Vacation habits and travels noted in local column
Mr and Mrs W A Brinkley take a two week summer vacation closing the store and restocking on return. Ike Parks and Mrs Parks report a pleasant Canada trip with stops in New York ready to wear markets. They attended the Baptist World Alliance in Cleveland with 20 000 attendees and drove, noting lighter east coast traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ike Parks
Canada
Bowie
Mrs. Parks
Baptist World Alliance
Cleveland
New York
Pat Bradley
Viola Powell
Parks
Local Birth Announcements and a Plane Crash Mention
The column lists several birth notices from Bowie and Sunset with parents and weights: Johnny Don Stone eight pounds two ounces August third. Rufus Walter Jr seven pounds six ounces August fourth. Olive Ann six pounds eight ounces August sixth. Linda Joyce seven pounds eleven and a half ounces August eighth. Betty Ann three pounds fifteen ounces August eighth. Roy G Williams returns from a Dallas visit before a Oklahoma City transport plane crash. a Bible is recovered as the only personal possession. Major H R Kelp of Akron recovers it, saying he has carried it on every flight. Watermelons burst after G Doc Jackson fell from a ladder into a melon display Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Don
John D. Stone
Bowie
Ann
R. H. Workman
Sunset
Rufus Walter, Jr
R. W. Hall
Olive Ann
L. H. Peak
Linda Joyce
C. H. Webb
Betty Ann
C. V. Barnett
Oklahoma City
H. R. Kelp
Akron
Ohio
Camp Letol Hosts Bowie Girl Scouts Over Summer
The five and a half mile north of Saint Jo camp Letol spans 218 acres at Montague County high point. Arthur and Roy Kingery of Saint Jo gifted the site to Camp Fire Girls. About 60 capacity now with expansion planned. Bowie Camp Fire Girls attendees include Jan Ayres Linda Kay Bradfield Jeanne Bradley Virginia Foster and others. Visitors include Sandra Edwards Glenn Jackson Pollyanna Allison and Yvonne Robicheaux. In the bottom photo Nancy Spears of Bowie stands near the counselor as a Bluebird member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letol
Saint Jo
Texas
Camp Fire Girls
Montague County
Arthur and
Roy Kingery
Bowie
Camp
Letdli
Jan Ayres
Linda Kay Bradfield
Jeanne
Twilight Ceremony Unites Marverine Covington and Joe Fulcher
Miss Marverine Covington and Joe Allen Fulcher were married Saturday evening August 5 at the Fulcher home. Rev G B Bradshaw led vows with Miss Bobbie Barclay singing and Mrs Will Young at the piano. The bride wore a white satin gown with seed pearl trim and a lace veil. she carried a white Bible with an orchid. Attendants included Lillian Gray of Wichita Falls. Best man was Donald Cleveland of Post Oak. A reception followed. The couple will reside in Plainview and Mr Fulcher will attend Wayland Baptist College. Out-of-town guests attended from Wichita Falls Vernon Fort Worth Dallas and Waco along with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Fulcher
Marverine Covington
Joe Allen Fulcher
Raymond Covington
Bowie
G. B. Bradshaw
First Baptist Church of
Bobbie Louise Barclay
Waco
Will Young
Lillian Gray
Wichita Falls
Donald Cleveland
Postoak
J. E. Fulerer
Margeline
Joe Allen
Bowie High School
Baylor University
Catherine Alexander Hall House
Fulcher
Business College
Dallas
Texas
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Plainview
Wayland Baptist College
J. O. Gray
Lillian
E. L. Fulcher
Joe Nance
Jane
Wich
Personal notes from Linton and Bowie social round
Mr and Mrs V L Vice and son Jerry returned to Linton Indiana Friday after visiting Bowie. Mr and Mrs Ashley Welch of Decatur visited his sister Mrs Will Langston Sunday. Mr and Mrs C Applegate moved to Bowie from Hamilton and are at 208 Anderson Street. Mr and Mrs Ike Parks were in Dallas Wednesday attending market. Mr and Mrs Elvin Butler and their daughter and family Mr and Mrs John Parchman and son Elvin of Irving Texas left Saturday for a vacation to Coronado California to visit Mr and Mrs A R Slaughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. L. Vice
Jerry
Linton
Ind
Bowie
Vice
Ashley Welch
Decatur
Will Langston
Mrs. C. Applegate
Hamilton
Anderson Street
Mrs. Ike Parks
Dallas
Local Social Notes Highlight Families Visiting in Newport
Newport residents share a weekend of visits with relatives and friends from Wichita Falls Oklahoma City Wichita Falls and Buffalo Springs. A large birthday gathering marks Mrs Lizzie Palmers 80th with 105 guests attending. A church revival led by Rev M C Smith of Decatur continues through the week inviting all.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. A. Brinkley
W. D
Bill) Parsons
Fruitland
Bill
Elmer Wood
Oklahoma
America
Roy G. Williams
G. Doc Jackson
Joe A. Fulcher
Ita Falls
J. N. Fulcher
Elizabeth
Vernon
W. H. Morton
Fort Worth
Mary Frances Hutson
Bobbie Barclay
Vikino
Tinterlake
Levis
Newport
Lula Ezell
Cecil
D. E. Smith
Willie Ruth
Houston
Bert Fields
Olney
Ray Fox
McAllen
Jessie Vinson
O. M. Shipp
Mark McCraken
Alice Brown
Mildred McManus
R. L. Middlebrooks
James Ogle
Cecil Pickett
Glenda
Bud
Pat Simons
Dewey Staley
la Quita
Buffalo Springs
T. J. Parker
Nelda
Calvin
Ola Pickett
Belle Gatlin
Virgil Deweber
Betty
Bellevue
Emmitt Deweber
Wendell Mayo
N. E. Deweber
Union Church
M. C. Smith
Decastur
J. C. Miller
Nannie Taylor
Lizzie Arnold
Jake Jordan
John Hubble
E. L. Cloer
Everett Eldon Cloer
J. T. Swagerty
Amarillo
Pat Summers
Bobbie McDaniel
Techint
Timbertehe
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