Editorials In Thee O Lord Do I Put My Trust
Psalm verse cites trust in the Lord and asks for deliverance through righteousness. The brief religious note emphasizes faith and protection, invoking Psalms 31:1 as a guiding motto.
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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1944
Page
2
Psalm verse cites trust in the Lord and asks for deliverance through righteousness. The brief religious note emphasizes faith and protection, invoking Psalms 31:1 as a guiding motto.
Oil field road work consumes time and effort to connect newly discovered fields with paving. Oil development requires extensive rolling equipment and daily travel to points of operation, benefiting the county's tax values. Support for oil workers remains a legitimate local aim.
Speakers at the Cotton Research Congress in Dallas urged reducing production costs from field to mill and expanding uses for cotton and cottonseed. They noted costs as low as six cents per pound with rising competition from synthetic fibers and other oilseed products, arguing price competition, not price supports, will sustain U.S. cotton. Domestic prices must fall to compete, or cotton farming will struggle to survive.
The Dyemound News notes numerous visits and weekend stays among local families. Pvt Roy Gregory from Camp Fanning visited his sister Mrs Dan Fenoglio and kin. Luther Edwards from Electra spent time with the Youngs and Fenoglio relatives. S M Tompkins of Houston and others visited Bowie, Montague, Aurelia and Mallard families. Oren Steadham and sons Ray and Jerry joined his parents Eli and family in Wichita Falls. Weldon Holland visited cousin Eugene Martin. Dena Biggerstaff met Irb Williams at Katy Lake.
Lindale Miss Becky Cooper spends summer with sister in Altmont Illinois. Mr and Mrs S S Parrott of Henrietta visit parents Walter and wife. J D Sullivan of Denton visits brothers W L Sullivan J L Sullivan and sister Mrs C Noble last week. Earl Stump visits friends in Montague last week.
The News Editor praises Mrs. Oma Gifford of Postoak and Mrs. Cecil Elenburg of Newport as outstanding correspondents. Both are described as capable writers with aptitude for reporting happenings in their communities.
A telegram from the War Department notified Bowie relatives that Private L M Elenburg was wounded in France and his status forwarded to his Colorado Springs parents. A letter from England recounts Elenburg and fellow 19 year old Arlie Ray Horn staying with a family in Penzance Cornwall June 17 1944 and messages of care and prayer from Mrs E M Brett.
Mrs Pearl Hilburn and Mrs Mary Ezelle visited with relatives from New Mexico and South Texas while Miss Mary Jo Tinney and Mr Odice McManus joined family in Worth and Dallas. Longtime farms near Newport changed hands as Perry Pickett and L E Catlin sold properties. Harry Davy and Charles Warman purchased the Ezelle farm southwest of Newport. A playful adage about men and cake and a quip on agnostics close the note.
A vintage advertisement touts a laxative and cathartic remedy for relief of headaches biliousness and fatigue from temporary constipation urging readers to ask for the product by name and ensure they get the genuine article.
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