Fort Davis area holds year end services and weather notes
In Fort Davis and surrounding areas churches held year end services with sermons on going beyond Christmas. Snow and zero weather brought record lows and scattered freezing pipes while Mount Locke saw temperatures near zero. District court awaits Crumpton’s replacement news as community Christmas tree celebration concludes with Saint Nicholas gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald Observatory
Mount Locke
Fort Davis
Barry Scobee
Scobee
First Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Luke
Bryan Woolley
Tyrone T. Kelly
Lucy Miller
S. M. Mims
Saint Nicholas
Holidays Bring Military and Family Visits Across Town
Mrs. W. C. Kountz is at home on leave during the holidays. Chris is in an officers training school at Newport Rhode Island arriving December 19 and returning January 2, 1954. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Danheim visited Nacogdoches for holidays with friends and relatives. Ruth Carlton a Crystal City teacher is home for the holidays visiting her mother Mrs. E. H. Carlton. Celia Thompson of Iowa City is home for the holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Kountz
Chris
Newport
R. I
A. E. Danheim
Nacogdoches
Ruth Carlton
Crystal City
E. H. Carlton
Celia Thompson
Iowa City
Iowa
Mrs
H. G. Thompson
Bride-to-be Honored at Ranch Luncheon for Swartz-Merrill Wedding
Mrs. Edgar A. Mueller hosted a December 22 luncheon at her Fort Davis ranch to honor Miss Dorothy Merrill Swartz whose marriage to Robert Shelton of Midland is set for December 25, 1953. Guests included Fort Davis residents and relatives from Houston Nevada Iowa El Paso Alpine and Uvalde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Mueller
Dorothy Merrill Swartz
Robert Shelton
Midland
J. Keesey Miller
Julian T. Hendren
Tyrone Kelly
Lucy Miller
Elisabeth Prude
George Field
George Merrill
Fort Davis
Phil Zuber
Juannie Zuber
Houston
Minnie Kahl
Nevada
Iowa
R. D. Swartz
W. T. Jones
Faculty Defeats FFA in Fort Davis Basketball Showdown
The Fort Davis High School faculty defeated the Future Farmers of America chapter 55 to 19 on Monday night December 21. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Jones and two children Ruth Adair and Stuart Jr. of Marfa and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Adkins of El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis High School
Future Farmers of America
Stuart Jones
Ruth Adair and
Stuart Jr
Marfa
Marvin Adkins
el Paso
Christmas Guests Visit Families in Odessa and Home of Rev. S. M. Mims
Holiday guests spent Christmas with the Rev. S. M. Mims and Mrs. Mims, parents of Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Adkins. In Odessa, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dominguez Sr. visited daughter Mrs. Louis Alvarado and family for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Carrasco
Pecos
Chapo Dominguez
S. M. Mims
Mrs. Mims
Jones
Adkins
Alex Dominguez Sr
Odessa
Louis Alvarado
Mr. Alvarado
Christmas Parties At Central School Host Grades One and Two
Central school hosted a Christmas party for first and second graders organized by room mothers Mrs Earl Grubb Mrs Jack Dumas Mrs H D Coleman and Mrs Fritz Kahl on December 22. Cookies fruit punch and gifts were shared and flashlight photos taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Earl Grubb
Jack Dumas
H. D. Coleman
Fritz Kahl
Lillian Mims
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fort Davis News
A. N. Alkire
Rupert Brooke
First Methodist Church
God
Prince Charles of
England
S. C. Bouchette
First Baptist Church
Robt
D. Lovell
Job
Mr. Lovell
The
Baptist Church
Paul
Eutychus
W. V. Gross
Arnold Nelson
Elgin, Ill
Martyn Krebs
Mrs. Krebs
Mrs. Nelson
Delphine Jehoulet
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
University of California
District Court
Travers Crumpton
Fort Stockton
Jeff Davis County
Shivers
Crumpton
Chris Kountz
Mr. and
Winter Cleaners
Memorial Arts
Texas
H. ‘. Dallman
Alpine Cemetery Assn
9Th St
Walter Hicks
Helen Gibb
Alpine
Clara Gibson
Beatrice Woolley
George R. Moore
George Roy Jr
Wendell
Mr. Moore
J. W. Moore
Gustin
Mrs. H. D. Haley
Uvalde
Cpl
Foster Granger
Granger
Randall Wesley
Foster
T. T. Granger
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Jim Francois
Marlyn Krebs
Frank Higgins
Anderson School
INNON
Sungold
Terry
Penney
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