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Newspaper

Bowie News

Location

Bowie, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1940

Page

7

County Agent Notes Warn of Jumbo Grasshopper Damage

A. S. Elliott notes widespread jumbo grasshopper damage in northern county communities including Valley View Spanish Fort Prairie Point and Ringgold with some impact west of Bowie. Ball materials available at the courthouse with farmer and government shared bran supplies and mixing stations. Montague station to operate.

Valley View Spanish Fort Prairie Point Ringgold Bowie A. S. Elliott Montague

Local Social Notes From Lindale And Area

Lindaile Miss Nemoia Wright visits sister Mrs Evans and Mr Evans. Roy Shockley couple spend Sunday with Mrs Manning. Mr Tompkins receives degree in Denton after weekend visit by Mrs and Mrs Tompkins. Mr and Mrs Egenbacher of Pampa visit with parents.

Nemoia Wright Lane Evans

Memorial for Margrett Wright in local services

Mrs Margrett Wright, formerly Miss Margrett Wright, is remembered in a notice. Rev Walls of Nocona will conduct services here on June 8 and 9. All are invited.

Wade Wright Egenbacher Margrett Wright Walls of

Rodeo Guests and Weekend Visitors Across Newport Bowie and Bridgeport

Community members attended the Newport rodeo and visited Bowie and Bridgeport on Saturday. Names include Jimmie Bukter Ava Palmer Lula Belle Wall Arch Hicks and many others. Mrs. Lula Belle Wall plans a Wichita Falls visit this week.

Newport Jimmie Butler Bill Wiley A. A. Palmer M. L. Holt Arthur Tipton Lula Belle Wall Jay Wiley Johnnie Palmer Harold W. L. Choice Arch Hicks Bowie Jimmie Bukter Jacksboro Ethel Jolly Richard Cox Leona Ava Palmer John Williams Selma Bridgeport Bill King Charlie Kilber Virgie Tarpley Jimmie Lee Rhoads Walter Tarpley Billie Ray Tommie Daniel Tarpley Opal Ruby Isbell Lewis Holt Olen Buffington Wichita Falls

Recital by Mrs Latham’s Pupils at Home Studio

Mrs Elizabeth Lathams Voice and Piano Pupils presented a recital at her home studio on 509 East Wise Street Tuesday evening June 4 at 8 oclock. The program featured varied selections including Minuet in G Hungarian Dance No 6 and The Moonlight Revels with performances by Jane Foster Mary Elizabeth Latham Loraine Zetzsche Betty Jeannette Spears and Marguerite Lee among others. An accompanist Marguerite Lee assisted and after the recital guests were served punch and cookies coordinated by a long list of attendees including the Lathams and local families.

Elizabeth M. Latham East Wise Street W. W. Bail Cecil Crim M. A. Bryan Carrol Green Payne James Zetzsche T. F. Wright Clem Crim Wilbur Morgan Foster G. O. Slaughter Tapp Lawrence Foster Fannie May Bell Joan Roach Marjorie Ayers Edna Varnell Luine Bryan Jeannine Lee Una Vae Free Betty Lou Coggin Virginia Ann Janeway Homer B. Latham Robert and David Latham Bob Simpson Uvalde

Local Social Notes From DYE MOUND District

Rev A L Dennis preached at the Methodist Church Sunday in morning and evening. Mrs N L Sadler returned home after a week with son Emmitt Sadler in Saint Jo. Birt Harvill family visited Eli Steadham's. Sag Rowe of Rush Springs visited Lillie Jones and attended Mondague homecoming. Pie supper June 7 at the schoolhouse candidates will speak. Several families shared visits and business across Leona Archer City Bowie For estburg and Sayre Oklahoma.

Mildred Norvell A. L. Dennis N. L. Sadler Emmitt Sadler Saint Jo Birt Harvill Eli Steadham Henry “Sag” Rowe Rush Springs Okla Lillie Jones Montague Bill Norvell Belcherville H. O. Norvell Barney Brogdon Lonnie Young Lina Anne Wiese Bowie Lina Jackson D. O. Norvell

Bible lesson on God the Only Cause and Creator set for Sunday

Christian Science Lesson-Sermon titled God the Only Cause and Creator to be read in all Christ Scientist churches on Sunday June 9. Golden Text Jeremiah 32 17 honors God's power and limitless reach. Ecclesiastes 3 15 and Eddy on Life as Spirit also appear. News Wants Ads for results.

Churches of Christ Scientist Mary Baker Eddy

Suntan caution from Texas health officer urged

June 6 Austin Texas Dr Geo W Cox state health officer warns against overexposure while sunbathing. Start with ten minutes daily and increase as skin adapts, noting individual differences in burn and tan responses. Several local notices mention births and visitors with names and dates as regional social notes.

Austin Texas Geo. W. Cox Cox

Local residents visit Bowie and nearby towns on weekend

Mrs Lora McDonald and Miss Alice McDonald spent Monday in Wichita Falls. Mr and Mrs Coy Perry were in Decatur Monday afternoon on business. Mr and Mrs Joe Huddleston of Post spent the past weekend visiting relatives in Sunset Alvord and Park Springs. Rev Sid McDonald of Hancock in Bowie Saturday. J H Miller of Lake Valley in Bowie Saturday. John Holloway of Salona and R S Case of Stoneburg visited Bowie Saturday. Jim Winn of Fruitland also traveled to Bowie Saturday for business.

Lora McDonald Alice McDonald Wichita Falls Mrs Coy Perry Decatur Joe Huddleston Post Sunset Alvord Park Springs Mrs. Huddleston South Plains

Park Springs Church Sermon and Oil Well Progress

Park Springs residents attended preaching services and the quarterly conference at the Methodist Church with Rev. George G. Kerr as pastor. Rev. E H Mays delivered the afternoon sermon while locals note oil well drilling progress five miles northwest of Park Springs. Mrs Rosa Duck and her daughter Dorothy of Borger Texas visit Mrs Carmel Chadwick along with Mrs Willie Wortman and others.

Methodist Church George G. Kerr E. H. Mays Chico Park Springs Rosa Duck Dorothy Borger Texas Carmel Chadwick Willie Wortman W. E. Whetsell Opal

First Methodist Church Service Details

James H. Westbrook. Church School 9 45 am J P Kearby Jr superintendent Morning Worship 11 00 am Laymen s Day Subject Christian Stewardship Young People 7 00 invitation to Follow the Crowd superintendent Evening Worship 8 00 pm Pastor Subject The Cost of Religion Public welcome and gospel singing directed by Homer at the First Methodist Church Sunday.

J. P. Kearby, Jr Homer First Methodist

Local residents visit Bowie area on weekend

Mr and Mrs Elbert Hayes and daughter Betty Carolyn of Jacksonville were in Bowie Sunday with Mrs W E Carter. Mr and Mrs T F Mobley of Smyrna shopped here Saturday afternoon. Ike Parks and Mrs H E Overstreet were in Dallas Sunday and Monday. Parks attended the shoe convention. Overstreet visited her son Joe Overstreet. Mrs J B Green Jr and Mrs G L Griffin were in Fort Worth Monday. Marcus Mauldin of Bellevue shopped Saturday afternoon. A J Stegall, longtime Denver resident, was here on Saturday business. Oliver Faulkner of Lake Valley was in Bowie on Saturday. Mrs M E Hill of Pleasant Ridge shopped here Saturday afternoon.

Elbert Hayes Betty Carolyn Jacksonville W E. Carter Ike Parks H. E. Overstreet Dallas Mr. Parks Overstreet Joe Overstreet Oliver Faulkner Lake Valley Bowie M. E. Hill Pleasant Ridge

Roseme Arles Carrington Visits Bowie Resident

Roseme Arles Carrington arrived last week for a visit with Mrs Thos S Dutton. She will leave Saturday for Silvis Ill to make her home. Mrs Chas Hayes of Dalhart visits her mother Mrs Fred Hill this week. Co E Litchfield of Wichita Falls was in Bowie on business Saturday afternoon. Litchfield is an oil promoter and owns a farm near Sunset where he spends part of the time. A M Sigman of Pleasant Hill and Mrs Harvey Hawk of Sunset shopped in Bowie over the weekend. Rev Earl Brewer of M visited Saturday afternoon and gave a sermon on a street corner. He and another Brewer stayed with Mr and Mrs C J Brewer in the Denver Community over the weekend.

Rosemearles Carrington Thos. S. Dutton Silvis Ill Chas. Hayes of Dalhart Fred Hill Co. E. Litchfield Wichita Falls Bowie Mr. Litchfield Sunset Earl Brewer Mr. Brewer C. J. Brewer Denver

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Lindale Mrs. C. Noble Rocky Point By Alta Faye Palmer Elizabeth Latham Minuet Marguerite Lee, Mary Lou Green Frederic E. Farrar Loraine Zetzsche Montague Ewing Jane Foster Mary Elizabeth Latham Frances Lee Payne Johannes Brahms Sing, Little Birds Geo. L. Spaulding Loraine Zetzsche, Betty Jeannette Spears the Shepherd Boy” Op Mary Lou Green Carl Andre G. D. Wilson Betty Jeannette Spears J. A. Spears Minnetonka Sylvia Jeanie McClaynard Crim Wings On Review Jane Foster Thurlow Lieurance Oleg Oster March of the Flower Girls Marguerite Lee Renee Miles Paul Wachs Frederick King’s Review Wm. Baines Wm. Hudson Valse Mendelssohn Tschaikowsky Polka Mignonne Clara Koehler-Heberlein Betty Jeannette Paul. Lawson Jonquils Paul F. Johanning America Beethoven W. C. Huddleston Forestburg Jimmey Searls Audra Durrough Archer City Louis C. Elliott Lubbock Artie Hurdt Mattie H. Drummond Tommie Sayre, Okla A. D. Flowers Christian Science Services Bowie Drug Company Burgess Funeral Home Bowie, Texas M. D Norman Underwood Underwood C. L. Hickey and Sons Vern and Walden Hancock W. E. Whetsell Monay Maurice Walker Leon Miss Oleta Underwood W. M. Culverhouse W. T. Culverhouse Marguarite Able Claudie Mae Chesser Doris Robinson Eloise McGee Charles Ronald W. H. Dickson Fort Worth C. H. Dennison W. J. Chadwick Beverly Ruth Sid McDonald Hancock Community J. H. Miller John Holloway Salona R. S. Case of Stoneburg Jim Winn Fruitland Mrs. Boyd Winn Opal Whetsell First Methodist Church James H. Westbrook Mrs. T. F. Mobley of Smyrna J. B. Green, Jr G. L. Griffin Marcus Mauldin Bellevue A. J. Stegall Emilie Boedeker N. Cummins St A. M. Sigman Pleasant Hill Harvey Hawk W. E. Stephens Feed Florida Ponce de Leon BUY The Advertising Club St. Louis
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