Fort Davis News Highlights Local Events and Visits
Fort Stockton hosted autograph guest Barry Scobee for his book Fort Davis Texas and discussed book building hazards. Fort Davis prepares Easter sunrise service at 6:45 a.m. with youth church participation. PTA officers elected to serve May 1964 to April 1965 include Stiles, Sanford, Largent, Becker, Brandon, Espy, Weatherby. Also notes on Easter Worship Service, community events, and military families including Charles Murray training at Lackland and Jim Duncan’s furlough from Lackland.
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Hugh Stiles
Barry Scobee
Fort Stockton
Fort Davis
Churches of
Presbyterian Church
PTA
Newell Sanford
Frieda Largent
Mike Becker
Shirley Brandon
Jim Espy
Lea Weatherby
Fort Davis Methodist Church
Richard Brewster
First Baptist Church
Kathy Stiles
Rust Largent
Charles Murray
Bonnie Murray
Lackland Military Training Center
San Antonio
Charles
Air Force
Fort Davis High School
Sul Ross State College
Harvard Radio Astronomy Laboratory
Jim Duncan
Lackland Air Force Base
Kessler Air Base
Beloxi
Miss
J. C. Duncan Jr
Lightning heats air along its path to extreme temperatures
A fragment notes lightning raises air temperature along its path, with figures cited as high as 30 000 degrees Celsius, illustrating intense atmospheric heating during a strike.
Hell's Half Acre Elevations Near Marathon Texas
A description notes a series of rough elevations known as Hell's Half Acre located about 21 miles southeast of Marathon Texas. The landform is described in geographic terms with no additional historical or event details provided.
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Hell's Half Acre
Marathon, Texas
Fort Davis sees traffic surge as paving extends north
Across Fort Davis observers report increased traffic from passenger cars to freight trucks as the north road nears completion. Deer hunting in Jeff Davis County yielded 383 bucks in 1940 per Game Warden Tom S. Redford, with landowner incomes from hunting privileges declining yearly since 1937. Scout camps for Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, Marathon and Shafter set for April 11–12 at Mac Sproul ranch under Camp-o-Ral banner. A hail patch appeared on Caly Espy’s hillside after a night rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Jeff Davis
Tom S. Redford
Boy Scouts of
Alpine
Marfa
Marathon
Shafter
Mac Sproul Ranch
Caly Espy
Easter visits bring local families together
Local residents plan Easter weekend gatherings with relatives in Alpine, Fort Stockton, Odessa, Corpus Christi and SMU ties. Lolly and Billy Lockhart to return from Texas, visiting parents Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Lockhart. Edith Caldwell to visit son-in-law Tom Stowell and daughter in Fort Stockton. Stovell household to host Steve Schroeder and others. Spellman family to Foster week-end at the Buntings. Rev Spellman unable to visit. Classified ads invite readers to place ads for quick buying and selling through The Avalanche Classified Page.
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Lolly
Billy Lockhart
University of Texas
W. E. Lockhart
Edith Caldwell
Tom Stowell
Fort Stockton
Stovell
Paul T. Spellman
Corpus Christi
R. L. Bunting
Spellman
Rev Spellman
St Luke's Methodist Church
Corpus
Bunting
San Mateos
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Peter Finch
Africa
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Marion Hardy
Yellow Canary
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Lucerne Sherbet
Die
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Uwhe
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Corte
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