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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
15
W. C. Brown assistant pastor of the Fundamental Baptist Church will move to Weatherford Monday to take up work with the church there. He has served with the local Fundamental Baptist Church for about a year.
Evans Motor Company installs a quick change oil machine allowing motorists to Drain old oil and replace with new in three minutes. The device operates while gas is being serviced using a hose connection at the oil testing place and suction draws out used oil.
R. V. Garrett traveled to Dallas on Friday for business matters.
Don Weston of the Conoco Oil camp near Bowie tames a baby skunk named Buster. The small pet, fed from a doll bottle with canned milk, has traveled across Montague County while two siblings died. Neighbors remain wary of its odor as the Weston family watches the skunk’s antics.
Miss Ann Humphreys of Seymour visits her aunt and uncle Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Quisenberry in Seymour.
The article argues that baptism candidates should answer only belief in Jesus Christ as the Son of God. It cites Bible verses from Matthew, Acts, Romans, Philippians, and Romans to support confession by mouth in front of witnesses. The piece invites readers to attend church services and be buried with Christ by baptism for remission of sins.
Bowie High School alumni are among college graduates nationwide this year with about 100 Bowie students attending schools in several states. Notable graduates include David Latham May Naval Academy Annapolis fifth in class, Vernice Ward June University of Oklahoma Petroleum Engineering, Doyle Bell 1949 University of Washington graduate, Betti Harris East Texas State Teachers College Commerce, Roy Dean Sanders UT senior class graduate and likely first Bowie High School graduate architect, Benjamin Smith 1949 North Texas State School of Business now with Acme Brick Company Fort Worth.
Mrs Ethel Arnold of Fort Worth was a week end visitor in the home of her mother Mrs J A Onlin.
A Sunset School meeting heard a Soil Conservation Service representative present erosion results and national soil loss trends. Farmers named include W. O. Chester, H. W. Proctor, Mrs Maggie Shoemaker, Keelan Tucknnes, H. W. Reid, Jess Strange, J. C. Thompson and A. B. Hall as a soil scientist assesses their land this week with a follow up meeting pending. Lovegrass trials by Elger Ivins in North Lindale are noted, along with Rex Taylor moving pasture for weed control and cowpeas planted by G. D. Wilson and Walter W. Smith for soil improvement.
Guests in the B. C. Bowden home over the last weekend were their sons and families Maurice Bowden of Houston Mr and Mrs Cecil Dutch Bowden and two sons of Odessa and Mr and Mrs Fred Bowden and baby of
Mrs. S. A. Davenport of Fort Worth is ill at the home of Mrs. Hamp Walker. Mrs. Earl Sansom has returned from a California vacation reporting a lovely time visiting relatives and friends in Los Angeles and Hollywood.
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