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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
6
A revival will be held at Post Oak Baptist Church from December 7 to 11 with nightly services at 7 30. Evangelist Dr Thomas C Urrey of Southwestern Seminary will lead with song leader Mrs Loyal Cooper. Pastor Rev W Bill Davis invites all to attend.
Bowie Chamber of Commerce honors long time Bowie resident Mrs. Will Young with a Bowie Bouquet certificate presented by Fred Bloom. The high school librarian organist and pianist has 22 years in Rotary Club and 40 years at First Methodist.
The Forestburg FFA chapter held its fourth meeting with twenty members. They voted to draw names for a Christmas gift exchange worth 1 to 2 dollars at the annual FHA-FFA party. Fishing encampment dates were set for May 11 to 13 at the L. L Samuels FFA camp. President Norman Lee presented Kaye Foster with an FFA sweetheart jacket. The program committee showed the movie Four Star Farmers of America in 1963.
Intercepted Christmas letters from Bowie area youngsters express requests for toys bikes ovens boots and candy. Names include Arthur Parr Jean Hugh Spencer Nelson Debbie Roth Andy and Sue Bowers from Bowie Texas with addresses noted.
Don William Reynolds of Midland is transferred by Union Oil to Alaska as district exploration geologist. A geology graduate of Ohio State University, he has 14 years in Union's Midland district and previously directed Geochemical Engineering Corporation. He is active in the West Texas Geological Society and is married with three children.
A pair of children write to Santa with wish lists. Ronnie Hopson asks for a record player, pool table, race car set, and a gift for his brothers. Ray Sutton requests a football suit, bicycle, and a BB gun.
Several Bowie Lefors and surrounding area residents hosted relatives during the holiday. Leslie Yerby of Bowie visited Claude and Knox Nichols families in Lefors. Arlington couple Kenneth Winn and family stayed with Brooks Winn. R T Monroe home welcomed Don and Cindy Monroe of Wichita Falls Eugene Monroe of Midland L L Stout of Ellenton Florida Clay Wilhoit of Chickasha Oklahoma Helen Jeffries of Newport and Ralph Moss family from Bowie. Thanksgiving guests at Vernor and Pat included Ronald Briggs of Midland Russ Hipp of Bridgeport Joe Richardson and family of Mesquite Mattie Chandler of Sunset Gladys Jackson Andy Milton Jackson family Sunset Odell Hipp Bert Hipp Bill Roland Wee Paul and Ruby Kaiser of Wichita Falls.
Welch of Bellevue announces the engagement of their daughter Arlene to Tommy Spikes son of Mr and Mrs M B Spikes of Bellevue. The couple plans to wed December 17 at Bellevue Methodist Church. Arlene graduated Bellevue High School in 1962 and Spikes in 1963.
Readable lines document a sequence of visits to local homes from Thanksgiving through the weekend. Names include the Cozarts Brock Allen McClung Jackson Foreman Gill L. E. Cozart Rhoads Cox Reeder Browning and relatives from Wichita Falls Vernon Bowie Hobbs Amarillo Stephenville and Henrietta.
A U S Public Health Service survey shows cancer remains the second leading cause of death in Montague County after heart disease with 18.4 percent of deaths. In Texas and the nation lung cancer accounts for 19.5 and 17.0 percent respectively. The report notes 36 local cancer deaths in the year ending January 1, 1965 and highlights optimism from cancer immunology and virus research progress. Dr Murray Copeland cites major gains in understanding cancer over the past 15 years.
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