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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1955
Page
14
Bowie Campfire Council chairman Jack Bradley presided over a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms last week. Two new members were announced joining the council.
Were elected to the council Mrs Roscoe Covey and Mrs M C Gibbins take roles as community service and program chairman respectively. Those present include Rev Warren McSwain public relations chairman and other leaders Todd Fryar camping chairman Bill Brewer campaign chairman Norlan Edwards secretary treasurer and others including Mrs Harlow Tibbetts awards chair and Mrs Mary Fulton Wichita Falls executive director for this area.
The Bowie Art League met all day at Cosby Studio on Monday with a covered dish luncheon. Mrs. Hallie Collins was hostess. Eleven members and one guest attended as they completed fall scene paintings for the Spring Exhibit.
Community notes list residents visiting relatives and trips to Henrietta Nocona Chickasha and Wichita Falls. Local schools report Gold Burg and Bellevue basketball results and a mid December grade basketball schedule. Thanksgiving dinner served in Ringgold with about ninety attendees.
Neely Tipton and family hosts visitors from Graham Cun diff and Wichita Falls attend church meetings. Cemetery association holds Christmas party at Bellevue with new 1956 officers including Chairman Comer Tuck and secretary treasurer Billie Rhyne. Myron Reeves named most useful citizen. Timber Woods of Bellevue join family night at the community center. Durwood Tuck of Barstow California dies. cousin to Comer Tuck.
Mrs. Raymond Ditto and Rosie traveled to Kentucky to join her husband. G W Nunley visited Burleson. Elvin Drury Viola Chandler and Paul of Vernon visited their parents. Tom Ditton and Jim McCarrell visited Eula Cook. Jess Minter moved to Hurst. Ray Thompson and Nancy of Fort Worth and Homer Rhoades of Decatur visited. J W Cummings visited his sister Jewell Skinner in Wichita Falls. Hazel McDonald and Auliffe Drury of Bowie attended.
Mr and Mrs C I Drury are noted for an event Tuesday night. Details remain sparse but indicate a social or local gathering involving the couple.
Wynona L Rid dles notes a flurry of Sunday visits and weekend visits among residents. Cleo Lanier visited Zoe Culver. Bessie Greenwood traveled to Costa Mesa to see Jack Poteet. Allan Howell and Higgins from Madill were guests. Greenwood family hosted W G Greenwood and kin. Goree visited Paris. Campsey couple hosted by Fred Campsey. Hunt family from Decatur joined Georgia Greenwood. Hoyt Mann and Skipper joined Fred Campsey. Allan Howell in Forestburg. Paul Greenwood and Deneen visited Echols home.
Mrs. Nettie White Scarver is in Bowie hospital. The Methodist Church Young People plan a Christmas program for Sunday morning December 18. Mrs. Ebb Sweaten's Married Couples Class held a Christmas party at the church last Friday. Charles Aulick, formerly ...
The Duncan Oklahoma area mourns the death of Bellevue businessman Mr Aulick aged 76 who died Saturday morning at his home. Funeral services and burial were held in Bowie with survivors including his wife one son Rufus of Duncan two daughters Mrs Curtis Latham of Bowie and Mrs Velma McDonald of Duncan four grandchildren. Friends from Bellevue attended the funeral. The H D Club held a Christmas party at Mrs Lawton Flinn's home on December 14. Mr and Mrs Jim Bowden of Electra visited his brother and sister in law G L Bowden last week. Mrs Essie Hodge was in Henrietta on business last week.
Sunday morning services at 1 o'clock with Sunday school at 9 30 for pupils up to age twenty. Wednesday evening services at 8. All welcome. Church building located at 30 West Tarrant Notre
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