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Newspaper

Bowie News

Location

Bowie, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1961

Page

7

Chico Students Celebrate Spanish Class Christmas Luncheon

Seventeen students joined Mrs John F White and host A F Sepolio family for a Christmas luncheon with Spanish dishes and conversations. Kathy Hastings and Carolyn Brooks presented family films while classmates shared travel clips.

Spanish Ass A. F. le- Olio Sepolio Kathy Hastings Carolyn Brooks Doyle Bradley Gayle Browning Glenda Dawson Duane Dewitt Darla Duck Billy Gamble Fred Holt Peggy Lasiter Judy Martin Jerry McGuire Rave Nell Sugg Furell Whetsell Leon Nantsy Milton Marburger Brady McGuire

Christian Science services schedule and church location

Sunday morning services at 11 o clock and Sunday school at 9 30 for ages up to twenty. Wednesday evening services at 8 o clock. All are welcome. Church corner of Tarrant and Sanders Streets.

Tarrant and Sanders Streets

Chico Dragons Win Sportsmanship Trophy at Decatur Tournament

The Chico Dragons earned the Sportsmanship Trophy at a Decatur tournament held last week at Decatur Baptist College gym. Bowie won the event and Ponder finished second. In Paradise on Tuesday night Chico defeated Paradise 56 to 54, while the Chico girls fell 47 to 30. Peggy Wood led with nine points and Nelda Gray added eight.

Chico Dragons Decatur Decatur Baptist College Bowie Ponder Paradise Chico Peggy Wood Nelda Gray

Second Grandson Born in Denton Flow Memorial Hospital

Mrs Gose Lowrey celebrates the arrival of John Randall Lowrey born December 8 at Flow Memorial Hospital Denton Texas weighing seven pounds three ounces. Parents John Robert Lowrey and wife of Sanger Texas, grandparents Sam Moncrief Grapevine and R A Knox Lawton Okla. Great grandmother Jones near Shreveport La. Mae Smith returns from Fort Worth with family. shares a nine year old great niece story that won honors in Carrollton.

Gose Lowrey John Randall Flow Memorial Hospital Denton Texas John Robert Lowrey Sanger Sam Moncrief Grapevine R. A. Knox Lawton Okla Jones Shreveport Mae Smith Fort Worth David Smith Debbie McClung Sam Smith Chico

Mrs Bewelez Dies at Home in Post Oak near Bowie

Mrs Clara Maybell Deweber died at her Post Oak home on December 20 after a heart attack. She was born May 6 1902 in Hartford Ark and lived in Post Oak 33 years. Survived by husband W B Deweber and son Billy Joey, four sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral at Baptist Church Post Oak with Rev Covington and Rev Byrd officiating. burial in Post Oak Cemetery.

Nolan Myers Raymond Glover Dallas Arkansas Bealer Watts Tucson Ariz Carroll Watts Claudie and Bennie Dennard Ark Julie Bowen Wayne West Plains Myers’ Enroute Arizona Clara Maybell Deiisher Fost Oak Bowie Deweber Baptist Church Post Oak Tiff Covington Byrd Post Oak Church Owens-Brumley Funeral Home Hartsford W. B Bill) Deweher Billy Joey Ola Henning Welch Thelma Hull Mary Harlin Edna White Phoenix Buel Floyd Clayborn Santa Maria Calif Renfro Scarbrough Elbert Leek Ose Clark Earl Barnett Virgil Schmittou John N. Williamson

Chico Dragons narrowly win boys basketball 39 to 40

Chico Dragons beat Springtown 40 39 in the Chico gym with Nelda Gray the top Chico scorer. Girls lost 32 to 20. Also notes upcoming events: First Sunday Singing January 7 at 2 p.m. Morris Memorial Church. Parent-Teacher Club January 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Woman's Study Club January 9 at 2:30 p.m.

Chico Dragons Springtown Chico Nelda Gray Morris Memorial Methodist Church Amos Morris

Homemaker's Class Christmas Party At Church

The Homemaker's Class of the First Baptist Church met Tuesday December 19 in the Bank Community Room for a Christmas party. A turkey dinner was served to 24 members and three visitors. Mrs. Etta Pruett spoke on the Christmas Story and gifts were exchanged with attendees including Mmes. Homer Bure Corrine Edwards T D Beach Artie Young and many others.

F y+ Baptist Church Bank Turkey Mmes Homer Bure Corrine Edwards T D. Beach Artie Young Lee Willingham Perry Young L. B. Stephens Ira Lawler Joe Pigg Arthur Fischer Ted Jones T. O. Morgan Armon Smith Viola Powell Edith Fulcher Mary Etta Pruett Cecil Ice Ed Yarbro Frank Collier, Jr Elton Johnson John Philpott Hollis Morton Velma Guston Sylvia Brady Lara Dean Davis Grace Davis Vona Winton

Bradford Dies Wednesday at 77 in Bowie

Luther J. Bradford, 77, died after a long illness Wednesday in Bowie hospital. A Sunset resident of 25 years, he was born in Georgia on June 19, 1884. Funeral services were held Friday at Burgess Memorial Chapel with burial at Smyrna Cemetery. Survivors include his widow two sons Bill Bradford of Sunset and Floyd Bradford of California, four daughters Anna Lee Fincher Bowie Tinnie Welch Lubbock Wayne Whitaker and Richard Willet of Dallas, three sisters, 15 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Bradford Sunset Georgia Burgess Memorial Chapel Smyrna Burgess Funeral Home Eugene Prevo Isbell Bill Bradford Floyd Bradford California Anna Lee Fincher Bowie Tinnie Welch Lubbock Wayne Whitaker Richard Willet Dallas

Distributive Education Club Christmas Party Held

The Distributive Education Club held its annual Christmas party on December 19 at the Youth Center. About 20 members and 18 guests attended, the second DE party of the season. Sponsor is Hershel Stephens.

Hershel Stephens

William Volkman Rites Held For Bowie Resident

Funeral services for William Volkman age 72 were held Tuesday at 2 p.m. from New Harp church with burial in New Harp Cemetery under Burgess Funeral Home direction. The Bowie farmer died Sunday December 24 after a long illness. He was born February 17, 1889 in Forestburg and lived in Bowie since 1949. He is survived by his widow Hulda Volkman of Bowie, a brother George Volkman of Forestburg and two sisters Mrs Clara Mann and Mrs Roe Sledge.

William Volkman New Harp Church New Harp Burgess Funeral Home J. B. Lamb Bowie Hulda Volkman George Volkman Forestburg Clara Mann Roe Sledge

Bowie Social Notes Reflect Family and Holiday Visits

Bowie residents recount Sunday visits at Mrs. E T Winters and Mr Walter Morris in Newport. Guests include the Ford family from Wichita Falls and extended kin from Crafton Bridgeport Bowie and Plainville. Christmas holiday gatherings feature the Taylors Millers Evans and Miller families with pallbearers noted as nephews.

E. T. Winters Gaylord McDonlad Walter Morris Newport Winters Claude Ford Wichita Falls Lawson Ralph Crafton L. B. McDonald Mike Bridgeport Lee McDonald Louis Lawson Bowie Ewell Taylor Caroyle Bobby Taylor J. C. Miller Joe Evans Plainville Ray Miller J. C. Millers Finley Miller Fort Worth Carolyn

Christmas Visits Across Dallas Fort Worth Area

The excerpt lists holiday visitors and family guests across Fort Worth Dallas and surrounding towns. It mentions the Miller and Taylor families plus relatives from Bowie Carrollton Dallas and other Texas cities exchanging Christmas Day and Eve hospitality.

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Chico Chats John F. White Anna Holt Bridgeport Hospital Bridgeport Convalescent Home Larry Gibbens Little Son Sid Cook Pfe Jerry Phillips Fort Polk, la Mrs. C. D. Phillips Jerry Roy Edgington Shadduck Henry Kolander Jerry Buckingham R. L. Groves Austin Christian Science Society J. R. Lowreys First Baptist Church of Jesus Eugene Phillips eUuerrcrice A P.O Louisville 1 Bright Doctor Albright Fuller Albright Mrs. Bewelez East St. Louis R. E. Smith Julie E. A. Jester Lambert Miss First Christian Church Luther J. Bradford Bowie Hospital Distributive Education Food Service Independent School District Bowie, Texas William Vollman Mrs. Finley Miller John White C. R. McDaniel Bob Randall Sherelyn and Robbie C. Hy Burke Alvis Cornell Jim Denise Robert Lynn White Carrollton Bob White Linda Burdon Heard Bobby David Countess Willett D. C. Miller Mrs Ed Roberts Mount Pleasant Buel Wright Dewey Pigg Roscoe Wiley Texas City Frank Moss Your G22 Griffin Rexall Drug Zircon Garnet Gayle Bradley Jewler
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