Gusting class 1943 cancels invitations to graduation
War conditions force the Gusting class of 1943 to skip personal invitations for their commencement exercises. Instead, they invite friends to attend the ceremony at the high school auditorium Friday night May 21 at 8:30. A music program and patriotic rendition We Pledge Allegiance will be part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
Anderson
Fort Davie
Clark
John Henry Currier
Foster Bell
Anna le Crossland
Charley Ann Fryar
War Fund Increase Highlights April Bond Sales in County
The War Bond committee reports April sales in Jeff Davis county reached 69000, surpassing the 63000 quota though prior totals were incomplete. The drive covered Fort Davis and Valentine with ranch regions requiring wide travel to reach residents, and gratitude is extended to all supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davi
Unii
Fort Davis
Valentine
War Bond Committee
Varied Trivia And Local Recital Notes From Port Davis
A mix of quiz style items covering birthdays versus name days, a Scottish village linked to hasty marriages, a famed historical sector, religious veneration of the Kaaba Black Stone, a line from a nursery rhyme, a Scotland Yard joke about France, Topsy from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and a chess move. The Port Davis high school recital featured Mrs. J M Clark’s pupils with ages from four to high school, plus an orchestra and notable regional travel notes and audience members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mecca
Mohammmedans
Scotland Yard
Theodore Roosevelt
Hades
Ten Inductees to El Paso Fort Bliss Induction
Ten men were sent Tuesday from Jeff Davis County to the Army induction center at Fort Bliss for enlistment processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Jeff Davis County
Army Induction Center
Fort Bliss
Fort Davis Crow Old Black Joe Returns Home After Absence
Fort Davis reports Old Black Joe the pet crow of the Bloys family has returned after six months away on Easter Sunday. The crow, famed for his bond with Sandy the dog, arrived with possible mates and continues to seek his canine friend. Arthur Bloys serves in the Army Engineering Corps at Pecos with Sandy as mascot. Joe shows signs of longing for his pal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
A. Leonard Mil Fr
Carl JP Spitta
Louise Fisher Coleman
Mary Fisher
Mra
Alfred H. McCutcheon
Dallas
North Africa
Mateur
McCutcheon
Eighth Army
Alfred Jr
Africa
Mel Cutcheon
Jett Davis County
Old Black Joe
Sandy
Joe
Arthur Bloys
Bloys
Sanny
Sleeping Lion Mountain
Damon Pythias
Fort Davin
D. H. Join
Valentine
Crow's Nest
Joiner
Ben Bloys
Army Engineering Corps
Pecos
Card of Thanks from Clifton Ferguson and families
Card of Thanks expresses sincere appreciation for love, beauty, and courtesies during the long illness and death of their father Roy Whiteside. Families named include The Roy Whiteside Family The Mrs H W Ferguson Family The Clifton Ferguson Family and a note to buy War Bonds and Stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Whiteside
H. W. Ferguson
Clifton Ferguson
Also Mentioned on This Page
International Council of Church Women
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Church
L. E. Wood
Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service
J. K. Miller
A. L. Miller
Marathon
L. F. Wood
J. B. Wood
R. Irving
Leo Fairchild
Frank Crane
Fort Davis High School
Cottonwood Grove
Dorothy Hinds
Robert C. Withers
Br. Cole
LE. Wood
Paso
Wood
State Highway Department
BE. Coan
Fort Dais
Brownwood
J. M. Clark
Ketchikan
Alaska
James Hall
The
Im Murry
R. A. Taylor
Shafter
Lorraine
J.B. Reeves
Dorothy Reeves
Austin
JM. Clark
San Antono
J. M. Newton
Frank C. Cottman
Audrey Fay
Quezana Newton
Fresno
Calif
John Newton
U. S. Geodetic Survey
ALN
Alkire
Davie Corremandant
Damon
Pythias
Ben
Paisano
Jesse Blackwell
Swearingen
Marfa
Sam F. Means
C. T. Mitchell
W. Easterling
T.Y. Casey Pecos
J. R. Alexander
Hampden
Alabama
Aly
Olin Lee Wright
Julia Lee Wright
Airway Coffee
Coouma
Mn Auris
Family Circle T
Sleepy Hollow
Canterbury
Aulia Lee Wright, Dieter
PT. Val
PR. Val
Sunny Dawn
Lord Mott
Harper House
Safeway
Probock
Alpine
Orey - Whiteside
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