Fort Davis club hosts annual gathering with music and chatter
The Fort Davis club held a year end gathering led by Laurence E. Wood with Barry Scobee and Correa. Mrs J Keesey Miller performed vocal solos while Mrs Merrill played piano and Bill Chapin joined on violin. The 44 attendees enjoyed lively ballads including Clemen tine the fisherman's daughter and God Bless America amid questions from Irving and Crawford. The event, a long standing Fort Davis custom, featured members and their wives in a pleasant program.
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Laurence E. Wood
J. Keesey Miller
Richard K. Merrill
Merill
Bill Chapin
Clementine
America
Messrs
Irving
Crawford
Fort Davis
Christmas Visits From Town Residents During Holidays
Christmas visiting arrangements show Mrs. George Newton of Houston visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clark, Miss Edith Hutcheson and Miss Dorothy Hinds traveling to Fort Davis to teach, and Rev. Edward Townsend planning a two week trip to Van Zandt county with his wife and son.
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George Newton
Houston
J. H. Clark
W. E. Smith
Quanah
Carrie Alvis
Stanton
L. A. Singleton
Austin
Edith Hutcheson
Dorothy Hinds
Fort Davis
Crowley
Edward Townsend
Candlelight Service Delights Fort Davis Music Lovers
A Christmas candlelight service at the Presbyterian church in Fort Davis featured the Women’s Chorus directed by Rev. Richard G. Irving with Alpine musicians. First soprano and chorus lists are named, and the club planned a doll repair project at the courthouse. Red Cross enrollment in Jeff Davis county reached 150, led by Barry Scobee. total funds $247. Fort Davis Boy Scout Troop No. 48 reports 11 members with three new recruits Pete Carlton P H Wilson and Hugh Bardine.
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Presbyterian Church
Fort Davis
Richard G. Irving
Ruel Turner Warnock
Mary Pancoast Bogel
Alpine
Virginia Parry
Ross Graves
C E. Miller
L. E. Wood
Hicks Gray
L. A. Singleton
Mary Fisher
J. H. Clark
E. R. Cole
Amy Lou Bloys
W. D. Bloys
Mildred Bloys
Bobby Nell Turner
J. K. Miller
Don Carlton
Lucy Foster
Red Cross
Geal A
Barry Scobee
Jeff Davis County
Joe W. Espy
J. H. Lundy
Valentine
Boy Scout
Pete Carlton
P. H. Wilson
Hugh Burdine
Mexican school hosts Christmas programs for families
The Mexican school and its patrons organized Christmas programs and activities on Wednesday and Thursday nights. A new Mexican school house with a roomy auditorium has sparked interest among parents and children. Prof. W. E. Smith serves as principal and teachers.
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W. E. Smith
Annual Christmas Tree Tradition in Fort Davis
The annual Christmas tree and program, tied to Fort Davis church Sunday schools, will occur again this year on Christmas Eve at 7 30. The town has hosted a tree for 51 of 86 years, with two notable gaps during wartime and a diphtheria outbreak. Jim Espy Tyrrel Smith and Eugene Sproul are named as organizers.
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Fort Davis
Presbyterian Church
Old Frontier Army
Jim Espy
Tyrrel Smith
Eugene Sproul
Committee Named for Big Pin On Tae
The group is selected to secure the large indoor tree and oversee gifts for the annual display in Texas. The program features a pageant about the birth of a child with readings songs and music led by Mrs J J Clark and young pupils.
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Tae
Texas
Mre. J. J. Clark
Beek Club Hosts Christmas Study Meeting
The Christmas meeting of the Study Club met Tuesday afternoon at Beau McCutcheon home with Miss Mable Bloys and Mrs. McCutcheon as co hosts. Mrs. Virginia Parry led the program on emotional adjustment of women while her sister Mrs. R A Muenster of Marfa reviewed The Hill Grows Steeper by Fannie Cook. The home glowed with Christmas candles and greenery and festive tableware featured red green and Santa Claus motifs.
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Beek
Beau McCutcheon
Mable Bloys
McCutcheon
Virginia Parry
R. A. Muenster
Marfa
Fannie Cook
Suits Over Brewster County Land Involving Five Defendants
Great Southern Life Insurance Company files a suit No. 1917 in Brewster County District Court Alpine seeking title and possession of sections 2 12 14 and 34 36 in Block 231 234 within Texas and St. Louis Railway Company Lands totaling about 3149 acres. Defendants including J L Flanagan F Blakely H S Aiken G C Wisdom Sam Miller W R Young W E Sandlin and heirs to unidentified parties summoned to answer claims of unlawful occupancy since May 1940 with trust claimant J M Lanham and unknown heirs. The petition cites possession, trespass and limitations statutes 3 5 10 and 25 years and requests judgment for title possession costs and further relief.
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State OF
Texas
Brewster County
J. L. Flannagan
F. Blakely
H. S. Aiken
G. C. Wisdom
Sam Miller
W. R. Young
W. E. Sandlin
J. M. Lanham
District Court of
Alpine
A. D
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Laintiff
J. L
F. Lakely
G. C. Wis- Miller
V. Sandlin
J. Lan
Texas & St. Louis Railway Company
Writ Return and Seal Issued in Brewster County Texas
A court writ issued in Brewster County Texas on December 4 1940 with clerk J W frazer seal and office note. The document requires return showing how the writ was served and includes court hand seal and date details.
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Alpine
J. W
Brewster
A. D
Frazer
Texas
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