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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1950
Page
15
Mr and Mrs Ira McNabb visit Bowie this week from Yorktown Texas and Bainbridge residents enjoy a wide circle of friends here as they tour relatives and friends in the area.
Miss Sunshine Mann daughter of Rev and Mrs J C Mann of Bowie will receive an M A degree from Scarritt College Nashville Tennessee August 18. She completed an original project among Tennessee mountain folk and will be assigned by the Methodist Conference to rural church work at Magnolia Arkansas.
Billy E. Pennal of Nocona and Leroy E. Upshaw of Montague enlisted for three and four year terms respectively. Pennal, 22, joined the U S Air Force after high school and a NTSC degree. Upshaw was sent to Ford Ord for basic training. Pennal is son of Mrs. Eric D. Pennal.
Political notices authorize candidates for the Second Democratic Primary. August 26 lists State Senator 22nd District Wayne W. Wagnoseller and R L Bob Proffer for re election. County treasurer candidates J P Roberts and Fred B Wall also mentioned.
Margaret Nellie Helen Parr 85 longtime Bowie resident buried last Tuesday at Llano Cemetery Amarillo after funeral at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel The Bowie Cumberland Presbyterian Church member died Sunday at Northwest Texas Hospital Amarillo Survivors include son and four daughters with 21 grandchildren and 39 great grandchildren
A petition with required voter names asks for an election on consolidating Rocky Point school and the county line district with the Bowie Independent District. County Judge L D Eakman has the filing, and a similar petition circulates in the other county by Rocky Point patrons.
Sunbeam social notes list Mr and Mrs Sam Fain and kin returning to Carthage after visits with Beadie Fain Mollie Fain. Many families including Dan Brown Fort Worth attend Miss Manerva Long funeral. Various relatives visit in Carthage Stephenville Dallas Princeton Arlington and other locales.
The August schedule lists three Sundays with Lesson Sermons and Golden Texts. August 13, Soul with Lamentations 3:24. August 20, Mind with Daniel 2:20-28. August 27, Christ Jesus with Jeremiah 23:5-6.
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