Social notes crowd Bowie society pages and trips
The Society Editor lists numerous residents and guests in Bowie. Trips include Colorado, Manitou, and Kansas City with visits from Fern Clark and H G Clark family. Socials feature Mrs Clark, T R Pierce, and multiple households visiting Dallas, Olney, Graham, and Temple. Local travel details and illnesses noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodgen Clark
Nancy
Colorado
Manitou
Kansas City
H. G. Clark
Clark
Fern Clark
Clarks
Texas
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Tittle Doc
Sunday School Social at Nazaren Church Hosts Friends
Mrs. Kula Cook and the Nazaren Church Sunday School class hosted a social Friday night at the Stout home with names of attendees and guests listed. Visitors and locals traveled from Mercedes Archer City Stoneburg Graham and Denton among others. Several members plan trips and attend events, including a Dallas Centennial and a Decatur reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kula Cook
the Nazarene Church
J. H. Stout
Tena Giens
Ollie Mae Ragsdale
Fannie Lee Ragsdale
Jewel Kilgore
Love Mus Lively Modeana Stout
Mildred Stout
Rudolph Thearnton
Carl Ragsdale
Kenneth Givens
Oliver Givens
Cullin Fagan
Carl Tatham
Raymond Ditto
John Skinner
Cook
Givens
Harry Stout Jr
Haggard Family tale from Plano Texas in 1930s notes
Mr and Mrs Clyde Haggard and daughters Hallie Maude and Quincy Pearl of Plano Texas appear in a fragmented social note dated Tapesdey night. The piece references the family and partial details of their activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Haggard
Hallie Maude and
Quincy Pearl
Plano
Texas
Fifteen Cents May Pay for Meal at the University
Austin Aug 3 Financially embarrassed University of Texas students will gain access to a new 15 cent meal option at the Commons University cafeteria. A counter offering meals at about 15 cents will save roughly 60 cents monthly per student, with breakfast as low as 10 cents. The 15 cent meals will be integrated into the regular dining hall with no discrimination. About 800 students and faculty eat at lunch, 450 to 500 at dinner, plus 500 from the wagon and soda fountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
University of Texas
University
Ann Janzen
Centennial football classic opens sports program
Dallas August 1 Jimmie Allred Texas Governor says the September 7 game between the Chicago Bears and the All American team will be the greatest of the year marking the opening of the Centennial grounds sports program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Jimmie Allred
Texas
Chicago Bears
Pecans Highlighted At Texas Centennial Exposition
Pecan experts at the Texas Centennial Exposition demonstrated multiple appealing uses for pecans. They showed how the nut could substitute beef in dishes, arguing it offers flavor and value without extra cost.
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Prep for August 16 1956
The upcoming Sunday service reads the Lesson Sermon for all Christ Scientist churches on August 16 1956. The Golden Text cites Psalm 103 verses 2 and 3 praising forgiveness and healing, and Psalm 14 11 notes the Lord God as sun and shield. The Science and Health passage asserts Mind governed by the Maker and triumph over sin sickness and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
God
London seeks active support in Montague run off
Marvin F. London, candidate for representative, thanks Montague County voters for July primary support and asks for continued backing in the August 22 run-off. He pledges to work with supporters of his eliminated opponents and urges their votes for the final contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin F. London
Texas Natural Resources Exhibit Becomes Permanent at Centennial
At the Texas Centennial Exhibition a revelation that Texas has US natural resources suitable for commercial production was announced. A permanent natural resources exhibit will be established after a meeting of railroad and manufacturing executives. In Upper Marlboro, the trial of a Negro charged with larceny was postponed for several days due to defense attorney Thomas King entering a bridge tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Upper Marlboro
Thomas King
Twenty Five Friends Host Baby Shower in Trenton Home
Twenty five men friends of C. W. Skinner of Trenton Missouri gathered at his home recently to honor him as a prospective father. They brought refreshments to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Skinner
Trenton
First Ex Plorers of Texas Landing Recalled in Texas Centenary Exposition
The 1528 landing of Cabeza de Vaca, Dorantes, Castillo, and Estebanillo at Galveston is staged in the Cavalcade of Texas. It tells of their shipwreck, captivity, and seven years of hardship as precursors to Texas settlement and the Seven Cities legend. About 45,000 out of state visitors enter Texas monthly, seeking the exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Galveston Beach
Cabeza de Vaca
Spain
Dorantes
Castillo
Tejas
Estavanico
Panfillo Narvaez
Florida
New World
Cibola
Border
State High Way Department
Robbers Strike Red Ding, California Constable
Burglars break into the home of Constable W. A. Houston in Red Ding California and steal his hat coat revolver handcuffs watch and tow warrants planned for service the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Houston
Redding
Calif
Texas Workmen's Compensation Amendment Proposed in 1936 Referendum
A joint resolution proposes amending the Texas Constitution to authorize the Legislature to provide Workmen's Compensation Insurance for state employees and to cover policy premiums. It calls for a vote on the amendment on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1936, with a $5,000 appropriation for publication and election costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
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Reich
Countess Markham
T. R. Pierce Family
Robert Cox
Bill Biggarstaff
Nocona
Paul Donald
Rh. J. Kelly
Aileen
Burkburnett
M.A. Tirvans
Marguerite [Rgan
Cdr
Williamos
Gainsveille
Hugh W. Lafland Jr
Rockwall, Texas
Mrs
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R. W. Ridinger
Lucille
Marion
Adrian
Henry Jackson
Shamrock
Frank Bicear
Homer Shackelford
Henrietta
Hardison
Mary Cox
Graham and
Olney
Donalds Mann
Galveston
I. B. Thompson
Thompson
Marvin Burns
H. J. Brice
Snyder
Odgen Clark
Dorothy Adele Kenton
R. M. Needs
Beula Horn
Temple
Waco
Mary C. Cosby
Hoss Biggar
Fort Worth
Will Burroughs
Denver
W. T. Nichols Sr
Bellevue
Clarence Nabors
Charlie Williams
Sunset
A. J. Huggins
T. W. Huskey
Lockney
Bowie
Nazarene
TD. R. Givens
Richard Dele
City
S.A. Crawford
Archer City
J. M. Howard
Stoneborg
R. 8S. Smart
J. 1. Upham
Orville
Graham
Jim Stewart
Aaron Miller
Andy Allen
Points
Dorothy Latham
Nelma Jane Coleman
Harriss Clark
Charles Ray Pierce
Ted Moore
Denton
Lake Dallas
Alden Williams
Memphis
The
Railway Express Co
Cecil Childress
Tommy Whitecotton
Decatur
Artie Hurdt
Ophelia
J. T. McCorkle Jr
Oo. E. Brown of
Seymour
J. J. Nichols
M .A. Bryan
Aransas Pass
Bryans
Rawson Island
Texas University
Christian Science Services
Montague County
McFarlane
John Garner
Congress
W.D. McFarlane
Congress Club
First National Bank
Bowie, Texas
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Emerson
the Electric Shop
Mytre Street
E. Scott Avetty
Elvin Butler Garage
South Mason Street
Dorothy Perkima
Dorothy Perkins
Good Housekeeping
Times
Griffin’s Drug Store
Rexall
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