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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1941
Page
5
The superintendent pastor and teachers urge all to attend Sunday morning services with sermon on What Does It Mean to Come to Christ. The church dismisses for the High School Baccalaureate services Sunday night.
Local items report visits and social events in Bowie and nearby towns. Miss Elva Hardison spent the weekend with Hazel and Mabel Winton in Sunset. Traders advertise ink supplies and drinks at the Bowie News office.
The notice lists services at First Methodist Church with James H. Westbrook as pastor. Church school at 9 45 am, morning worship at 11 am, and Wesley Fellowship at 7 pm. No evening service due to the High School Baccalaureate. message urges personal saving faith and invites new members to attend.
Pastor H P Shaw and Bowie Apostolic Church leaders announce a weekend series of services. The schedule includes 7 30 p m Saturday opening, 9 30 a m to 4 p m Sunday all day, and 7 30 p m Sunday evening. Visitors from Lubbock and others expected. Public invited.
Miss Billye Harrison of Nocona visits Montague friends including Nell Cox. Montague High School teacher Erin Simpson leaves for Cleburne to live with her sister Winnie Jameson. Fayt Fannin of Stoneburg visits parents J A Fannin and family. Weldon Carmaniti and Charles Cox, NTAC Arlington students, visit parents over the weekend. J P Roberts of Fort Worth visits Miley and family. Lillian Minor and Bernice and Anna Mary Gallagher spend Sunday in Sulphur Springs. W R Williams and daughters Neva Jean and Patsy Ruth Owens visit Gainesville. Jim Giaketti makes a Fort Worth business trip. Mary Rotto visits daughter Dora Vanpelt in Byers. Read continues with Ode Bryant home visitors.
Local families gathered for visits in Montague including Wilson Gronow Ochs and Bryant households. Church and school activities filled the week with confirmations, graduations, and teacher re-elections. The Homecoming parade plan, W.O.W. Hall dedication attendees, and club meetings were announced with May 25 and May 26 dates.
Elbert Sills a Truce teacher shopped in Bowie with Bert Fenely and Park Springs visitors. J G Hill and family from Ae tesia N M visited Bowie. J M Graham of Wichita Falls and Sunset. J J Cox of Matagorda visited. Prof W E Hutchins of Forestburg spent weekend in Bowie. M B Oates FSA supervisor transacted business. Aaron Miller and family in Dallas then Fort Worth. Hazel Brown visiting Dalhart to travel to New Mexico and Colorado. Virgil Brown and family in Fort Worth. J N Langstrother and Donald Langstroth with W Hickman in Fort Worth.
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