company
Brewster
Texa
Ted
Theeeane
Paseni
He le
Tieton Latta
Mre
The
Belt Bank and Trust Commeny
Iat Corporation
Willy A
Descriptions of Brewster County Land Seized in Ordered Sale
The record lists J. W. Brashier Frank Latta and a group including W E Crawford as defendants in a judgment based sale of 8860 acres in Brewster County Texas. The property is described by original survey numbers and grantees with references to Tex Mex Ry Co and other entities. The land is seized to satisfy debt under the court order of sale dated May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Brashier
Frank Latta
Lotone ‘Crawford
W.E. Crawford
Brewster County
Texas
Wi Cort
Lex Ry Co
Ies
Tex-Mex Ry Co
Judgment Notice on Real Estate Sale Pending
The sale date fixed as September 9, 1961, at 6 percent annual rate, with costs of court and of sale, and proceeds to be applied as directed in the offer of sale and the judgment on which it is based.
Remember the heroism in Greece and buy bonds
The piece urges readers to recall Greece’s hunger under Axis occupation and to support the war effort by buying U S War Bonds. It links daily meals to the sacrifice of Greek farmers and calls for purchasing bonds to aid the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Axis
U. S
All America Rallies Behind War Effort Says Air Force
The text extols united national effort and energy to support the war, praising the Air Force, invention, and industry. It argues Americans work for victory by building power and resources, citing electricity production and civilian mobilization as keystones of wartime strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
CPI
America
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