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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1948
Page
2
A devotional page reflects on the Biblical idea that the Spirit of God dwells within believers, citing I Corinthians 3 16. The tone emphasizes personal sanctity and communal devotion in a historic religious context.
The Bowie Chamber of Commerce launches an irrigation experiment to boost crop returns. They urge digging wells and building dams across streams to irrigate 1 to 20 acre tracts, using creeks, tanks, or shallow wells. Irrigated land could be worth three to five times drier land.
Observers report many pecan trees bearing small nuts with thousands of worms hatching to de leaf the trees and ruin the crop. A power spray used like orchard methods is advised to protect the promising harvest along local creeks and rivers, with potential crop value reaching hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Aerial demonstrations at the U S Department of Agriculture research center in Beltsville Maryland showcased new weapons against insect pests. Experts warn the US loses about one tenth of crops yearly and highlight potential gains in cotton boll weevil, tsetse fly, and mosquito control, with broader aims of preventing disease and war through abundant food and materials.
Local residents and relatives from Fort Worth Foreman Arkansas Shreveport and Dallas visited Ringgold for Memorial Services at Ringgold Cemetery and for Commencement Exercises held May 28. The program included speeches by Rev Roy H Biser and Rev N J Engleprecht with diplomas awarded to six seniors led by valedictorian Marjorie Evans and salutatorian David Moss.
Local residents and families gathered for weekend visits and trips. The Gibbons and Yowell families spent Saturday night together and visited relatives in Fort Worth. Wetsels returned from Atlanta. Harris and Roberts hosted visitors from Jolly. Winningham and Kennedy family updates. Dwight Baker and son returned from North Carolina. Miller family of Bowie joined Sunday gatherings.
J D Gee started irrigation on about seven acres of the D A Threadgill land four and a half miles west of Stoneburg. A special irrigation pump supplied by Sears Roebuck through Phil Greely and built by Scheyler Pump Co. delivers 100 gallons per minute to various crops. Bowie Chamber of Commerce fosters the project, explained at a Rotary luncheon on Wednesday.
The note lists a flurry of visits and hosting across Texas places. Thelma Pollard and Ramsey from Petrolia visited W. Camp, Frank Roland of Fort Worth spent time with E. C. Roland family, Lula Kilpatric hosted by J. D. Kilpatric, Ruth Kilpatric, and several Roland kin from Ringling Port Arthur and Bowie joined Will Brown and family in Carta Valley. Henry Cross hosted Richard Cross and Lula Cross as weekend guests. Joe Threadgill spent Monday in Wichita Falls, Orth Vowell hosted a large barbecue Sunday with friends.
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