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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1944
Page
7
Sunday School at 9:45 with Kirk Beard and N Dickey. Morning Worship at 11 06 with Bible study 10 06 and preaching 10 45. Youth Fellowship 11 06. Evening Worship 7 45 8 30. Bible Study 10 06. Communion 11 45. Ladies Bible Class Tuesday 2 30. Bible School Wednesday 8 15. All invited to attend.
The Hudson Pastor reports weekly church activities with Sunday School at 11 A. M. Morning Worship at 10 A. M. Evening Service at 7 P. M. and Young People's Service. Bible studies occur Wednesday and Saturday sessions led by Pastor Ted Vassar and visiting pastors. Church gatherings emphasize Bible study on Revelation and unity in worship.
Rev John Webb and Rev Will Worley lead weekly services at the Old Time Gospel Mission Church. Regular schedule includes Saturday night services at 8, Sunday school at 10 30, Sunday morning preaching, Sunday evening Young People's Service at 7 15 and evening worship at 8, plus Wednesday night prayer meeting at 8.
George Moffett and Ed Gossett file for reelection with campaign notices. The announcements emphasize upcoming races and party alignment, signaling continued public service aims.
R L Baits pastor C O Stom superintendent Sunday School 10 00 A M Evening Worship 8 00 P M Ladies Missionary Society meets Tuesday preaching on 2nd and 4th Sundays Paul M Inglis pastor J Harry Stout superintendent Church School 10 00 A M Morning Worship 11 00 A M Young People Meeting 7 45 Wednesday Evening Prayer Service 8 00 P M Welcome to the Church of the Nazarene
Readable items show a church timetable including Bible School at 9:45, Ike Parks superintendent, worship at 11:00 with a sermon by the pastor, Training Union, 7:30 evening service, and an 8:30 prayer meeting at 8:00. No clear case details are given beyond references to Texas v. A. J. Quinn.
T. C. Vinson and Pastor M. A. Bryan lead the church program with Sunday School at 9 45 AM and People's Fellowship at 5 30 PM inviting a cordial welcome to all.
Five miles east of Bowie the Sunday School meets at 10 15 each Sunday led by Superintendent George Schultz. An 8 00 PM sermon will follow inviting a cordial welcome to all.
Sunday morning service at 11 and Sunday School at 9:30 are announced along with an evening meeting at the Reading Room. The Reading Room will be open Saturday afternoons 2:30 to 4:29. The weekly Christian Science Lesson Sermon for Sunday June 25 will read from the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, with the Golden Text from Isaiah and Psalms.
The War Food Administration asks housewives to buy an extra dozen eggs and keep them in refrigerators. They say 1,400 carloads have no storage space and that using home freezers could save 25 million dozen eggs as production declines seasonally.
The four sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Reeves formerly of Bowie have served overseas. Clyde entered December 1942, Vernon R. in the Army Air Forces engineer corps now in India, Louie E. a Coxswain on a US combat vessel sunk by the Japanese, and H. B. a seaman first class who joined July 1942 now in the Pacific theater.
Mr and Mrs J L Jones of Bowie report three sons serving the country Lowell a Marine Instructor at Port Hueneme California in service since March 1943 Earl and Elbert aged 18 twins stationed at Camp Roberts California in service since January 1944 All three boys are Bowie High School graduates
William Bankston of Sunset visits his aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs W E Benson. Mrs Fred Gladden of Madeira California visits relatives and friends in Bowie and Sunset.
An advertisement promotes HERBINE as a reliable laxative and cathartic from Griffin's Drug Store, claiming quick relief for headaches, biliousness, and fatigue caused by temporary constipation.
W G Chick Knightstep, chief electric technician's mate USNR, compares warm Texas weather to Adak Island Aleutians climate where he spent thirteen months. He recalls 48 degree highs, continuous fires in barracks, frequent hurricanes, and limited trees due to winds. He is Bowie born and reared, son of H C Knightstep of Salona, with wife and Evanetta at Bowie. Paul Donald and Paul Jr. visited Austin.
Pfc. E. J. Medley, son of Mrs. Rob White of Buffalo Springs, graduates as an honor man in the radio mechanics course at the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Scott Field Illinois. Prentiss Evans visited Wichita Falls on business Tuesday.
John Hightower seaman second class, son of Mr and Mrs L P Hightower of Bowie, is now safely overseas. Parents received his letter this week the first in 33 days. A 1943 Bowie High School graduate, he entered service November 1943.
A newspaper notice promotes RADOX Facial Bath to combat shiny greasy skin. It instructs mixing two heaping tablespoons with hot water, bathing the face, rinsing, and drying. The ad claims the skin becomes smooth and free of shine and asserts RADOX is affordable, with Slaughter Drug Co selling it in bulk.
Clarence Newsome returns home for the weekend with Mim Newsome and daughters. He is stationed at the Naval Training School at A and M College and notes the only stripes he has earned are the blue piping trim on his white uniform.
An old style ad promotes Red Star parasite liquid for worms paralysis lameness and weakness in chickens and turkeys. It urges continued production and lists prices 25 cents and 65 cents with a Bowie Griffin Drug location.
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