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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1954
Page
10
Mrs. W. E. Ware and her children Kara and Billy have returned to their home in St. Louis Missouri after visiting for several days in the home of Mrs. A. J. Davice.
A large crowd attended Sunday school and church in Dye Mound with Rev. J W Dodd of Denton delivering the morning sermon. Many visiting family members arrived from Forestburg Saint Jo Wichita Falls Sundown Montague Fort Worth Bowie Dallas and Pauls Valley with updates on relatives health and recent marriage ceremonies.
The Southwest Montague County Singing Convention will hold an all-day sacred singing session at Hopewell near Stoneburg on Sunday June 27 starting 10 30 a m with Homer Ward presiding as master of ceremonies. Singers from Montague and neighboring counties are expected to attend with several regional quartets and regional directors leading songs. Officials include Homer Ward Marvin Baker and J P Roberts and Frances Dort visited her parents over the weekend.
Sunday morning services at 11 o'clock and Sunday school at 9 30 for pupils up to twenty. Wednesday evening services at 8 00. All are welcome. Church building at 307 West Tarrant.
J M Sutherland, 77, died at his Sherman home on June 19 after a stroke. He had lived in Sherman four years with two sons and spent 22 years in Montague County. A retired farmer, funeral services were held at Owens Brumley Chapel with J C Bristo officiating. Burial followed in Brushy Cemetery. Survived by wife Velva, six sons Frank of Vashti, Clarence and Bill of Dallas, Floyd of Bellevue, Opal and Elba of Sherman, and daughter Mrs. Ehtel Shubert of Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Langston and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lang ston returned from an eight day trip to Arizona. They visited Mrs. Langston's sister Mrs. John C. Carter in Moyer and toured Grand Canyon Shrine of St. Joseph Painted Desert and the Ghost City in Jerome. En route home they stopped at Carlsbad New Mexico to tour Carlsbad Caverns and observed Warner Brothers filming Drum Beat starring Alan Ladd at Sedona.
Mr. and Mrs. James B Zetzsche and daughter Mary travel from Bowie to Camp Chaffee Arkansas to pick up their son Robert who has just returned from almost two years in Germany with the Observation Battalion 529th Field Artillery. He plans to resume college in the fall. George Zetzsche remains in Germany with one year of service left.
A homecoming celebration will be held at the old Selma Schoolhouse on Sunday July 11, per Mrs. Henry Shurbet. All interested are invited and asked to bring a basket lunch for the noon hour. Nancy Carpenter returned from a three week visit with Mrs. A J LeBlanc of Houston and went to Galveston during the trip.
Mr and Mrs Larry C Stokes of Wichita Falls visited his mother Mrs Ruth Stokes over the weekend Their daughter Reta Jo accompanied them back home having spent a week visiting her Grandmother Stokes
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