Fort Davis Hears of Old Fort Ancestry and Local Club Events
In Fort Davis 25 years ago readers find relics from 1890 including a bell and old newspapers. Fort days ended July 31 1891 when F Company of the Fifth United States Infantry left the fort. Local events featured Major Bowes Amateur Night at the high school with performers and judges. The Presbyterian Missionary Society hosted The Great Dinner Experiment with an all day quilting and varied dishes. The Study Club met with members listed among Fort Davis residents and visitors.
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Roland R. Rhoade
Kansas City Times
San Antonio Express
The
New York Mercury
Fifth United States Infantry
Sammie May Cox
Isle of Capri
Fort Davis
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Lawrence Hall Receives Rear Entrance Addition
Builders began work on Lawrence Hall adding a rear entrance to meet new safety rules. Water heaters will be moved from basements to the new wind break area. Mrs Helen Pruett visited her son Herbert Pruett Jr. in Merced California. Mr and Mrs Minct Pratt of Brackettville visited Rex Ivey and family this week.
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Lawrence Hall
Helen Pruett
Herbert Pruett Jr
Mrs. Pruett
Merced
Calif
Callie Holt
Whitt Harrell
New York
Miss Callie
Harrell
Ford Turner
Martha McCutcheon
Saginaw
Mich
Turners
Odie Grubb
Barbara
Janet
Lubbock
Kimberly Jean Grubb
P. L. Wilson
C. D. Wilson
Texas
Monahans
Fort Davis PTA elects officers for 1960s40
Fort Davis Public School Week highlighted by a large open house at Anderson School and a Central High style show. Newly elected PTA officers include John Mitchell president and Mrs. Don Gaddis 1st vice president with other posts filled by Mrs. Edgar Fisher recording secretary and Mrs. Preston Johnston corresponding secretary.
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PTA
John Mitchell
Don Gaddis
Edgar Fisher
Preston Johnston
Leonard Rinehart
Jay Ward
Fort Davis
Anderson School
Central High
John Robert Prude
Cattle Raisers Set Annual Fort Worth Meeting
Cattlemen from across the Southwest join the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association for its 47th annual convention in Fort Worth in March 2022. Local delegates include Gage Holland of Marathon on the agricultural employers committee and H. L. Kokernot Jr. of Alpine on bylaws and hall of fame committees.
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Southwest
The
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
Fort Worth
Gage Holland
Marathon
Agricultural Employers Committee
H. L. Kokernot, Jr
Alpine
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Western Heritage Center
Open Letter to Alpine Readers on City Budget Article
W. E. Lockhart argues the Alpine article misleads about city finances and rejects claims of wild spending. He defends the new machine accounting system as prudent, notes budget limits and salary concerns, and urges fair wages to retain skilled staff.
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Alpine
Otto
State of Texas
Future Council
Jity
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Memphis
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WMU
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Coles “Urniry” Table
Salpings
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