Chico Chats Chronicle Local Visits and Reunions
Mrs. John F. White and Mrs. Jess Motsinger visit in Victoria with J. J. Mowers and family. Mr. and Mrs. Monrow Jackson rush to Oklahoma City as daughter Mary Harmon lies critically ill. The Newtons host a Progressive Family Reunion in Chico with relatives from Dallas Muskogee Valient Denton and Charleston. First Grade summer Play School enrollment grows to thirteen as homemaking staff organize activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monrow Jackson
Mary Harmon
Oklahoma City
Addie Kellum
Chico School
John F. White
Jess Motsinger
Detroit
Michigan
Victoria
Family reunions trace ties from Dennard to Oklahoma
Old friends visit Norman Davis and other long time residents at Pleasant Grove Cemetery as plans form to return next summer with spouses. Dr. Cara McCurdy and Oklahoma relatives attend. the Myers family holds reunions in Dennard Arkansas and Tecumseh Oklahoma with fifty two attendees and a quilting session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Davis
Pierce Mount
H. F. Hawkins
Pleasant Grove
Cara McCurdy
Clearwater
Oklahoma
Carrie
Leja Copeland
Tulsa
Tom McCurdy
Cora
Cliff) McCurdy
Denison
Myers
Dennard
Arkansas
Teecumseh
Special Craft Meeting Thursday June 20 at Chico Center
A full day crafts meeting hosted by the Chico Home Demonstration Club will be held June 20 at the Chico Community Center with Mrs. W. H. Hallman as hostess. Joe Donaldson and Mrs. Edith Tatum of the American Handicrafts Company will teach. The club reports 372 bandages for the American Cancer Society and guests include Mrs. E N Bullard of Zwolle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
Chico Home Demonstration Club
W. H. Hallman
Joe Donaldson
Edith Tatum
American Handicrafts Company
James O’kelley
Martha Brown
George Tasker
American Cancer Society
E. N. Bullard
Zwolle
Louisiana
Mrs Minnie Slaughter 1897 Bowie High grad dies at 84
Mrs Minnie Lee Slaughter longtime Bowie resident and first Bowie High School graduate in 1897 died at 84 in a Nocona hospital. Services were held at Burgess Funeral Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Surviving daughters, a sister, a brother, five grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lee Slaughter
Nocona
Burgess Funeral Chapel
Edward H. Campbell
Saint David's Episcopal Church
Denton
Elmwood Cemetery
Burgess Funeral Home
Slaughter
George Slaughter
Bowie
Collin County
Montgomery
Lawrence Foster
Russell
Bowem Family Visits Fort Worth For Park Outing
Duncan Oklahoma residents Mr and Mrs Ralph Bowem visited here last week with Mr and Mrs W H Halman and Mr and Mrs B E Halman and family. The Halmans took their children and grandchildren on an outing to Forest Park and Zoo in Fort Worth Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan
Oklahoma
Ralph Bowem
W. H. Halman
B. E. Halman
W. H. Halmans
Forest Park and Zoo
Fort Worth
Wiley Family Reunion at Lake Alvord
Mr and Mrs Wendell Wiley and their children attended a Wiley family reunion at a lakeside picnic spot near Alvord on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wiley and family traveled from Lubbock while the rest of the group came from the Decatur area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Wendell Wiley
Alvord
Lawrence Wiley
Lubbock
Decatur
New Chico Woman's Society names officers at church meeting
The Chico Woman's Society of Christian Service met at the church with Mrs. Cecil Bloomer presiding as the new president. She assigned Mrs. Ed Wrangle to organize refreshments for Vacation Bible School and Mrs. Elbert Bailey led a program review of Todays Children for Tomorrow's World. Nine members attended and the next meeting is set for July 8 with one session in July and August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chico
Carolyn Gregory Dies at Fort Worth
Carolyn Sue Gregory 19 died in a Fort Worth hospital after bulbar polio. Funeral held at First Baptist Church Bowie with Pastor D L Payne officiating. Born July 27 1944 in Dallas she lived in Montague County most of her life. Survived by her parents Earl and Mary Gregory of Bowie three brothers David Bowie Kenneth Ventura CA and Robby Fort Worth and her grandfather Gregory of Bowie. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn Sue Gregory
Fort Worth
First Baptist Church
Bowie
D. L. Payne
Miss Gregory
Dallas
Montague County
Earl Gregory
David
Kenneth
Ventura
California
Robby
Gregory
Dan Lancaster
Billy Woods
Jimmy Mills
Fred Slayden
John Marsh
Gary Carter
Creighton Named Texas Delegate to Sixth World Petroleum Congress
Governor appoints Senator Tom Creighton and five others to represent Texas at the Sixth World Petroleum Congress in Frankfurt in June 1926. Delegates attend at their own expense. a report is due at the next Legislature. The congress draws thousands of delegates and accompanies the Inter-Oil Exhibition with lectures on exploration, drilling, refining, petrochemicals, and marketing. Field trips to German and neighboring sites are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
John Connally
Texas
Frankfurt
Germany
Charles Herring
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
P. R. Rutherford
Houston
Arch Rowan
Fort Worth
R. O. Garrett
Austria
France
Holland
Italy
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W. G Savage
Lewisville
W. A. Newton
Jimmy Frazier
Charlie Harlass
Charleston
West Virginia
J. T. Newton
Musko
Fedders
Bowie, Texas
Jerry Phillips
Bridgeport
Southwest Stone Company
Graham
I. C. Morrow
Pauline Morrow
Davida (Morrow) Burkhalter
Elbert Baileys
Pasadena
James H. Daniels
Robert Bailey
Myrtle Moss
Minnie Slaughter
Lyle Montgomery
Bowie High School
Oak Cliff College For Women
George Oliver Slaughter
FE. Wise
Order of the Eastern Star
Mother's Club
Parent-Teacher Association
East Ward
PTA
MacDowell Music Club
Herman Heard
Ray Ross
Orie Garrett
Ivan F. Head
L. O. Morgan
E. R. Mangum
Lynn Garlington
M. E. Campbell
Wichita Falls
E. W. Brasch
Marshall
Russell S. Bird
Roswell
Earl Zotsch
Springtown
John W. Hampton Sr
E. Leo Miller
H. V. Slaughter
R. L. Graves
Brownfield
L. E. Montgomery
Chevrolet
Delcotron
TNT
Corvette
Frank Edwards Chevrolet Co
E. Wise
Carolyn Gregory
Ft. Worth
Creighton
Pirseus
Aoa
Pittsburgh
Gary Nees Lumber Co
Cummins
LEVIS
I. Uaaclia
Levi's
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