Autumn Reflections and a 25 Year Marriage
Arlan Mrs. T L Dickinson notes a pear tree seeming mixed up with nearly mature fruit and a late blooming. The author recalls fall as favorite, thanks Tom Trammell Claude Slagle and Willie Snyder for summer produce, and mentions visiting San Antonio for Rosemary and her twenty fifth wedding anniversary with Reverend Harrison Baker’s quip about changing wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Trammell
Claude Slagle
Willie Snyder
Rosemary
San Antonio
Harrison Baker
Greenville
Trail Ride Planned at Runaway Bay
About 50 area riding clubs are invited to a Trail Ride and Camp Out at Runaway Bay September 21 and 22. The drive starts 2 p.m. Saturday at Wizard Wells, 10 miles west of Runaway Bay, ends at Runaway Bay camp grounds. Activities include a Western barbecue, poolside dance, Play Day with horseback games, potato races, and trophies. Thirty three ranchettes will be offered for sale during the weekend on a first come basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runaway Bay
Wizard Wells
Bridgeport C of C Directors Meet September 10
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce directors meet at 11 30 A M at the Minute Coffee Shop. They plan to host the Texas Automobile Dealers Association on October 6 and form a welcoming committee with refreshments. An area liaison meeting is set for September 17 at Runaway Bay with a boat trip to Sid Richardson Boy Scout Ranch and dinner at the Runaway Bay Yacht Club. The group supports forming a Junior Chamber of Commerce and sponsoring an April farmers banquet in the Upper West Fork Soil Conservation District. A Rattlesnake Hunt was discussed with Dr Sipes tasked to study feasibility and report later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
Texas Automobile Dealers Association
Bob Goode
Civic Club
Chamber of Commerce
Runaway Bay
Sid Richardson Boy Scout Ranch
Runaway Bay Yacht Club
Upper West Fork
Sipes
Robert Jackson Killed in Head-On Truck Collision
Robert D. Jackson, 21, of Bridgeport, died in a head-on collision between two loaded sand and gravel trucks on State Highway 114 west of Roanoke about 3:30 p.m. The wreckage blocked the highway for almost three hours. He is survived by parents Floyd Jackson and family and a brother. Funeral services were held Monday at Hawkins Funeral Chapel, with burial in Bridgeport Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert D. Jackson
Bridgeport
Roanoke
Robert
Floyd Jackson
Ronnie
Hawkins Funeral Chapel
Blaze razes Smith home in Bridgeport morning fire
Flames engulfed the home of Mr and Mrs John E Smith on Weatherford Road outside Bridgeport. Neighbors called Bridgeport Fire Department at 9 00 a m as Johnnie Smith rushed from the Min ute Coffee Shop after dropping his wife off at work. Fire crews from Bridgeport Decatur Chico and Paradise fought the massive blaze with several trucks and additional aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Smith
Bridgeport
Johnnie
Weatherford Road
Decatur
Chico
Paradise
School Board Approves Bus Loan and Budget Hearing Set
The September 9 1968 meeting approved a 6352 loan from First National Bank of Bridgeport to buy a new district bus. The 1968-69 budget hearing was scheduled for September 23 at the high school. Audit contract awarded to Nayland F. Smith and census work to Betty Vaught.
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L.R. Wood
L. A. Walker
First National Bank of
Bridgeport
Texas
Bridgeport High School
Nayland F. Smith
Wichita Falls
QB Club Plans Bleacher Repair at Bullie Stadium
The Bridgeport Quarterback Club will repair bleachers at Bullie Stadium. Members and fans are invited to meet Saturday at 1 00 p.m. Plans include a Friday 6 00 p.m. Field House gathering to wish the home team good luck before traveling to Springtown to face the Porcupines. Caravans depart from the school parking lot at 7 00 p.m.
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Bridgeport
Bullie Stadium
Springtown
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Arlan
Bridgeport School Board
Minute
Charles Kelley
Patterson, Lowdon, Dunlap
Epperly
Indexfoto
C OF C
Robert Jackson
Blaze Razes Smith
Loudwood
L.A. Walker
D. C. Sipes
Mildred Bryant
Joanne Hodges
R. D. Molloy
A. L. Poynor
A. E. Greer
Flora Padgett
Betty Vaught
Leon R. Graham
Texas Education Agency
Texas High School Coaches Association
Patterson, Sowden, Dunlap & Epperly
Bridgeport High School Library
QB Club
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