New Cadillac Ambulance Joins Burgess Funeral Home Fleet
The Burgess Funeral Home adds a 1948 Cadillac ambulance to its modern equipment. Mrs. Ray Walker, discharged from hospital, rode in the new vehicle. The piece notes other local items and honors, including graduation awards at Bowie High School and Lions Club citizenship recognitions for students.
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Burgess Funeral Home
Ray Walker
Bowie High School
Lions Club
Sam Lovette
Lion W. A. Brinkley
Evelyn Humphrys
G. B. Humphrys
Bowie
Lovette
Humphry
Donald Humphrys
Osle Jackson
G. Dee Jackson
Jimmie Clerk
J. E. Clark
Sunset
Jan Voor
E. G. Wood
Delores Arnold
A. W. Arnold
Dale Jackson
Paul Taliaferro
Helen Worley
Bob Raley
Juanell Matthews
Mary Latham
Mary Covington
Bausche & Lomb
Paul Boedecker
Dickman
East Ward
Jan Griffin
Monroe Scrugs
Pollyanna Allison
Richard Stephens
Patsy High
Charles Sawyer
Nancy Carpenter
Wayne Hanson
Doris Richey
David Stephens
Ann Bowman
Clifford McCraw
South Ward
Peggy Beasley
Larry Hamner
Homer Prestwood
Carrol Gene Johnson
Ronnie Hawkins
Norma Sue Baker
Jerry Hill
Charlene Bentley
North Ward
Joyce Crumpler
Jackie Eubanks
Janice St. John
Jimmy Harvey
Sue Precise
Howard Ragsdale
Vashti Leads Bowie Softball League Amid Hot Friday Showdown
Vashti remains atop the Bowie Softball League with five wins and zero losses as Bowie Lions prepare for a Friday game. Wednesday results saw W.F.W. defeat Nu-Enamel 13 to 8 while Buffalo Springs were crushed by Bowie Lions.
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Vashti
Bowie
Bowie Lions
V.F.W
Buffalo Springs
W.F.W
Remodeling At Gillett's Federated Store
Workmen remodel the Gillett's Federated Store in Gillett's Federated. The ladies wear section gains new shelving display racks and neon lighting with a pastel color scheme. Building frontage also to receive improvements. A large ad promotes hundreds of dresses at low prices in a remodeling sale.
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Gillett
Federated
Baptists Start Vacation Bible School Parade Opens
First Baptist Church opens its Vacation Bible School with a Friday parade and welcomes children aged 4 to 16. Sessions run weekdays 8 30 am to 11 30 am with morning refreshments. no Saturday classes. The program ends Friday, June 18 with pupil exhibits and public invitations.
Nickelville Homecoming Planned for Sunday
N L Moore announces a homecoming program at Nickelville on the old highway between Sunset and Alvord. It will feature good singing and talks and is set for Sunday June 6.
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N. L. Moore
Nickelville
Sunset
Alvord
Presbyterian Vacation School Opens With Good Attendance
The Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School opened May 31 and runs to June 11. Children aged 4 to 16 are invited to attend. Commencement exercises and pupil work exhibits will close the school on Friday, June 11, with the public invited to attend.
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Bible School
The
Presbyterian Church
Big Rodeo Saturday Plans At Bowie Pelham Park
Organizers say the Bowie Rodeo Club will stage a Saturday night show at Pelham Park arena in Bowie on June 5 with a packed program. FE G Wood notes Red White of Fort Worth and his mounted square dance team will perform, along with double mug ging. A long list of cash prizes awaits contestants.
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Pelham Park Arena
Bowie
FE. G. Wood
Bowie Rodeo Club
Red White
Fort Worth
Citizens Pave Own Street in East Bowie
Residents on Washington Street finish paving one block with crushed rock chats and fine ground stone to end mud. Participants include Alvin Stambaugh Liggett Maude Martin C L Martin Denon St Clair Mark High. Cost averaged about 16 dollars per person.
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East Bowie
Washington Street
Alvin Stambaugh
Mr. Liggett Maude Martin
C. L. Martin
Denon St. Clair
Mark High
Peggy Swafford Returns to Austin College After Visit
Peggy Swafford has returned to Austin College after visiting her mother Mrs. Harry Swafford this week.
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Peggy Swafford
Austin College
Harry Swafford
Three Districts Vote On Consolidation With Bowie
Three elections are set to consider consolidating with the Bowie Independent School District. Leona Taylor and Lindale districts seek county orders for consolidation, with polls at Lindale School and Bowie Town Auditorium on June 23, 1948 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Bowie
Leona
Taylor
Lindale
Taylor Common
Bowie Independent
Bowie City Auditorium
Grade Listings for Sheron Hill and Mike Seitz
Grade noting seventh grade students Mary Ann Armstrong and David Preminger and eighth grade students Lois Hardison and Bobby Arrowood. The record lists teacher names Sheron Hill and Mike Seitz alongside student names in a grammar school setting.
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Sheron Hill
Mike Seitz
Mary Ann Armstrong
David Preminger
Lois Hardison
Bobby Arrowood
District Court to Convene Monday in Montague District
The 97th District Court will convene on its regular date Monday morning in Montague District. Judge Lewis Holland will set the docket at that time, and no grand jury session is probable.
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97Th District Court
Montague District
Lewis Holland
Reunion in Pelham Park Highlights McNeill Family Bonds
Members of the R. H. McNeill family gathered at Pelham Park on Sunday May 30 for a multi generational reunion. The gathering noted 16 descendants of 15 living children and featured many relatives from Wichita Falls Fort Worth Bowie Graham and Port Arthur with a watermelon feast at Bowie Lake and moving pictures taken. Oil developments near Montague County dominated later notes with wells producing and drilling activity including Woods No 1 Bellows Survey and several Continental Oil tests in the area.
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R. H. McNeill
Pelham Park
Bowie
Corsicana
Wichita Falls
McNeill
Troy McNeill
Fort Worth
W. P. McNeill
Doug
Virginia Russell
Garland
Earl
Bill Hibps
Morris Hill
Herman Hyer
Jerry
Johnny
James Rutledge
Jean
Gary
James Shelton
Jimmie
Sharron
T. O. McNeill
Jan
J. F. Woodall
Charlene
Virgil Hibbs
Bob
John Edwards
Johnnie and
Neal
Graham, Texas
L. L. Blakney
Charles McNeill
Kay
C. J. McNeill
David
Carolina
Cynthia
E. E. McNeill
Maurine
Myra Lee
Lester McNeill
Kendall
Gilford Hill
Mike
T. A. McNeill
C. H. Burke
James
College Station
W. K. Milner
Port Arthur
Texas
John White
Bob White
June
Robert
Marvin Willett
Clovis Claypool
Opal
Hettie Lola Dobkins
Wayne Golden
Bowie Lake
Bowie Area
Montague
Bend
Continental
Queen’s Peak
Cross Discovery
Stoneburg
Continental Oil Company
Edwards
Te&l
Latham Sisters Attend Annapolis June Week Events
Miss Mary Latham and Miss Marie Louise Slaughter travel from Duncan Oklahoma to Washington to join Midshipmen David M Latham and Duane Young at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis for June Week activities. Latham is set to graduate next year after a standout year.
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Mary Latham
Marie Louise Slaughter
Duncan
Oklahoma
American Airlines
Washington, D. C
David M. Latham
Duane Young
Los Angeles
California
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Ind
Latham
Young
Slaughter
Academy
Bowie Admits Transfers From Newport Sunset Lone Star Districts
Walter Alexander Bowie school superintendent announces transfers will be accepted next year from Newport Sunset and Lone Star districts for Bowie pupils in a pupil movement plan.
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Walter Alexander
Bowie
Newport
Sunset
Lone Star
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J. E. Hickman
James P. Alexander
Hickman
W. A. Brinkley
Brink’s
O. A. Hurdt
Troy Woolf
R. P. Griffin
Woolf
Griffin
Gillett’s Federated
Baptist Vacation School
First Baptist Church Vacation Bible School
Presbyterian Vacation School
District Court
New Montague Pool
Cecil William Lewis
W. W. Lewis
France
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