Stoneburg Community News Roundup and Upcoming Wedding
Sunday brought a pleasant Father’s Day for locals with gatherings and visits. A wedding is planned for June 25 at Stoneburg Baptist Church, uniting Dorothy Dean Heath and Jimmy Eugene Bevers.
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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
9
Sunday brought a pleasant Father’s Day for locals with gatherings and visits. A wedding is planned for June 25 at Stoneburg Baptist Church, uniting Dorothy Dean Heath and Jimmy Eugene Bevers.
The First Methodist Church in Las Vegas Nevada hosted the wedding of Nancy Jo Holland daughter of Mr and Mrs Forrest R Holland of San Antonio Texas and Lt David M Latham USAF son of Mrs Homer B Latham and the late Judge Latham of Bowie. The double ring ceremony was conducted by Rev Harold E Broughton with music by Mrs Fred H Wilson and Samel B Kurtz. The bride wore an ice blue Monchetti suit with white accessories and white Phalaenopsis orchids. Attendants included Miss Mary E Latham and Lindsey Latham served as best man. After the ceremony the couple left for a brief honeymoon in Utah.
Sealed proposals for remodeling and extending Forestburg grade school in Montague County Texas will be received until 2 00 p m July 12 1950 and opened publicly. Plans are available from the Forestburg School Superintendent and engineer B W Karsteter Bowie Texas after July 1 1950. Minimum wage standards apply and bid must include a 5 percent cashier or certified check or bidder's bond. The board may reject bids and waive formalities. June 23 30 July 7 notes.
The last section of paving between Bowie and Jacksboro is to be finished around July 1 weather permitting. Crushed rock and asphalt to be laid taking about two weeks under State resident engineer J. E. King of Bowie. The 32 mile route will host a new bus schedule once opened. Fred Bell of Abilene began work last August on this six mile sector. Other items mention LaGrande Henderson at a Southwest Monument Dealers Association conference and local visits by Mr. and Mrs. George Rucker and Dorothy Gossett surroundings.
Corpus Christi Nueces county opened Padre Island to the traveling public on June 17 with a ribbon cutting by Judge George Prowse wife. Bascom Giles presented a deed to submerged Laguna Madre land as officials from state and federal levels attended. The $2 million causeway links the mainland to the 96 000 acre island offering electricity water sewer beach and a large fishing pier. A pirate treasure hunt highlighted the opening as authorities expect resort and residential development along the coast.
Mrs R A Pixley of Glade water spent Monday in Bowie. The Pixleys plan to relocate to Bowie once a house is found. Mrs Pixley works in the Montague oil field.
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