Fort Davis Readers Add Almanacs and Biographies
Fort Davis notes four new books added since Christmas the World Almanac Texas Almanac The Age of the Morals and Willa Cather Living Edith Lewis biographer of Willa Cather Stewart H Holbrooks Age of the Moguls is also discussed. The 1954 total solar eclipse drew Fort Davis residents out to view the event under favorable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Cather
Edith Lewis
Cather
Stewart H. Holbrook
America
Oldsmobile
Fisher
Fort Davis Competes in Big Lake Tournament Final
Fort Davis played Ballinger 60 54 at 2 30 p m in Big Lake tournament with 12 teams. Allinger fell to Rankin boys in the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Lake
Fort Davis
Allinger
Ballinger
Rankin Boys
Fort Davis Varsity Falls to Odessa B Team in Narrow Loss
Fort Davis played Odessa B team at 9 pm, losing 64 to 37. Odessa won the consolation award. Fort Davis next faces Presidio and Blackwell of Marfa in upcoming games. Fort Davis girls enter Alpine tournament and 4H lamb show unfolds with stock taken to El Paso. The community backs March of Dimes with penny drives and a pancake supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Odessa
Presidio
Blackwell School of Marfa
Alpine
Barstow
FFA
el Paso
Houston
March of Dimes
Fort Davis PTA Holds January Meeting with Musical Program
The Fort Davis PTA met at the high school on Thursday evening January 14 chaired by J C Duncan. A polio film was shown and an attendance prize awarded to Sthem. The program featured solos by Mrs J T Hendren and Mrs J Keesey Miller, duets with Mrs Hendren and Mrs Miller, and piano numbers by Tyrone T Kelly with accompaniment by Mrs Kelly. Birthday cake for Jerry Dumas highlighted the social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Cyril Scott
J. Keesey Miller
Oley Speaks
May H. Rahe
Tate
Tyrone T. Kelly
Chopin
Checkin on the S R Exes
Clinton Ezell and Helen Ezell are Sul Ross exes linked to Crane schools. The piece lists former Sul Ross students and staff including Clinton as high school principal in Crane, Myra Watson teaching in Iraan, Gretta Chadwick in Ozona, Maggie Jo Bell now Mrs Clarence Brown, Tom Bowles in Magnolia Arkansas, Louise Berkeley now Mrs Sloan McCauley in Dallas, Kendrick and Vivian Behrens, Presidio drug store owners, Eleanor Costello and D. C. Thrift at Van Horn, and George Lister returning from Moscow tenure with the embassy, with more details cut off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Helen Ezell Carrol
Maggie Jo Bell
Clarence Brown
Maggie Jo
Inglewood
Clarence
California
Kendrick
Vivian Webb Behrens
Sul Ross
Presidio
Alpine Avalanche Notes Personnel and Society Moves
The Alpine Avalanche reports on staff roles and local social updates. Nell Forbes Wolley edits, A N Alkire handles books, Alma Chambers covers Marathon, with notices of marriages, commissions, and residents moving to ranch life in the Rio Grande valley. Robin Earl Sweeten wed Nora Nell Davis. Earl serves as Army radio school instructor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forbes
Lynn Niente
Nell Forbes
Wolley
A. N. Alkire
Fort Davis
Alma Chambers
Marathon
Alpine
Texas
Granville Smith
Barbara Beard
Pharr
Los Alamos
N. M
San Tome
Venezuela
Granville
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
Barbara
T. A. Beard
Robin Earl Sweeten
Camp Wood
Nora Nell Davis
Fresno
Cal
Earl
Sul Ross
Belleville, Ill
Modern Jericho in Jordan, world’s lowest town
National Geographic Society notes Jericho in Jordan sits about 840 feet below sea level, making it the world’s lowest lying town. The designation highlights its unique geographic position and long history.
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Jericho
Jordan
National Geographic Society
Lions Honor New Members At Local Club Meeting
Lion Walter Garnett praised Lionism as a global force with 54 nations 10 000 clubs and 400 000 members all Lions wear the symbol through service and sacrifice New members Farris Turner Frank Young Heidi and Kelly received buttons while charter members Worth Frazer J W Gilmer Roy Whiteside and Dr Lockhart attended The gathering noted Lion Hilger and Lionesses presence and Garnett's Alpine origin curiosity lingered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion Walter Garnett
Lion Garnett
Lions Farris
Turner
Frank Young
Heidi and
Kelly
Worth Frazer
J. W. Gilmer
Lion Roy Whiteside
Lions Davis
Roy Whiteside
Dr. Lockhart
Lions Unite for Midland Rally in May 29 Governor Race
A Midland gathering is planned for May 29 to support Marvin Kay in the governor’s race. Lion Carl Lawson and Lion Richard claim confidence in Kay’s candidacy as members rally for the campaign in a spirited local call to action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion
Richard
Carl Lawson
Midland
Marvin Kay
Sheriff Sale in Alpine Brewster County Texas
A Texas sheriff sale notice describes a judgment from November 1953 in Brewster County. The property is Lots 6 and 7 in Block 7 Gillis Third Addition Alpine. The sale occurs February 2 1954 at the courthouse door for cash to satisfy the Leyva judgment.
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Texas
Brewster
District Court
Henrietta Goeglein Gilbert
Gene B. Gilbert
S. C. Leyva
Court House
S. C. Leyvain
Alpine
Jim Skinner
Brewster County
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United States
Fort Davisons
Weather God
Cloud King
Nature
Anderson
PTA
Jerry Dumas
Jack Dumas
Lillian Mims
Lobo Drive-In
John Smith
Pocahontas
Business and Professional Directory
Eichholtz Construction Co
Frank D. Ray
Bruce C. Sutton
Alpine, Texas
Ralph W. Peters
General Building Contractor
W. D. Craddock
6Th St
Marvin C. Kay
Dist. Mgr
Fidelity Union Life Ins. Co. Real Estate
W. G. Fielder
Granada Theatre
BIG Bend Abstract CO
Helen D. Gibb
Insuran
TRANS
Harris Cabinet Shop
W. Murphy Ave
Myra Watson
Iraan
Gretta Chadwick
Ozona
Tom Bowles
Magnolia
Ark
Louise Berkeley
Sloan McCauley
Dallas
Eleanor Costello
D. C. Thrift
Thrift
van Horn
George Lister
Aleta Bierschwabe
States
Moscow
N. 5Th St
Jeff Davis
Por’ion
Ington
D. C
Foreign Service
Aleta
Bogota
Colombia
Warsaw
Poland
South Germany
A. J. Bierschwale
Lion Hilger
Lioness Hilger
Marfa
Paul R. Weyerts, D. V. M
West Ave
Storey-Whiteside
Dealer
Henry Bailey Motors
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