Marathon News Highlights Local Travel and PTA Meeting
Local residents return from San Antonio and other trips while Marathon PTA holds first program of the year guided by Mrs. George Harus. October plans include a Halloween carnival, student attendance awards, and a child care cooperative for preschoolers during meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat.a
PTA
George Har Us
Dadie Stillwell
W. R. Green
Hal Sansom
P T.A
Hallowe'en
P.T .A
P.T.A
Hargus
War program and social notes from Southwest party meeting
Air Raid Warden Jean Sansom led a Southwest Party gathering with a schoolchildren pantomime and tap dance by Mrs. W R Green. Mrs Hargus and others accompanied a program of talks on wartime schools and facing the war for children. Hospitality committee served punch and cookies. Local residents read letters, visited El Paso, and hosted family gatherings.
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Jean Sansom
W. R. Green
Hargus
F. P. Rooney
J. A. Conway
Morning Bridge and Missionary Society Gatherings
The three Missionary societies met Tuesday at the Methodist church for a Bible study on The Holy Ghost led by Mrs. A. R. Davis. Attendees included Mesdames Davis Worthington Todd Darward Baker Kennedy Conway Crawford Miller and Miss Emma Burnham. Also noted were a family trip by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Treadwell visiting several cities including San Antonio Houston Corpus Christi and a family reunion. Marathon boys departed for Ft Bliss and Pvt. Ted Henderson visited from Ft Lewis before heading to Van Horn. A breakfast event hosted by Mrs. Elmo Weston featured a patriotic theme with War Stamp prizes and many guests.
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Methodist Church
A. R. Davis
Mesdames
G. W. Worthington
E. H. Todd
Frank Darward, Baker
O. L. Kennedy
J. A. Conway
Guy Crawford
A. Leonard Miller
Emma Burnham
Charles Treadwell
Buck
Mr. Treadwell
Menard
ODF
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Houston
D Pretty Pringe
Elmo Weston
L. F. Buttrill
Earl Young
Mabel Arnold
Lee Dragoo
D. W. Collins
Pat Lester
W. R. Green
H. W. Diggs
J. A. McGonagill
Fred Beasley
George Skevington
Dancing lessons for Miss Dodie Stillwell in Marathon Texas
Fragmentary classroom and dance references mention Mr Conway guiding a pas ture with Beauty. Advice to sleep at home during class. Mentions Mo co co meaning That corner serves the study hat wastebasket and tripping boys. Cornelia slumber pay Gypsy dance Institute of learning on the hill Fizical Fitness Club motto On Your Feet off Your Seaty. ninth grade math class line about brains rabbit hunting.
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Dodie Stillwell
Marathon
Texas
Conway
Arnold
Alex
Earlene
Gene Stewart
Cornelia
R. E
Institute of Learning
Fizical Fitness Club
Livestock Market Roundup From Angeles Union Market
Livestock markets show firm baseline with little weekly change. Demand remains broad for all grades though high quality fed steers are scarce. Hog prices fluctuate with expectations of rising hog tonnage, while feeders and yearlings command steady to higher bids. Native vealers, range calves, and lambs move in modest ranges amid active packing demand.
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Los Angeles
Certificate of War Necessity Tied to Truck Use After November
Brewster County Farm and Ranch Transportation committee warns truck owners they must possess a Certificate of War Necessity to drive after November 15. Applications, and help filling them out, will be available October 22 23 and 24 at the Brewster County ACA office in the Holland hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewstt County Farm and Ranch Transportation Committee
Stephen L. Stumbers
King Terry
G. C. Meriwether
Fritz Weyerts
George Pugh
County Farm Transportation Committee
Brewster County
ACA
Holland Hotel
Scrap drive piles visible but not moved at once
The American News Papers sponsored scrap drive reports large piles of iron rubber and other materials around school houses and vacant lots awaiting separators and shipment. It notes widespread participation by students Texas Rangers and guards and explains mills are short of scrap so movement may be slow while buyers know where the piles are.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American News
Texas Rangers
Junior Commandos
Texas Defense Guards
Reverence for the Eternal Is the Beginning of Wisdom
A compact sermon on reverence from Proverbs, defining reverence as the fear of the Lord, not cringing terror but godly awe. It links reverence to wisdom, condemns blasphemy, and urges active avoidance of evil, noting reverence gives confidence to face tomorrow with purpose.
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Mark Twain
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