Armistice Day Observance at Fort Davis Schools
German World War gun exhibit fired 14 shots under B E Coan superintendent of schools with belts of ammunition from the Western Front. A day program featured patriotic songs violin accordion and talks by Rev Horace C Goodman and others. Study Club speakers from Alpine urged international good will and cross border cooperation.
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Western Front
B. E. Coan
Coan
144Th Texas Infantry
United States
U. S
Mary Pancoast Bogle
Dorothy Hinds
Alpine
Study Club
A. Campbell
Stather Elliott
Sul Ross
Arch Garner
Mount Locke
E. B. Coles
Lucile‘ Putnam
C. R. Fryar
Campbell
Americas
Alaska
Tierra del Fuego
Fort Davis unit emphasizes unity and defense guard
Co A 3rd Battalion Texas Defense Guard, led by Capt Cecil Duncan with Lt Carl Barry, highlights its all Latin American enlistment and wartime readiness. Community leaders including Mrs. Barry Scobee push Red Cross campaigns on Armistice Day, while local clubs support memberships and a cattle market census for 1942 begins amid Fort Davis activity and naval air base notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sbore
Co. A
Texas Defense Guard
Cecil Duncan
Carl _F
Scout Supper Highlights Mile High Club Meeting
About a dozen Boy Scouts and their scoutmaster Rev H C Goodman attended a Mile High club supper last Wednesday. A C Williamson El Paso chief Scout executive spoke on Scouting ahead of a finance campaign. Alpine superintendent Dick Bankhead joined Williamson. Troop committee members Arthur D Bloys Leo Fairchild Espy Miller and Barry Scobee were reappointed for the year and J S Mulhern filled a vacancy from Rev D H Joiner's removal from Fort Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile High Club
H. C. Goodman
A. C. Williamson
el Paso
Yucca Council
Williamson
Alpine
Dick Bankhead
Arthur D. Bloys
Leo Fairchild
Espy Miller
Barry Scobee
J. S. Mulhern
Fort Davis
D. H. Joiner
Sheep Business Formed Near Fort Davis
County Clerk R. H. Bloys and son in law Wilbur Kelley form a partnership to raise sheep. They purchased 1400 ewes and plan to establish a first class operation in the Davis mountains. Kelley brings ranching experience from Live Oak Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mma
Sproul
Fort Davis
R. H. Bloys
Wilbur Kelley
Kelley
Live Oak Creek
Davis Mountains
Star Cast in Jealousy Comedy at Granada Theatre
Rosalind Russell and Don Ameche lead a romantic comedy about a professor whose jealousy theory is challenged by a publisher and his sharp aide. Van Heflin and Gene Cooper also star in the Granada engagement with witty, polished performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada
Jentency
Granada Theatre
Rosalind Russell
Don ‘Ameche
Key Francis
van Heflin
New York
W. S. van Dyke
Miss Russell
van Heffin
Mise Francis
Miss Francis
Hefflin
Ameche
Don Ameche
Gene Cooper
Detroit
Romance and chivalry in Texas tale from Alpine to Sierra Blanca
A rugged figure recalls a thick timber rival armed with a sumac foot and delaying fire until sure of the foe. He believes love will prevail, predicting the couple will live long and prosperously together, praising the chivalry of young Texas Americans amid a Sierra Blanca rancher’s tale through Lee Lane of Alpine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbarger
America
Texas
Lee Lane
Alpine
Sierra Blanca Region
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Fort T Davis
3Rd Battalion
Mrs. Carmack
Red Cross
C. G. Carmack
Scobee
Davis James
McBride
Myril McBride
Coast Artillery
Fort Stotsenburg
Philippine Islands
Pacific
Stotsenburg
Myrl
New Mexico
San Francisco
Myril 8
President Coolidge
And
Mary
Sampo McBride
Fort Davie High School
Naval Air Base
Pensacola
Flor
Sa Wee
J. W. Doak
San Angel
Roy Gough
Marfa
Doak
Brewster
Jeff
Davis and
Pecos Counties
H. L. Kokernot & Son
ED Fain
Suanita Beatty
Quelle
Grimens
Cecil King
Sul Ross Auditorium
Claire Tree Major
Children’s Theatre Players
Davis Mt Federation of Women’s Clubs
E. Holland Ave
Jimmy Legas
Lupix
Ray Morrow
Storey Whiteside Lumber Co
Tracy
Dodge
Ouance Witout Nore
van Fossan Motors
Texas College Ave
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