Fellowship club hosts meeting and plans birthday reveal
Mrs Otis Grubb hosted the Fellowship club on Wednesday March 10 with Mrs George Grubb leading. 18 members attended as the Bible study covered Matthew 6 and Luke chapters 14 15 and 16. Sunshine Sisters to be named at the March 24 party. Temperatures ranged from 5 to 72 with no moisture recorded.
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Otis Grubb
Fellowship Club
George Grubb
Preston Johnson
Grubb
Sunshine Sisters
Helen Harvey
McDonald Observatory
Death of E C Poplar and Newborn Child in San Antonio
Fort Davis worded Friday of the sudden death of E C Poplar of San Antonio from a heart attack. He had been ill but not seriously so. On the same day a child was born to Mr and Mrs Poplar in a San Antonio hospital and the father died before learning of the birth. Mrs Poplar is sister of Mrs C E Eaton and was formerly Miss Jimmie Friend. The couple also have a three year old son. Dr and Mrs Eaton left for San Antonio after hearing the news, while Mrs Eaton stayed with her sister and Dr Eaton returned home Tuesday night. Mr and Mrs Gay Howard of Marfa with Clay Espy and Mr and Mrs Worth Evans of Fort Davis went to San Antonio Monday. Howard was ill and is in hospital there with condition not yet reported.
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Fort Davis
E. C. Poplar
San Antonio
Mrs. Eaton
Dr. Eaton
Gay Howard
Marfa
Clay Espy
Worth Evans
Howard
Honor Roll Lists Students At Central School Four Weeks
Central school announces the Honor Roll for the 4th six weeks listing students by grade. First grade names Billie Kay Kimble Jean Etheredge Jonnie Fitzgerald Paul Brittain Joe Frank Sproul Richard Williams. Second grade includes W. B. Etheredge J. C. Smith Dickie Woolley Eliz abeth Fitzgerald. Third grade features Mary June Mc New Nellie Rinehart Jean Espy Linda Helen Woolley Tommy Brittain Jim Tom Etheredge Alice Jose Guinette Kemp. Fourth grade lists Anne Flowers Jenella Morris June Redford Patsy Espy Bill Grubb Billie Louise Granger. Fifth grade Martha Brittain. Sixth grade Nadine Casbeer Jimmy Granger. Seventh Kay Carlton. Eighth Dorothy Swartz. Ninth Laura Sue Rinehart. Tenth Lily Elizalde Esther Hernandez Audine Jarrett Patricia Talavera. Twelfth Lewis Jarrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central School
Billie Kay Kimble
Jean Etheredge
Jonnie Fitzgerald
Paul Brittain
Joe Frank Sproul
Richard Williams
W. B. Etheredge
J. C. Smith
Dickie Woolley
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Mary June McNew
Nellie Rinehart
Jean Espy
Linda Helen Woolley
Tommy Brittain
Jim Tom Etheredge
Alice Jose
Guinette Kemp
Anne Flowers
Jen
Alpine District Forms Baseball Group and Spring Sports Rise
March 10 saw Pyote Marfa Barstow Alpine and Fort Davis organize Baseball District No 8 with John G Prude as chairman and Pauline Friend as secretary treasurer. Tennis and track have begun at Fort Davis with standout players named and a coming interscholastic meet in Marfa April 16–17. Rev A C Douglas occupied the Methodist pulpit with sermons and a pre Easter evangelistic week led by Austin Dillon of Alpine.
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Pyote
Marfa
Barstow
Alpine
Fort Davis
John G. Prude
Pauline Friend
Fort Davis High School
K. K. Miller
Jimmy Dominguez
Lewis Jarrett
Tommy Redford
Rayford Newton
Charlie Ann Fryar
Elisabeth Prude
Charlene Brandon
Foster Granger
Robert McCallick
Alfonso Tercero
Julio Hartnett
Methodist Church
A. C. Douglas
Pecos
Peggy Mims
Austin Dillon
Fort Davis Delegates Attend Trans Pecos Teachers Meet
Fort Davis sent Supt. J. G. Prude and Miss Lela Weatherby to the 15th annual Trans Pecos State Teachers Assn meeting in El Paso March 11 to 13. Nearly all teaching staff joined, with many families along. Attendees in El Paso included Mr. and Mrs. John G. Prude and daughter Elisabeth, Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Smith and son Donald, FE. Y. Freeland, Miss Martha Shelby, Miss Callie Holt, and several local teachers and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Trans- Pecos
Donald
FE. Y. Freeland
Martha Shelby
Callie Holt
Clara Gibson
S. M. Mims
H. Clark
W. H. Brennand
VaRena Wilmoth
Sunday Union Services at Presbyterian Church
Sunday morning union services united Presbyterian and Baptist congregations led by Rev Walter G. Horn and Rev M C Brittain. The service featured a solo by Mrs J Keesey Miller and organ by Mrs Lucy Footer, with Horn preaching on Service to Others from Matthew 20 28. After the sermon a congregational dinner for about 150 followed in the church dining room.
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Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Walter G. Horn
M. C. Brittain
The
Stranger of
Galilee
J. Keesey Miller
Lucy Footer
Fort Davis Study Club Acknowledges Sul Ross Music Program
On Tuesday night March 9 the Fort Davis Study club hosted an open meeting presenting Sul Ross college music department artists. In the Presbyterian church auditorium the program featured Bach Finlandia Sibelius with Glenn F. Davis on organ and George Kelver on piano Be wheeled by a concertina and Sleeping Beauty Waltz with John Carrico on clarinet and Glenn Davis on piano Scherzo in B flat minor Chopin led by Mr Kelver Where’er You Walk and Without A Song sung by Mrs Virginia Link with Davis at piano Romance in F major Op 50 by Stedman with viola and Kelver piano Tschaikowsky Melody and By the Waters of Minnetonka Lieurance followed by Mozart Trio VII in F flat major K498 with Mr
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Fort Davis Study Club
Sul Ross College Department of Music
The
Presbyterian Church
Bach
Chopin
Mr. Kelver
Handel
Youmans
Virginia Link
Mr. Davis
Preston Stedman
Kelver
Tschaikowsky
Political Announcements in Jeff Davis County
District and county clerk candidates include Mrs F L Sproul and Mrs Beatrice Woolley with a note of re election. The event followed a supper hosted by J H Clark with volunteers assisting. About 100 people attended the concert as ushers Frances Jimenez and Elisabeth Prude helped. Martha Shelby made a Dallas trip visiting her sister Mrs J M Smith. Carlton Courts residents added a new room to their home. Etheredge family left Fort Davis for Brady housing.
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Jeff Davis County
F. L. Sproul
Beatrice Woolley
Methodist Women Meet Discuss Fellowship Building Plans
The Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service met March 10 at Mrs. John G. Prude's ranch home with Miss Ruth Carlton presiding. Rev. S. M. Mims spoke on Personal Work from John 1 35 51. Business session covered improving the new Fellowship building beside the church. Refreshments included salad, cake, coffee and tea. Mrs. Herman W. Moody of Taylor visiting in the Carlton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
John G. Prude
Ruth Carlton
S. M. Mims
Moody sisters visit El Paso and Sierra Blanca meeting
Rev M C Brittain and Mrs Brittain with three children Martha Paul and Tommy and Miss Audine Jarrett were in El Paso on business last week Lela Weatherby of Fort Davis will speak at Sierra Blanca Baptist church Sunday morning She is a missionary teacher with Presbyterian National Missions on leave from Puerto Rico plans to return this fall She will stay with her sister Mrs W C Massey and Mr Massey at Sierra Blanca Index cards and files at The Avalanche
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M. C. Brittain
Brittain
Martha
Paul
Tommy
Audine Jarrett
el Paso
Lela Weatherby
Fort Davis
Sierra Blanca
Miss Weatherby
Presbyterian National Missions Board
Puerto Rico
W. C. Massey
Massey
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