Thanksgiving visits fill region with family gatherings
Ale Roy Pearce of the Air Force band in Fairbanks Alaska is on furlough visiting his parents and relatives in Texas Arkansas and Louisiana. Thanksgiving guests at Fred L Raborn sr home included his son Fred L Raborn Jr and his family with the Cofield and other relatives from Bowie and San Angelo. Wichita Falls visitors spent time with Mrs. F C Hamilton. Local families share holidays with relatives in Altus Oklahoma Borger and San Antonio as well as W A Buchanan and W G Buchanan in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ale Roy Pearce
Air Force Band
Fairbanks
Alaska
P. V. Pearce
Oth
Fred L. Raborn, Jr
San Angelo
Charles Coffield
Bowie
San Antonio
W. A. Buchanan
W. G. Buchanan
Obituary and local notices from Countywide News
Buck Laird age 50 died at home on highway 82 November 23 after illness while unloading feed. Franklin Collier age 82 of Saint Jo died November 21 in Wichita Falls hospital born March 21 1873 at Sivells Bend Cooke county married Ada Cochran February 4 1897 retired farmer survivors include wife one daughter three sons one grandson two sisters two brothers and one deceased son pallbearers listed. Texas Highway Commission granted a special hearing to Saint Jo and Belcher delegation in Austin to seek farm to market road designation in Montague and Cooke counties led by Judge Howard Mays and Ed Cooksey. Sixty nine baby chicks died in a broader fire at Fred Kiser home Nocona gin to gin about 400 more bales this year than last. Births at Nocona John Robert Hawthorne Debra Lynette Curnutte Leslie Howard Gibson born in Nocona Saint Jo Sept-Nov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Isom Franklin Collier
Saint Jo
Wichita Falls
Collier
Sivells Bend
Cooke County
Ada Cochran
Nocona
Mable Cooksey
Walter Collier
Frank Collier
Jack Collier
Norman
Okla
James Collier Cooksey
Lillie Reimers
Lou Sprinkle
Ontario
Calif
John Collier
Texas Highway Commission
Saint Jo and
Belcher
Austin
Montague
Howard Mays
Ed Cooksey
Montague County
John Robert Hawthorne
Robert C. Hawthorne
Debra Lynette Curnutte
Olen R
Jack” Carnutte
Leslie Howard Gibson
William Howard Gibson
Texas Announces 1956 Road Surfacing in North Texas District
The Texas Highway Department unveils a 1956 road program for nine North Texas counties totaling 923000, about 20 percent above 1955. In Montague County, State Highway 59 will be resurfaced over 7.7 miles from Montague to near Bowie, and FM 103 will receive a seal coat over 7.5 miles from Nocona to Spanish Fort. Plans and specifications are pending, with Resident Engineer L S Partridge directing the Montague county work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Department
North Texas
L. B. Dean
Wichita Falls
Montague County
Montague
Bowie
Nocona
Spanish Fort
L. S. Partridge
Sheriff Returns Man From Colorado In Snow Storm
Sheriff Tom Lindsey brought Henry Arrington of Gainesville from Montrose Colorado after a grand jury indictment left him at large. Arrington faced charges for selling oil field equipment and damaged wire as junk near Fort Worth. Bondsmen face repayment of returning expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Lindsey
Henry Arrington
Gainesville
Montrose
Colo
Arrington
Saint Jo
Colorado
Ft. Worth
Lindsey
Monarch Pass
Utah
New Mexico
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brink’s
Ankle
Brink’s Shoe Store
Post Office
Bowie, Texas
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Fred L. Raborn, Sr
J. R. Dooley
F. C. Hamilton
David Evans
Altus
Owen Wright
Borger
L. P. Bray
Mrs. W. C. Buchanan
Buck Laird
Highway 82
Joe Farris
Lee Husband
Sam Pedigo
F. C. Galmor
Arthur Phillips
P. EF. Redman
Starr Mann
Floyd Morris
Fred Kiser
New Owens&ley Funeral Home
Owens-Brumley Funeral Home
Tarrant St
West
Wise Street
Cotton’s Cafe
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