Marathon News Highlights Local Obits and Events
Community notes from Marathon Texas cover visits and infections social calls in El Paso Hospital updates on Mae Starr. Ed Martin funeral details from Van Horn and marathon residents attending. Local marriages planned and family travel updates. FFA grass judging contest set for Alpine with regional participants. PTA carnival success, Halloween Queen coronations in Alpine and Marfa noted. Alexander Hamilton duel remembered from 1804.
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FFA
Tommy Allen
Alpine
Marfa
Sanderson
van Horn
Fort Stockton
Fort Davis
Pecos
Alpine Avalanche Notices and Rates
The Alpine Avalanche lists publication details and subscription rates including Brewster and Jett Davis areas. Rates are stated as 2.50 per year in Brewster and 8.00 per year elsewhere, with 1.95 shown in the text. Correspondent credits include Mrs Mickey Waller Big Bend Nail Park.
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Marilyn Hampton
Seminole
BL. Hampton
Jimmy
Big Bend Park
Tom McDonald
McCamey
Mr McDonald
Henry
Mickey Waller
Big Bend Nail Park
Alpine
Texas
Congress
Brewster
Jett Davis
Fort Davis Notes on visitors and regional events
Evans and children from Austin visited the Weatherby and Massey homes in Fort Davis. Chadborn relatives accompanied by DeWitt Walker of Lincoln Arkansas were guests. Drs Mudge of Chicago and Carlson of Concord New Hampshire visited U Up and U Down ranch with Dr D G Melver. El Paso vocational guidance conference hosted by West Texas Chamber and Texas Western College drew seniors for career planning. Lt Alfred V Chapin, aviation cadet known as Bil, visited Chapin home after graduating from Webb AFB. Mississippi River origin noted.
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Evans
Austin
J. P. Weatherby
W. C. Massey
Mr. Chadborn
Weatherby
DeWitt Walker
Lincoln, Ark
Chadborns
D. G. Melver
Thomas Mudge
Chicago, IL
Berger Carlson
Con’ Cord, N. H
Carlson
Melver
Concord
George R. Moore
el Paso
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Western College of el Paso
Texas
Ystem
A.V. Chapin
Alfred V. Chapin
Bil
Webb Air Force Base
Big Sprit
Alpine pupils praise sixth grade physical education class
A letter from Mr Perryman praises Coach James Brown and Alpine Central School sixth grade physical education class No. 436. It highlights that after school activity provides wholesome recreation for students not inclined to athletics, and stresses physical, mental, moral, and social development through PE as essential to well rounded growth.
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Sul Ross College
James Brown
Central
Hetter
Perrymen
Perryman
Central School
Sehen
Me Berryman
Cain
Brown
Sixth Grade Physical Program Praise at Sul Ross
W H Perryman of Sul Ross College praises a sixth grade physical program noting the students’ fine work and their enjoyment of activities despite insufficient tumbling apparatus and mats. He acknowledges funding limits, pledges a long range plan to improve facilities, and hopes all children someday share a well rounded program.
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Brown
Sul Rosso
W. H. Perryman
Sul Ross College
Brer Rabbit Syrup Touts Old Time Ribbon Cane Flavor
Fort Worth ad promotes Brer Rabbit Syrup with a nostalgic nod to Ribbon Cane flavor. It claims a mild, light sweetness that evokes the "good old days" and invites families to enjoy a new tastier version that makes foods taste finer.
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Fort Worth
Brer Rabbit Syrup Debuts In Stores Across Delta and East Texas
In store tests praise the lighter milder Brer Rabbit Syrup with shoppers in Dallas and Houston calling it sweeter yet not overpowering. Dealers urged retailers to stock the new flavor under the Brer Rabbit label as demand grows, promising a familiar country sweetness three times daily.
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Dallas
Delta
East Texas
Houston
Flavor Counts in Brer Rabbit Syrup Ad
Edom Texas resident Mr 8 K Hays touts Brer Rabbit Syrup calling it true flavor of sugar mill days. The ad claims Brer Rabbit syrup out tastes competitors and improves pancakes waffles hot biscuits and corn bread.
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8.K. Hays
Edom
Texas
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