Fires strike Chico area volunteers save homes amid blazes
Chico volunteer firemen battled multiple fires in the past month including saving the Forest Hall home from a blaze and containing grass fires. The Beard family lost their Bridgeport highway home to an undetermined fire. Neighbors Ira and Mrs. Barnes will host a relief shower Tuesday evening at their home with gifts at Robinson Drug Store. Earlier fires at Mara Grocery and Browning Drive-In Grocery caused extensive damage with origin undetermined.
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Chico
Forrest Hall
Mara Grocery
Bridgeport
Alvord
Decatur
Browning
Federal Land Bank loan applications sought in Mon tague text
Mr. W. C. Denson will accept Federal Land Bank loan applications in the Farm Bureau office in Mon tague Texas each Thursday from 10:00 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. or contact the Federal Land Bank Association office at Room 207 First National Building Wichita Falls Texas.
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W. C. Denson
Farm Bureau
Montague
Texas
Federal Land Bank
Federal Land Bank Association
First National Bldg
Wichita Falls
Tex
Fire winds threaten town as grass fires spread
A grass fire at Forrest Hall was contained by Chico Fire Department with minor damage to a back porch. Drought and unmowed lots raise fire risk as grass fires burn along the railroad and destroy pasture land. Descriptions of community events and local visits fill the rest of the page.
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Forrest Hall
Chico
Morris
Leslie Morris
Foresburg Homecoming Draws Large Crowd
The annual Foresburg home coming under shade trees near the log cabin drew a large crowd despite heat. Travelers from Porterville California and Pacific California joined locals including Jo Ann Greenwood Karla Karen Nancy Greenwood Wynona Riddles and Billie Anderson visiting family members and attending events such as a rodeo with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edwards and Pain.
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Foresburg
Martha McMillican
Porterville
California
Georgia Greenwood
Joe Hunt
Jo Ann Greenwood
Karla Karen
Nancy Greenwood
Wynona Riddles
Mrs
Billie Anderson
Susie
Kim Fri Oay
Bowie Area Visit Highlights Weekend Guests
Mr and Mrs Roy Webb and family of Dallas visited with their parents over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Ted Webb and Mr and Mrs Herman Leonard joined Maurice James of Corpus Christi in visiting. The Hamiltons and the Tucks of Waxahachie were also guests at Eddie Zach’s home. Bill McWilliams family plans a Florida vacation Saturday.
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Michigan
Roger Brink
First Baptist Church
Leroy Hand
Gifford Hill Rock Crusher
St. Pauls Hospital
Dallas
Jerry Phillips
Dana
C. D. Phillips
Danny
Jerry
Nacogdoches
Graham
Bob Youngblood
Alameda
California
G. W Hand
Bill
Jimmy Hand
Pete Hartsell
Bill Hartsell
Red River
New Mexico
Colorado
H. M. Creek
Eddie
Cecil Morrow
Kenneth
Nell
Bill Graham
Wichita Falls
Frances Creek
Jacksboro
H. M
Mary Lois’ Morrow and
Jerry, Dale
Kenny
Salinas
J. C. Reasoner
Elva Moser
Morrows
Bakersfield
Barbara Stone
Texas
Alice Jones
T. C Blackstock
Oklahoma
Edith Hanna
Ruidoso
Marshall Brooks
West Texas
Spur
Abilene
Brownfield
Slanton
E. Z. Sanders
Ft. Worth
Jim Long
Danny Kirk
Fat Holman
Chico
Woodrow Morrow
Wizard Wells
Dean, Katan
Cathy Issac
Lone Grove
Okla
Joe Peterson
James Sprand
Harry Reeves
Jack County Hospital
Rex McAllister
Burton Springs
Mattie Rae Thorpe
Julia
Alpha Brazeal
Lewis Kirk
Danny Sherita
Loyd Issacs
J. C. Miller
James Spradlings
Jimmy Stonecipher
Donnie
Roy Webb
Ted Webb
Herman Leonard
Maurice James
Corpus Christi
F. C. Hamilton
Richard Tuck
Waxahachie
Eddie Zach
Bill McWilliams
Florida
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Chico Chats
John F. White
St. Beard
H. F. Brooks Furniture CO
Chico Quilting Club
Sarah Gann
Mmes
Ben Porter
Nelda Evans
Johnny Chilton
John Brooks
Carolyn
Joyce
Crafton
Sam Warden
Community Tabernacle
Gus Richey
Mar. Warden
Tabernacle
Watson
Wesco Lodge
Lake Bridgeport
Hawaii
Hardy Watson
Earl Watson
Ernest Murray
Morris Dry Goods
Ike Hartsell
John Bailey
Guy Mann
Elizabeth Robinson
William Mead
W. T. Flowers
Joe Bounds
T. C. Blackstock
Hate Brown
Linie Cox
W. T. Taylor
Mrs. Arnold Hudson
Greenville
Dene Clifton
Clide Ogle
Orville Long
Devin Wayne
General Hospital
Wayne Hudson
Grayson Wills
Joy
Hubert Smith
Ricky Ogle
Ie Ay
U. S. Savings Bonds
Proksury Ndeyp
Advertising Council
UZ News
Wynona L. Riddles
Joyce Echols Leeper
Pacific
San Francisco
Bowie
Mason Shoe
Phil B. Shaw
Lone Star Gas
Area Business Directory
Patterson
THE
Bowie News
Mason
David W. Moyer
Smythe
Joe Butler
Montague Street
Ferndale
Bowie, Texas
Morrow
Bowle
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