Mile High Club Hosts Fort Davis Meet
Fort Davis business leaders and Mile High Club members gathered Monday night at Old Fort Davis properties hosted by Mr and Mrs Ed H Bartholomew. C R Fryar resigned the gavel after six months and E Y Freeland was drafted for a three month term. Eleven local businessmen subscribed to join the Southwest Sunland Tourist association to promote the Davis Mountains area nationally. Guests visiting Dr and Mrs C E Eaton included Grover Jones and daughter Vicki Kay from Manhattan Kansas, and Mrs Grover Jones formerly Fantom Eaton. The Magee family from Dallas and Rev S M Mims with Mrs Mims also visited.
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Mile High Club
Ed H. Bartholomew
Fort Davis
C. R
Bill) Fryar
E. Y. Freeland
Freeland
Brownwood
Southwest Sunland Tourist Association
Davis Mountains
C. E. Eaton
Grover Jones
Vicki Kay
Manhattan
Kansas
Jones Eo
Zane
Sol Toman
Fort Worth
Fantom Eaton
June Meeting At Bloys Camp Grounds Month Event
The annual June meeting will be held at the Bloys Camp meeting grounds on Sunday morning June 18 with Sunday school at 10 o'clock and preaching at 11. Rev Nelson Wurgler of the First Methodist Church Marfa will preach the sermon. Dinner is at noon in the dining hall and at camps. Plans for the regular camp meeting to begin August 15. No preaching in Fort Davis Sunday morning due to schedule.
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Bloys
Nelson Wurgler
First Methodist Church
Marfa
Fort Davis
Fort Davis Public Library Seeks Help With Bottle Cap Drive
Friends of the Fort Davis Public Library are asked to collect Doctor Pepper bottle tops marked 10-2-4 to win prizes. The weekly update notes 38 volumes of bound National Geographic magazines arrived from Universal Bindery in San Antonio, with gifts from A. N. Alkire J. W. Merrill and others and an index donated by Dr. and Mrs. Paul D. Jose.
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Public Library News
Fort Davis Public
A. N. Alkire
J. W. Merrill
Paul D. Jose
Library volunteers seek readers and donations for books
The executive committee asks for volunteers to staff a summer reading room one afternoon weekly. Three members have volunteered. The library requests five book suggestions from every person, child or adult, to aid the book purchasing committee in ordering new titles.
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C. Espy Miller
Summer Weather, Travel Thoughts, and Fort Davis Stars
Weather notes report .34 inch moisture at McDonald Observatory on June 4 and .02 on June 5, similar figures at Fort Davis. Mount Locke temps from June 3 to 9 range from 50s to upper 80s. Local residents Mr. and Mrs. B R Taylor and son Donald Turland tour the West visiting major parks and Death Valley, recalling Fort Davis with 120 degree heat. Additional locals Mr. and Mrs. Coan, E Y Breeland and son Tommy, and Mrs. Blanche Murrell with daughters Patsy and Margaret are summering in Fort Davis, some enrolling at Sul Ross.
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McDonaza Observatory
Fort Davis
Mount Locke
B. R. Taylor
Donald Turland
West
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Boulder Dam
Death Valley
California
Yosemite
Sequoia
King’s Canyon
B. E. Coan
el Paso
E. Y. Breeland
Tommy
Canyon Lodge
Brownwood
Texas
Blanche Murrell
Patsy
Margaret
Electra
Shady Nook
E. H. Carlton
Ruth Carlton
Murrell
Sul Ross State College
Alpine
Methodist officials attend Pecos Day District Set-Up meeting
Rev S M Mims and Mrs Mims joined Mrs W E Smith in Pecos Tuesday for a one day Pecos Valley district Set Up meeting of the New Mexico Conference of the Methodist church They also visited in Alpine Fort Davis with Mrs Don Carlton and children JoAnn Don Jr Nancy and Mrs P D Coulson from Big Spring Texas.
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S. M. Mims
Don Carlton
JoAnn, Don Jr
Nancy
Big Spring
Texas
P. D. Coulson
Fort Davis
Alpine
Miller Baby Born in Alpine Hospital
Congratulations announce the birth of Albert Walter Miller on Friday June 9 in an Alpine hospital. He weighed 6 pounds 9 ounces at birth. Mother Jo Ellen Canada is from Tulsa Oklahoma and is married to C Espy Miller Sr. of Fort Davis Texas. Grandparents are Russell L. Canada and family.
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Clay E. Miller Jr
Fort Davis
Albert Walter Miller
Alpine
Sunday Worship Services at Union Community Church
The Union Community held Sunday night worship at First Methodist with Rev. S M Mims delivering a sermon on Harbors of Relaxation based on Psalm 37 and Matthew 6. Rev Woodson Mims gave the prayer. Shirley Neill accompanied congregational singing. Next Sunday may be outdoors if rain allows.
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Union Community
First Methodist Church
S. M. Mims
Woodson Mims
Shirley Neill
Old Fort Grounds
First Baptist Church
Baptism Significance Sermon at Bloys Camp Meeting
The Bloys camp meeting at the Baptist church Sunday featured Rev. Woodson Mims as pastor and speaker on the Significance of Baptism. Harry Jarrett gave the invocation and R. C. Withers led the prayer. Ephesians 4 served as the scripture lesson. Mrs. T. T. Kelly directed music. Mrs. Woodson Mims will escort Girls' Auxiliary Juniors and Intermediates to Paisano Campgrounds next Monday. The following week Rev. Mims will lead Junior Boys Royal Ambassadors to the encampment there.
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Bloys Camp
Baptist
Woodson Mims
Paisano
Rev. Woodson Mims
Vacation Bible School Closes Tonight at Baptist Church
Vacation Bible School ends tonight after two weeks with 31 children enrolled and an average daily attendance of 70. The final program begins at 8 o clock in the Baptist church. Rev S M Mims and Mrs Mims along with Mrs Paul D Jose attended the El Paso District meeting in Marfa last Thursday June 8.
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Vacation Bible School
The
Baptist Church
S. M. Mims
Mims
Paul D. Jose
Marfa
el Paso
New Mexico
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Susan Anne
Dallas
E. Eaton
Magee
Carrie Lou Eaton
LIK
Kobernot Lodge
J. W. Dollahite
de Soto
America
Groucho Marx
CBS
Brekes
Desoto and
Plymouth
Labeff Motor Company
East Holland Avenue
Alpine, Texas
Lions’ International
Rotary International
Pilot Club
Federal Hotels
Ken Regan
Ft. Stockton, Texas
Congress
West Texas
Ken
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