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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
11
Mrs H L Payton has leased and opened the former Snack Bar as Bettys Cafe at 118 S Mason. The cafe will offer hot lunches home made pastries and chili dogs, taking over the previous management by Bill Russell.
Tommy DeArmond of Alvord is visiting Ben O Collins in a local social visit reported by the community.
Bellevue residents and visitors frequent towns from San Angelo to Fort Worth with scattered church events, travels, and visits. Notable items include Ellis Plaxco’s tonsil and adenoid operation at Bowie Hospital and several families sharing weekends and vacations across Washti Ringelnd and Vernon areas.
Miss Helen Lovelady and Glen Shoemaker were married at 9 p.m. Saturday August 6 in Henrietta at the Church of Christ parsonage home of C Y Pettigrew. Officiating was Church of Christ minister C Y Pettigrew. The couple plans a short wedding trip and will reside in Bellevue.
Mr and Mrs H A Dodson and Mr and Mrs Joe Perkins and family of Plainview spent Sunday at Possum Kingdom Dam and Graford enjoying a family outing and leisure time.
Dr. L A Crawford a Palmer graduate in chiropractic and physiotherapy has opened an office at 703 West Live Oak in his home moving from Iowa Park. He served five years in the Air Force during the war and practiced in Manila in the Philippine Islands. He has three years of Texas practice including a year and a half in Iowa Park. He did post graduate work at Spears Sanitarium Denver and zone reflex study in Washington. Mrs Crawford is his nurse and dietitian.
The Baptist revival closed a two week series of services with multiple conversions and additions to the church. Evangelists and pastors from Camden Arkansas and Chico preached, a mount and love offering were given, and area railroad workers and locals were noted for moves and visits as families relocated and heals continued.
Mr and Mrs Irving Batemann and sons vacationing in Cart sbad New Mexico. Mr and Mrs Glynne Griffan and children Jan and Ligon left Friday morning for Coloratin.
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