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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
5
A Pleasant Ridge community meeting is set for June 25 at 8 pm. County Agent Arvie S. Elliott and Miss Vinnie Dee Ichie, Montague County Home Demonstration Agent, will speak on topics of timely interest to farmers and homemakers. The Pleasant Ridge Home Demonstration Club sponsors a cake walk open to the public.
The regular W M A meeting of First Baptist Church was held Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. David Warren as chair. The devotional was led by Mrs. Erma Gardner from Psalm 40, and the lesson on The Desire of All Nations was taught by Mrs. Potter. Several members attended, along with two visitors from Austin.
W B Wilson of the Bowie Recreation Project invites men to organize a new volleyball team at Pelham Park gym Monday at 8 15 p m. All men and any church or group may form a team with sponsors present for a round robin setup. The Ladies League plays Thursdays and public croquet grounds are open 5 to 10 30 p m daily.
Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wright and daughter Mrs. Sheppard of Blue Grove visited Mrs. Jessie Barker and daughter Helen this week. A note from Mrs. W. H. Coffield visiting her son Julius in Detroit says she is having a nice time and went to Canada yesterday. Coffield has been away about two weeks.
J. R. Applegate of Center is the guest of his father C. Applegate this week. He will spend several days in Bowie.
Meredith Miller and Bruce Sanders from Bowie High School join a Wichita Falls business college for special training and work part time at the newly opened Luby's cafeteria in Wichita Falls.
Bowie Garden Club met June 16 with president Mrs Paul Donald in charge. They discussed retaining current members and adding new ones, set annual dues at 50 cents, planned a June 19 breakfast at Speake Meyer Park, and thanked Mrs M Johnson for leadership during Mrs Donald's absence.
Capt. W. F. Robinson of Co. B 111th Engineers Camp Bowie is on leave this week. Other weekend visitors from Co. B include Sgt. Bruce Sadler and Sgt. H. B. Williams.
The Bowie Recreation Project preschool group and mothers held a morning picnic at Pelham Park on Friday June 13. Children enjoyed the swings and playground as the park pool proved too cold for wading. A second picnic is planned for June 28 with several mothers and Frances Garvin leading.
Inclement weather delayed the Thursday Club picnic but the group met at Ogden Clarke’s home. New officers were installed with Mrs F J Dixon as president and Mrs Glenn Trout as treasurer, plus other officers named. Members and guests attended including Mr and Mrs I H McVicker and many others.
The Bowie Garden Club held a sunrise breakfast Thursday at Speake-Meyer Park with ten members present. They cleaned park flower beds and enjoyed a breakfast of bacon eggs toast doughnuts and coffee. A picnic supper for members and husbands is planned for Tuesday July 2.
P E Worthen visited in the Sun set vicinity this week at the home of Mr and Mrs W P Sisk. Mrs W H Denson and Miss Martha Ann Gibson were in Fort Worth Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Dewey Walker returned the first of the week from […]
A list of locals visiting relatives or traveling through Bowie includes Mrs. W. C. Walker in Forestburg, Mrs. C. W. Sanders from Corpus Christi, A. S. Thomas of Decatur seeking farm property, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gibson from Dallas with son Richard. Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Harper of Alvord visit in Bowie, Mrs. W. T. Templin and her 7 year old son from Rogers Arkansas arrive to visit relatives, Ellis Alexander of Buffalo Springs shops locally, and Bernice Jolley, daughter of Mrs. Jolley, undergoes an unspecified medical procedure.
A patient undergoing a appendicitis operation at Bowie Clinic hospital Tuesday evening is reported to be improving favorably as recovery progresses.
Joe Nix and J T Ashton of Montague went to Fort Worth for the weekend then returned Monday after visiting their parents in Montague andMisses Venice and Lois Mayfield of Bowie.
J. B. Bullard Jr. wed Frances Powell of Miami on June 14 at St Pauls Methodist Church in Houston. The couple's reception included a dinner at the groom's parents home in Leona and guests named Cecil Bullard, Thelma Pigg, Hobart Bullard and family, and Will Manton. The newlyweds returned to Houston to reside.
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