Camp Letoli Opens With Bowie Represented By Six Girls
Camp Letoli near Saint Jo opens this week with six Bowie girls in attendance Jan Ayres Nita Coggin Yvonne Robicheaux Jeanene Bradley Shirley Summers and Marjorie Dodsworth. The North Texas District of Camp Fire Girls arranged a well directed program. Friends and parents donated services to help prepare the camp with Mark High and C Lewis of Bowie Contracting Company assisting.
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Jan Ayres
Nita Coggin
Yvonne Robicheaux
Jeanene Bradley
Shirley Summers
Marjorie Dodsworth
Camp Fire
Letoli
Saint Jo
North Texas
Camp Fire Girls
Camp Letol Mark High
C.“. Lewis
Bowie Contracting Company
Bowie
Fort Worth in Technicolor at the Bowie Majestic
The Bowie Majestic in Fort Worth programs Technicolor screenings this Sunday and Monday June 24 and 25. Local theater schedules show ongoing film presentations and ticket details.
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Fort Worth
Bowie Majestic
Bowie Boys Employed Broad Summer Work in Bowie Area
A record number of Bowie High School boys are working this summer in Bowie and nearby oil fields. Employers report high cooperation and a night recreation program is planned for supervised teen activities. Names list numerous local businesses and firms employing youths including Owens Construction Co and Parker's Grocery.
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Bowie
Bobby Bird
Sinclair Agency
Dwayne Anderson
McDonald
Camp Fire Girls Overnight at Wrightwood Camp
Mrs. E. W. Wright hosted forty nine Camp Fire Girls and Blue Birds plus eleven leaders for an overnight at Wrightwood June 6 and 7. Activities included a nature tour, a fox hunt, outdoor cooking over open coals, songs and games, and morning breakfast over the fire before departure.
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E. W. Wright
Blue Birds
Mary Sue Tipps
Wrightwood
Special Father’s Day Celebration At Litchfield Ranch
A special Father’s Day event took place at Litchfield Farm Mocking Bird Hill honoring A F McLaughlin of Norman Oklahoma age 93. His nine children attended the gathering with dinner on the ground, television viewing, games, and group moving pictures recorded.
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Litchfield Farm
Mocking Bird Hill
Spring Graduates Choose Colleges From Bowie High Group
Bowie High School graduates prepare for college with four enrolled already. Jake Gary and George Medley take freshman math at North Texas State College en route to Rice Institute in September. Morris Miller and Adrian McLaughlin study at Draughon’s Business College Wichita Falls. Dorothy Bogart trains as a nurse at St Paul’s Dallas. Barton Massey and Benny Mac Hill plan Texas University this fall. James Robinson and Wilburn Booker will attend the University of Houston. Monte Robicheaux aims for Rice. Patricia Cook and Billy Medley target Texas Tech. Dorothy Dodsworth goes to North Texas State Denton. Sonny Ratliff and Paul Smith pick Midwestern University. Max King studies engineering at Texas A&M. Jerry Worthen plans Abilene Christian College.
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Bowie High School
Jake Gary
George Medley
North Texas State College
Rice Institute
Morris Miller
Adrian MceLaughlin
Draughon
Wilburn Booker
University of Houston
Monte Robicheaux
Rice
Patricia Cook
Billy Medley
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Dorothy Dodsworth
North Texas State
Denton
Midwestern University
Sonny Ratliff
Paul Smith
Max King
Texas A&m College
Jerry Worthen
Abilene Christian College
Bowie High Homemaking Group Camp at Lake Quanah Parker
The Bowie High School Homemaking department summer students travel by bus to Lake Quanah Parker in the Wichita Mountains Oklahoma for a three day encampment under Miss Henryetta Sands. Twenty three girls three mothers and a water lifeguard join the trip with sponsors and a bus driver. The group will enjoy swimming mountain climbing and camping at the federal reserve lake and return Friday.
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Bowie High School
Lake Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Henryetta Sands
Bowie
Ruth Stephenson
Margaret Diffee
Ann Bowman
Sue Wells
Mary McGannon
Jean Richardson
Dawn Stom
Donna Beth Skinner
Jean Hancock
June Hancock
Frances Foster
Reba Weatherford
Donna Fox
LuAnn Johnson
Mary Armstrong
Georgia White
Betty Newsom
Patti Mattingly
Miss Sands
R. E. Mattingly
Ivan Johnson
Lawrence Foster
Hamilton
Monte Robicheaux
Quiet resolve to begin today with calm and steady purpose
A statement of intention to approach the day’s duties with a firm and tranquil mind, free from fear. The speaker seeks composure and focus to meet tasks ahead with confidence and steadiness.
Flowers and Gardens Studied by Garden Club Members
The M Johnson home hosted the Monday meeting of the Garden Club with Mrs Johnson assisted by Mrs Walter Slaughter and Mrs Emma Greem as hostesses. Members enjoyed flower arrangements featuring gladioli zinnias and calla lilies and heard talks on Flower Arrangements and Cane of the Garden During the Summer led by Mrs Paul Taliaferro and Mrs Paul Donald. The 18 members planned a July picnic and shared a social hour on the porch with refreshments.
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M. Johnson
Garden Club
Johnson
Walter Slaughter
Emma Greem
Paul Taliaferro
Paul Donald
John B. Hunt
Methodist Church Welcomes New Pastor in All-Church Affair
The Methodist Church invites all members and friends to an all church affair in the basement on Wednesday night June 27 to welcome Rev. Floyd A. Boulware and his family. The program suits all ages and the W.S.C.S. will serve refreshments.
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Methodist Church
Floyd A. Boulware
Teacher Sybil Rhyne Plans Work Toward Master’s Degree
Sybil Rhyne left home with her parents Mr and Mrs J F Rhyne for a few days then with Betty Roberson to Colorado to pursue work toward a Master’s degree. She teaches in Neosho Missouri.
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Sybil Rhyne
J. F. Rhyne
Betty Roberson
Colorado
Neosho
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Camp Letoli
Slade Texaco
Roger Bishop
Wilson's Drug Store
Service Pipeline
Bruce Cantrell
San Joplin
Bobby Brashier
Brashier & Brashier
Freddie Couch
Montague County Times
Max Jordan
Jack Hall
Magnolia
Barton Massey
Continental Oil Co
Perkins-Timberlake
Rhyne Wholesale Co
Benny Richey
Williams Cleaners
Lynn Roberts
Ferndale Creamery
James Robinson
Service Pipeline Co
Richard Sanders
Stephens Furniture Co
David Arnold
Parker's Grocery
Charles Garrett
Garrett's
Tommy Jimerson
A&p
Roy Gene Williams
AP Grocery
Talmage Liggett
Bowie Golf Club
Charles McGannon
Owens Construction Co
Dee Pipkin
Carter-Whitecotton Grocery
Dwight Whitaker
Paul Worthen
J. T. Swagerty
Bowie Grocery Co
Norman Webb
Holliday House Drive-In
Stanley Arrington
Jake Bridgewater
Donald Brooks
A&p Grocery
Jimmie Haskins
Don Hickman
Gordon Hill
Cady Taylor
William Hunt
Jimmie Jones
Kenneth Priddy
Rex Pollard
Parker’s Grocery
Daniel Hutson
Jonnie Ray
Wilson’s Drug
Charles Roth
Tommy Smith
Bowie Ice Co
Tommy Thomason
Wayne Turner
Dallas Morning News
Darwin Wattis
Wichita Construction Co
J. C. Wright
Benton Hendrix
Bowie Majestic Theater
Bell
Jackie Arrington
Hickey
David Anderson
Star-Telegram
John Carver
Jimmie Cooper
King’s Carpenter Shop
Walton Hickey
Sinclair Station
Jimmie Huddleston
Robert Karsteter
First National Bank
Tennyson Knightstep
Posey
Gulf Station
Terry Morgan
Bowie Drug
Prentice Rhyne
Robert Stambaugh
Dodson Department Store
Jim Pat Smith
Bowie Grocery
Richard Stewart
Temple Tucker
Star-Telegram and Post Office
Rhyne
Billy
Continental
Gary Whitaker
Jerry Brown
Stanford White
Swift's
Sherbet
Folger’s
Ib Tin
Lipton
Pka
Carton
Central America
Pho
Joe Garlington
Lynn Garlington
West Wise
Litchfield Ranch
Bowie Butane Gas CO
East Wise Street
Bowie, Texas
Leslie Levy
Elvin Butler
Clausner
Denier
Eaeode
Friecakels Ty
Unall
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