COUNTY LIFE
Maids & Matrons celebrate 100th anniversary on Sunday
The Amity Club presents a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 at the Wellington State Bank meeting room to honor the 100th anniversary of its fellow member of the General Federation of Women’s Club and Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs, The Maids and Matrons Club. The bank meeting room is located at 1301 State Highway 59 North, and the public is welcome to attend. What follows is a brief look at the history of this longtime community organization.
On Sept 26, 1918, at the home of Jettie Donald, a committee from the Thursday Club, composed of Miss Donald, Mrs. Callaway, Mrs. Potter, and Mrs. Keyes met to organize a new club for younger women, whose purpose was to promote literary culture, afford stimulation of intellectual development and to aid war work for World War I.
The Thursday Club was organized and Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs was federated in 1906.
In 1919 the Maids and Matrons of Bowie
Mrs. Paul Donald served as the first president, with 20 charter members. In just a few months, the meeting day was changed to Wednesday afternoons and has remained on Wednesdays to this day.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
The May 8 deadline is almost here for the 2024 Keepsake Graduation section produced by The Bowie News. It is the only section where you will see senior photos of every high school in Montague County and Bellevue.
If you want to honor your graduate with a special ad or your business wants to congratulate a working senior, call 872-2247 or print a copy of the submission form at bowienewsonline.com. The section will publish on May 22.
This weekend find the deals in the City of Bowie Community-wide garage sales April 26-27.
See the map of a garage sale locations in Bowie in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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The big take-away from Tuesday’s Bowie Business Boost was time: “It only takes six seconds to make an impression in life.”
Lorie Vincent, certified economic developer, professional trainer and writer, was speaker for program number three of Bowie Boost with a focus on “Memorable Marketing in a Post-Pandemic Era.”
She opened about how she had started her business, ‘Acceleration by Design,’ and things were “rocking,” when 2020 came and things changed with the worldwide pandemic. As things began to reopen it appeared there were more opportunities but also more challenges.
Vincent laughed as she showed a Richard Simmons “Sweating to the Oldies,” infomercial that became one of the most popular and still running ads.
“Can you believe back then we would call a 1-800 number and give someone our credit card? That is crazy. They used big music, big voices and big adjectives,” exclaimed Vincent.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
(Top photo) Lorie Vincent, Acceleration by Design, discussed how marketing has flipped upside-down in this post-pandemic era. She spoke at the Bowie Business Boost part 3. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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