Fort Davis News Highlights Banquet and Events
At the Fort Davis high school junior senior banquet fifty people attended at the Prude ranch home. Seventeen graduates are listed for commencement, and the Prude family won a second place in a state wide Typical African Family contest. Fort Davis Bucks beat Alpine in a Sunday baseball game 6 to 4. Lamb crop record notes 329 ewes yielding 320 lambs, a 97.87 percent rate. Various local residents are noted in hospital, church, and social visits, with recitals and sermons planned in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Prude
Edward Joseph Fairchild
Elizabeth M. Fowlkes
Frances Mable Grubb
William Beauregard Duncan
Carol Josephine Stewart
Alice Jane Luedecke
James C. McBride
Lane George Mills
John M. Newton
West Texas
Johnny
Rankin
Fort Davis
Prude i
Bill Fryar
Fort Davi
Mac Sproul
J. W. Merrill & Son
Jeff Davis County
Political Announcements for Primary Candidacy 1940
Notice to candidates states advance payment of announcement fees for the Democratic Primary on July 27, 1940. It lists candidates and positions in Maverick Val Verde Big Lake Alpine Sheriff Assessor and Collector of Taxes County Treasurer County Surveyor Commissioners Precincts 1 4 and 91 with incumbents and re election notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fee
Calvin C. Huffman
Maverick County
Bill Boggess
Val Verde County
Fowler Roberts
Big Lake
Alan R. Fraser
Alpine
R. B. Blight
Sheritt
Clarence Hord
Elmer Taylor
Fee County
Sam J. Nelson
Burwell Boudreaux
A. B. Sandifer
H.R. Gard
John Stovell
Karl Clark
William
Bill Cotter
Chas. G. Burnam
Sunday Services And School At Local Churches
Presbyterian Church opens Sunday School in all departments at 9 48 am with Mrs J L Smith as Superintendent Morning Worship at 11 o clock Young Peoples Vespers at 6 30 pm No evening service Pastor Fred Rogers Methodist Church School 9 48 am Morning worship 10 50 am Sermon Coming to Our Own Pentecost Evening services dismissed for High School Baccalaureate Vacation Church School begins May 27 for boys and girls Pastor Ray B McGrew
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
J. L. Smith
Young Peoples
Fred
Rogers
Methodist Church Church
Ray B. McGrew
Church Services Announcement From Baptist and Christian Congregations
Sunday school at Baptist Church begins at 9 30 with morning worship at 10 80 led by the pastor who preaches Faith that condemns the world The Training Union meets at 7 00 and there will be no evening service due to the high school baccalaureate at Sul Ross auditorium at 1 00 pm Christian Church holds Sunday school at 9 48 led by Fred Williams with morning sermon at 10 30 no evening service due to the baccalaureate service All visitors welcome M M Fulmer and Buford Isaacks are pastors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church
Training Union
Sul Ross Auditorium
M. M. Fulmer
Christian Church
Fred Williams
Buford Isaacks
Government and freedom themes in Fort Davis talk
District Attorney Alan R. Fraser outlined the evolution of government from caveman times to today in an 80 minute Fort Davis Study Club address. He warned against misused power and warned that freedom can erode when government concentrates control. Mrs J K Miller noted reports from the Davis Mountain Federation meeting at Marathon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euch
Alan R. Fraser
Fort Davis Study Club
Fraser
Govey
J. K. Miller
Davis ‘Mountain Federation
Marathon
Ferguson program aids tenant farmers in Texas loans
The Ferguson era advocacy for tenant farmers yields new federal and state loan support. The federal government approved lending 7.5 million dollars to tenant farmers at low interest as proof of the program’s soundness. Miriam A Ferguson’s potential re-election is cited as a catalyst for national reform and home ownership growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Ferguson
Texas
Jum
Iss
Miriam A. Ferguson
National Congress
Retirement Plan Established by CPL Corpus Christi
CPL Corpus Christi introduces a retirement fund administered by Metropolitan Life. About 98 percent of eligible employees are covered, with normal retirement at age 65 for men and 60 for women, yielding a life income from employer and employee contributions. Additional pre effective date service credits are planned, and combined retirement plus Social Security benefits are expected to provide 40 to 60 percent of pay. A separate note reports an Indiana man arrested with 19 watches, now serving time. Also included are Bible quotes from the Church and topics for the Lesson-Sermon of May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
L. C. Hill
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Dangers Confronting the Church Sermon Notes
A Church of Christ update notes 33 present at Marfa service and 22 in Marfa Bible class. One member restored at Alpine. Details schedule: 10 am Bible classes 11 am sermon Dangers Confronting the Church. Communion 11:30 am. Afternoons and evenings feature sermons at FF Davis. No evening service. Midweek, Thursday Bible class in Real.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Church of Christ
Traylor
Ozona
FF. Davis
Chiropractic Aids Faculty Recovery
Investigations by the Chiropractic Health Bureau in Davenport reveal that paralysis blindness and deafness often follow automobile accidents and may improve after spine adjustments. Dr Vaughn notes shock therapy sometimes restores sight hearing or limb use but warns of dangers including spinal fractures from metrazol insulin injections.
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The
Chiropractic Health Bureau
Davenport
Ows
Vaughn
Carroll Vaug
Wild Guineas Import Brings White Meat to Texas
Wild Guineas, recently imported into Texas by the Game Department from Cube, are all white meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Game Department
Cube
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W. J. Newell
Houston
Anton K. Moe
Fort Stockton
Murphy Johnson
Monahans
M. F. Merrill
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Cameron
Tess Everett
San Angelo
J. 1. Milam
F. M. Fennell
Midland
Sybil S. Brown
C. A. Brown
A. ®. Owens
Anderson
R. E. Buster
Junction
Hoy Deaton
Sander ‘Son
Arthur Allen
G. A. Kunze
W. F. Lockhart
Jim Patterson
Austin
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City Drug Store
J. W. Shepperd, Sr
Colorado City
J. W. Shepperd
Mrs. Shepperd
August Schlandt
Bisbee
Arizona
G. K. Lange
Meta Harris
Oliver Billingsley
San Antonio
Gene Parr
el Paso
D. R. Elliott
Irene Peters
Prescott, Arizona
George Peters
Pat Lester
del Rio
Lester
Bernal Slight
Jack Terrell
W. H. ‘Terrell
N. M. Clifford
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Dallas
Jack Clifford
Latchbook
Paul Hearn
Joyce Evelyn
Albuquerque
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C. R. Sperry
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Burwell
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J. D. Jackson
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Coren
West
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Alpine International Ball Club
Whit Leverett
Bob Pressler
Jack Jordan
W. B. Holland
Bill Dorak
Roy Miller
H. Pressler
Milt Hawes
Joe Chilton
Avora Owens
Sanderson
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J. E
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Third Presbyterian General Assembly
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Coolidge
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Com
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Pany
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Whittle
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