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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1939
Page
2
The piece laments Nazi meetings in New York and other cities, emphasizing free speech and assembly rights. It notes public objection from concerned Americans yet warns against suppressing dissent, framing the issue as a dilemma for officials balancing civil liberties with national stability.
The piece questions whether popularity guarantees true friends. It argues real friends come from sincerity and selflessness, not financial splurge or flashy social presence. A man earns dependable support by being honest, making sacrifices, and helping others, rather than merely being popular.
Highway readers are warned of a predicted grasshopper invasion across 24 states with heavy crop damage expected. Federal and state experts cite good egg-laying weather and mild winter temperatures, while control efforts include bait and new substitutions. The Texas bug men push sawdust as a bait substitute as preparations intensify for a tougher, better funded campaign.
A quoted reflection states a man hopes his wife would learn to love his relatives as much as she loves her own. The remark frames family harmony as a personal miracle and highlights interfamily affection. The source emphasizes the dilemmas of blending families and differing loyalties.
Some men are described as born kickers while others adhere to the idea that the most squeaking wheel receives the most grease, suggesting regional attitudes toward effort and reward.
A humorous column riffs on war expectations with insects and cooties, contrasts carts and cars with parking woes, notes a toothache magnified by the tongue, mocks homemaker tasks, and recalls barbershop days as family chores shift with time.
The Vashti school ended a week of events with a Wednesday picnic on the Methodist church lawn. Seventh and eighth graders and staff, including Mr. and Mrs. R C Elrod and Miss Harding, toured Turner Falls and other Oklahoma sites. A wedding occurred as Ophas Farmer and Evelyn Harding wed in Lewisville Texas, with several friends in attendance.
Miss Lola Fae and Arlene Rich ards of Bowie visited Miss Eunice Mendenhall Tuesday. Paul Richards of Bowie spent several days with friends here last week. Bobbie Hawkins of Bowie visited Sunday with Marshall Green. Joe Eanes attended a Bowie church Sunday night. Crops in this community are fairly good. Jack Stallings from State University is visiting his parents.
Trade listing notes Lyon and Matthews Co offering Sherwin Williams paints for sale. The item highlights brand availability and supplier details in a concise notice.
Buffalo Springs attendees joined the singing at Postoak while Kansas visitors Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cozart stayed with A. D. Cozart family. Veda Mae Chesher from Electra visits Lorena Williams as Lealand Scott and others visit Campsey in Jacksboro. The church plans a Home Coming June 9 with a ground dinner to resurrect lost membership records after a fire destroyed the former book.
A survey of 1279 women in twelve Southern cities shows 93 percent say CARDUS helped them. The advertisement claims CARDUS improves appetite and digestion to relieve functional dysmenorrhea from malnutrition, urging readers to try CARDUS.
Kindred and Bernice Johnson and Mrs. Fred Preminger of Byrd Hollow hosted visitors from Lindale and Newport. C H Johnson and family joined Frankie Faulkenberry and kin from Lindale. Dee Richardson and Harvey Richardson parties from the Rio Grande Valley stayed with local hosts for a few days.
Aurelian area residents Mae Fino glio Ray Melvin Fenoglio and James Fenoglio of Nocona attended gatherings in Ryan Oklahoma. Nellie Mae Tompkins and Martin visited S. M. Tompkins in Mallard. Rudy Hill of Munster dined with August Nobile. P F Martin and children called on A J Fenoglio. T T Fenoglio family spent Sunday at Stanfield Ranch. W J Campbell Mae Fenoglio joined Bowie trip with Louis Noblie and Mae Fenoglio to a Bowie show.
Mr and Mrs Bob Allen of Taylor spent the weekend with Mrs Allen s mother Mrs J W Jackson. Mr and Mrs Dee Stoffle of California visited Mr and Mrs Sewell Stoffle Saturday night. Dan Sheers of Round Prairie and Floyd Harris and family of Illinois Bend visited Walter Harris Sunday. Mr and Mrs Horrace Sheers attended a reunion at Myra Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Smith visited Mrs Smith s parents at Denton Sunday. Mrs Eula Steen and Mrs Pauline Mitchell attended quarterly conference at Dye Mound Sunday. Mr and Mrs Sewell Stoffle are spending the week with Mr Stoffle s parents of Paola Okla. Mrs J M Buck visiting her children of Nocona and Saint Jo this week. Mrs Jackson s daughter and family of Wink Texas are here for a few days visit. Luther Gentry and family moved to our community from Saint Jo. Mr and Mrs Horrace Sheers and Mr and Mrs J C Fletcher attended the Baptist meeting Saturday night at Forestburg.
Mrs C Noble notes services planned by Rev Walls of Nocona for June 10 and 11 with public invitation. Iva Joe Boyd and son from Wichita Falls visited Wrights. Sunday singing drew attendees from Jacksboro Alvord Wichita Falls Bowie Nocona Lone Star and Bowie residents including Mrs Hardison and Mrs Gallier.
Miss Cleta Russ, valedictorian of Bowie class of 1937 38, visits her parents Mr and Mrs A J Russ this week during her vacation.
Miss Margret Cady of T S C WCame this week to spend the Mrs R C Cady.
Miss Mary Blackmon, student of T. W. C., spends her vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blackmon.
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