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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1935
Page
8
Austin October report says State Auditor Orville S Carpenter reminded Texans the state has no old age pension law. He noted many requests for applications arrive daily and warned people not to pay money to help secure a pension or to put their names on the rolls.
A family reunion and dinner were held at the home of Mr and Mrs E R Sloan on Sunday honoring her brother and two sisters Sam Brigance and Mrs Helen Combs of Denver Colorado. Other relatives from Luther Oklahoma Knox City Fort Worth and this city attended. The meal was served to twenty four and the evening was spent in conversation.
The McDowell Club held its opening meeting for the club year at the club rooms with a tenth birthday banquet. Guests enjoyed a pink and green decorated table and a two tier cake with ten candles. Installation ceremonies installed Mrs Homer B. Latham as president and other officers. The program featured a Federation Collect, songs, piano solo, reminiscences, and readings by Inez Rudy. Attending were the club hostesses and members including Miss Willie Lee Dickerman, Miss Lilly Huff, and Mrs S M Dunnam among others.
Personal mentions record families and friends visiting Decatur Wichita Falls and Dallas. Readers note relocations including teachers moving to Dallas schools and staff changes in Olney and Montague schools with hospital recoveries and new grandchildren.
A list of former Bowie residents seen at the Sunday Meth Dist homecoming program includes J M Hendrick and family of Wichita Falls Helen Widlake from Fort Worth R W Ridinger and daughters Marion and Lucille J L Ham A Covey Alene Covey Covey Ham Stella Covey Helen Ruth Russell Electra B L Trimble Wichita Falls A D Lunn Nocona Durward McDonald and family Fort Worth Eula Mae Galaway Fort Worth Edna Ayers Fort Worth A D Emerson Waco G W Hulme Oklahoma City Pierce Chandler Thalia Raymond Allred and two children Mary and Raymond Jr Tyler T J Christine Fort Worth Renne Allred Sr The Christians were accompanied by their daughter Lucy Carol who had visited grandparents for two weeks.
Residents recount visits and travels including Ermytrude McNatt and Gordon Cady’s Fort Worth trip with E i A McNatt and Gwendolyn McNatt visiting relatives. J S Kidson hosts Fort Worth relatives while Mattie Harrell heads to Wichita for winter. Dennis Murphy spends time in Whitesboro and Sherman.
Raymond Pitcairn compares the Supreme Court to a baseball umpire enforcing rules. He argues some lawmakers want to weaken the Court after rulings against impractical measures. The public favors retaining the Court as interpreter of the Constitution to keep the nation orderly and free.
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