Eternal Refuge and Arm of God Verse Colophon
A devotional line from Deuteronomy 33 27 frames the page with a message of divine protection and strength. The verse promises God as refuge and everlasting arms guiding battles and delivering enemies.
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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
2
A devotional line from Deuteronomy 33 27 frames the page with a message of divine protection and strength. The verse promises God as refuge and everlasting arms guiding battles and delivering enemies.
The Bowie area showcases ideal climate soil and transport for profitable fruit growing with good cash returns from careful tree and vine care. The piece urges planting thousands of peach trees, citing Experiment Station findings that local varieties rival Elberta in quality and reliable annual production.
A Scurry County Times letter cites a Dallas News protest by William E. Hull from LaRue Texas about grain sugar and syrup use for beer in 1944 totaling 3 707 869 236 units. Hull argues OPA waste contributes to shortages for home needs and calls for removing waste to enable maximum production.
A wartime critique of consumer culture urging renewed focus on courtesy and service. It argues workers return home to find respect eroded, highlights GI crew entry as a driver of fair competition, and stresses that genuine friendliness and decency in business are essential to rebuild trust and patronage. The piece ends with quotes on kindness and healing.
The text argues God specifies worship music as singing only, forbidding instruments in church while allowing them at home for entertainment. It cites Revelation and Matthew to argue heaven’s reality does not authorize church use, and explains instruments do more than accompany singing, thus not an aid. It invites attendance at a gospel meeting.
Lindale News reports Pvt Bowie Stump of Little Rock Arkansas spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs M A Stump. Mrs Wylma Hill of Bowie visited her parents Mr and Mrs G Gregory. Several other couples spent Sunday with local families including Mr and Mrs A A Campeche with Mr and Mrs C Noble and Mr and Mrs C M Gillispia with the Stumps. Mrs James Landis and baby of San Francisco California stay with her mother Mrs Ilma Prater until her husband returns after the war.
Revival services at the Bowie Church of Christ outdoor location near South Ward School draw exceptionally large crowds. Minister W. T. Hamilton preaches and G. H. Golden leads the singing with many participants joining in.
Knox Williams visited his mother Mrs. W. W. Williams last week in a family outing noted by local observers.
The Cemetery Association sponsored a Friday bingo and entertainment with Cecil Elenburg Nel Delton and others. weather risk did not deter a turnout that netted about 35 dollars. Local families visit relatives across Jacksboro Bowie Bluegrove Buffalo Springs and nearby towns as returning servicemen and residents share news of births and visits.
ration details list red and blue stamps with expiration dates for June through September. local social notes mention visits by Don Charles Hickman and family from Bowie and others visiting Grandmother Watkins and Forester family, with mentions of Megargel and Megargel area households.
The Baptist W. M. U. held its regular business meeting Tuesday with sixteen members present. Reports highlighted various activities and a mission study was reviewed under Mrs. David Warren’s presidency. Mrs. Lee Black returned home after visiting Tulsa and Lillian Ledbeter, her daughter, on an extended visit. Captain and Mrs. H. M. Hoover of Fort Worth visited Mr. and Mrs. Dave Majors. Captain Hoover recently returned from the South Pacific.
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