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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
10
Morrow’s Coffee Shop has received a questionnaire for Duncan Hines’ Adventures in Eating brochure. A nomination requires patron recommendation based on exceptional food and service, with Bowie's Morrow’s cited for its fried chicken and overall dining quality.
Mrs. M. E. Hill spent from Saturday till Tuesday with her daughter Mrs. Carl Shoemaker of Vashti. Mrs. Lillian Greenhouse and son Marion of Aubrey visited Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Mears over the weekend. Jim Williams and family of
Anna Mae Hamilton has served six years at Morrow's rising to cashier. Her welcoming smile greets patrons at this hospitable restaurant. A Bowie girl, she is a longtime favorite among customers and is noted for her red hair.
Denver community spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lyons. Ervin Druery of Wichita Falls spent the week end with parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Druery. Claude and C. L. Martin of Dallas spent the week end visiting relatives here and bird hunting. Karl, Hubert Brown of Austin and Marion Benham of Crowell visited in the G. S. Benham home Friday, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Mears attended church at Sunset Sunday.
Ola Fae Holland reports visits and gatherings across Denton Greenwood and Dallas. Family events include parties, candy gatherings, and weekend trips to relatives with N T S T C students noted. Mary Gardner improves. a light joke ends the item.
Miss Roberta Williams wed David West Jr Sunday afternoon at 6 in Wichita Falls. Rev. B L Baites officiated at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church parsonage ceremony. Attendants included Billie Fern Willis Geneva Williams Ella Fay Webb Mrs. Dave West Bowie and Ervin Druery Wichita Falls. Mrs West, daughter of Roy and Mrs Williams of Bowie, is a Bowie High School graduate class of 1939. Groom son of Mr and Mrs David West attended Bowie High School and works with the Texas Seismograph crew at Denison.
DYE MOUND reports Rev T N Clinkscales preached at the Baptist Church Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night to a large crowd. Local families and visitors from Belknap Peabody Fort Worth and Lindale attended gatherings and family visits over the weekend with relatives in Bowie and Charleston.
Sherman and Wichita Falls residents spent weekends with friends and relatives including Louise King with Saint Jo kinfolk and J C Fletcher handling Bowie business. A note on Second Monday Trades Day in Bowie shows community activity. A farmer exchange joke about eggs reflects rural life.
The Junior MacDowell Club met Friday afternoon at 5:30 at Miss Inez Rudy's home. Officers elected were president Eddie Marie Blanton vice president Marion Henning secretary Mary Ruth McClellan treasurer Louise Coe and reporter Mary Dell Ewell. A waiting list of new members was started. Refreshments were served to Louise Coe Mary Dell Ewell June Reasoner Marion Henning Mary Ruth McClellan and hostess Miss Rudy.
A clerk asks to use the boss’s phone and explains his wife instructed him to seek a raise, but she forgot to specify the amount. The scene centers on an unclear salary request and workplace communication.
In a dramatic exchange relatives ask doctors for hope as the very rich man fights a long illness. Doctors respond that extending life seems unlikely and that years of illness may lie ahead for the patient.
A reader quotes a signage blurb asking why a door is marked post printed on that door when it opens outward. The reply explains the message aims to deter people from pulling the door.
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