Joel Brown Wins Army Certificate for Outstanding Trainee
Private Joel Brown of Hollis Brown’s family received a Certificate of Achievement from the 1st Infantry Armored Rifle Battalion for June through August 1959. He was named the outstanding trainee of Company A in eight weeks of basic combat training, excelling in personal traits, bearing, initiative, and military subjects.
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Brown
Hollis Brown
2Nd Armored Dision
Wnt
Pvt
Joel ‘Sn
Armored Rifle Battalion
1St Infantry
1St Armored Rifle Battalion
Allspice’s role in medicine and cookery noted
Allspice is used in medicinal preparations as well as in cooking. The vintage reference emphasizes its dual purpose in health remedies and flavoring, reflecting traditional practice.
Primary results and local notes from Old Fort Davis Aug 1990
Canvass of Jeff Davis County primary votes shows Sheriff contenders Mrs. F L Sproul incumbent 380 Hicks Gray 146 Evan J Wood 69. Treas Virginia Lee Ellis 298 Ruth Spruill Taylor 267. County Judge E H Fowlkes unopposed. County Attorney Bill Granger unopposed. Commissioners reelected without opposition. Observers note construction at McDonald Observatory circle of 24 columns 30 feet tall. Dome dismantling near Cleveland railway journey to 6100 feet. Fort Davis residents update on family and camp news ahead of Bros Camp Meeting Association 45th session beginning Tuesday Aug 14.
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Avalanche
Jeff Davis
F. L. Sproul
Hicks Gray
Evan J. Wood
Virginia Lee Ellis
Ruth Spruill Taylor
E. H. Fowlkes
Bill Granger
J. W. Merrill
W.L. Kingston Sr
H. Kokernot Jr
W. D. Reynolds
McDonald Observatory
Cleveland
Locke
Local News Highlights From Fort Davis and Surrounding Areas
Fort Davis and nearby towns share a flurry of visits and travel notes. Residents report church prayers, pastors moving to Marathon, and guests from Sanderson, Houston, Odessa, and Abilene. A strong peach crop is noted amid June bug damage. numerous social visits, surgeries, and hospital stays are recorded, alongside school insurance changes and Prude Ranch Camp reflections.
Two Area Residents Attend Colorado Writers Conference
Alpine Texas residents Mrs Dorothy G Forker of Marathon and Mrs Evelyn C Mellard of Marfa attended the Writers Conference at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Mellard, assistant professor of English at Sul Ross State College, joined about 100 students as top authors A B Guthrie Jr and Stewart Holbrook led sessions.
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Boulder, Colo
Alpine
Texas
Rocky Mountains
University of Colorado
Dorothy G. Forker
Marathon
Evelyn C. Mellard
Marfa
Mellard
Sul Ross State College
A. B. Guthrie Jr
Great Falls
Stewart Holbrook
Portland
Ore
Telephone Talk Promotes New Wire Chief Jim Gillock
Alpine staff notes Wendell Faris’s transfer to tas Tam as a promotion and welcomes new Wire Chief Jim Gillock, a Kentucky native and WWII veteran. Gillock and his wife have two daughters, Sherry Jo and Ramona Kay. A lighthearted column adds a tip about boosting morale with a color extension telephone for his wife, ending with a playful note.
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Wendell Faris
Wendell
Alpine
Jim Gillock
Jim
Kentucky
Camp Barkley
Abilene
The
Telephone Company
Sherry Jo
Ramona Kay
P.S
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Joel Brown
Army
Errol Flynn
Wena An
Sun
Rae “Kathryn Grant
Vincent Price
Peter Lorre
DAVID_NELSON
Adele Mara
Steve Allen
Gitbert Roland Hia
Comedy — News
Alvine
Marcelino Pan Y Vino
Old Fort
Davis
R. C. Withers
L. Richard
Fort Davis
Famous Bros Camp Meeting Association
Davis Mountain State Park
Neil Gibb
Chuck
Llano
Baptist Church
Big Bend National Park
W. C. Pierce
Sanderson
L. A. Sublett
Pierce
First Baptist Church
H. D. Jones
Tom Henry Gwin
Big Spring
R. I. Sproul
Eva Margaret Davis
Mrs. Sharp
Skillman Grove
Fen
Louis Dutchover
Helen Steele
Fayetteville, Ark
Seldon Leavell
Houston
Marion Shelton
L. A. Subiett
George Caffey
Mr Caffey
East Side Baptist Church
McCarney
Donna Tarvin
Weatherford
Weldon McCarty
Chester F. Hammonds
Jeff
Nancy
el Paso
Virginia Woodworth
New York City
Lillian McLean
Fort Davis Hospital
Mary Edith Taylor
Midland
John Lamkinwood
E. H. Carlton
Harold ‘Thompson
B. A. Johnson
Church of Christ
Tommy Shaver
Evangelist Shaver
Alex Dominguez
Joe
Dominguez
Los Angeles
Ben Dominguez
Bisbee, Aunz
W. M. Ballard
Eva Davis
R. V. McGee
Odessa
School of Music
Paisano
Haydn
J. R. Brandon
Steve Bennett
Ben
John Munos
Breland
George Munos, Jr
Ira Hector
Mile-Hi Courts
Mary Lee Hector
Hector
Her
Denton
Barbara
Mile Hi
Brewster County Memorial Hospital
Nikki Lou Casner
Fort Stockton
Louie Johnson
Chicki Sue
Johnson
Elsie Bauer
Claude Webb
Dueders
Don Levitt
Jim Coleman
Louise
J. C. Fisher
Fishers
Colemans
Sterling City
Moreau Miller Jr
Tornillo
Pompey's Pillar
Mon
J. B. Fowler
Ross Graves
Sid Bouchette
Farmington, N. M
R. L. Ahrens
Betty
Lovey Neill
J. P. Weatherby
Lela
Lovey
W. H. Brennand
Clark
Callie Holt
Forchheimer
Alvin Jarratt
Mrs. Jarratt
Mrs
Leon Duke
James and
William
Rotan
L. W. Fenstermaker
San Antonio
Good Old Town
H. C. Glover
Pecos
L. C. Miller
Prude Ranch
Daniel Boone
Verdis Pack
Safeway
Maynard Gerald Cox
Valentine
Mr. Pack
Roswell, N. M
Colorado Meet
JIM Francois
W. Holland
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Grot
Richard Turner
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Baldwin Electronic
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Baldwin
Mr. Emmett Ray
Tem
Armstrong Music CO
Federal
Lincoln Odessa
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