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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1939
Page
5
American Bankers Association data show Texas commercial banks issued 850 000 new loans totaling 580 million dollars and renewed 575 000 loans amounting to 725 million during January to June 1939. Open lines of credit stood at 25.2 million with 40 percent used.
Local social notes recount weekend visits by Mrs A A Harding and family from Ft Worth. Families including the Smith Huckabee Benham and Shires circles share Sunday gatherings and a party hosted by Dora Greenwood in Alvord.
Keith Morgan, National Chairman, hands Commissioner George E. Allen of Washington DC a Certificate of Authority as March of Dimes Fight Infantile Paralysis chairman. Allen will direct distribution of birthday cards and donations to counties and to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
A Christmas program at the Lutheran Church scheduled for December 24 at 7 00 p m features children in word and song depicting the Nativity of Christ with duets by Dorothy Husfeld Evelyn Husfeld and Rosaline Roth and a pastor's address. The hour and fifteen minute event invites all.
Over a hundred employees were laid off when the 59 year old San Diego Daily Sun suspended publication. The reason cited is rising labor costs and shorter hours mandated by the Wage Hour law making operation unprofitable. nationwide several small dailies reduced from six to five days a week under the same law.
Samuel Ireland forged a King Lear fragment and a then unknown tragedy Vortigem and Rowena claiming Shakespearean origin. Samuel Johnson and others doubted them but Sheridan paid 300 pounds for the rights. The play opened with Mrs Siddons, became a burlesque, and Ireland confessed to authorship.
Church notices invite Bowie and Montague county residents to Bible School at 9 45, worship at 10 45 and 7 00, Wednesday midweek services at 7 15, Thursday Woman's Bible Class at 2 30 led by O M Reynolds. Seasonal greetings mark year end and new year plans.
Rock Springs notes list visits and greetings among families in Nocona Electra Belcherville and Stoneburg with guests from Bowie Ringgold Lone Star and Anadarko Okla. Highlights include H D Cable sick list and Rev I P Whitaker monthly appointment. Several families share Christmas shopping and gatherings at homes and churches.
Ernest Golden of Vernon visits sister Mrs Tom Tompkins and brother Albert Golden of Mallard. LeRoy Bull two to three year old is real sick. Lonnie Young attends Methodist Conference in Boston. Sherrell and Lina Ann Wiese of Bowie visit grandparents Mr and Mrs J B Jackson and a JLabel
Uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Norvell. Several from our community were Gainesville visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jackson were in Fort Worth Monday. They were accompanied by the daughter, Mrs. Lovell W. Wiese and her son, Joseph.
A school teacher leads a class around the National Gallery, noting that Joshua Reynolds could alter a smile to a frown with a single brush stroke. A child replies that his mother could do the same.
Carl H Pace was admitted to the hospital last Thursday and dismissed on Tuesday. Fack Garlington was admitted on Sunday for a fractured hip. Convalescing at home for the holidays are Frank Roach Newport Wayne Cross Stoneburg and Lois Eavenson Montague. Marguerite Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs M A Bryan was admitted Tuesday afternoon for an emergency appendix operation and is currently in satisfactory condition.
A comic dialogue between a girl customer and a cosmetic clerk centers on lipstick removal. The clerk jokes about fighting, while the girl praises the clerk and questions the idea of being wonderful. The exchange highlights playful verbal flirtation in a retail setting.
A minister and guests share a convivial company dinner described as genial and clubby. The host notes satisfaction while a child adds a small, witty aside about the meal, reflecting a lighthearted social gathering.
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