Newport News Jake Wells kinship holds grand reunion
About seventy five relatives met at the home of Mr and Mrs Jake Wells in Newport for an annual reunion. D K Wells was chosen president and Olene Farmer was elected secretary. The group planned the second Sunday in August as the permanent reunion date and a large dinner was served under hackberry shade. Haynes Wells arrived with Rush Springs melons weighing 45 to 65 pounds each for a melon feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Wells
Newport
W. J. Teague
Abernathy
Haynes Wells
Rush Springs
Okla
Young Wells
Rush Springs Melon Growers Association
Tom Watson
Florida
G. W. Wells
R. P. Brown
Jake
Nannie
J. E. Scott
Amarillo
W. L. Stoker
Luling
Rollie Wells
Henrietta
George Wells
Henry Bakke
Nancy
Wichita Falls
G. B. Smith
Jake Eckert
Hazel Wells
Chris Wells
Hoyt Baker
John
Dick Wells
Pete
Newcastle
Henry Forsythe
Paul Smith
Jacksboro
Willie Darnell Gardner
Shawnee
Floyd Specht
Virginia Belle
Vashti
Star McCracken
L. T. McManus
W. H. Elenburg
W. F. Gossett
Melon feast and community notices in Newport area
The report covers a memorial service at Milk is an Energy Food with singing by Smith Wall and Effie Wall at piano, a burial in Newport Cemetery, and a Melon feast announcement by Sunday School superintendent Ed Bulls. It also lists numerous local visitors, family visits, illnesses, and social gatherings across nearby towns including Bowie, Bowie, Wichita Falls, Stoneburg, Krum, and Alvord.
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Smith Wall
Newport
Effie Wall
Open the Pearly Gates
Wall
F. B. Wall
Bowie
G. H. Whitaker, Jr
Clyde Whitaker
Clark Whitaker
Donnie Gatty
Keneth Arnold
Billie Boland
A. D. Sheffy
B. M. Woolsey
J. N Langston
Gertrude Wilson
Calvary Baptist Church Holds Regular Services and Baptism
Rev Irvin Burleson led monthly services at Calvary Baptist Church Saturday night and Sunday A baptismal service followed at the Carl Richey tank Sunday at 3 PM Norma Jean Heath Dorothy Dean Heath and Billie Jo Morgan were baptized by Rev Burleson Also notes of visiting relatives and family gatherings from Stoneburg Jacksonville and nearby homes are mentioned with brief travel details.
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Irvin Burleson
Calvary Baptist Church
Carl Richey Tank
Burleson
Norma Jean
Dorthy Dean Heath
Billie Jo Morgan
Family Visit Highlights In Bowie and Vashti Areas
Mrs. Norman Eath shares news of relatives visiting Charley Jimmie and Linnie Faucett in Brushy. Jimmie shows slight health improvement and joined a Bowie visit. Mrs. Ray Faulkner recovers from appendicitis and moves from Decatur hospital to Alvord with plans to stay a week. Waldens and Barker families visit Will Rhyne in Vashti as James Barker and Ernest Vanbebber stay with grandparents. Harry Sullenger and J T Stubbs drive to Vashti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Eath
Toney Jackson
Charley
Jimmie
Linnie Faucett
Brushy
Jackson
Bowie
Ray Faulkner
Decatur
Alvord
Arthur Greer
Walton Barker
Vashti
Will Rhyne
James Alton Barker
Perry Vanbebber
Ernest
Lone Star
Harry Sullenger
J. T. Stubbs
Smoking and Drinking Watch Your Stomach Adla Tablets Ad
Quick relief from indigestion heartburn and acid stomach due to excessive acidity promoted as an effective remedy Adla Tablets sold at your drug store with money back guarantee banner style ad copy from The Bowie News and priced at one dollar per year.
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Daty Reaves
Ella Mae
Janet
J. C. Womble
Stanfield
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Whynell Aston
McDaniel
O. M. Shipp
John George
Plains
Dan Wilson
Chillicothe
J. R. Morris
Forestburg
S. A. Carr
Felix Hamilton
Winfield Scott
Postoak
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Fort Worth
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Gene Sewell
New Liberty
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Second Mondy
Hugh Swagerty
Newport Union
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Hereford
Bill
Felix Kindel of
Renner
Newport Sunday School
Mr. Bulls
Mattie Smith
T. D. Denman
Harry Thomas
Delores Moss
Harry Garlington
G. Q. Stubbs
Ray Stubbs
Loretta Ann
Travis Compton
Jacksonville
Texas
Loyd Parson
Fruitland
Lee Winningham
Irvin Southerland
Ellen
Ben McDonald
Bud Taylor
Robert Irvin Southerland
Lee Bates
Lindy
Otis Inman
Krum
E. L. Weatherford
Stoneburg
Clarence Johnson
Fred Wall
John Hamilton
Dallas
Grandpa Rich
Joe Rich
Marlow Saunder
Gordon Ray
Taylor
Dairy Industry
Milk Industry Foundation
Irby Dunklin
Court of Civil Appeals
Dunklin
State OF Texas
Tarrants
James A. Scott
Second Supreme Judicial District
Tarrant County
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Luther Hickey
Charles
Don
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the Stubbs
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