Miss Grigsby Graduates From Texas State College for Women
Miss Charlene Grigsby received her bachelor’s degree at Texas State College for Women in Denton. Commencement exercises were held on May 30. Grigsby, a voice music education major, sang at the Sunday morning baccalaureate services. she resides with Miss Inez Rudy who also attended the services.
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Jacquelyn Charlene Grigsby
Texas State College For Women
Denton
Miss Grigsby
Inez Rudy
Miss Rudy
Special bargain offer for Ft Worth Star Telegram by mail
Daily and Sunday four months by mail cost 4.75 dollars. Daily four months by mail costs 4.25 dollars. Rowe News presents the offer.
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Ft. Worth
Masons Invited to Chico Joint Lodge Meeting
Montague county Masons receive an invitation to a joint meeting of the Alvord and Chico lodges at Chico high school auditorium on Saturday night June 11. The event marks the 75th anniversaries of both lodges with a special guest M W Grand Master of Texas.
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Montague County
Alvord
Chico
Chico High School
M. W
State of Texas
Speake Family Hosts Guests From Fort Worth
Mr and Mrs Dewey Speake and family welcomed as weekend visitors their daughter Miss Ann Speake and Jim Dillard of Fort Worth during a short stay with relatives in the area.
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Mrs. Dewey
Miss Ann Speake
Jim Dillard
Fort Worth
Seventeen Wells Staked and Eight Oilers Completed in Montague County
Montague county reports last week saw seventeen new field wells staked with eight oilers completed. New locations include Continental Oil Co Nos. 7 8 9 Mrs M H Salmon B in Montague county and several others for rotary tests. Completions feature Continental Oil Co No. 122 124 125 J J Howard ABC, and Ralph Myers Continental No. 1 J J Berry with multiple oil yields. Several wells abandoned include No. 1 J P Hill and No. 1 W C Wilson.
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Montague County
Continental Oil Co
Wichita Falls
M. H. Salmon
Nocona
F. Robertson Survey
Ralph Myers Contracting Corp
J. J. Berry
W. J. Wells Sur
Nortex Oil Co
Dillas
W. L. Hightower
Rogers & Rogers
Randall Oil Co
G. E. Medley
Stoneburg
Transcontinental Oil Co
Dallas
Mildred W. Norvell
Montague
Calhoun Csl Sur
Walsh
Watts
M. E. Daniel
W. P. Zuber
Salmon
D&e
Motague County
W. F. Robertson
N. J. Howard
ABC
Cox Drilling Corp
Lion Oil Co
Stephens-Caswell
Aries- Caddo
Ralph Myers Continental Corp
Rogers and Rogers
J. P. Hill
Bonita
Harvey Drilling Co
Humble Oil and Refining Co
W. C. Wilson
Denton Creek
Forestburg
Kingery Production Co
First National Bank of
Saint Jo
The
Texas Co
O. W
J. W. Harvey
Bowie
Kathleen Watkins to Work at Citizens National Bank in Lubbock
Miss Kathleen Watkins accompanied by her father L A Watkins left last Thursday for Lubbock where she will be employed at Citizens National Bank this summer.
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Kathleen Watkins
L. A. Watkins
Lubbock
Citizens National Bank
Jaycees Install Officers at Bowie Banquet
The Bowie Jaycees installed 1955 56 officers at a First Methodist banquet led by state president E A Stumpf of Houston and regional president Tom Creighton of Mineral Wells. George A Hoeldtke was named president with B H Roberts first VP and C H Sinclair second VP, among others.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. A. Stumpf
Houston
Bowie Jcc
First Methodist Church
Stumpf
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Palo Pinto County
Creighton
Bowie Jaycees
George A. Hoeldtke
B. H. Roberts
C. H. Sinclair
Bill Jack Evans
Billy
Rooster Pins
Norlan Edwards
Mr. Carter
Dutton Breaks Hand In Bellevue Accident
E. L. Dutton operator of the Meyer Dutton Appliance and Television store received two broken bones in his right hand after a horse toppled into a trailer and trapped his hand between the animal and a sideboard. He was treated at the Bowie clinic.
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E. L. Dutton
Meyer-Dutton
Bellevue
Bowie
Bowie Clinic
Prater Family Visits Knox City Kin
Mr and Mrs Paul Prater of Knox City visited recently with her parents Mr and Mrs Bob Broom and his mother Mrs Anna Prater both listed as part of the gathering.
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Paul Prater
Knox City
Bob Broom
Anna Prater
Mrs VanVadter Wins Coke Word Contest Prizes
Mrs L W VanVadter of Stoneburg highway won a barbecue grill a portable Coke cooler and two 12 bottle cartons of Coca Cola in a Coke bottling company Word Contest at Parker's Food Market Bowie. Clarence Newsom store manager and William H Anderson route manager posed with prizes. Newsom also received a grill.
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L. W. VanVadter
Stoneburg Highway
Parker's Food Market
Bottling Company
Clarence Newsom
Parker's
Bowie
William H. Anderson
Denton
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
VanVader
Mr. Newsom
Sunset School Reports Successful Nine Month Term
Sunset School closed a nine month term on May 25 with 91 total pupils and 79 in closing enrollment. Ten eighth grade students graduated including James Craft and Kenneth Davis. The year featured interscholastic events, films, new library encyclopedia, plays, and school improvements funded by PTA and local help.
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Sunset
W. N. Harnden
Harnden
James Craft
Kenneth Davis
J. D. Halford
David Jackson
Foy Rollins
Michael Jackson
Jessie Johnson
Peggy Johnson
Virgil Rux
Renedelle Whitaker
Plaque Awarded to Jones M Robinson for 1954 Life Insurance Volume
Jones M Robinson a representative for Southwestern Life Insurance Company receives a plaque for producing more than a quarter million dollars in life insurance business in 1954. The inscription honors professional achievement in quality production and notes a trip to the agency convention in San Antonio where he accepted the plaque from President Ralph Wood.
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Jones M. Robinson
Southwestern Life Insurance Company
Robinson
Portable Typewriters for Sale or Rent at Bowie News Office
Portable typewriters available at Bowie News Office with options to buy or rent. Contact the office for pricing and availability and inquire about short term rental or purchase plans.
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Bowie
Roundabout Items from Bowie and Lubbock notes
A collage of town snippets describes a weekend trip to Lubbock with green fields, wheat harvests, and Bunny Bread craze. It recalls local people, school milestones, church zipper mishap, and tooting trains. It ends with reflections on anonymous authorship and local press reactions.
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Lubbock
Davy Crockett
Meads
Bowie
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H. G. Richey
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L. C. McMillion
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Johnie Free
Stanley Airington
Jones Robinson
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Gayle Bradley
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