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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
7
Mrs Bailey Taylor and Mrs Gordon Cady are visiting in Breckenridge and Abilene this week, traveling between the two cities for social visits and local events.
Fruitland Nursery offers finest quality Elberta and cling peaches for eating or canning. Priced right. Located 3 miles on Fort Worth Highway, owner B. S. Henry.
Last weekend visitors gathered at Mrs. Ora Mans fields home including Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Wilburn of California Mr and Mrs Alpert Gower and sons Mike and Mark of Nebraska Mr and Mrs Ashly Faning of Abilene Mrs S M Daniel of Amarillo Mrs Cleo Howell of Fort Worth and Mrs Loraine McGee with her daughter Karen of Amarillo
Miss Helen A Worley of Amarillo staying with her brother Mr and Mrs Dave Worley. Mrs Glenn J Thompson and Mr Anna Cupples spent several days in Dallas earlier this week. Bill Blanton of Childress visited last week with his sister and her husband C A Wilson. Vince Dolson and daughter Pamela of Fort Worth spent the weekend at the Wilson home. A V Smith and family of Baytown visited R E and family this week.
B S Henry owner highlights pricing on Elberta and cling peaches for eating or canning along the Fort Worth highway, offering fresh fruit options.
Lt John D Yarbrough has returned to Moffett Field California after visiting his parents Judge and Mrs Temple Yarbrough for three weeks. He was accompanied by his wife and two children.
Mr and Mrs John B Hunt left Thursday for a two week vacation in Colorado.
Funeral services were held at Vashti Methodist Church for Mrs Fannie Frances Dorman 86 after a 19 day illness. She lived in Vashti 30 years before moving to Bowie to live with her son Dewey. she had been a Church of Christ member 72 years. Internment was in Vashti Cemetery. Survivors include four sons four daughters a brother and a sister, plus 63 grandchildren and 12 great great grandchildren. Pallbearers and flower girls attended.
Midshipman Henry Chester Jameson of Bowie Texas aboard the battleship USS Missouri will visit Cherbourg France on August 15 as part of the Second Midshipmen Summer Practice Cruises Task Force. More than 1 200 trainees from the Naval Academy and ROTC units join the voyage with stops for gunnery exercises and underway training. The cruises give practical shipboard training and foreign visits after each year of study and allow learn by doing.
Reading from a garbled OCR line, the fragment mentions eating grain or canned goods priced at four, with a location along a highway and a person named Renry owning the item.
Visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oll Adkins last week were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Spark and Mrs. Lillie Sparks of Paducah Texas Glenn Byas of California Mr and Mrs Henry Byas of Fort Worth Mrs Etta Barrett of Earth Texas Mr and Mrs F F Snow and children of Pampa and Mr and Mrs J R Adkins of Oklahoma City.
Weldon Swinson and Donald Bloom returned Wednesday from Philmont Boy Scout Ranch in New Mexico after spending two weeks taking courses in hiking and cabin building.
Rev J P Stevenson pastor of Montarue will start a revival at Lone Star Baptist Church Sunday night August 22 with services each evening at 7 30. The public is cordially invited.
A local ad encourages purchasing polio insurance with low premiums and strong protection. The pitch highlights a family policy and urges readers to learn more about coverage options.
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