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Fort Davis notes Big rain and local life events
Sheriff Wilber Medley reports the heaviest rain seen with a 4% inch downpour flooding creeks and highways near Valentine and the Gillett Ranch. The column mentions travel, visitors, a Distinguished Service Award for Vocational Agriculture, a serious leg injury to Johnny Turner, Isadora Talavera's 104th birthday funeral, Prude Ranch guests, school roof and paint updates, and a car fire sparked by sun on seat covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilber Medley
D. O. Medley
Milton Gillett
Valentine
Vocational Agricultural Teachers Assn
Texas
Austin
K. C. McCasland
Fort Davis
Johnny Turner
C. J. Turner
Prude Ranch Boys Camp
Johnny
Breckenridge
Elsie Bauer
Fort Stockton Memorial Hospital
Louie Johnson
Laura Lillie
Fort Stockton
Mary Ann McClendon
Henry J. Thaxton
South Texas
Big Bend
Mary Ann
Jake Brisbin
Georgia Fay
Marfa
Georgia
J. P. Potts
Annie L. Clark
A. W. Ray
C.N. Capri
Pennsylvania
W. P. Clark
Beaumont
W. H. Brennand
Central
Anderson
Central Gym
Callie Holt
Ojai
Calif
Richard
Harold
Patsy Glenn
Glenn
Bennett B. McCutcheon Jr
Peoria, Ariz
Clark
Cerine
Inlaw
L. C. Miller Sr