Denton youth spends weekend with grandparents
Jimmy Brannon of Denton spent the week end with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thomas.
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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1949
Page
8
Jimmy Brannon of Denton spent the week end with his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Thomas.
Park Springs residents joined a Sunday church gathering at the Methodist Church with plans for a third Sunday after noon in January. A joint birthday dinner for Mr. M. B. Allen and their eldest daughter Mrs. Louis Walker drew family and friends, featuring quail and ham. The event recalled Mr. Allen’s quip about candle count as 66 candles.
The sole Phillips 66 service station in Bowie on East Wise street is now operated by Fred C. Davis. It reports growing business as hundreds from Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle stop by daily. A complete line of Phillips 66 products is carried there.
A historical reflection on choosing God over worldly influence during Ahab’s era and a call for strict scriptural guidance over church manuals. The piece argues the Bible alone makes Christians, citing Elijah and New Testament verses, and contrasts Bible only faith with humanly authored disciplines. Miss Dorothy Thomas returns home for holidays to Chillicothe, Missouri, visiting her parents and sister.
Mary Latham arrived Saturday morning from Mary Washington College in Virginia to visit her mother Mrs. Homer B. Latham during Christmas holidays.
Leona Mrs. J. O. Summers and baby daughter were brought home from the hospital Thursday. Gerald Mobley remains ill. Several local residents including Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bullard and others suffered flu this week. Mrs. L. L. Roberts mourns her father’s Amarillo death. funeral attended Saturday. Christmas plans advance with services and a party.
The Buford family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during their bereavement following the passing of a loved one.
Eighty five men and women gathered at Lions Hall on Thursday night to support the Church of Christ Orphans Home. O. W. Watson acted as toastmaster and Dillard Thurman of Fort Worth delivered the main address. Gifts were drawn and then packed for shipment to the Orphans Home.
Moyer Dutton offers a 1950 Philco radio or refrigerator as a perfect Christmas gift. The unit combines vintage technology with practical home use.
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