Bowie area brides and rodeo roundup in Wise County
Bowie section highlights two brides to be Nancy Jo Blackmon and Joyce Crumpler shopping in Bowie stores. It notes past brides Sue Hankins and Carolyn Allen with family details, plus Bowie Roping Club rodeo activities in Decatur and Burkburnett. Also mentions mumps illness, a button contest winner, local bowling success, and Handy Finn Station grand opening ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Nancy Jo Blackmon
Spears
Joyce Crumpler
J. W. Hutchens
Sue Hankins
Marvin Reynolds
Reynolds
Dandi
Joe Hawkins
Mobil
Wise
Sanders Strets
Carolyn Allen
Rebecca Orton
Carolyn
Jerry Cantwell
James Rowdy
Cantwell
Wichita Falls Highway
Rebecca
Jake Gary
Gainesville
Jake
Gary Nees
Cainesville
Bowie Cheerleaders Attend Wichita Falls Clinic
A group of Bowie high school cheerleaders earned a week at a Wichita Falls cheerleading school through cake sales rummage sales and car washes. The program runs Monday through Friday at Harrell School along Seymour Highway with two to three daily sessions planned for the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pbowie High School
Wichita Alls Cheerleaders
Harrell School
Seymour Highway
Wichita Falls
Ringgold Plans Homecoming Festivities in Ringgold Texas
The Ringgold Semi Annual Homecoming is set for July 29 1962 on the Ringgold School Grounds. July 28 1962 the Ringgold Cemetery Association will stage a gym program followed by a street dance downtown. Past performers include Jimmy Davis Tiny Young Gene Austin and the Mier Brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringgold
Ringgold Texas
Ringgold Cemetery Association
Jimmy Davis
Tiny Young
Gene Austin
Mier Brothers
High School Accepts Federal Aid for Science Equipment
The board approved about 2500 dollars in science gear for the coming year funded half by the district and half by the National Science Education Act. Supt Williams said no strings attach to the aid and equipment costs match 100 percent district funding. The board also approved custodial salaries accepted resignations of three staff members, hired Raymond Clement as teacher and assistant coach, and set band director interviews. All decisions were by unanimous vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Darrell Williams
Don Sykes
Lee Boyd Montgomery
Annie B. James
Raymond Clement
Hawks Leopards and Bulldogs Lead Little League Standings
The Leopards and Bulldogs hold top spots with 3 and 4 wins respectively while the Hawks lead the Pee Wee league at five wins and zero losses. All three teams show undefeated records as of Wednesday morning with Leopards and Bulldogs each sporting one loss between them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawks
Leopards
Bulldogs
4-H Horse Show Draws 17 Entries
Fourteen members of the Montague County 4-H Horse Club exhibited 17 head of horses and ponies at the first County 4-H horse show held here Saturday. Two other shows for the members will be held this summer with the next one on July 28 at Nocona. Judge Miss Linda Aselton of Belcherville named 1st through 4th in each class. The event featured halter and performance classes with participation ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Nocona
Linda Aselton
Belcherville
Paul Gibbins
Bowie
Lonnie McGaughy
Bobby Miller
Larry Miller
Loydel Parsons
Jack Simpson
Patricia Hanson
Raymond Abbott
Riley Simpson
Mary Aselton
Prairie Valley
Bobby Joe Meek
Montague
Alice McGaughy
Loydell Parsons
Gus Allen
David Peden
Carolyn Hanson
Angus Field Day Set Saturday at Ringgold
The North Texas Angus Association plans a June 23 field day at Clarence W. Chandler's Ringgold ranch honoring George W. Graham president of the American Angus Association. A judging contest begins 10 30 am with plaques donated by local groups. Dr Doyle Chambers Oklahoma State will be main speaker and Milt Miller will report from Moscow Idaho.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Angus Association
North Texas Angus Association
Clarence W. Chandler
Ringgold
Texas
George W. Graham
77 Angus Ranch
Stewart Sewell
Clyde Whiteside
Graham
Wichita Falls Farm and Ranch Club and Production Credit Association
Tommy Stuart
Ronnie Blackwell
Wayman Ashley
Texas Angus Association
Doyle Chambers
Oklahoma State University
Chambers
Moscow
Idaho
Milt Miller
North Texas
Dr Jackson joins Lewisville Clinic in Texas
Dale Jackson MD, a Bowie native, joins the Medical Surgical Clinic planned for Lewisville. A 1957 Baylor Medical School graduate, he is married to Lanell Beckman of Fort Worth and they have two sons, Mike and Jeff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Jackson
Bowie
Lewisville
Texas
Dr. Jackson
Bowie High School
Baylor School of Medicine
Lanell Beckman
Fort Worth
Mike and
Jeff
Huffman to Lead Chico Independent School District
Mr and Mrs R L Huffman move to Chico on July 1 to assume duties as superintendent of Chico Independent School District. Huffman previously led Aspermont School for two years and Mansfield School for sixteen. He is from Grapevine. Mrs Huffman, Sally Ferris of Grapevine, grew up in Euless. Both active in church and civic groups, they are involved in Eastern Star and Masonic circles and attend the Methodist Church. The couple have no children but some grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. (Loyd) Huffman
Chico
Chico Independent School
Huffman
Aspermont
Mansfield School
Grapevine
Sally Ferris
Order of the Eastern Star
The
Eastern Star
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Church
Womans Society of Christian Service
TWC
Benny Hamilton
Jane Degennhart
Fort Worth
Southwest Singing Convention Set Sunday
The Southeast Montague County singing convention will meet at the Singers Hall in Montague on Sunday for an all day singing. Secretary Mrs Henry Shubert reported this quarterly meeting and invited everyone to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Montague
Henry Shubert
Student to Preach at Bowie Sunday Service
Robert Albert Hess of Batesville Arkansas in his senior year at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary will be guest pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Bowie on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Albert Hess
Batesville
Arkansas
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Austin
First Presbyterian Church of
Bowie
Junior amateur rodeo set for June 29 30 at Rodeo arena
The Senior Travel Club plans a junior rodeo on June 29 30 at the Rodeo arena. Lawrence Kline of Henrietta is producer. Events include bare back riding tied down calf roping girls barrel racing double mugging and bull riding. Entry blanks from Senior Travel Club members. Senior mothers run concessions and show time is 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodeo Arena
Lawrence Kline
Henrietta
Start Surveying Work For Citys Master Plan
Bowie has begun the first phase of its master plan with surveying crews from Hasie and Green and Associates mapping the city. They will prepare a base map, topographic map, and aerial mosaic to chart growth for 25 years, starting near the Fort Worth and Denver depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Fort Worth
Denver
Hasie and Green and Associates
Lubbock
Last legal Texas hanging witnessed by Perkins-Timberlake manager
Donald Mann recalls the July 30 1923 hanging of Roy Mitchell outside the McLennan County jail in Waco Texas a crowd of about five thousand watched as the condemned man warned the executioner then sang Carry Me Home before the trap was sprung Mitchell who confessed to several murders had been buried near 12th Street and the event left few witnesses aware it marked Texas history
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Mann
Perkins-Timberlake
Bowie
Texas
Mann
Roy Mitchell
Ethel Denecamp
Mitchell
Denecamp
McClennan County
Waco
Waco News-Tribune
Leslie Stogall
Marin
12Th Street
Stoneburg Homecoming honors Vina Henry in surprise program
About 500 students, ex students and families gathered at Stoneburg school for homecoming. Wilburn Cross hosted a This Is Your Life hour honoring Mrs. Vina Henry a 32 year Stoneburg teacher. Relatives and friends from Fort Worth and Bowie attended with gifts and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoneburg
Wilburn Cross
Vina Henry
Alvin Johnson
Henry
Fort Worth
Myrtle Patterson
Plains
Bud Clark
Bowie
Elton Johnson
Arthur Brooks
Campbell
Jimmie Johnson
Ex-Student Association
Donald Tomlinson
Barton
Kemp Denson
Donna Bertino
Rhonda Sue Prater
Annual Fruit Field Day at Montague June 27
Plans are complete for the Fruit Field Day at the Montague Fruit Experiment Station on Wednesday morning June 27. Visitors will see which peach varieties fruit this year despite hard freezes and tour Henry Corado’s Ranger Beach orchard near Montague with six stops. The program runs 8:00 to 11:45 a m with talks on fruit production and a 10:45 to 11:45 grape arbor session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague Fruit Experiment Station
Henry Corado
Montague
Ranger Beach
Unel Randolph
Wylie Roberts
Texas A & M College Horticultural Section
Montague County Farm Bureau
County Commissioners Court
Jack Crain
Randolph
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Emerson Lynn, Jr
Wise County Sheriff’s Posse
Decatur
Burkburnett
Jadell Jordan
Wise County
Paula Jan Nix
Pat
Norris Dill
Pomona
California
Gayle
George Maughn
Diane Chokas
Russell’s
Diane
Johnny Reynolds
Roy Patterson
Handy Finn
W. Wise
Pee Wee
Broncos
VFW Ll
Hornets
Bobcats
Longhorns
Buffalos
Tigers
Coyotes
Cardinals
Alice MceGaughy
Angus
Lewisville Clinic
R. L
Lloyd) Huffman
David Moyer
Southwest Singing Convention
Monte Hasie
John Clough
East
Nelson
Boss
Arizona
Oklahoma
William
Fannie Wicker
J. W. Williams
Stoneburg High School
North Texas State College
Raymond E. Henry
Virginia Rae
Virginia
Colorado
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