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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
5
The Cumberland Presbyterian Encampment is postponed from June 3 to July with date to be decided. Six cities will be represented and the original program will be carried out as announced.
Belknap Baptist Church has changed its meeting date from the fourth Sunday to the first Sunday. Rev. Dewey Barlow serves as pastor. The public is invited to attend every service. A regular meeting date is noted.
Rev and Mrs Dewey Barlow, Howard Payne College students, earned the college honor roll this semester. They each totaled 32 points with an A minus average in major and minor subjects. Rev Barlow majors in Bible with English minor while Mrs Barlow majors in music with English minor. Rev Barlow serves as pastor of the First Baptist Church at Belknap.
The Brushy Cemetery Association will hold a business meeting at the Brushy Church building at 12 30 Saturday June 8. The purpose is to arrange hiring a caretaker to maintain the local cemetery. Open to all interested persons. Officials include John Garrett president Homer Ward secretary treasurer Boyd Winn D L Edgin and Jim.
Miss Mary Idell Gadberry of Bowie graduated from Texas State College for Women at Denton on June 3 with a Bachelor of Science in home economics and a minor in science. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gadberry and was active in Mary Swartz Rose Club Phi Upsilon Omicron Alpha Lambda Delta Alpha Chi and the Chemistry Club.
Doc Jackson's Grocery Store expands to ice cream trade with a 12-container cabinet to be installed today and ready Saturday morning. The store is now air conditioned for a fully modern setup. Mr and Mrs W J Thompson of Denver were Saturday shoppers here.
An all day Memorial program at Smyrna Sunday drew many locals and visitors from Sunset Bowie Turley Creek Lake Valley Denver Pleasant Ridge Huddleston and other areas. Gospel singing led by Homer Ward and G A Brashear opened the event with Rev J A Gus Matthews delivering the sermon. A noon meal fed the crowd followed by afternoon readings and talks. An announcement promised another all day meeting on the first Sunday in June next year.
Ms. Schneider plans summer school at Denton after finishing the tenth month in the local school. E. J. Fancher of Turkey Creek and Walker Barker of Fruitland visited Bowie on business. Verda Sluder of Fort Worth stayed weekend with Stoneburg parents. Lon Roberts and son Charles of Sylvis Illinois visited Vashti and Bowie. J. R. White of Sunset also spent Monday in Bowie on business.
O F Sluder of Duncan Oklahoma stayed with his parents Mr and Mrs W T Sluder of Stoneburg for several days last week Miss Bonnie Fay Richey returned Sunday from Breckenridge where she visited relatives and friends Mrs Harry Karlsberg and Leslie Levy spent Sunday with the Mivelaz family
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Purkey of Walters Oklahoma spent Memorial Day visiting Mrs. Harry Karlsberg. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Perry and son Jerry of Nocona visited Coy Perry Friday evening. Bill O Neal of Alvord was in Bowie Wednesday afternoon transacting business.
A large crowd attended the recital by the Dance and Expression pupils of Mrs Lynn Garlington at the City Auditorium. The three act play The Strange Princess was presented with Mrs Emmett Archer as accompanist. Costumes were striking and provided a colorful setting for the numbers.
A flood of social notes lists Rev and Mrs Dewey Barlow visiting Brownwood relatives and extended kin from Spofford to Amarillo plus trips by Arthur Cook Lone Star and G L Moore Sunset. County official L T Holland Montague and many others traveled for business and family gatherings across Bowie and nearby towns.
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