Smith-Fitts Rites Read At Christian Church In Wichita Falls
Miss Peggy Jo Smith and Joe Edwin Fitts united in marriage at the First Christian Church of Wichita Falls. The ceremony was led by Rev. George Davis at eight o clock Saturday evening with music by Fern Fowler and Sherle Myers. The bride was given in marriage by her father in a white matelasse gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church of
Wichita Falls
Peggy Jo Smith
C. A. Smith
Joe Edwin Fitts
Ray C. Fitts
Ringgold
George Davis
Fern Fowler
Sherle Myers
Willis receives Austin College degree at Sherman
Selwyn A Willis son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Willis graduated from Austin College in Sherman last week He is a 1946 Bowie graduate He plans to enter Baylor Medical School this fall Attending the graduation from here were Mr and Mrs Arthur Willis and Mrs Hawkins Mrs Ovary and Mrs Bertha Greer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selwyn A. Willis
Arthur Willis
Austin College
Sherman
Bowie
Baylor Medical School
Mmes
M. E. Hawkins
Billie Ovury
Bertha Greer
Local couple wed in Fort Worth ceremony
Mrs J E Crawford of Fort Worth served as matron of honor with bridesmaids Pansy Coe LaVena Gowdy Ray Nell Casselberry flower girl and candle lighters. Ray C Fitts Jr of Nocona acted as best man with groomsmen Gene Pollard and Phil Harman. Bride a Wichita Falls High School 49 graduate and groom a Nocona High School graduate plan to reside at 1208 Eighth Street after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Crawford
Fort Worth
Pansy Coe
LaVena Gowdy
Ray Nell Casselberry
State College, N. M
Nickie Lee Smith
Charles Clark
Ray C. Fitts, Jr
Nocona
Gene Pollard
Phil Harman
Wichita Falls
Nocona High School
J. L. Powell Jr
Eighth Street
Last Rites in National Cemetery for Wendell McClellan
The funeral for Staff Sergeant Wendell R. McClellan, killed January 11 1944 over Germany, will be held June 21 at 10 30 am in Louisville National Cemetery. The McClellans will travel from Bowie with family and friends, joining others in services and a mass reinterment conducted by veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. K. McClellan
National Cemetery
Louisville
Wendell R. McClellan
Germany
McClellan
Holland
America
War Department
Bowie
Fay Goodspeed
Nocona
Sgt. McClellan
Beaumont
Woodrow
Nashville
Tenn
Albert McClellan
Southern Baptist Convention
Local Rexall Radio Show Aims High With Dick Powell
Griffin Rexall Drug Store co sponsors the Rexall Radio Show on WFAA NBC outlet. Dick Powell will be heard starting Wednesday June 14 with Hollywood guests planned. The program airs Wednesdays shifting from Sun Cey and is backed by ten thousand Rexall independent druggists and the Rexall Drug Company of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Griffin
Griffin Rexall Drug Store
Rexall
National Broadcasting Company
Dick Powell
Griffin
Hollywood
WFAA
NBC
Rexall Drug Company
Los Angeles
Post trio guests at Mrs. Ralph Carpenter home
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson and their son Hayden of Post visited Saturday and Sunday as guests of Mrs. Ralph Carpenter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Johnson and Son
Hayden
Post
Ralph Carpenter
Fifty Bowie seniors return from Mexico trip
The 1950 Bowie High School senior class and a small chaperone group completed a five day trip to Mexico starting in Laredo with stops in Fort Worth Waco Austin San Antonio Monterrey and Saltillo. They toured universities and landmarks including Barton Springs the Alamo and the Transit Tower observatory. Two students briefly walked across the Rio Grande after losing a tourist card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie High School
Mexican Republic
Laredo
Continental
Fort Worth
Waco
Belt
Mamulique Pass
Sabinas Hidalgo
Gran Hotel Ancira
Monterrey
Horsetail Falls
Saltillo
Zaragoza Plaza
Bowie
San Antonio
Alamo
Transit Tower
Joske’s
Texas
Belton
Rio Grande
Mon terrey bound seniors listed for trip
Dozens of parents and seniors are named as part of the group headed to Monterrey. The roster includes Billie Berry Delma Deaver Shary Dodson Laucita Dyer Barbara Garrett Donna Ruth Hardeman Jo Ann Hickman Monda Markham Julia Mee Mitchell Charlene Privitt Marie Turnbow Patsy Vassar Erma Waller JoAnn Hopper Curtis Adkins Bobby Brazil Jerry Brown Donald Brumfield Billy Campbell Bobby Chester Reno Collins Arc ue Deweber James Durham Doyle Eckelbarger George Farley Noble Ray Faulkenberry Roger Giles Delton Hutson Dale Jackson Buddy Jeffries Eugene Monroe Bobby Jack Ryan Weldon Swinson Derrell Thomason Jimmy Vaughan Gary Whitaker Newton Whitehead Bobby Winn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterrey
Billie Berry
Delma Deaver
Shary Dodson
Laucita Dyer
Barbara Garrett
Donna Ruth Hardeman
Jo Ann Hickman
Monda Markham
Julia Mee Mitchell
Charlene Privitt
Marie Turnbow
Patsy Vassar
Erma Waller
JoAnn Hopper
Curtis Adkins
Bobby Brazil
Jerry Brown
Donald Brumfield
Billy Campbell
Bobby Chester
Reno Collins
Arcue Deweber
James Durham
Doyle Eckelbarger
George Farley
Noble Ray Faulkenberry
Roger Giles
Delton Hutson
Dale Jackson
Buddy Jeffries
Eugene Monroe
Bobby Jack Ryan
Weldon Swinson
Derrell Thomason
Jimmy Vaughan
Gary Whitaker
Newton Whitehead
Bobby Winn
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Walter S. Cochran
Beltone District
Beltone
S. A. Willis
Sherbet
Bonnie’s Drive-Inn
THE
Bowie News
Wendell McClellan
Baptist Church
Bel Air
Fisher
Edwards Motor CO
Chevrolet Sales and Service
East Wise
Old Mexico
Paul Taliaferro
W. S. Palmer
Palmer Optical Company
Whitehead Clinic
Charles King
Mrs
R. E. McMahon
Robert Trout
Baylor
Donald Wright
J. W. Fry
Tommy Arnold
Joe David Burchell
Joe Gene Cook
C. D. Swinson
Catherine Hastings
Willie Lee Dickerman
Charlie Skelton
Purasnow
Sunkist
Nice
Dole
Dan
Lipton’s
Indepen
Oleo
Golden Maid
Ferndale
Pound
Devil Food
Jon
Libby
Ball
Mead’s
Viennas
PEN
Bill
Hormel’s
Bologna
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