Daw son Trotman continued
This is one of last photos taken of Dawson. Planning new Navigator work in Africa are Joe Shankle, Dick Hightower, Dawson, Bob Howarth and. Doug Sparks. Dawson refinished and upholstered desk and paint ed picture on wall. Until recently he rare ly slept more than five hours a night. When not working he grasped every spare minute to vigorously pursue some hobby. He enjoyed water skiing, hunting, oil painting, building. His latest interest was the Hammond organ. If there was one thing he disliked it was half-heartedness in anything. His will to excel and to win in anything he attempted made him a rugged competitor and at times caused rather keen discomfort to the half-hearted.
Dawson’s Early Life
Upper left photo shows store in Bisbee, Ariz. where Dawson’s father worked ( that’s him on horseback at right of photo). Dawson was born in 1906 in building just showing at rear of store. Downstairs, thousands of sticks of dynamite w ere stored for copper mines. Above is Dawson with oldest sister and brother Rowland who died at 23 while saving the life of a young girl in a mountain fall. Lower left is another fam ily snapshot. A fter Dawson’s death his w ife, Lila, told how they had antici pated it: “ I shared what the Lord had been speaking to me about . . . that H e was going to take Dawson. W e sat there facing the water and he shared with me again plans for our children and a 10-year program for the Navigator work.
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THE KING'S BUSINESS
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