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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
2
Sunset June 7 graduation services at Sunset Baptist Church mark the end of a two week Vacation Bible School with 71 average daily attendees age 4 to 16. Rev John Pearson says the school was very successful and the graduation program begins at 7 30 p m.
Don Weston filled his appointment Sunday and Sunday night was a dinner guest of Mr and Mrs E L Cleer. Numerous visits span Bridgeport Chico Wichita Falls Denison Fort Worth and Dallas as locals join revivals family gatherings and enrollments for summer programs at North Texas and Texas Tech.
Sunday gatherings featured Mr. and Mrs. John Lemons and Baskin Johnson in Wichita Falls, plus K O Williams and Mrs. Kenneth Schmittou. Revival services were held in Chico with Rev. McDonald. Several families attended church and Decoration Day at Prairie Branch. Newport Cemetery Association met June 1 with local hosts and refreshments.
Mrs Thelma Johnson Mrs Grace Moody and Jim Moody of Dallas visited Mr and Mrs Joe Carminati in Montague over the weekend. Larry Dunbar Jimmie Jameson and Melvin Fenoglio enrolled at NTSC Denton Monday. Garry Wayne Pribble of Fort Worth plans a summer with his grandmother Mrs Florence Pribble. Bobby Tompkins stationed at Fort Bliss El Paso visited his parents. Ellen Davis now employed at Slaughter's Drug Store Bowie.
The record lists residents planning summer work locations and family visits across Texas and nearby states. Names include Mrs. Johnnie Carminati, Helen Carminati, Mrs. J. J. Cox, A. J. Fenoglio, Louis Nobile, Ronnie Richardson, and several others visiting relatives in Clinton Oklahoma, Decatur Texas, Old Glory, Nocona, Dumas, Haskell, Fort Worth, and Memphis. Ronnie Richardson joins the navy and turns 14 in June.
The Montague Baptist Association aims to run Vacation Bible Schools in every church and unchurched community in Montague County. Seventeen of twenty churches have definite plans with others discussing, plus mission schools in unchurched areas. Several communities list dates from May 24 to September 7, with regional churches and college students aiding staffing and funding.
The record notes a Bible School superintendent associated with the Montague Baptist Association.
The Junior Girls Auxiliary of the First Baptist church met at Meyer Park Thursday for a picnic. Mrs. George Curlee led the opening prayer and Nancy Young gave the closing prayer. Attendees included Jane and Phyllis Golden Judy Chandler Linda Floyd Coleen DeWeber Mrs Weldon Golden Mrs Claude Young and Mrs George Curlee.
Visitors to the Buffington home included Mrs Anna Eubanks of Dallas Mr Floyd Smith of Arlington and Mr and Mrs Matt Milligan and family of Tucson Arizona.
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