Fort Davis Notes Honor and Obituaries from Local News
Alfred McCutcheon earns honor as one of five from the A M livestock show judged at Fort Worth. L. W. Everett dies of pneumonia in Fort Davis, survived by seven sons and four daughters. A newborn girl Suzanne Mynd to Mr and Mrs Le Wood in Pecos hospital. Senior Play in Fort Davis High School, comedy drama The Bow of the Powder Horn, directed by Dorothy Weatherby. Mary C Clothier obituary remembered as a pioneer. Taxes in Jeff Davis County show high collection and prosperity, with detailed breakdown of tax receipts and allocations.
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Animal Husbandry Ass of Texas
A. E
Fort Worth
Alfred McCutcheon
Meg
BR McCutcheon
Limpia Canyon
Fort Davis
Allred
L. W. Everett
Will Everett
Everett Senior
Donnt
Rev
D. H. Joiner
le Wood
Pecos
Suzanne Mynd
Wood
Mr Wood
Fort Davis High School
Mim
Dorothy Weatherby
Enachi Weather Yat Hicks Gray, Moreau Miller, Phyllis Vincent, Elizabeth Sproul
Myrel ‘Michirde
Wilson Rexford
James
Mar Charles Umber
Clark
Jeff Davis County
J.C Walker
Serif
Poole
Toy
Pioneer of Jeff Davis County Dies
Mrs Charles Sones Jones, a frontier pioneer wife and mother born in Brownwood Texas, died March 18 at the ranch. She and her husband Charles Jones helped settle Jeff Davis County in 1886, hosting open houses and fostering hospitality. Surviving are two sons Farnest and Charles, six daughters and numerous relatives, with her passing following pneumonia.
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Rr Davis
Charles Sones
Jeff Davis
Lacy Duncan
Brown County
Davis Mountains
Arkie Duncan
Ant
Brownwood
Texas
Charles Jones
Port Dees
Mim Thelma
Wight
Charles
J. Ross Walker
San Antonio
Meir Pletcher Lee Rawls
Brownsville
D. Fulkerson
Camden
N. J
Sam Cox
Sanderson
Harold Moyer
Alpine
Vohether
Dorothy
William Colson
Hillsboro
William Coalson
Hiley
N. M
J.D. Duncan
Sih Diego
Cubs
Jones
Mra Jones
Beer Is Voted Down In Davis Election
Fort Davis voters rejected a beer sale proposal at a Saturday ballot in precinct No One. The 16 to 9 result keeps the town dry, with only one beer selling place in the northern part of town. A prior August vote favored the dry side.
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Fort Davis
25th Anniversary of American Red Cross Celebrated
March activities mark twenty fifth year of Red Cross Public Health Nursing service. The narrative recalls its beginnings, evolution, and the high standards reached, noting 1500 nurses assigned to flood areas in the past two months and ongoing Red Cross duty in Illinois Missouri and Arkansas. The Marfa Texas death of Mrs Jones is described with funeral details and church ties.
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Americas
Red Cross Public Health Nursing Service
America
Red Cros
Red Cross
Ilinois
Missouri
Arkansas
New London
Texas
Red Cros Public
Monument To Indian Emily Is Erected
A granite monument was set up at Indian Emily's grave at Fort Davis by Rodriguez Brothers of San Antonio. The stone, 33 inches high, 20 inches wide, 8 inches thick, bears a tribute to an Apache girl who warned of an attack, was mistaken for an enemy, and saved the garrison. The message notes a memorial of local pride and a cautionary tale from frontier Texas. It also includes community health notes from Red Cross nurse Virginia Lambert praising Home Hygiene Work and school health efforts in Brews ter County.
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FT. Davis
Indian Mily
Rodriguez Brothers
San Antonio
OME
Red Cross
Jane Delano
Aca Werk Dene
Alpin
Virginia Lambert
Brewster County
Fraser Moves Offices In Brewster County Notice Of Sale
District Attorney Alan R. Fraser relocates offices from the Hord building to the Holland hotel near De Mats. An execution sale is ordered by Brewster County District Court against Amos Watts for Lots 4,5,6 in Block 56 and Lots 8,9 in Block 65 of the Original Town of Murphyvile Alpine. Sale set for May 7 between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door, cash only. Sheriff Elmer Taylor and Deputy Pink Phelps oversee. 3-19-30
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Fraser
Alan R. Fraser
Hord
Holland Hotel
de Mats
Avalanche
State OF
Texas
Brewster
District Court
Brewster County
Tnt Ruary
A. D
W. WN. Gourley
Amos Watt
W. NM. Gourley
Amos Watts
Levy
Elmer Taylor
Sherif
Pink Phelps
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Fort Davis Garry
Mix Mary C. Clothier
CE. Lewin
George Clothier
Robert A. Clothier
California
Lewis
R. Anderson
Clothier
Aan
Wasith
Alpine Lbr. CO
American Red Cross
Mr. Jones
Tower ‘Texas
Marta Mex
Bloys
Meting
W. B. Bloys
Presbyterian Church
Marfa
R. le Irving
Fort Davia
Dr. Irving
Tyrrel E. Smith
Frank Jones
Earnest Williams
Charles Pruett
Hicks Gray
Barry Scobee
Mrs. Fulkerson
Emily
Goodyear
Eclipse
Storey Whiteside Lbr. CO
First National Bank
ML Kom
GEO
W. Baines
Crawford, Cutter
Ritchey Bros. Marathon
Milwaukee
Schlitz
Marathon
Ritchey Bros
Rome
Alpine Motor Co
Big Bend Feed Co
T. A. Beard
Matt Smith
Sehwote
Charehes
Mildred Witwer
Magnolia Service Station
John B. Miles
W. G. Fielder
Mobilgas
Mobiloil
G.K. Lange
Texas’ Fastest Growing Life Insurance Company
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