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Local Family Guests Span Weekends and Visits Across Bowie and Nearby Areas
A parade of visitors and guests fills weekends across Bowie and neighboring towns. Patricia and Carolyn Hanson of Bowie stayed with Patricia Rhoades. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Hanson hosted Posey and Joe Hanson. Numerous relatives from Lake Jackson to Wichita Falls visited Cordell and McManus households, fished at Carter Lake, and attended singing at Fruitland. Other travelers included families from Jacksboro Bellevue Hugo and Las Vegas, with several Bowie's own residents hosting or visiting kin in the area.
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Patricia
Carolyn Hanson
Bowie
Suny
Patricia Rhoades
Tommy Hanson
Posey Joe Hanson
Luther McManus
Jennie McManus
C. V. McManus
Linda
Jim
Lake Jackson
Hubert Kelly
Wichita Falls
F. E. Cordell
Louisiana
Cordell
Deward White
Edd McCredie
Hobart Coyle
Carl Elmore
Blue Grove
Otis Elmore
L. E. Goodjoin
Lawton
Grace Pickings
W. F. Gossett
Cecil Pickett
Fruitland
Lindon Smith
Baby
Jacksboro
LaVaughn McManus
Carter Lake
A. O. Brank
Aubra Brand
Hugo
Okla
Johnnie Rater
Rosie
Bellevue
Dan Jordan
Conway
S. L. Taylor
Raymond Gilbert
Henrietta
L. P. Phagan
Pete Pickett
Ava Palmer
Ralph Mortons
Will Rodgers
Tohoka
Abe Lemons
Walters
John Lemons
G. A. Turpin
Turpin
Johnnie Gossett
Union Church
Russell McDaniel
T. L. McDaniel
Vernice McManus
Clifton
Max Jordan
Dallas
Jack Samples
Reno Samples