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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1939
Page
4
Miss Willie Mae Gilbert becomes the bride of Oscar Oliver Speight in a Saturday night service at 8 o clock at the Methodist parsonage. Rev. J. H. Westbrook of First Methodist Church officiated the rites.
Representatives of the Young People's League of the First Methodist church joined sponsor Mrs. F J Dixon at a District Young People's fellowship and picnic at Lake Bridgeport Tuesday afternoon. About fifty youths from Saint Jo Bowie Decatur and Bridgeport participated. Miss Mabel Beth Jackson read an original poem. In the Bowie group were Alta Jean Prince Kathleen Sparks Doris Entrekin June Reasoner Lurline Patton Mabel Beth Jackson Fred Patton and Mrs Dixon.
Dorothy Ann Coleman is feted by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Garlington with a Saturday picnic on Rock Hill road followed by a Ritz Theatre line party. A Tuesday hayride and scavenger hunt awarded prizes to Annie Marie Free and others. Coleman plans to move to Los Angeles with mother Jewel Humphrys after a long stay with relatives.
Mrs Clyde Higgins and her two daughters Miss Margaret Jane and Miss Mary Nell of Sanderson Texas are visiting Mrs Higgins mother Mrs J E Carter and sister Mrs W W Philley for an extended stay.
Church School 9:45 a m Dale Eales Superintendent Morning Worship 11:00 a m pastor Young People Meeting 7:00 p m Lorena Bell President Evening Worship 8:00 p m pastor Sermon Can We Pour Our Brother Behind The Way You Attend Expresses Interest in Church Work All Are Welcome at First Methodist Church Follow the Crowd to Join Us
M S Peek reports the revival at First Christian Church continues into its second week. Sunday School should be well attended and Brother Hughes leads morning singing. Morning sermon titled The Son of God and evening message What Does the Christian Church Believe promise to interest all members and friends. Young People's work continues next week with special inducement for youths at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Pastor B. B. Breitenhirt leads at 9:45 a.m. Sunday School and 11:00 a.m. preaching. An 7:15 p.m. Young People's Meeting follows. Evening service at 8:00 p.m. features a sermon titled Go to church Sunday some where.
The Sunday lesson in all Christian Science churches for June 18 centers on spiritual existence and the universe shaped by divine life. Golden text asserts God as Father of all, with Christlike unity and power, while Chronicles and Eddy emphasize divine supremacy and the sole reality of spiritual existence.
The Ritz Theatre screens Only Angels Have Wings through Saturday. The note teases a feuding tone likening the Hatfields and McCoys and invites Cecil and Mrs. Cecil Huth to present this News issue at the box office to be guests of management.
An advertisement fragment notes Sherwin Williams paints offered by Lyon and Matthews Company. The brief copy highlights availability and branding without additional context or pricing details.
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