Goss Rites Held for Mrs Nora Goss in Fort Davis
Funeral for Nora Goss age 82, mother of Mrs Lee Williams, was held Thursday at Fort Davis Presbyterian Church. She died January 21 in El Paso and had lived in Gainesville Balmorhea Marfa with family links to Pecos. Survivors include three daughters two sons twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Burial followed in Marfa.
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Fort Davis
Nora Goss
Lee Williams
Fort Davis Presbyterian Church
Williams
Otis Miller Jr
el Paso
Sam Davis
Balmorhea
John
Bill Goss
Pecos
Will van Auken
Presbyterian Church
Goss
Tyrone Kelly
Family visits before graduation at Officer Candidate School
Joe Wright of Texas AGM and Betsey Wright of the University of Texas visited their mother Mrs. Joel E. Wright and family between semesters. Mrs. Wright plans to go to San Antonio for her son Jimmy Wright’s Officer Candidate school graduation and second lieutenant commission in the Army Air Force on Tuesday February 4.
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Joe Wright
Texas Agm
Betsey Wright
University of Texas
Joel E. Wright
Fort Davis Community Notes Highlight Trips and Events
Local students plan a Junior Senior trip to San Antonio Galveston Houston and Austin with fundraisers upcoming. A Homemakers class supper and car wash concessions at games are scheduled as other activities. A WMU literacy workshop at First Baptist Feb 6 features Laubach method teaching and 15 churches represented. Pastor William Van Auken returns to Fort Davis Presbyterian pulpit after study in Austin. Lion Club Womanless Wedding entertains crowd with standout local talent.
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Hugh Stiles
Fort Davis High School
San Antonio
Galveston
Houston
Austin
Homie Ec
First Baptist Church
Big Bend Baptist Associational Woman's Missionary Union
Laubach
Willard Deerman
WMU
William van Auken
Fort Davis Presbyterian
Presbyterian Seminary
Fort Davis
Lion's Club
Cub Scouts Plan Blue and Gold Banquet
By Jur Lane Den 6 Pack 141 held a Monday meeting with Mrs Ford and Mrs Halpern. Dan Roach shared his rock collection a carved knife and a scrapbook. The group made plans for the blue and gold banquet.
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Jur Lane
Den 6
Ford
Fort Davis Teams Sweep Valentine Contests
Fort Davis boys defeated Valentine 61 39 as Lionel Granado led with 26 points and Danny Bedell added 14. In girls action Kay Williams led with 25 points while Gay Kahl and Lanell Kelly contributed for Fort Davis in a 57 34 win.
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Fort Davis
Valentine
Lionel Granado
Danny Bedell
Kay Williams
Indians
Gay Kahl
Lanell Kelly
Pirates
Prominent Names Appeared At Event
Present at the event were Roger Clay Billy Ford Bill Sebesta Mike Rice Dan Roach Robert Halpern Mark Kay and Joe Lane.
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Roger Clay
Billy Ford
Bill Sebesta
Mike Rice
Dan Roach
Robert Halpern
Mark Kay
Joe Lane
Fort Davis area notes on road project and local events
Holland Page of Austin won the contract to improve and blacktop 6 miles of State Highway 17 north of Fort Davis for 76 237.06. Ed Page will supervise the work. Local clubs and church groups held meetings, elected officers, and planned rummage sales and study club activities. Fort D. A. Russell officers checked rough road suitability for army trucks on Skyline Drive. A deed filed records sale of Sol G. Jones ranch in the Davis mountains to J. W. Friend, leased previously.
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Avalanche
Holland Page
Austin
Fort Davis
Ed Page
Pilot Club
Holland Avenue
6Th Street
Fort D. A. Russell
R. Hu 3Leys
Sol G. Jones
Davis Mountains
J. W. Friend
Burnetts and Suttons Visit Fort Davis Area
Mr and Mrs W R Burnett and Mr and Mrs Bert Sutton of Denver Colorado visited Mr Burnetts brother Hal Burnett and family Retired minister W R Burnett previously served Fort Davis and Valentine as a supply minister in 1920.
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W. R. Burnett
Bert Sutton
Denver
Colo
Burnett
Hal Burnett
Fort Davis
Valentine
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Lipton
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Orene Green
Alpine
Texas
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Shee Polish
Fort Davis News
Barbara Grubb’ Medley
Methodist Fellowship Hall
Sident
Davis
Old Fort
Fred S. Rogers
Texas Council of Church Women
N. Alkire
A. E. Babcock
George Williams
Jesse W. Merrill
Virginia Parry
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