Bowie High School girls win bi district volleyball title
Bowie High School girls volleyball completed their season by winning bi district play after season games against Henrietta Midway and Bellevue. Captain Carol Richardson led the team with Cecilia Conwell coaching. lineup included LaVern Fond on serve Lynda Russell Dina Aislen Darlene Aislen and others. They lost to Decatur 1 2 in the district playoffs after a bye in the first round Bridgeport beat Decatur for the district trophy.
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Bowie High School
LaVern Fondon
Bowie Girls
Lynda Russell
Darlene Aislen
Carol Richardson
Joan Moore
Nancy Bess
Gracie Rhoades
Wilma Ervin
Garthe Tims
Cecilia Conwell
Henrietta
Midway
Bellevue
Bowie
Distreit Plaoffs
Decatur
McKinley Wins Summers Award at Fort Worth Banquet
Bobby McKinley named TCU outstanding basketball player of the year and W. W. Summers award recipient at the Fort Worth basketball banquet. He is announced captain-elect for next season and is a Bowie High School graduate, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. McKinley.
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Bobby McKinley
TCU
W. W. Summers
Fort Worth
Sandra Payne
D. L. Payne
Mike Kinsey
Wes Kinsey
Texas Tech College
Lubbock
Miss Payne
Bowie High School
Patterson
Anniversary Tea Planned by WMU
The Mozelie Turner Circle of the First Baptist Church met for a regular meeting at the home of Mrs. T. Roy Coffield. Four visitors attended. An announcement flagged the WMU 75th anniversary tea set for May 25 at First Church and a May 16 book review in Saint Jo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozelie Turner
First Baptist Church
T. Roy Coffield
Grace Hodges
W. FE. Benson
Circle
Willie Rhone
W.M.A
Saint Jo
Warren Cauble
C. J. Adams
W. F Ward
Minstrel Show Sparks Crowd With Colorful Cast and Acts
The program features Gillaspia Sanders Morton Burks Gibbins Gresham Hanson St. John White Wintecotton Broun Harris Raborn Goodwin Stine Welch Underwood Sanders Welch Campbell during intermission acts by Lancaster McCracken Pruitt Kimbrough McWilliams. A men chorus echoes Those Wonderful Years under Rucker with Orton Leonard Husfield Wheeler Sanders Bland Winningham Deaver Echols Osborn Barnes Roth Roth back Wilbanks. A South Sea Islander routine by Back Wilbanks with Hodges accompanies. Coeds led by Stine Hodges Gibbins Goodwin Roberson High Southward Kunkel Lutz Dodsworth Kunkel. Red Hot Mammas receive curtain calls including Hodges Lutz Cunningham Sanders Gibbins McWilliams Southward Underwood High Ayres Southward. Cool Papas perform Pistol Packin Momma with Welch Stine Eastin Underwood Hodges Southward Ayres Davis Shaw. Chorus ladies led by Griffin Hoeldtke Mercer Husfield Hasfield Brown Winningham. Runnells entertaining dance duo from Fort Worth. Hula Girls dazzle in grass skirts M. Gibbins Plaxco High Hoeldtke Hill Williams Etter Roberts Lovette Lynn Broun Burks Henderson. Duet by Bruce Sanders Tall Dallas Kirby leads a group entrance. Behind the scenes work by Karsteter Partridge Karriker Grace Robinson Goodwin High Leonard wardrobe by Cordie. Minstrel committee Dana Lutz Mickey Gibbins Mabel High.
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Bill Hodges
Daddy
Nancy Stine
Rosanne Hodges
Penny Gibbins
Judy Goodwin
Mary Ann Roberson
Martha Tucker
Robbie Landers
Judy High
Jerri Southward
Gretchen Lutz
Carel Dodsworth
Janyth Kunkel
Green Thumb Club Installs Mrs Butler as President
The Green Thumb Garden Club held its annual luncheon and officer installation at the Bank Community Room. Mrs Ellis Butler was elected president with a slate including first vice president Mrs J C Williams and others, with 19 members present and two guests.
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Green Thumb Club
Mrs. Butler
Green Thumb Garden Club
Bank Community Room
Ellis Butler
J. C. Williams
Jim Scarborough
R. L. Broun
Rick Rodrigs
Stanley Bohenek
Herman Leonard
Herman Moore
T. D. Beach
O. Edwards
Owen Meyer
Meyer
Maj Harry L. McKinney Rites Held At Fort Sill
Funeral services for Maj. (Ret.) Harry L. McKinney 43 of Fort Sill were held at the New Post chapel with Chaplain Winton Mizell officiating. Burial followed in the Post cemetery with military honors by the 1st Missile Battalion 18th Artillery. McKinney, former Tus maintenance chief at the Als missile complex, died Sunday May 5. He served in WWII Germany and Japan, Korea, and retired July 1 1961. He is survived by his wife Inez Peeler and daughter Peggy Lee, his parents and several siblings.
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Fort Sill
New Post Chapel
Winton Mizell
Post Cemetery
1St. Missile Battalion
18Th. Artillery
Daniel L. Callison
77Th. Army Band
John B. Watkins Jr
30Th Artillery
Altus
Park Springs Baptist Church
Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge
Clarksville
Texas
William H. Reedy
John B. Lewis
Edward J. Curran
Glenn W. Knauer
Edward J. Bray
Harley C. Fox
Park Springs
Army
Bowie
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Washington
Inez Peeler
Fort Worth
Peggy Lee
Bob Reilly
Wichita Falls
Harry L. McKinney Sr
Joyce Baker
Houston
Bobby
Kennedy McKinney
Rabbits Play In Bi-District Today
The Bowie Jackrabbits, champions after beating Olney, meet Lake Worth at Lake Worth at 3 p.m. in a bi district game. The winner advances to face the Duncanville Lewisville winner for the regional crown.
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Rabbits
Bowie Jackrabbits
Olney
Lake Worth
Lewisville
Bowie Personal Visitors From Wichita Falls and Breckenridge
District Clerk and Mrs. Wayne Wiggins and their Wichita Falls children visit Mrs. D L Wiggins. Mrs FE O Wiggins and her Breckenridge children also join the Sunday gathering at the same home.
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Wayne Wiggins
Wichita Falls
FE. O. Wiggins
Breckenridge
D. L. Wiggins
School board approves arts program and pool plan
The board reports 174 senior band students with expected growth to 224 next year and introduces a new awards system for class 1 solo or ensemble ratings. They approve pool rules, raise season ticket prices to 20 dollars for a family, and set single admissions at 50 and 25 cents. Two new 48 passenger buses will be bid for. one may go to Bowie Boy Scouts and another could become a band instrument carrier.
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Bowie Boy Scouts
Garvin Services Held for Mrs. Nannie Garvin
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie M. Garvin 89 were held at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Cox and Rev. Vernon Shaw of Montague officiating. Burial at Montague Cemetery under Owens & Brumley of Bowie. Mrs. Garvin died Sunday in a Bowie hospital after a long illness. She was born in Mississippi August 3 1873 and lived in Bowie area for 80 years. Survivors include three daughters Myrtle Upshaw Aline Trent Emma Roberts two sons W B Garvin Harvey Garvin four grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Pallbearers included M S Roberts Willard Shackelford Clarence Neighbors Bill Woods Neil Johnson.
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Nannie M. Garvin
Cumberland Presbyterial
Johnr. Cox
Vernon Shaw
Montague
Montacrue
Owens & Brumley Funeral Home
Bowie
Myrtle Upshaw
Aline Trent
Montocre
Emma Roberts
Huntsville
W. B. Garvin
Harvey Garvin
M. S. Roberts
Willard Shackelford
Clarence Neighbors
Bill Woods
Neil Johnson
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Bridgeport
McKinley
Summers
WMU
Remington Fleetwing
TIMEX
Benrus
Whites Auto
Bowie Owned and Operated
Pete Guthrie
Grace Robinson
Mabel Goodwin
Cordie Leonard
Dana Lutz
Mickey Gibbins
Mabel High
C. O. Edwards
Fred Gardner
R. H Hamilton
Hoover
Harry McKinney
Ft. Sill
Georgia McKinney
Frank
Fred McKinney
Oklahoma
Maj
Harry L. McKinney
Jack Wilbanks
Barton Massey
Ernest Kunkel
J. K. Brite
Gnly
Perry
Bowie, Texas
Cosa
Hanes Underwear
Shorty
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