Ellis Rites Held for Miss Robbie Ellis at Fort Davis
The Fort Davis community mourns Miss Robbie Guyton Ellis, longtime postmaster and telephone clerk, with funeral rites at Kelly Funeral Home in Marfa and burial beside her mother in Hillcrest Cemetery. Survivors include sister Virginia Lee Ellis and niece Mrs. H J Postert, with out-of-town relatives from Lubbock Odessa Victoria and Grosvenor. The service honored her 64 years of public service and charitable work.
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Fort Davis
Robbie Guyton Ellis
Kelly
Marfa
Hillcrest
Ellis
el Paso
Miss Ellis
Cisco
Texas
John Ellis
Virginia Lee Ellis
Elizabeth Ellen Ellis
Robbie Ellis
Robbie
Methodist Church
Methodist Orphans Home
Waco
Boys Ranch
San Angelo
Red Cross
Neal Hufford
Tyrone T. Kelly
Ellises
Miss Robbie
James Ellis
H.C. Ellis, Jr
Harvey Ellis II
Mitchell Ellis
Marvin Ellis
E. H. Keese
H. J. Postert
Postert
Allend Ellis
Lubbock
Lee Stanford
Joy Stanford Maddux
E. N. Keese
Cheryl
Odessa
John Tollerson
Grosvenor
Frances Sousek
Harvey Ellis
Victoria
Card of Thanks and Travel Plans Across Families
The J. E. Baylor Family and the Jasper Koontz Family express gratitude to hospital staff and friends for kindness during Mr. Baylor’s stay. Chuck Stringfellow of Princeton and his brother Mack of Texas Military Academy will attend the World's Fair in New York, then fly to New Orleans to meet their parents in Alpine for the summer trip home.
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Mr. Baylor
J. E. Baylor
Jasper Koontz
Chuck Stringfellow
Princeton University
Mack
Texas Military Academy
San Antonio
New York City
Alpine
New York
New Orleans
Charles Stringfellow
Fort Davis Community News Summary
Fort Davis residents plan visits to relatives in Washington DC and New York areas while L. C. Miller Jr. and Leon Miller return to Monterey Park, California. Local youth leagues finalize Pony League baseball preparations in Alpine with over 20 players. fundraising via donations and work projects underway. Lions Club to meet Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Vacation Church School runs July 29 to July 30 at Fort Davis Presbyterian Church directed by Mrs. William Van Auken with multiple local volunteers assisting.
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Fort Davis
Alpine
Martyn Krebs
Hugh Stiles
Fort Davis Presbyterian Church
William van Auken
Lea Grubb
Karen Grubb
Ann Boone
Karen Roach
Neil Hufford
Linda Moos
Janet Grubb
J. C. Duncan Jr
Janie Baughn
Jacquelyn Har
Fort Davis Cats Beat Van Horn 7 in 10 Innings
The Fort Davis baseball team defeated Van Horn 7 to 0 in a 10 inning game on Sunday. Players Bridges, Robinson, Eastland, Wallace, Russell, Sublett, Hawthorne, Cobb, Scarbrough and others contributed as Fort Davis noted the unusually cool spring weather.
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Old Fort Davis
Avalanche
Fort Davis Cats
van Horn
Fort Davis
Bridges
Robinson
Eastland
Wallace
Russell
Sublett
Hawthorne
Cobb
Scarbrough
Memorial Day Review Near Fort Davis At Pine
Twenty men and three officers from Jeff Davis County Home Guard joined a military review and inspection at Alpine on Sunday as part of Memorial Day exercises before Brig. Gen. J Watt Page. Rev Richard Townsend, Baptist preacher for a year, plans to depart Fort Davis soon to serve a church in Archer City, North Texas.
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Jeff Davis County
Richard Townsend
Fort Davis
Townsend
Archer City
North Tex
Richard White
House
McGregor
White
Judiciary and Conservation and Reclamation
Democratic Party
el Paso County
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Rambouillet
RAM Sale
San Angelo F
Odus Wittenburg
Linton Hodges
THE
American Rambouillet Sheep Sreeders' Association
Fort Davis News
Michael Becker
Kathy
Donna
Washington, D. C
Joe
L. C. Miller Jr
Leon Miller
L. C. Miller Sr
Monterey Park
Calif
Leona Hector
Abilene
Mary Alice
Philadelphia
Fort Davis Lions Club
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Vey
Ralph Boone
Bernal
Richard E.dick) White
Formen States
Blue Mountains
Cises
J. Watt Page
Austin
Sul Ross State College
Bulova Watches
Reed & Barton
Wallace and International
Shepperd Jewelers
Little
Silver
Richard
Malcolm McGregor
Texas House
Congress
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