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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1949
Page
6
Capacity crowds heard Miss Inez Rudy’s junior and senior pupils in two nights of recitals at the First Baptist Church. The younger students performed simple pieces on Monday while the older pupils played more complex selections on Tuesday.
The article notes strong student showings that drew evident approval from spectators as audiences applauded freely during a school event.
The family of Pvt. Harry Boswell thanks all who offered sympathy, floral gifts, and assistance after his death. Max and Lyndall Boswell express appreciation for every act of kindness during their brother’s bereavement. May God bless each helper.
Mr and Mrs Carl Shurtleff and their son Charles Franklin Shurtleff were in Dallas Sunday for an extended visit.
Funeral services for Frank W. Ashton were held Tuesday at the Owens-Brumley Funeral Home Chapel in Bowie with burial in Tage Cemetery. He died Friday night in a Wichita Falls hospital after a prolonged illness, just four days shy of his 55th birthday. Survivors include two daughters Alma Pettigrew and Sylvia Tice, two sons James T and Nelson, a brother Clay Ashton, two sisters Fannie Armstrong and Minnie Perona, and five grandchildren. Pallbearers were Paul Garrett and others.
Mr and Mrs W T Hamilton former pastor of the Church of Christ now in Frederick Oklahoma are parents of a son born June 11 at 6 am. He weighs 9 pounds 5 ounces and is named Nicholas. Grandparents are Gus Nicholas and wife of Jasper Alabama and F M Hamilton and wife of Bowie. The couple also has a daughter Kathy over three.
Rev and Mrs M B James received degrees from Howard Payne College with high honors. They are longtime Bowie residents. Mrs James is Annie Bell Hamilton, daughter of F C Hamilton of Bowie. Mr James attended Decatur Baptist College and served as pastor at Alvord.
Joe A. Nix, Charles Tice and John Tuggle are listed as individuals connected to the item. The brief notice references these three names without additional context. Further details appear elsewhere in the page segment.
Richard Morrow visits his mother Mrs Harriett Morrow this week while working for the Sohio Oil Company in Anhuac Texas in the geological department.
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