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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
10
Park Springs residents hosted relatives including Lilburn Shurbet and Elmer Shurbet with James and Bobby. Gailes, Arkanas and Boaz visitors joined the Z B Shurbet reunion in Gainesville. Charles W Alexander family and W M Able progress noted. J Hawkins visits Loving. family news from Fort Worth, Bowie and Decatur.
Mrs C L Hickey reports her son A2C James R Cross has arrived safely in France and is stationed near Paris with the U S Air Force Supply Squadron 126th Bombardier Wing. He traveled from Dallas to New York then sailed to Germany on the USNS General Wm Darby arriving June 4 and proceeding to France.
Briefes note Tommy Chestnut rests at General Hospital Wichita Falls after a car wreck injuries. Fort Worth residents Mrs. F D Shazer and daughter Dana visit, while Rev James Walker from Fort Worth Baptist Seminary preaches in town. Rose McKay from Borgers visits for business, and Capt Harry L McKinney with wife and baby stay with Miss Georgia McKinney. Mrs Ruby Brown returns from Fort Worth for a visit.
The Montague baseball team won the first game against Fleetwood Oklahoma 11 to 9 with Allen Byrum earning the win and 13 strikeouts. Nig Johnson and Red Tompkins hit homers, two base hits by Byrum and Alsup took the loss for Fleetwood. Montague fell 4 to 7 to Forestburg in the second game with Ronald Pribble taking the loss. Montague to play Forestburg again next Sunday at Forestburg and teams can contact Red Tompkins in Montague, Texas to schedule.
Two girls aged 10 and 6 from Austin, daughters of Mrs. R. J. Rogers and granddaughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bentley, visit Bowie and attend the Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church during their stay.
Mrs Lila Whitaker and J R Garrett were married Sunday morning June 22 at 8 30 in the First Presbyterian Church with Rev C A Tucker performing the double ring ceremony. A dinner at W B Garretts followed before the couple's trip and return to Bowie to start a home among many friends.
Voters in precinct 2 are urged to support Jesse H. What Ley as a fair impartial and economical choice for the office of Commissioner.
Funeral services for Charles Sonny Hankins drew a large group of relatives and friends from towns including Lamesa Denton Sherman Iowa Park Decatur Dawson Fredrick Oklahoma City Henrietta Monahans Odessa Tatum N M Crane Wichita Falls and Buffalo Springs. Rev D E Kuykendall of the First Baptist Church Montague will preach at revival services beginning June 30 at Rural Mission four miles south of Montague. Vacation Bible School closes today with public invited.
Mrs. Margaret Martin and son Teddy of Dallas visited this week with Mr. and Mrs. J Roy Coffield. Z T Burton and family from Sweetwater spent the weekend in Bowie with the Dunson family. The Dunson home welcomed Seago family guests who planned a two week East Texas/Wichita Falls stay. Dr. and Mrs B B Evans and Henry Garretts headed to New Mexico and Colorado for a week’s vacation. Edison Reddy returned to work at the Consolidated plant in Fort Worth after an injury last week. Howard Danson of Fort Worth visited relatives. W R Kohler and Mrs Bud Hart came back from San Diego after a week, attending Warren Kohler’s wedding at the Little Church of the Roses in Chula Vista. Bud Pickett and G H Big Spring visits. Floyd May and daughter of Dallas stayed with Johnnie Inman. Alton Garner and Bill Lee of Wichita Falls stopped by the Bowie News office.
Recent visitors included Mrs. S. O. Karstetter and Mable Karstetter of Fort Worth. J. N. Kerr Jr. and his son Johnnie Burch left for Stamford where he will be employed, after visiting Mrs. Garrett and family.
A card of thanks from Mrs. T. J. Stephens extends gratitude to friends and to the doctors and nurses of Bowie Hospital for visits kind words cards flowers and other acts that eased a recent illness and confinement.
La Anna Wagonseller daughter of Mr and Mrs A W Wagonseller of Fruitland has come home for the summer after a freshman year at Texas Wesleyan College Fort Worth She majored in piano and music education and served as Cowgirl Sweetheart at the Fort Worth Rodeo and Fat Stock Show She was named best pledge of Sigma Alpha Iota and was a runner up for freshman queen of 1952 She is active in Koro sophian Literary Society Thespian Dramatics Club College Chorus and piano study with George Anson this fall
Bud Hall of the Modern Beauty Shop travels to Hollywood California to study the latest hair styling. He attends the Reno School of Hair and the Hollywood Institute of Hair Design and plans to return to Bowiz in the early fall.
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