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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1940
Page
7
Arrangements are complete for the Lindale Baptist Church annual summer revival at Lindale, Bowie area, starting Saturday night and running ten days with Rev. J A Wall directing and likely preaching most. Citizens of Lindale and nearby communities are invited to attend.
Linda le and Overton relatives join homecoming events as Lubbock Fort Worth and Bowie guests recount travels. A 31 year reunion links Mrs Noble with relatives from Byers Sanger Canyon and McAllen as they visit in Dal led area communities.
Doyle Snow visited friends in this community Monday and is a na ag at Borger. A. F. Tinney made a business trip to Gainesville Tuesday. Miss Melba Vaught of Hobart and Miss Dorothy Faye spent Friday night with Tone Byas of Bowie. Misses Ruth and Helen Ditto of Dallas spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Tage. Miss Fern Byas of Bowie spent the weekend with Miss Jenny Byas. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Green spent the weekend in Dallas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Snow welcomed a baby girl born Sunday, August 4. Julia Tinney of Decatur spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tinney. The revival meeting closed at Lone Star Sunday night with Rev. Cox of Montague preaching. Norma Jean Rogers of Bowie is spending the week with Jerry.
Earl C Fitts thanks Montague County voters for July 27 support and asks for their influence at the August 24 election to join the Legislature. He pledges to aid Governor W Lee O Daniel in his battle for the common people and signs as a friend.
Mr and Mrs W B McMillion and their children of Haskell spent the week end visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs W F Phemister west of Bowie.
The President seeks about 10 billion dollars to raise the Army and Navy to 1,200,000 and outfit 800,000 more. Training, equipment, clothing, medical supplies, and transport are required. The National Defense Advisory Commission, formed May 28, 1940, translates laws into needed supplies, asking What, Where, and How.
A 1938 comparison argues the tax burden rose while average apples per person fell. Government services and new regulations consume two thirds of spending, with six billion dollars tied to newer activities. The piece urges trimming nonessential regulatory programs to spur private employment and reduce taxes.
The Clay and Jack County Singing Conventions voted to consolidate into one. S. P. Wall of Newport remains president and Mrs. Walter Mowery was elected secretary. The first all day session is planned for the first Sunday in November at Cundiff near Jacksboro with a well attended Postoak singingleading to a final note of community cooperation and lunch.
Mrs Jack Griffith of Fletcher Oklahoma visits her brother R L Brown Sr and family. Tom Beck and Sue Black burn of Electra spend part of last week with Mrs W B Clark and family. Trusten Wolf of Bowie visits David Middleton. Roy Cole and daughters Aris Ruth and Dorothy Crenshaw of Prairie Point visit R L Brown and R L Jr. S F Middleton attends revival at Union Hill. Jessie Whitecotton of Wichita visits his mother Lydia Whitecotton and relatives. Jay Mills and Mike Singleton return from Muenster. Zora Ellen Quinn of Prairie Point visits relatives. Walter Mills and daughter Nellie Louise visit M E Mills. Pauline Mills visits Zora Ellen Quinn. R L Brown and son R L Jr attend family reunion at Nocona Park. they dine with Edgar Oxford and attend baptizing at Sandy Mound.
Mrs J W Berry and children Greta Faye Anna June and Ronnie of Wichita Falls visited her mother Mrs J F Yowell on Wednesday. Mrs Dick Dearen of Dallas is visiting her brother Lee Quisenberry this week. Mrs Graves Martin of Beaumont is visiting her father Lee Quisenberry this week.
Revival meetings are planned at Fruitland Baptist Church beginning the third Sunday in the month. Services will run morning and night for a week or ten days with Rev. C. A. Baxter directing and Rev. George Cannedy assisting. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
Mrs. Jeff Richards and Mrs. J F Yowell visited Mrs. M C Richie of Ringgold sister of Mrs Yowell. Cecil Taylor transacted business in Oklahoma City Tuesday. Jewell Rice did business in Nocona Tuesday evening. Mildred W Norvell of Dye Mound visited The Bowie News office in Bowie Tuesday. Connie Terry of Wichita Falls brother of Loyd Terry visited in Bowie Tuesday afternoon. Dan Johnson and daughter Donna Sue of Refugio returned after a week with L N Gambill. Walter Buis of Fort Worth stayed with Gambill family last week. Richard and Raymond Reddy did business in Wichita Falls Tuesday afternoon in Electra Tuesday. J A Smith of Sunset returned from Scottsboro Alabama during weekend visit. O W Garrett and children of Wichita Falls visited in Pleasant Ridge with John Garrett family. Viola Newman of Turkey Creek shopped in Bowie Saturday afternoon.
The Stoneburg public school building undergoes extensive repairs and re arrangements for the coming term. Inside walls gain a new coat of paint and new seats are installed, with a large gym stage added. Prof. H A Wooden is hired as superintendent for the next term and has moved into the community. Mr and Mrs P M Kipgen of Fort Worth visited the Hunters west of Bowie for the weekend.
Miss Allene Huth a sales lady at Perkins Timberlake Department Store attended the Southwestern Style Show held at Fair Park in Dallas on Tuesday evening.
Mr and Mrs Will Gill of No cona visited Mrs Merle Newby on Sunday.
The Garrett family expresses sincere thanks for kindness during the illness and death of their husband and father. They acknowledge the beautiful offering and extend blessings to all who helped, listing many relatives by name.
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