Fort Davis Obituary and Local News Highlights
Barry Scobee reports from Fort Davis on Mrs. Alice Florence Jones widow of Dr. W T Jones who died December 2 1930 at age 81 born June 18 1849 in White Plains Georgia. She joined the Methodist church then the Episcopal church and was a charter Eastern Star member in Fort Davis. Survived by three children Dr Hudnel M Jones of Fort Davis Mrs A W Bard of Benson Arizona and Mrs Henry Adriance of Galveston with several grandchildren. Burial was in Yoakum December 3 with Eastern Star rites. The article also covers local highway and deer law updates and community visits, including figures from Marfa and Alpine, and notes on Dr. Jones’s work and the family’s movements through Texas towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Jones
Alice Florence Jones
Galveston
Texas
White Plains
Williams
Methodist Church
Miss Williams
Hudnel M. Jones
Fort Davis
A. W. Bard
Benson
Arizona
Henry Adriance
Hochheim
Guadalupe River
San Mar
Yoakum
Jones
Jeff. Davis County
Boosts State Parks by Frank Ables and Vance Prather
A Houston paper column by Vance Prather recounts campaigns to establish a Texas state park system. It notes parks in Michigan bring in about 50 000 yearly, with other states showing similar maintenance returns. Prather argues public support could unlock Texas park possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ables
Houston
Vance Prather
Kentucky
Fort Davis
Texas
Prather
Michigan
State park meeting highlights Davis Mountains project
The third meeting for state park promotion was held last Saturday night with distinguished visitors. Attendees included D. E. Colp and A. H. Dunlap from San Antonio, locals from Alpine, and visitors from Abi Horn, Merrill, and Van Horn. Discussions centered on the Davis Mountains and a proposed mountain scenic highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
van Horn
Palo Duro Canyon
McKittrick Canyon
Caddo’ Lake
Davis Mountains
Abi Horn
Merrill
Mieren Bloys
A. F. Robinson
Alpine
D. E. Colp
State Park Board
A. H. Dunap
State Water Board
San Antonio
Remodeling Work Starts on Jones Home Suburb
County Assessor and Mrs. C E Jones recently bought from the Methodist congregation. A new porch will be put on the house, the bathroom changed, and partition shifted. Fort Davis delegates attended a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. Beau McCutcheon Jr. and Auss Gladys Alley at the McCutcheon ranch. The visiting Davis group included several local ladies. Fort Davis welcomed Hubert C Watson from Boston, Yale graduate, staying through Thanksgiving era before leaving for California with a cattle train carrying Joe Expy cattle. Watson is described as tall, blond, a wrestler with modest shyness and notable bearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Fort Davis
Yale
Davis
Wid Mara
Publishing Company
Aont
Marta
Ames
Davis Boys
Educat
Tal Pictures
Eames Mae Real
California
Honolulu
C. E. Jones
Beau McCutcheon, Jr
Auss Glayds Alley
McCutcheon Ranch
J. K. Stewart
C. R. Fryar
A. P. Prude
Lena Terrill
F. L. Sproul
KE. H. Fowlkes
Matti Mac Smith
F. M. Miller
Hubert C. Watson
Boston
Joe Expy
Watson
Alosto
Marfa Beats Fort Davis in Gridiron Tilt
Marfa grade school football team overwhelmed Fort Davis 23 to 0 at a recent game and then won 18 to 7 Tuesday at home. John Pryde Fowlkes caught a 40 yard forward pass for a TD in the final minute. Preston Folwkes and Warren Bloys stood out for Davis despite injuries. Mothers plan a 6:30 supper at the Chop House to raise funds for new uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Mtte
Fort Davis
John Pryde Fowlkes
Davis
Preston Folwkes
Warren Bloys
Warren
Apa
Re employ Gibbens as County Agent for Another Year
County commissioners meeting Monday arranged continued employment for Earnest Gibbens as county agent for another year. Similar action was understood to have been taken by Brewster and Presidio counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibbens
Brewster
Presidio
Bucks season tally by Fowlkes and McCutcheon
Edwin Fowlkes Jr and L H McCutcheon counted seventy does during a bucks season opening. They hunted in multiple locations, avoiding double counting by tracking country traveled. A light misty rain Tuesday made roads slick but not muddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucks
Edwin Fowlkes, Jr
L. H. McCutcheon
Fowlkeses
Plot For Highway Marker
It is understood that the Daughters of the Confederacy in their project of marking the Jeff Davis highway from the Southern states through Texas on westward are to set up a granite marker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Confederacy
Jeff Davis
Texas
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Barry Scobee
Tremendoou
Graham
Paisano
Mr. Fennell
A. J. Adcock
Pete Crawford
Beieves
R. A. Espy Mobley
W. 8. Miller
J. W. Espy
H. M. Jones
Sam Hall
Joneses
McCamey
Mr. Hall
Bob Mulhern
Victoria
Wast Points
Harry Holteheizer
Moltaheizer
Mr. Holteheizer
Ramsey
Austin
Austin, Texas
EL Capitan Hinaingnos
Mabel Dingwall
el Paso
Order of the Eastern Star
West Texas
Dingwall
T ‘Mn
Mexico
Shaft
A. W
Certines
Lander Banking
Roy Sims
Dist
Mgr
Olonial Buildings& Loan Assn. of
Lockley
the Watch Doctor
Kodaks
Pennington Drug Company
Holland Avenue
Sixth Street
Casner Motor Co
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