Fort Davis News Highlights Local Football Loss PTA Halloween Parade
Fort Davis Indians lose 14 6 to Toyah in conference play with Elias Dutchover scoring the Indian touchdown. Fort Davis to host Balmorhea next at 2 30 p m. Fire department adopts new number HA 6 390 and local volunteers plan fire prevention efforts including a film and school PTA events. Fort Davis residents attend a Halloween parade and Mexican supper planned by the PTA with a horror film at 8 30 p m. John Robert Prude chairs the Ways and Means. W R Mercer relocates to Iola after funeral services for Mrs. Mercer on Oct 22.
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Elias Dutchover
Indians
Fort Davis
Toyah
Tomorow
Ganized
Gulf Service Station
PTA
Union Mercantile
Court House
John Robert Prude
Ways and Means
Leonard Rinehart
Ernest Carleton
W. R. Mercer
Iola
Texas
Dub Dooley
Fort Davis Weather Records Break in 1941 Rainfall
Old Fort Davis records show the 1941 rainy period surpassing all prior totals since 1886 with the Fort Davis and Limpia Creek basins recording unprecedented precipitation. The local U S Weather Bureau data place 27.68 inches as the highest annual total in 1875, while a fort records keeper notes over 30 inches for the year. Nearby, Mrs Donald Melver receives a new stone barn at Up-and-Down Ranch in Concord New Hampshire, a structure 80 by 20 feet with grain and saddle rooms and stalls. Edwin Jones, visiting artist, works on Davis Mountains landscapes for regional magazines. Mrs W S Miller heads to Austin with Miss Callie Holt for medical and family visits, with Edwin Jones guiding travel.
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Valanche
Davis
Limpia Creek
Fort Davis
U. Feather Bureau
Don Carlton
Donald G. Melver
Melver
Concord
N. H
G. S. Locke
Mount Locke
McDonald Observatory
Bowling Scores Update for Oct 26
Players listed with scores from the bowling night include Sheppend's 8 and Gillespie's 0 Casner's 6 Nelon Locker 2 Geeslin's 6 Buck n Chute 2 Watson Jews. 8 Alpine Vet 0.
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Gillespie
Casner
Nelon Locker
Geeslin
Buck 'N Chute
Watson Jews
Alpine Vet
Shepperd Jewelers
Geeslin's
Agine Vet
Gil If Casner Motor Lespies
Watson Jewelers
Comet Finishes 16 200‑Mile Cape Horn to Fairbanks Run
Three Mercury Comets completed a 16 200 mile endurance journey from Cape Horn to Fairbanks in 40 days. They ran day and night with no major repairs, proving 1965 Comets are powerful and tough as well as stylish.
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Cape Horn
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mercury
South America
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Leonard Jelsi
Doug Powig
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