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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1941
Page
5
Cora Heath, mother of Heath, left last week on a motor trip to Imperial California. Mrs Davis was traveling to California to tell her son Sam goodbye. Sam was set to serve in the air corps at Davis this week.
Mrs John Webb urges Sunday school and church in Selma amid rain and mud. She stresses home faith, warns of worldly temptations, cites Hebrews 10 25, and invites all to Little Rock Church and cottage prayer meetings Thursday and Saturday nights.
Mrs Heaths son has been in the Philippines for two months providing aircraft instruction. Mrs Garlington visits Bowie with Mr and Mrs Denman and their son. Mrs Robert Johnston from St Louis arrives Wednesday to spend Christmas with her Huth relatives. Marlow Saunders and son of Lone Star visit Keene family. Jesse Kuykendall of Forestburg spends the day with her mother Bates. Loyd Parsons and wife visit Stubbs family. Norman Heath was in Fort Worth on business. Albert McDonald and family from Saint Jo visit Charlie McDonald. Patsy and Elizabeth Stubbs spend Sunday with Marguerite Crockett.
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A note from the Little Rock Church pastor Rev John Webb invites requests for home prayer meetings. Local social items include Dave Morton staying at Henrietta family visits by Mr and Mrs Elvin Robbins and son Clifton and others attending church, birthdays, new baby, and a Christmas tree gathering on Tuesday night the 23rd with a school event and holiday visits nearby.
Bowie and Montague county card senders are urged to affix three cent postage and mail greetings at first class. By sealing cards, senders may include personal messages and improve delivery, avoiding waste from third class rates and undeliverable unsealed envelopes.
The Bowie and Montague county postmaster urges sending greeting cards first class to ensure delivery or return without charge if undeliverable. He notes mail for out-of-town rates is three cents and two cents for local Bowie delivery, with return addresses shown.
Forestburg residents and surrounding areas shared family time as visitors traveled from Fort Worth El Paso Dallas Bowie Nocona Ross ton Camp Bowie Marysville Brownwood and Bowie. Key meetings included Mr and Mrs J C Fletcher hosting guests and multiple extended family visits over the weekend.
Sgt Von Griffin and Mrs Griffin of Camp Bowie visit family in Decatur and Brownwood with G A Griffin and aliases. Miss Mary Prater of Fort Worth spends holidays with her mother Zelma Prater and Bekey Cooper. Pvt D L Fhulleen of Camp Bowie visits his father Frankie Pantkenberry and family.
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