This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 12 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1950
Page
7
Glenn Bush of Fort Worth visited last week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Porter Bush, sharing time and family moments during the visit.
Mr and Mrs Bailey Taylor and their son Joe Bailey spent the weekend in Haskell Texas visiting relatives. Mrs Opal Barker and Wendel Patterson both of Haskell had been visiting in the Taylor home with them Saturday. Robert Trout, employed in Odessa during the summer, visited Bowie with his parents Mr and Mrs Glenn Trout. He will return to Baylor University this fall as a junior.
Mr and Mrs J E Winder and daughter Sylvia June of Lubbock Texas and Mrs Nora Crosby and daughters Lera and Darlene of San Francisco visited with Mr and Mrs B F Foster over the weekend.
Guests at the Hudgins residence include H. R. Williams Sr. and Jr., Mrs Norvell and daughter of Dallas, and H. A. Stowe with daughters from Wichita Falls.
A community notice lists relatives visiting from Devine Gainesville Saint Jo Levelland and San Antonio plus trips to Lookeba Hixton Terral and Fort Worth. It also thanks Rev. Andy Stowe and Rev. Lewis Hill for revival work and singing.
Vernon Henning returns from a trip visiting uncle Charles W Logsdon in Abilene and sister Eddie French and family in Eastland, with Mr and Mrs H E Henning mentioned as his parents.
The Porter family from Odessa Texas called on Sunday at the George S. Lee home. Harmon Porter is noted as an ex-student of B H S and was among the pleasant visitors.
Link Robinson of Newport Kentucky praises Hadacol claiming it corrected stomach, nervousness, and gas pains after two bottles. The ad extols vitamins B1 B2 iron and niacin, states doctors endorse Hadacol, and offers trial and larger sizes with money back guarantee from The LeFilanc Corporation.
J. S. Carter his wife and daughter Geneva all of Bowie were injured Saturday evening in a crash between Decature and Rhome. They were brought to Bowie Hospital with facial and leg injuries, head injuries, fractured ribs, a fractured arm, and a slight concussion. Carter, a field supervisor for Thomas J. Carter Drilling, had been in Glen Rose drilling an oil well. The car flipped into a ditch during an attempted pass as a truck veered to pass another vehicle.
Funeral services were held at Owens & Brumley in Fort Worth for Allie Boyd Phillips who died Friday after a long illness. He was a brother of T. W. Phillips of Bowie. Burial was in Gainesville. Born near Decatur, he worked as a railroad brakeman for M. E. and T. Railway in Gainesville and Fort Worth & Denver City in Wichita Falls before moving to Fort Worth eighteen years ago. He owned a used car lot and later ran a home grocery. Surviving are his wife and son Allie B. Phillips Jr. in Fort Worth.
Four daughters of Fort Worth are listed Mmes J B Perkins Hustert Chandler Carrol W Truemad and Jean McFall along with two brothers J A Phillips and Waurika and Tom W Phillips of Bowie. Sisters include Mmes Betty Landreth of Greenville and M C Bray of Fort Worth and four grandchildren are noted.
Miss Serena Dodd embarks on an extended vacation trip to Daliag Paris and Austin to visit friends and relatives.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.