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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
9
Mr and Mrs Joe B Monroe spent the week end in Fort Worth with leisure time and local sightseeing evident in a brief social note from the period.
Mr and Mrs A M Rencher spent last week visiting in Mineral Wells.
Phillip Harper an 18 year old from Bowie describes a low cost vacation by hitchhiking from Bowie to Eugene Oregon in five and a half days on $15 He rode with about ten drivers mostly daytime lifts and faced dangers including a drunken driver in route He met notable people like Chester Dennis the Apache writer who helped him extend his trip He traveled through New Mexico Colorado Utah Idaho Washington and Oregon witnessing Salt Lake Citys Mormon convention and an Oregon earthquake visit He returned home in three days and nights proving the trip possible while noting the ride was not easy and carrying a heavy suitcase
Fifteen girls enrolled in the first week of the summer home making project at Bowie high school under Miss Henryetta Sands. The four week program includes play school sewing upholstery and a camping trip at Quannah Parker Lake. Participants include Joann Hamner Nancy Clark Delores Allen Gwen Hearne Frances Howard Sue Karey buhl Shirley Lemons Evelyn McIntyre Mildred McCarty Garlene McWilliams Donna Redmen Rose Marie Unger Peggy Stevenson Evelyn Tarver Alice Robertson.
Mrs Parker Harden is visiting this week at the home of her mother Mrs C C Knight step. Mrs Harden resides in Lubbock.
A string of social visits marked the weekend in Dye Mound as residents hosted relatives from Wichita Falls Saint Jo Fort Worth and Dallas. Guests included the Baileys from Forestburg with sons Rennie and Larry and numerous Brumbaughs Pribbles and Hickmans visiting across town. Local travel included Ola Young transacting business in Wichita Falls and Neta Brooks flying from Dallas to Los Angeles with Troy Brooks. George Baker and family reported steady health amid visitors. Reverend J W Dodd of Denton to preach at the Methodist Church Sunday morning.
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