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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1963
Page
3
Birth announced Jeffery Neil Biggerstaff at Bowie Hospital July 26. Community items include church revivals, weddings set for August 16, and a String Band Jamboree at Chico School Auditorium with multiple area bands. Also notes on travel, new residents, and local incidents.
The First Baptist youth of Bowie plan a retreat to Falls Creek Oklahoma August 9 10 with departure Friday 4 30 pm and return Saturday afternoon. Sonny Hanson Stoneburg pastor will lead two worship services along with Fun Time Film singing fellowship and food. The trip ends Saturday morning with a visit to Turner Falls. A record turnout is expected. The summer revival at First Baptist runs August 11 18.
H. T. Pigg of Covington Virginia was elected commander of the Department of Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars. Known as Gunner Pigg, he served from 1923 to 1953, retiring as chief gunner after a career in the Navy. He played football basketball baseball and raced boats with the old battle force 1923 37 and finished Bowie High School in May 1923.
The Bowie Youth Center will remain closed until the first weekend in September. Chairman Billy Neeld announced the Friday and Saturday night operation will not resume until then.
The Magee family reunion for the late W H Magee was held in Nocona on July 14 attracting about 30 families. Attendees included Wilburn Horn and family Tennie Gronow of Bowie J B Magee J C Walker S L Milson A G Tompkins and T L Magee all of Montague.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker Brown of Houston with daughter Beverly visited Mrs. H. T. Ayres on their way to South Dakota and Colorado. Their other daughter Barbara, spending the summer with her grandmother, will join them. George Blackmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackmon, is in Thailand with Esso Standard Eastern Company, a firm supplying rice production chemicals, who reported eating fried octopus in a recent letter home.
Mrs W P Orrell was honored at a birthday dinner hosted in the home of Mr and Mrs H Medley in Bowie on Thursday. Guests included Mr and Mrs J D Tompkins from Denton and other relatives visiting in Bowi e area.
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