Davis Family Holds Reunion at Leon River Camp
The Davis family reunion gathered August 11 and 12 near the Starkie Bridge on the Leon River. About 104 people attended, 57 immediate family and 47 relatives and friends, with meals around campfires and photos taken. Oldest attendee Mary Davis, age 83, joined the group along with numerous cousins, spouses, and children from Comanche, Amarillo, Clarendon, Childress, Hedley, and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ewing
Davis
Leon River
Starkie Bridge
M. E. Gore
Mary” Davis
Ory
L. B. Davis
Jim Lane
Essie Dunlap
Tommy K All
Comanche
D. T. Smallwood
Hedley
Jake LaGrone
Tommy Kell
Cora Belle
Sam
Amarillo
Bessie Lane
Clarendon
Wayne Ewaing
Sadie Beth
Phillips
Curtis Lane
Barbara
Curtis Allen
Jay Henry
Ollie Hasley
Veda
Comanche County
Marion Cross
Billy
Susan
Childress
Jack Nicholson
Don
Jack Matthews
Bill Todd
Dwight
Freddie McAnear
D. Y. Reed
O. B. McGuire
H. D. Lane
Cyril Roberson
J. O. Kirkland
Jimmy Dale
Robert Sanders
Tom Smallwood
Upper Leon Soil Conservation District News
Farmers in the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District implement new terrace work and diversions. J B Cooper built six tenths mile of channel terraces using a motor grader. Happy Hathcock constructed two miles of channel terraces linking to a Blue Stem waterway. Ferguson plans six thousand feet of fresh terraces and rework of two miles of old terraces. Gorman Hawkins aims to finish terraces at Mercer Gap with a waterway seeded earlier. Roy Henson built seventeen hundred feet of diversion terraces and a new farm pond while cleaning other ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Leon
Happy Hathcock
Comanche
Verde Ferguson
Lake Comanche
Ferguson
Mercer Gap
Gorman Hawkins
Roy Henson
Newburg
Dallas group hosts reunion date set for August 1957
A Dallas group lists family and friends including Loggins and Smith families with attendees from Denton Dublin and Tyler. The business meeting occurred on a Saturday and agreed to hold the next gathering on August 10 and 11, 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
R. L. Loggins
Erby Smith
Jyce
David
Brenda
Lawrence Loggins
Boss Davis
Dallas
Jim Smallwood
Denton
Addie Reed
Dublin
John W. Reynolds
Tyler
Amity Rev. Shannon Preaches Two Sermons Sunday
Rev. Shannon preached two good sermons here Sunday and visited Mr. Robertson and Elizabeth with his family. He will preach again next Sunday. Mrs. S. N. Haynes spent last week in Midland with her son in law and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. J. Reynolds
Shannon
Weekend visitors flocked to area families across multiple towns
Fort Worth visitors including Mrs. Ronald Hicks and the Piersons visited local families last weekend. Several families from Whitney Rising Star Cisco and Odessa hosted guests with Sunday meals and fishing near Byrds Store. Continuous travel tied to area residents and relatives across Blanket Gorman and Dallas suburbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Hicks
Roger Pierson
Fort Worth
Pierson
Cornelia Chathams
Frank Prentiss
Whitney
Johnny Henderson
Gorman
Walter
George Brown
Rising Star
Tom Stewart
Edd Stodghill
J. W. Henderson
Blanket
Stanley Purtle
Lynda
Jon
Cisco
Walter Henderson
Guy Taylor
E. R. Wests
Clealand Parker
Walter Cutler
Charles Alford
Fort Worthee
Victory Baptist Pastor Expected Back This Sunday
Rev Leroy Woolsey, pastor of Victory Baptist Church, who has been ill, is due back in church on Sunday. Rev Self the county missionary will do the preaching. Everyone is invited and the church especially invites all members to attend. The church thanks Rev Whitworth for leadership during the pastor’s absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Woolsey
Victory Baptist Church
Self
Whitworth
Price couple heads to A and M for Harold’s Aggie football season
Mr and Mrs Harold Price depart this week for A and M College where Harold is enrolled and belongs to the Aggie football squad. Mrs Price is the former Jean Ann Stanton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A&m
Harold Price
A&m College
Harold
Aggie
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Admiral
Smith’s Radio
A. B. Smith
Upper Leon Soil Conservation District News
Henry D. Gregory
Mattress Renovation Headquarters
North Side Square
Paes
Wastinghouse Electric Range
Hathcock
Hathcock Appliance CO
John M
Happy) Hathcock
Walling
Comanche, Texas
Amity
Victory Baptist
Lucky Joe
Evans CO
Chevrolet
FORD
Plymouth
the Evans
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