Wichita County 4-H Dress Revue Held in Burkburnett
Wichita County 4-H Dress Revue took place in Burkburnett with 29 girls modeling skirts blouses dresses and suits they made this year. Winners included Janet Ward Becky Clark Tina Norris Cindy Gray in junior fashion and Connie Swinford Patricia Gray Louise Bentley in seniors. Connie Swinford earned a $25 Series E Bond and the top senior also won the right to represent Wichita County as Cotton Queen in Stanford with three Stanford winners advancing to Miss Cotton of Texas in Dallas in October.
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Connie Swinford
Alice Burbank
Lee Ann Childers
Janet Ward
Burkburnett Bank
Parkburnett Bank
Wichita County 4-H
Area 4-H
Burkburnett 4-H
Dana Rice
Sunset 4-H Club
S. L. Johnson
Jan
Joy Klinkerman
Judy
Cecelia Childers
Becky Clark
Tina Norris
Cindy Gray
A Foster
Cathy Davis
Judy Ward
Judy Klinkerman
Patricia Gray
Louise Bentley
Ed Lawson
Parker Square State Bank
Wichita Falls
Flair Fabric
Sears-Roebuck and Co
J. C. Penny
Friberg-Cooper Community Club
Trinity Lutheran Bible School Dates Set Near Burkburnett
Trinity Lutheran Church eight miles west of Burkburnett on Highway 240 will host Vacation Bible School from June 26 to July 7 except July 4, daily 6 30 to 11 30 am. Registration is Monday, June 26. Everyone invited and ride calls to Mrs Lyle Eaton at 569-3688.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Lutheran Church
Burkburnett
Highway 240
Lyle Eaton
Sheppard AFB Personnel Use Tuition Assistance at Midwestern University
Base education office reports 241 Sheppard personnel attended Midwestern University in Wichita Falls with tuition assistance during the spring semester. Seven students earned honors with GPAs of 3.70 or higher on 12 to 35 semester hours, led by TSgt Donald Bourgin with exactly 3.70 from 35 hours. An additional 89 attended without tuition assistance, totaling 330 students at Sheppard making it a leading Air Force installation in this program.
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Sheppard Afb
Sheppard Air Force Base
Midwestern University
Wichita Falls
Midwestern
Air Force
Air Training Command
Frank K. Ezell
Clint Clapp
John D. Riley
Sergeant Riley
Clapp
University of Maryland
France
Tsgt
Robert J. Zotti
Alc
James N. Clark
Charles Williams
Sagt
Donald R. Bourgin
Ezell
Sheppard
Witnesses Plan District Assembly In Amarillo
The 15 congregations from Wichita Falls to Muleshoe join five states for a district assembly in Amarillo June 29 to July 2 at the Tri State Coliseum with about 7000 in attendance. Harold P. Bruce notes families from 200 congregations will come with Bible and notebook for instruction on disciple making. A mass baptism is planned and a Sunday 3 p.m. English and Spanish address titled Rescuing a Great Crowd of Monkind Out of Armageddon will be delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jehovah's Witnesses
Wichita Falls
Muleshoe
Amarillo
Tri-State Coliseum
Harold P. Bruce
Jehovah's Witesses
Mni
Rod and reel winner named for Theta Epsilon event
D. L. Farris, employee of SAFE, won the Garcia rod and reel donated by Theta Epsilon. The prize followed the Kiddie Parade on June 17. Members thank supporters of the chapter’s ways and means project, with proceeds funding welfare work and a yearly Burkburnett youth scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. L. Farris
SAFE
Theta Epsilon
Theta Fasiion
Burkburnett
Local Visitors Attend Fairview Reunion And Funeral Rites
Fort Worth visitors Mr and Mrs Raymond Holl and son attended the Fair view Reunion Saturday and funeral of Mrs M C Tucker with out of town relatives. Attendees included Corsicana relatives and Byers residents. The barge of scenes includes weddings in Denver and visits to Edmond Oklahoma with health updates and travel on to El Paso and Los Angeles.
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Raymond Holland
Weerner Holland
Fort Worth
Justine
Eco
Fairview
M. C
Mary Jane) Tucker
Matthew
Ruth
Fred
Martha
Gary
Corsicana
Helen House
Sam Householder
Byers
A. C. Thames
Wichita Falls
Guy Harding
Bee Smith
Carter- Allison
Chris Henderson
Rex Carleton
Tucker
Walton Manley
Randlett
Robert Manley
Rickey Clemmer
Burk
Denver
Barbara Manley
Juanita Groves
C. Hennis
Bill Davis
A. R. Bunstine
Edmond
Okla
Raymond Prnstine
D. M. Lowrey
Wichita General Hospital
Head Start Program Enjoys Success In Burkburnett
Burkburnett Head Start reports strong turnout for summer sessions. The program aids low income preschoolers with health checks, learning routines, and social skills. Director Overton Ray leads four teachers and support staff in seven week classes.
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Hardin
Overton Ray
Zelpha Brown
Bryan Stepp
JoAnn Howell
Chanthay Shockey
Sydney Barnes
Mark Billen
Dietician
Jo Anne Howell
Hool
Burkburnett
Perkins Reservation
Boy Scouts
Parkburnett
Ola Quattlebaum
Violet Perry
Barbara Strickland
Hazel Willis
Helen Locklin
Sally Mitchell
William Koenig
Julia Young
Eloise Law
Letha Moore
84 Year Old Man Escapes Nursing Home Stroll
Roland A. Nelson aged 84, patient at Evergreen Manor in Burkburnett, wandered away Wednesday afternoon June 21. A large dragnet including Sheppard Air Force Base helicopters, Boy Scouts, and Burkburnett volunteers searched until the man was found by Dale Terry of Channel 3 near a roadside ditch. He was hospitalized at Wichita General and kept under observation. This was his second such wandering from the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland A. Nelson
Evergreen Manor
Burkburnett
Nelson
Sheppard Air Force Base
Boy Scouts
Burkburnette Club
Dale Terry
Channel 3 TV
Buck Abbott
Wichita General Hospital
William B Adams Graduates Navy Basic Training
Seaman Recruit William B Adams USN son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd M Adams of Burkburnett has graduated after nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego California. He learned seamanship survival techniques military drill and related subjects under veteran petty officers as he prepared for first sea or shore duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
William B. Adams
USN
Lloyd M. Adams
Sycamore, Burkburnett
Navy
Naval Training Center
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Wichita County
Trinity Lutheran Sets Bible School
Robert W. Wysocki
Burkburnett 4-H Club
Marian Bentley
Connie Harmon
Lavelda Norris
Witnesses Plan District Assembly
L. Farris
Billy H Cawthorn
Kent and
Deen
Liberty
Bill N. Cauthorn
Chickasha
Navy School
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