Marathon Social Roundup Highlights Tornado Sighting and Club News
Marathon community notes report visited relatives and servicemen including James Paisley and Lt. Jimmy Hampton. Social events feature Marilyn Coe birthday party and study club tea, with winners, scholarships, and officer installations. A tornado sighting north of town prompted no damage, and poppy drive set for May 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Paisley
Mgr
Los Angeles
Marilyn Coe
Community House
Travis Roberts
R. E. Thompson
Jim Parks
Sam Cavness
Leo Adams
Dryden
American Legion Auxiliary
Mabel D. Arnold
W. R. Green
W. C. Powers
Earl Young
Wildcat drilling begins on 3000-foot target near Alpine
Brewster Wildcat Standard Oil Co of Texas has started a 3000-foot wildcat on the Kokernot Ranch in Brewster County about 10 miles northeast of Alpine. The No 12 Margaret Ogden Lea test is bottomed at 454 feet and moving to an air drilling unit after striking a 15-foot cavern at 385 feet with several smaller voids noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryant Cook
Johnnie Cook
Mr. Cook
Eunice
N. M
J. H. Nail
Marathon
Norman Gullihur
Sanderson
Ben Martin
Sewart Air Force Base
Nashville
Tenn
B. L. Hampton
France
Jimmy
Homer LaMott
Anaheim
Calif
Disneyland
Mr. Lam
H. F. McVey
Delhi Sand & Foundry Co
Delmar Collins
D. W
McAllen
Collins
Ruth Ann
Tom Henderson
Louie Granger
Earl Clark
Curtis Buckner
Eastern Star Lodge
Alpine
Buckner
Ed Handcock
Odes
Brewster Wildcat Standard Ofl Co
Texas
Kokernot Ranch
Brewster County
Margaret Ogden Lea
Charley Hunter
J. O. Casparis
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Big Bend National Park
Emerson
Marathon Study Club
B. van Deman
Marathon High School
DMFC
Frank Wedin
Ples Chambers
Guy Combs
Tom Leary
John Moss
C. W. Edwards
Steve Stumberg Jr
Pat Rooney
Eldon McGonagill
Claude Miller
George Thomason
Storey- Whiteside Lumber Co
Walton Shoemake
Ella Wlentry
Forchheimer
Playtex
Vali
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