Birthday party and community activities in Bells
Mrs. Pearl Washburn enjoyed a Tuesday birthday party at the Pointer home with 12 attendees from the Monday Night Bridge Club and guests. The Sunbeam Easter event at First Baptist Church featured egg nests for 25 children and a mission drive to the Savoy Nursing Home. The Bells Canasta Club, Tan Da group, and various church and school groups held meetings and events, including a bus outing, Easter egg hunts, and a Japanese tea planned for April 19. The Bells City Council elected officials, noted sales tax receipts, and the Cub Scout Pack 41 held a packed meeting with Indian Lore demonstrations. Elections results show Bill Skipworth as mayor and several trustees and councilmen re-elected or chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Washburn
Willie Pointer
Margaret Carter
Jessie Mead
Lucile Booth
Sunbeam Department
First Baptist Church
Bells
Fellowship Hall
Sunbeams
Savoy Nursing Home
Ervin Cross
Pat
Gordon Mullinix
Women’s Missionary Society of the
Mullinix
Bells High School
Lageman
Annie Armstrong
Evie Amip
Grace Harder
First National Bank
Debbie Adams
Nancy Shearer
Susan Cooke
Harder
O. Ee Price
Ian
Charles Moore
Young Couples Bible School
Savoy Church of Christ
Larry Langford
Bells First National Bank
Langford
John Hawk
Pat Young
James Milton
Mark Hudson
Duwayne Cecil
Wolf
Robert
Michael Lake
Mike Allen
Robert Lake
Den
Woody Duffee
Connie Radican
Raymond Adams
Troyce Wall
Bells City
Bill Skipworth
Jack Morgan
Louis Shearer
A. L. Isom
Don Mullinix
Isom
Lansford
Birthday Party Observed For Maudianne Meek At Eight
Maudianne Meek was feted on her eighth birthday with a Sherman dinner Sunday. Eight attended with Terri Lansford as guest. Family and friends gathered at the Price home in Whitewright and extended relatives from McKinney Garland Fort Worth Waxahachie Grand Prairie Lubbock Dallas and Corpus Christi visited relatives and noted guests including Vietnam bound Billy Summerlin and other kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maudianne Meek
Sherman
Terri Lansford
J. W. Price
Etta McFerrin
McKinney
Charles Sharp
Garland
Bill Crank
Crank
Bruce Dixon
Joe Reynolds
Ft. Worth
Re Re Reynolds
Ed Venson
Waxahachie
Floyd Woodson
Kenny Washeburn
Grand Prairie
Wes Washburn
Douglas Lans
James Summerlan
Lubbock
Billy Summerclan
Vietnam
R. W. Lansford
Whitewright
Melvin Page
Terry Page
Dallas
Tad Hollis
Joe Page
Sadler
Emma Page
Centerville
Raymond Blassingame
Corpus Christi
Harry Stanley
Weekend Visitors Reach Across North Texas
A Whitewright Sun notice reports numerous visits across Texarkana McKinney Orange and Dallas areas over the weekend. It notes Mrs Earl Moore returning from Orange with a granddaughter and Rex Griffin, and lists several households hosting relatives and guests. A local serviceman Bobby Dunn, 20, has been assigned to the 56th Artillery near Chu Lai in Vietnam as a missile repair parts specialist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Gilbert
Dallas
Daniel Hewitt
Texarkana
Je Be Layman
Gaines Hargett
McKinney
A. W. Alverson
R. E. Lock
David Layman
Stancy
Shereman
Earl Moore
Ervin Crosse
Jan Darsey
J. B. Layman
Jerry Neal
Irving
Bobby H. Dunn
Bobbie Dunn
Bells
56Th Artillery
Chu Lai
Vietnam
Grayson County to Erect Texas Historical Marker in Sherman
The Grayson County Historical Survey Committee announces a 27 by 42 inch cast aluminum marker at the Sherman courthouse square. Dedication plans will follow as part of the RAMPS program to record preserve and survey Texas history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Grayson County
J.C. Taliferro
Sherman
Texas State Historical Survey
Col. Holland Coffee
Preston Bend
Red River
Fannin County
Peter W. Grayson
Sidney Sherman
San Jacinto
Athens
Texxas
Six Baptist Girls Attend Queen Court at Howard Payne
Six members of the Inter mediate Girls Auxiliary from First Baptist Bells traveled Thursday to Brownwood for a three day Queens Court session at Howard Payne College. Cindy Layman and Gina Pedige became queens while Melva Meek Robin Campbell Jo Lynda White and Phyllis Shearer were queen regents. They stayed at Riverside Motel and returned Saturday night with Rev. and Mrs. Harry Stanley and Mrs. Fred Shearer as chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter=mediate Girls
First Baptist Church, Bells
Queens’ Court
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Cindy Layman
Gina Pedige
Melva Meek
Robin Campbell
Jo Lynda White
Phyllis Shearer
Riverside Motel
Harry Stanley
Fred Shearer
Parakeet Breeders Turn Hobby Into Small Business
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tarpley of Bells run a growing parakeet operation with about 400 birds and 175 in boxes, shipping mainly to New York. They supply retailers in the area and Sherman, with peak activity during spring and summer and shipments monthly to Waurika, Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Tarpley
New York
Waurika
Okla
Elaine
David
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stanley
Ollie Layman
Wanda Boothe
Missionary Society
Canasta Club
Bells Canasta Club
Cecile Melton
Denison
Donna Brooks
George Hansard
Tom Fleming
Billy Dugan
Texas Fine Arts Association
Finley
Austin
Polly Brewinger
O. E. Price
Oleta Alverson
Campfire
Hughes-Ford
Reba Shearer
Jo We Price
W.O. Lyons
Price
Shearer
Janie Anderson
The
Bonham
Carolyn Mc Neil
Sth
Billy Ramsey
Harrison French
Bill Youree
Jackie Cline
4-H Clothing Group
4-H
Bells Elementary School
Cindy Moore
Susan Arnold
Cade John Pettit
Deborah Hensley
Forrest Pettit
Billy Moore
Joyce Henshaw
Weledon Meek
Nelda Walsh
Norman Brown
G. D. Ritchie
Calvin Dophied
Brown
Dallas Water Works
Cub
Billy Ellis Dugan
Crabtree
Jackie Lankford
School Trust Tee
the Whitewright Sun
Texoma
Shereman-Denison
Grayson County Historical Survey Committee
Auto E Liability
S. H. Montgomery Agency
Kerosene
Aladdin Lamps & Parts
Barrett's
Nunnallee
Tarpley
Elaine Wil
Grayson County College
Jovelyn Bellows
Joe Bellows
Stuent
Hugh Hunter
Grayson County Juenior College
Jovelyn
Tom Bean
Gunter
Callisburg
John Ivy
Ranae Hill
Acci
Whitewright, Texas
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