Marathon News and Community Notes From Marathon
Marathon FFA reports lambs on feed with best monthly average gain by Jean Nutt in Shackelford County and Earl Clark lambs leading daily gains. Study Club hosts meeting with a turkey shoot planned and a barbecue fundraiser. Fires destroy the Powers home and railroad workers’ quarters at Longfellow. Funeral for John Walter Chambers Sr held in Phoenix. Marathon High PTA Halloween carnival draws crowd with class booths and children enjoying the fish pond.
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FFA
Lambs
Jean Nutt
Ihe
Shackelford
Earl Clark
Martin Graham
Steve Stumberg
Stephen Stumberg
W. FE. McGonagill
Marathon
Worthingon
Donner
F. F A
Old Fort Penn
Niors
J. M. Floyd
Express
Phoenix
Ariz
John Walter Chambers
George Cole
A. L. Moore and Sons
Greenwood Cemetery
Chambers
Press Chambers
Ola Shirley
Frank Rooney
Galveston
Southwestern college singers to perform at Alpine church
A group of singers from Southwestern Christian college Terrell Texas will give a program at the Church of Christ auditorium Alpine on Wednesday November 17 at 8 15 p m Following a January visit by a similar Negro school sextette the president H L Barber says this group is stronger with a better song selection Arrangements allow a larger audience and a radio broadcast on KVLF from 3 15 to 3 30 p m The public is invited to attend after church services.
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Southwestern Christian College of
Church of Christ
KVLF
Marathon P T A Carnival Nets About Four Hundred Dollars
The Marathon P T A carnival activities raised roughly 440 dollars after expenses with events including bingo cake walk and a grocery box prize won by Mrs Reid. Local donations from Alpine Fort Stockton and Marathon merchants supported the success.
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Reid
P. T.A
Leonard Dielsi
Jack Smith
Ralph Coe
W. R. Green
H. A. Springfield
Alpine
Fort Stockton
Marathon
Halloween carnival booths with bottle chunk fundraiser
The article notes a candied apple booth and a bottle chunk at the Halloween carnival achieving great success. Earlier plans for children's train rides shifted to the bottle chunk after the train committee could not obtain a train, with the executive committee named as Doug Seaggaha Adams, Betty Roberts, Othy Roark, and Gloria Cordova. Marathon Mustangs beat Balmorhea 33 to 6 last Friday, with three Mustangs touchdowns nullified by penalties. The team hosts Pyote next Friday, Nov. 12, then Dell City in Van Horn the following Friday at 7 30 p m, a district winner decider. Fans urged to attend and boost district hopes.
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Doug Seaggaha Adams
Betty Roberts
Othy Roark
Gloria Cordova
Marathon Mustangs
Balmorhea
Mustangs
Pyote
Dell City
van Horn
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FFA News
Sturpberg
McGonagill
J. A. McGonagill
Guy Lee
Tom Allen
Mesdames Riley
Stumberg
Wedin
Arnold
Worthington
Roark
Hampton
Donnell
W. C. Powers
Jake Nutt
Jack Todd
Longfellow
Shelly
Coe
Slam
Sublett
John Chambers
Cadillac
Henry Bailey Motors
THE
First National Bank
Texas
San Jacinto
Mexico
Alamo
Goliad
Santa Anna
First National. Bank
Douglas McKay
Lemuel A. Garrison
National Park Service
Mr. Garrison
Lon Garrison
Park Service
Big Bend Nat's Park
Mabel Arnold
el Paso
Mark Herring
Otto Lochausen
Marie Simpson
Ode Roberts
Flagstaff, Ariz
Etta Sansom
D. W. Collins
His
Mr. and
Mrs
Delmar Collins
Jack Catto
San Antonio
Parkway Hotel
Ady
T. A
Pat McKinney
F. M. Roark
Hughes
Bill Donnell
Gene Watson
Pecos
Wallace Chambers
Mr. Chambers
WTA
West Texas Utilities Company
Money Makers
Ford
H.p
Fordomatic
Brewster County Motors
E. Holland Ave
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