Marathon Maria Simpson Remembers Marathon Seniors Party
Marathon Marie Simpson reports a May 21 party at the club house honoring Mrs. Pless Chambers and daughter Vada with a patriotic theme. Twenty guests registered, played games, and enjoyed punch cake and ice cream as prizes were awarded. A farewell party for Mrs. Burnham followed May 22 with gifts and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pless Chambers
Vada
Wallace Chambers
All
Bill Burnham
D. W. Colins, Jr
Marathon Study Club installs officers at final meeting
The Maraton stay cup met Wednesday May 21 at the club house. New officers were installed by Mrs Buttrill. All old business was settled as this was the last meeting this year. Mrs A R Davis was hostess and served ice cream cookies and punch to Mesdames Herring Arnold Sansom Worthington Roone y Ritchey Wedin Chambers Matthews Buttrill and Burnett Reporter.
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Buttrill
A. R. Davis
Commencement Exercises At Local High School May Twenty Third
The high school auditorium hosted commencement with Mrs Rowland Martin leading the processional and Rev Burnett giving the invocation. Eldon McGonagill offered two vocal solos, and awards were presented by Mrs C G Matthews for top year averages to D W Collins Jr and Boyd Chambers. Dorothy Martin earned PT A honors, with Emma Ruth Partridge second, five students receiving perfect attendance certificates, and D W Collins Jr as valedictorian with Bill Burnham salutatorian. Rowland Martin also played a piano piece Sextette from Lucia di Lammermoor.
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Lodge
Alpine
Marathon
W. A. Hopkins
San Antonio
Bill
Burnham
Terlingua Creek
Odessa
Edgar Martin
Beary ‘Creek
Billye Sansom
Monahans
F. P. Rooney
Billye
Frank Smith, Jr
Ft Stockton
Mary Dee
John Daniels
W. H. Jones
Charley Shely
Exa Gilham
San Angelo
Charley
Air Corps
Ted Baker
Sanderson
el Paso
Guy Dunbar
Mae Starr
Pat Lester
Thomas B. Henderson
John Yarbro
C. W. Ellison
Leroy Granger
del Rio
Ed Babb
Tom’ Yarbro
Babb
Yarbro
G. S. Combs
Baker
Lee McCue
Rowland Martin
Rev. Burnett
Eldon McGonagill
Rosbach
Thompson
O” Hara
C. G. Matthews
D. W. Collins Jr
Boyd Chambers
Hal Sansom
P T.A
Dorothy Martin
Emma Ruth Partridge
Bill Burnham
Luci di Lammermoor
Donizetti
Rutledge
Bunkie
Lemons
Emma
Ann
McKinney
Tommy
Bennett
Sylvia
Dragoo
Virgie
Wedin
Una May
Freitag
Ralph
Sansom
Patti Jean
Burke
Curtis
Mather
Sam Mays
Lucy
Herring
Elmeta
Mays
Chambers
Richard
Martin
Marie
Snodgrass
Henry Jo
York
Tommy Jean
Salmon
Isabel White
Carlos Cortes Jr
Baudilio Garcia
Engracia Cordova
Julia Ortz
Carolina Aguilar
Bonnie Renteria
Eliser Briseno
Juan Terrezas
Crispin Ortiz
Mario Vatero
Fort Stockton Water Carnival Promises Spectacular Show
Fort Stockton rehearsals for The Aquacade of Comanche Springs set the stage for an over water spectacle. Rev Taft Holloway addressed graduates while Supt Matthews awarded diplomas and Rev Burnett delivered the benediction. Mrs Martin played the recessional.
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Fort Stockton
Comanche Springs
Taft Holloway
Sanderson
Matthews
Burnett
Martin
Party Crashes at Beulah VanDeman’s Shack Gathering
A Beulah VanDeman warming party on Ellvannahd ia Ave drew the feminine residents from On The Wrong Side of the Tracks. Mrs Todd Burnham Ritchey from the North Side arrived to crash the party and guests selected colors from a surprise grab-bag. Hosts Emmie Burnham and the Chambers ladies served a lavish repast with borrowed silver and fine damask. Husbands later returned home as the crowd thinned.
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Beulah VanDeman
Ellvanhardia Ave
Merrily J
Lipton
VanDeman
That Night in Rio to Feature Carmen Miranda at Gra nada
The Technicolor musical That Night in Rio opens June 1 at Gra nada theatre starring Alice Faye Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda. It mixes samba dancing water ballets and colorful Rio nightlife with a double dealing plot and upbeat tunes by Meek Gordon and Larry Warren. The Aquacade segment and Miss Southwest of 1941 contest add regional spectacle with extensive parades and exhibitions across the Southwest.
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20Th Century-Fox
Tin Pan Alley
Meek Gordon
Larry ‘Warren
Carmen
Chies
Chea
Rio
Don Ameche
Im Love
University of Tex
Southwest
Comanche Springs
Carmen Miranda
Baron Duarte
Alice Faye
Miss Miranda
Hermes Pan
Birds suffer nest losses from Texas floods hit prairie birds
Reports from game managers and wardens say high Texas waters destroyed nests of chickens and ground birds across the state. The Attwater prairie chicken region in south central Texas is especially hard hit, with many quail and some otter species expected to renest. Irving Cummings presents an outstanding entertainment piece in Austin, retelling local wildlife impacts.
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Texas
Department
Austin
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Corresponder
Tom Hollis
California
Tom
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E. P. Sherrod
Allie Davis
Dink Wardlaw
Nan Mandell
Cody Wardlaw
Boots
Iron Mt
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Brady
Geneva Smith
Naomi Dawson
San Anglo
Jakey Wood
Alma Mayfield
Linton
Bill Ellis
Greenville
Homer Ferguson
John Richard Whiteside
Kober
Karl Bal
A. & M. College
Pearl Ball
Dallas
Bell Telephone Co
Hil Ito
Bonday
Maran
Tecumebey
Toe
Ta Sen
Rosh
Brewster County Motors
Fos Cel A Kore Ay
1MLTON
Hilton Hotel
Reeter
Irving Cummings
Suerwin-Williams
Swerwin-Williams
Camp Hulen
Pronto
CPL
Feld
Sini
K. P
Central Power and Light Company
CPL Sabetaions Om
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