Forty-Two Party at Hotel Limpia Honors Local Hosts
About 60 attended a Forty-Two gathering Saturday night at Hotel Limpia hosted by Dr. C. T. Elvey Dr. Carl Seyfert and Arch Garner of McDonald Observatory. Mrs. Clay Eepy won high score among women Warren Bloys claimed top score among men and Worth Evans took the traveling prize. Punch and cake accompanied the games as guests enjoyed the evening.
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Hotel Limpia
C. T. Elvey
Carl K. Seyfert
Arch Garner
McDonald Observatory
Clay Eepy
Warren Bloys
Worth Evans
Dangerous Auto Hour Warns Of Night Driving Dangers
State Highway Patrolman W. F. Davidson told Fort Davis Men’s Community Club that the hour 7 to 8 p m and the 4 o clock Wednesday morning are least safe for driving. He cited statistics, noted Lub bock origin and Texas Tech education, and fielded many questions from the audience.
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W. F. Davidson
Marfa
Fort Davis
Mr. Davidson
Lubbock
Texas Tech
Davidson
Family plans summer trip to Cleveland and Boston
The couple said their small son would depart soon for a month long vacation with his parents in Cleveland Ohio and Boston Massachusetts. They noted grandparents have not yet seen him and expect an entertaining trip despite July and August weather back there.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Boston
Mass
Lengthy district term prospects clouded by absent venire
District Judge C R Sutton has not called for a petit jury venire, though a grand jury venire of 16 names is listed. Amid court notes, a wedding near Alpine is announced for July 4, with Miss Patton of Fort Davis and Miss Lucille Patton a Fort Davis graduate. The groom Wesley McPhaul is of Bastrop. he has ranch work ties and many local friends.
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C. R. Sutton
C. E. Wilson
Clarence Bell
Morton Barnett
C. A. Taylor
Jack McCutcheon
Leo Fairchild
W. W. McElroy
W. H. Cowden
C. R. Fryar
R. L. Nunn
Jack Dumas
J. P. Espy
Alpine
Miss Patton
W. G. Patton
Fort Davis
Lucille
Fort Davis High School
Wesley McPhaul
Bastrop
Indian Lodge worker and Fort Davis resident wed
Otis McPhaul an Indian Lodge employee and Miss Lucille Patton of Fort Davis married recently. The couple announced the ceremony and their plans for a home in the area.
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Otis McPhaul
Indian Lodge
Lucille Patton
Fort Davis
Easy Modern Way to Carve a Ham Expert Demonstrates
Expert Max O. Cullen explains the proper ham carving method in the filmed Educational Short Culinary Carving. The guide covers tool use, slicing technique along bone, and turning the ham to serve additional portions with correct angles.
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Cullen
Fort Davis High School Grads Marry in Pecos
John Fitzgerald and Miss Margaret Duncan, both 1968 Fort Davis graduates, wed by a justice of the peace in Pecos Monday forenoon. Miss Duncan is the daughter of County Commissioner J C Duncan, ranch folk from the county. Edwin J Sheek Sr., formerly of Fort Davis, died in Sanderson June 30 after a long illness. Funeral at Fort Davis Presbyterian Church. Burial in local cemetery. surviving wife, two sons and three daughters.
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John Fitzgerald
Margaret Duncan
Pecos
Fort Davis
Edwin J. Sheek Sr
Sanderson
Fort Davis Presbyterian Church
Richard G. Irving
Sheek
Clara Smith
Amarillo
Evelyn Newberry
Merced
California
Edwin J. Sheek Jr
Anna Shelton
Denver
Colorado
Harry Jarrett
Fort da
Bear frenzy ends with record 463 pound brain in Texas
In Texas Trans-Pecos a 463 pound bear fatally injured by a rancher party under a state game warden’s supervision. The bear had killed twenty five sheep in Davis mountains. Open season runs Nov 16 to Dec 31 with special permission granted.
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Austin
Texas
Trans-Pecos
T. S. Redford
Davis Mountains
Elder Nick Mersfelder Taken to Pecos Hospital
Nick Mersfelder aged 80 was admitted to Pecos hospital on July 4 after renewed illness. He has been in poor health for several months and returned home only recently.
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Nick Mersfelder
Pecos
Sault Ste. Marie Man Pleads Guilty to Home Burglary
Gordon McMaster of Sault Ste. Marie Michigan pleaded guilty to home burglary and asked for the maximum sentence increase he could get, saying he was tired of drifting.
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Gordon McMaster
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
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Fitzgerald
Jim P. Espy
Fitzgerald Duncan
Mr. Sheek
C.C.C
Industry
Treasury Department
Civilian Conservation Corpse
America
Qreweve Industrial Foundation
East 40Th Strect
New York, N. Y
Harry Carmichael
Houston
Mr. Carmichael
Whittaker Keesey
Richard
Matt Smith’s
Mait Smiths Market
First National Bank
Alpine, Texas
H. L. Kokernot
Geo. W. Baines
G. B. Crawford
Mac
C. P
C. P. and
Central Power and Light Company
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