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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
2
A two week play school ended Saturday conducted by the high school home economics department. It enrolled 27 high school girls and 32 children in clay modeling coloring song and action games story hours and snack time. List of participating girls and children is provided. A party at the swimming pool followed on Friday June 38.
Miss Henryetta Sands and Mrs. Stanley Davlin are instructors. Ronnie Randal Roberts and Stacy Whitehead will attend a training course in Dallas this week.
Evangelist Kenneth Bingham of Vernon will preach at the Assembly of God church during the revival starting Sunday June 12. Pastor Austin Carrigan of Bowie attended the Texas District Convention at Longview and returned from West Texas where he held a revival. The Ladies Missionary Council will meet next week on Wednesday at 2 pm instead of Monday. Richard and Ann Carringan returned from Amarillo where they visited grandparents. George Medley of Galveston Medical School visited his parents Wednesday through Sunday. Staples for stapling machines advertised at News Office.
A string of visitors from Bowie Decatur Sunset and Fort Worth called on local families during the weekend. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Huddleston, Mr. and Mrs. McMillion, and Rev. Donald Wood among others.
Mrs Mildred W Norvell and family note June 8 events as visitors in Dye Mound. Ardmore guests Dena Bennett and Seldom McMahon call on relatives. Fort Worth and Dallas visitors appear among local families. Extended visits include Durhams Baton Rouge and Barnhills from Ft. Worth with kin in Ernest Barnhill home.
Mrs. A F Tinney Mrs Nina Mae Lockey and Mrs Maurice H James are taking summer classwork at the North Texas summer program commuting from Bowie. Irene Wood and daughters Jan and Gail have moved back to Bowie after nine months in Fayetteville Arkansas where Jan and Gail attended the University of Arkansas with Gail a freshman and Jan completing college.
Forty bantams were exhibited at a lawn show sponsored by the Bowie Bantam Club Sunday at Pelham Park. Cecil Hickey, president of the club, reports 38 persons from Bowie, McKinney, Fort Worth, Bridgeport, Gainesville and Ryan and Marietta, Okla., attended.
B C Bowden and L A De Master both of Bowie won baskets of groceries valued at 11.25 each at the formal opening of Johnny's Grocery and Market on Mill and Nelson streets. John B Woods, operator, said over 200 people registered for the drawing.
Bowie golfers defeated Nocona on the local course Sunday with a 16 to 13 score after five matches required extra rounds.
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