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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
4
Community churches prepare for Christmas with Catholic midnight masses and Protestant candlelight and communion services. The piece notes varied traditions from Misa de Gallo to mass timing and the symbolic light of candles guiding the Wise Men, plus programs of sermons readings and prayers.
The Methodist Senior High youth will hold a garage sale and weather permitting a car wash on the lawn between the Methodist Church and the parsonage from 8 30 a m to 12 noon this Saturday. Profits will go to the MY Fund a Missionary fund supported totally by the Methodist Youth.
Monday's lunch offers macaroni meat casserole with navy beans cabbage and relish salad fruit cobbler rolls and butter milk. Tuesday features meat balls pinto beans buttered corn carrot sticks fruit and ice cream rolls and butter.
Green Thumb Garden Club met in the Community Room last Thursday for an auction of baked goods handmade articles and decorations. Mrs Herman Leonard presided in place of president Mrs J A Spears as the nominating committee was elected and announced by the committee of Mmes R C Williams R L Broun Stanley Bohenek T D Beach and E G Jones. A handmade Angel by Mrs Woolf was won by Mrs Paul White. Guests Mmes Alton Weston and 24 members were served refreshments by hostesses Mmes Herman Leonard and N E Woolf.
Robert Robertson nephew of H B Best of Bowie received the Purple Heart from Gen William C Westmoreland at Chu Lai Air Base. Wounded two days earlier in a Viet Cong attack he stayed through the night to direct artillery fire. Robertson, 26, was hurt by shrapnel and shoulder concussion as Viet Cong overran the base. His parents are Cleo Robertson of Corpus Christi and Betty Allison of Bowie.
Robert Forkner led Cub Pack 117 at its Christmas Party and December meeting. Santa distributed gifts as Gerald Chokas earned an advancement award, Larry Shaw and Stann Bohenek received denner and bear awards, Nelson Glover and Lindy Carr earned assistant denner strips, and Webelos badges went to Lindy Carr and Robert Forkael. Larry Brown and Jerry Fauner earned den cheta pins, Pat Cleveland became a new den cheta with warrant.
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