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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1962
Page
4
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for floral tributes comforting expressions and sympathy shown during their recent bereavement.
Horticulture committee schedules an Orchard Establishment and Pruning Clinic for December 18 at 2:00 pm at the Fruit Experiment Station in Montague with A A Randolph to demonstrate tree setting and pruning. Voter polls open December 11 from 8 am to 6 pm across multiple Montague County sites for cotton and peanut quotas. Three 4-H delegates from Montague County report a successful trip to the National 4-H Club Congress emphasizing youth involvement and ongoing good work.
John Henry Turner Jr. 50 died at his home in Austin on Friday November 30. He was born in Montague County and attended Stoneburg School. Services were held December 3 at Burgess Memorial Chapel with Jimmy Cox officiating. Interment followed at Hopewell cemetery. Survivors include wife Mable of Austin, son Tandy Turner of Austin, daughters Jane Neels Bettendorf Iowa and Pat Hodges Davenport Iowa, brother Paul Turner Bowie, sisters Wanda Short Bowie Lera Griffin Bowie Jessie Powers Detroit, his parents Mr and Mrs J H Turner Sr Bowie, and seven grandchildren. Pallbearers were Jay Martin Burks Frank Stillwell Clovis Stillwell Wincy Sanders Bubba Smith Weldon Lovelady.
L E Faulkner, an elderly cat hunter, captured a crafty bobcat two miles west of Bowie after a two year pursuit. He hunted with Bud Clark and again freed the cat seven times that day before his fighting dog finished the kill on the Mangum place. Jones joined the party for the final catch.
The engagement of Miss Donna Benita Minor of Wichita Falls to John Peter Legendre of Mascoutah Illinois is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs W T Minor Jr of Montague. Donna is a Nocona High School graduate who studied at Texas Woman's University in 1961 and works for Longhorn Chevrolet. Legendre graduated from the University of Illinois in 1961 with a psychology degree and is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base. The couple plans an early spring wedding.
The Future Homemakers of America Chapter I met in regular session at 9 30 a m December 5 in the high school auditorium with Paula Henderson presiding Mary Linda Davis gave the devotion entitled Love Binds Man to Man She challenged the girls not to be prejudiced against colored race The program was a pantomime narrated by Beverly Wilson pertaining to manners in public The characters were Barbara Tomilinson Clara Mar Winsett Sandra Shaw Sharon Love Sharon Harris Carol Sue Richardson Joan Moore and Judy Messinger
Attendees at the District 12 WMA meeting held November 29 at The First Baptist Church in Granbury included Mmes. George W. Curlee R F E Faulkner W F Ward Eugene Prevo T C Newsom Marion Woody and R K E Faulkner coming from Bowie to attend the event.
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