Fort Davis Schools Open for 1953 54 Term
Fort Davis Texas prepares for the 1953 54 school term with a Sept 1 opening and Aug 31 faculty meeting at the high school. New staff includes superintendent George Roy Moore and principal Alfred Einheim among others, with several teachers assigned to central and Anderson schools. Dean’s list student Dorothy Swartz from Fort Davis attends Rice Institute. PTA conducted a ground cleanup and improvement drive Aug 8 benefiting grounds and equipment.
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Fort Davis
George Roy Moore
Alfred Enheim
Central School
Ruby Lockhart
W. L. Young
Ralph L. Russell
Hayden Haley
Lillian Franklin
Habel Rau
Clara Gibson
Lillian Mims
Johnny Whittaker
Annie Lou Clark
Central
Anderson
A. G. Skousen
Dorothy Swartz
R. D. Swartz
Rice Institute
Houston
Fort Davis P. T. A
Woodrow Wilson Film Shown At Fort Davis Theatre Friday
The Methodist church Women’s Missionary Society sponsors a technicolor film about Woodrow Wilson to be shown Friday night Aug. 28 at the Fort Davis theatre. The picture chronicles Wilson's political life and has won awards from the Parents Institute and the Academy.
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Woodrow Wilson
The
Methodist Church Women's Missionary Society
Fort Davis
Wilson
Parents Institute
Best
Weekend notices from El Paso and Fort Davis events
Sunday and Monday showings at Granada Theatre in El Paso with guests from Pecos Santa Fe and Albany. Local weddings, travel, and social visits span Valentine Fort Davis and Jal with rains in the Davis mountains and observatory rainfall records noted.
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Granada Theatre
Ant
William Ridley
Valentine
Jackie Ledingham
J. H. Clark
Fort Davis
John T. Foley
J. W. Ledingham
Jal, N. M
Ledingham
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Davis Mountains
Alpine
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Chapin Jr Promoted to First Lieutenant in Korea
Word from Korea tells Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Chapin that their son A. V. Chapin Jr. known as Bill, has been promoted to first lieutenant. He serves in a Fighter Bomber group and flies F86 jets. His plane was recently involved in a mission.
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Korea
A. V. Chapin
A. V. Jr
Bill
Sons in service and cadet training reported
Hit in midair during an action but landed safely and remained uninjured. He flew another mission the next morning without mishap. Thre Chapin's have another son Tom my also serving in Korea in a different branch. Thomas D. Redford, son of Mr and Mrs Tom Redford of Hamilton, is now an air cadet after completing primary pilot training in Georgia.
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Chapin’s
Tommy
Korea
Service
Tom Redford
Hamilton
Georgia
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Fort Davis News
A. N. Alkire
Mrs
Wird van Giesen
Big Spring
Texas
Leo Martin
Pen Martin
Texas Western College
el Paso
Earlene Wilson
C. D. Wilson
Sul Ross College
Alfred E. Danheim
Sierra Blanta
Ozona
Navy
C. H. Bird
Lloyd Allen
Mr. Allen
Bill's Feed Store
W. F
Colwell
N. Sth
Hudson’s Bakery
Udgets
Coler
West Texas Utilities Company
L. Dean
Helen Schwalby
Pecos
Marguerite Piercy
George W
Ub) Evans
Santa Fe
Magdalena
N. M
J. P. Espy
Espy
Bloys Camp
W. C. Massey
Sierra Blanca
Milton D. Hawes
Joe
Eddie
Lida
J. Ir. Weatherby
Carroll
J. P. Weatherby
Massey
Hawes
Mr. Weatherby
L. J. Pickett
Laddie
Lauren
Albany, Ga
A. G. Prude
Martha Prude
Bloys
Sam A. Easley Jr
D. Edwards
Clair Easley
Georgetown
Ledingham-Foley
Union Church
Arn Frances Foley
J. R
Bobby) Ledingham
S. M. Mims
First Methodist Church
Tom DuBose
Uvalde
W. H
Bill) Clark
J. Hunter
Beaumont
Will Clark
J. F. Clark
Galveston
Betty Grable
Dale Robertson
Thomas D
Tommy) Redford
C. G. Morrison Co
Alpine, Texas
Stock Exchange
General Electric
America
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