Fort Davis Notes on March of Dimes Drive and Local News
Jeff Davis county raises 528 dollars for March of Dimes with campaign closing soon. Fort Davis hosts Dr. Samuel T. Orton and John Kimball Miller praise, while 4H star K K Miller gains ad exposure. Fort Davis wedding reports include Peggy Ann Prince and Mac Mims Jr. at Highland Park Methodist Church. Temperatures drop sharply. several local observances and visits wrap up the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Fort Davis
Dallas
Highland Park Methodist Church
Peggy Ann Prince
Samuel McPherson
Mac) Mims Jr
S. M. Mims
William Dexter Prince
Prince
Patsy Prince
Duvall Williams
Peggy Mims
Anne Mims
W. R. Nichols
Lubbock
Marilon Nix
Joan Allen
W. R. Nichol III
Alex Schell
Plano
Peggy
Anne
Mr. Mims
Houston Smith
Houston
J. W. Mims
Mims
Jo Beth
Beaumont
Methodist Church of
Fort Davis West Texans Serve in War Across World
West Texans especially Fort Davis and Jeff Davis county youth have been widely represented in military service in recent years. Young men and women from the area have actively participated in various branches of war service around the globe, both in person and on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kimball
K. K.) Miller
Fort Davis
K. K
American Hereford Association
West
Texas
Jeff Davis County
Alpine area notes from It Happened Here in 1928
In Alpine and surrounding towns residents report various local developments. Texas A M College experts study loco weed for a regional station. mine at Study Butte to reopen. water and sewer bond talks among Rotarians. Clarence Hord plans a North Sixth Street business building. J D Jackson attends National Livestock Assn meeting in El Paso where L C Brite elected president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avalanche
Texas A. & M. College
Clarence Hord
North Sixth Street
Hord & Williams
J. D. Jackson
National Livestock Assn
el Paso
L. C. Brite of
Marfa
World Day of Prayer observed in Fort Davis
Friday afternoon February 13 the World Day of Prayer will be observed at the Fort Davis Methodist church at 4 o clock under the United Council of Church Women led by president Mrs J G Prude. All women in the community are invited to attend. The observance is worldwide beginning in the Fiji Islands and moving around the world to islands off Alaska as the group seeks to include the whole family of the whole Church in intercession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Methodist Church
United Council of Church Women
J. G. Prude
Fiji Islands
Alaska
Fort Davis Scouts Observe Boy Scout Week
Fort Davis joins national Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12 with a union church service February 8 at 11 a m. Scouts from all ranks will attend and on February 7 will visit county offices as part of the program. Spring Scouting plans are under way and Scoutmaster A V Chapin hopes everyone in the community will wear the official uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Baptist Church
A. V. Chapin
Jeff Davis County Hospital Drive Gains VFW Support
The Veterans of Foreign Wars promote establishing a hospital in Jeff Davis County. The Fort Davis post engages the state organization which assists in contacting government agencies as county lacks hospital facilities. State and federal aid is expected to aid the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davis County Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jeff Davis County
Fort Davis
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Fort Davis News
A. N. Alkire
March of Dimes
Samuel T. Orton
New York City
Asa Tenney
Tenney School
Prude Guest Ranch
Orton
Columbia University
McDonald Observatory
Mt. Locke
Bengt Stromgren
California
Mac. H. Sproul
H. E. Sproul
Temple
Mac Sproul
Grover Jones
W. T
Boots) and
Zane
RADIO
Typewriter Shop
N. 5Th St
College Ave
City Drug
Storey-Whiteside Lbr. CO
Alpine Hardware Co
Holland Ave
W. D. Burcham
Study Butte
Terlingua
George C. Richardson
Kansas City
Ifou
Alice Sproul
Mary Sproul
M. H. Wrubel
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Mr. Wrubel
Yerkes
G. P. Kuiper
Mars
E. W. Fate
Earl McElroy
Cc. H. Bird
Rockaway
S. G. Smith
Alpine Telephone Co
Monahans
Marathon
S. P
E. S.cross
Maryland
World Day of Prayer
Advertisament
Joe Marsh
Jeb Crowell
Jeb
Marah
United States Brewers Foundation
U.S
Henry J. Taylor
Mutual Network
Buick
Vresepen
Casner Motor CO
W. Holland Ave
7Th ST
Fisher
A. Routh
God
Pifpoussers Gne
Pinwershbll
City Drug Store
Alpine, Texas
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