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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
8
Miss Bessie McMillan, a faculty member at South Ward School, left Friday to spend the summer in the West.
The Montague County Church of Christ will sponsor a joint singing meet at Montague on Sunday June 8 at 2 30 p m All Church of Christ members are urged to attend and a cordial invitation is extended to all who will come.
Mrs A A Cobb returned from Shawnee Oklahoma where she attended the funeral of her granddaughter Mrs Forrest Anderson formerly Miss Marda Lee Winsett who visited in Bowie on numerous occasions. Bob Winsett remained in Shawnee after the funeral.
Local news highlights visits from Louise Angove of Austin and relatives from Tulsa and Corpus Christi. Other attendees include H J Sheridan, John Angove, and patterns of travel and social events around Bowie with church and school notes.
Mrs Pearl Cotton and Mrs Earl Burks and daughter of Adenrietta visit Bowie. Garland Davis of Alvord joins Memorial services in Smyrna with W S Brashear of Terral and Luke Winton family. Joe Davis of Lubbock reunites with friends in Bowie while recovering from a December car crash that killed his father. Local moves include Presswood family relocating near Bowie High School and the Bryan family attending Austin College graduation with Laine Brayn.
The firm of G. O. Slaughter & Co. will continue business at the same location under J. O. Ellington. They thank customers for past patronage and request continued drug store service with prompt courteous service and fair prices. See their ad in this paper.
Mrs Eunice Mitchell and daughter Eunice Hare hosted last week with Jo as guests. Edith Hare left for New York City to study under Dr M E Bonney this summer while a senior at North Texas State Teachers College. Chalmer Shoemaker of Austin visited I L Chandler's family. Mrs Carr Settle and daughters from Moorehaven Fla visited aunt Mrs Thomas S Dutton. Mrs J W Mayo and Rex Mayo of Houston are visiting Frank Cecil family.
Roberta Harding, after completing her junior year at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth as a speech major, was named a member of the Alpha Psi Omega National Dramatic Sorority. She previously attended Bowie High School where she directed contests and served as Girls Dormitory Council vice president.
A large crowd attended the Methodist Church sermon led by Rev. G. G. Kerr. Residents joined Miss Jay Lea McGee at an entertaining Saturday event. Visitors included Miss Snell Chadwick of Wichita Falls. J. S. McKay, on Army furlough, visited his parents. Charles Whitaker of Sunset visited Glenn Shurbet. The Huggins sisters from Glasgow visited Miss Lucille Alexander. Mrs. Mack Thompson from Park Springs visited her daughter Mrs. P. J. Huddleston in Sunset.
A kind lady questions a crying boy who cannot name himself or his home after a move and a mother’s remarriage. The boy explains they recently moved and he lacks any identification.
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