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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
6
Be L Hutchison of Jacksonville visited with Mr and Mrs J R Applegate. The two were classmates at Southwell College of Optometry in Memphis Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs Willis Stokes celebrated their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary on July 24. Mr Stokes has been ill for four years and confined to bed.
Three Cities Service Pipe Line employees from Tomball Sam Batchelor Tommy Youngblood and Horace Johnson and their families have arrived in Bowie to join the local workforce.
Barbecue supper was enjoyed Saturday night July 29 at the A V Carpening home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Sam McEwen and Billy, Mr and Mrs Glen Cox and Glen da of Vernon, and Mr and Mrs Robert Berryhill and Don of Grand Prairie, Texas, with the hosts.
The Inman family assembles for a two day reunion with multiple generations photographed. Names listed include J W Inman B K Inman Ira Inman R E Strealy J M Inman J A Quisenberry W R Davis and many relatives. The caption notes babies Brenda Kay Griffin Pamela Ann Hoeldtke and Michael Gill among attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dodson are told by their son Billy Bud Stewart that he is en route to Guam with the U S Navy after completing Naval Air School in Memphis Tennessee.
Mr and Mrs George Dean and family of Seminole Oklahoma visited Mr and Mrs Joe Barnett on Sunday and Monday, sharing time with the Barnetts.
Thirty three members of the Inman family gathered for the fourth annual reunion at Pelham Park. J W Inman, district manager of Lone Star Gas, attended from Bowie with 24 years’ service. I T Inman of Albuquerque joined from the farthest distance among relatives and friends.
The American Legion Auxiliary met on Thursday July 27 with Mrs. Lewis O Hancock presiding. Newly elected officers will be installed Monday August 7 including President Mrs. Norman C House Vice President Mrs Elton Hill Secretary Treasurer Mrs Howard Morris Historian Mrs Janette McGannon Sergeant at Arms Mrs Norman Branson and Chaplain Mrs Lon Roberson. A home baked sale is planned for Saturday August 31 at 5. The group votes to move meeting dates to the second and fourth Mondays of each month. The next regular meeting is Monday August 14.
Vera Abbott Rogers thanks voters and citizens for support in her district clerk race. She expresses gratitude for votes and courtesy and extends respect to those who did not vote for her. Congratulations are offered to Mr. True Barbie.
A list of newborns with weights and birth dates across Bowie Sunset Fort Worth and nearby areas. Notable entries include Boyd Darrell and Paula Darlene with July births to Griffin and Coker families, and Steven Eugene weighing 10 pounds 11 ounces born August 1 to Myers in Bowie.
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