Fort Davis Mosquito Plague and Local Civic Talks
Fort Davis community discusses summer mosquito plague and eradicating breeding grounds at Mile High club meeting. Geology talks by Dr. G. K. Biter of the University of Texas, street renaming debate for Davis Street, and various visiting residents and events at the McDonald observatory and local hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Texas
Mile High Club
Eugene Sproul
Kesey Miller
Dick Swarts
G. K. Biter
University of Texas
Tony Sage
James W
WM. Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Mon Holt
Fort Davies
Green
Mary Dutchover
Diedrick” Dutchover
Davis
Fetterson Davis
County Commission
Davis Street
Mrs. Green
Cotter
Duggin visits Fort Davis for Bloys camp meeting
Former Miss Willa Wayne Withers Duggin, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Jones and child visit Mrs. Jones’s parents Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Eaton. Miss Ethel Cox of Sherman visits Mrs. F. L. Sproul and son Lee. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Baldwin of Austin stay with Mr. and Mrs. Barry Scobee. Rev. A Nichols and Mrs Nichols from Tohoka attend with Miss Iva Snead. Bloys camp meeting opening draws many Fort Davis families. attendance expected to surpass prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd B
New Braunfels
Callie Holt
Bloys
DeWitt (Debo) Snead of
Stanton
C. E. Eaton
Iva Snead
Debo
James Pitman Holt
James Pitman Holt Jr
Holt
Judd B. Holt
New Bra ‘Els
Fort Davis
Holt Maily
Methodist Church
Bloys Camp
God
Jesus
Mims
Jeremiah
Grover Jones
W. T. Boots
Ethel Cox
Sherman
F. L. Sproul
Lee Sproul
Miss Cox
Mrs. Sproul
A. C. Baldwin
Austin
Barry Scobee
Mr. Baldwin
A. Nichols
Nichols
Tohoka
Nichts
Miss Snead
Former Sul Ross student to teach in England
Gul Ross Skyline Miss Norma Elizabeth Scott, holder of a 1940 Sul Ross College Master’s, was selected by the U S Office of Education to spend a year in England as an exchange teacher. She has four years teaching language arts in Orange public schools and sails from New York on August 5 to join the British Education Ministry in London for assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gul Ross
Norma Elizabeth Scott
Sul Ross College
United States Office of Education
England
Orange
Miss Scott
Scott
New York
London
John M. Scott
Buffalo
Tex
Anna D. Linn
Austin
A. D. Payne
John Linn Scott
Lawrence S. Scott
Lawrence
Sul Ross
Hospital Notes and Personal Finance Mentions
Mrs L A Teplicek underwent appendectomy on Tuesday. Mrs Cecil Duncan discussed major operation. H L Farriss of Marfa received treatment. Mrs Dervis Slue Robinson had a major operation on Monday. Personal security advice to buy and hold U S Savings Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Teplicek
Cecil Duncan
H. L. Farriss
Marfa
Dervis Slue) Robinson
U.S
Brother of Alpine Man Saves Swamped Seamen
San Diego dateline August 2 reports two sailors rescued from a swamped fishing boat near Coronado Islands. H Rounds of Long Beach and M E Hughey of San Diego were pulled aboard the sport fishing craft Cud Bee after Captain James F. McClure piloted danger close to the rocks. A life preserver line saved the men who were exhausted. The Cud Bee captain is stated to be the brother of M T McClure of Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Dieg
Coronado Islands
H. Rounds
Long Beach
M. E. Hughey
San Diego
James F. McClure
McClure
M. T. McClure
Alpine
No matter how stony path some forge to the front
A compact reflection on persistence as workers in rough times push ahead while others stand back. The lines contrast grit and ease, noting that effort shapes outcomes even when the road is hard. The tone feels like a brief editorial motto from a local paper.
Also Mentioned on This Page
I, Alkire, Correspo
Milo
Woonwara
Cameman
Donald Observatory
4. Z. Punter
Athe University of Texas
Laurence Aller
Aller
Bloomington
Ind
McDonald Observatory
Indiana Observatory
Alma Kelly
New Orleans
Tyrone Kelly
Mrs Kelly
Arthur Bloys
Kent
Fort
Peros Hospital
W. B. Brown
Junction
Dewey Brown
Law Fence
Brackettville
Morris Brown
W. B
Milton Kidwell
Small
Mouston
Jamie Dale
Mr. Kidwell
Mrs. Dale
W. M. Taylor
Taylor
J. W. McClendom
Bys
State Supreme Court
Gevest
Houston
Annex
A.J. Tipit
Albany, Tex
Avery €. Barron
San Antonio
T. O. Dulaney
Clyde
Sid C. Bouchette
Mr. Bouchette
Judge EE. Townes
T. A. Nored
Fort Worth
Worth Evans
W. C. Kountz
P. J. Moran
Glora Nell Watson
Snyder
Tucson
T. E. Davis
Moran
Roy DuBose
Uvalde
W. G. Pattson
DuBose
Wir
Jack Ledingham
Ledingham
Mr. DuBose
Lela Weatherby
J.P. Weatherby
Ir1 Weatherby
Mayaguez
Puerto
Hotel Limpia
7T. C. Mann
J. F. Henson
Pasadena
Ralph E. Cloud
Rose Anna Smith
Alvine
Elizabeth Rue
Clara Gibson
Aauga
Beatrice Woolley
M Irs. Woolley
Carlton
Beau McCutcheon
G. F. Jones
Homer Curtis
Carole Curtis
Denton
CH. Boyd
Charles
Freeport
Mra
W. C. McCutcheon
BE Coan
Brownwood
L.A. Nettie Singleton
Santa Anna
B. T. Withers
Richard Duggin
San Angelo
Robert C. Withers
Monument Company
Hagelstein
Chadbourne
Georgia
Henry
New Lockhart Clinic
Duggin
Willa Wayne Withers
Jas. D. McLean
Clifford House
Trans-Pecos Abstract CO
MLR
M. W. Hopson
General Insurance
Conor Danlee
Directir
Burson
Lore Sev Soren
Rerty
Carol Drake
Dept. CP
Sam Francisco
California
Safeway
Veal
Pnouiaer
Ve. Govt
Canterbury Range
Upton
Texas Magic Juice
Tex Sun
Valmont
der Mee
Sixomara
Jerry Safeway
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