The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, April 13, 1953 Page: 1 of 8
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This edition goes
lo all Montague
Counly Times and
Bowie News
Subscribers
The Montague County Times
Dead Line on
Times Want Ads
Is 9:30 on Monday
Mornings, Phone 277
—Thank You.
THE MONDAY EDITION OF THE BOWIE NEWS-TIMES
Vol. 46, No. 52
Published Weekly at Bowie, Texas
Monday, April 13, 195S
Well on Preuninger Place Runs Wild jBowie Host To Interscholastic
League Meet Starting Tuesday
&his & <ohat
By HARLOW E. TIBBETTS
*
Our thanks to Mr. and Mrs.
T. S. Rumsey of the Hutchinson
• Hotel court for as beautiful a
bouquet of roses as we have
ever, seen.
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■
Clarence Newsom, manager at
Parker’s Super Market is a strong
advocate of rye— and those who
know Clarence know the kind of
rye to which we refer. He has rye
as high as his head on his 75 acre
fruit ranch. He uses rye with
vetch as a cover crop.
Folks, meet George Holt, the
new advertising manager for the
News and Times. Mr. Holt ar-
rived last Wednesday and has
been busy getting acquainted and
collecting advertising for this is-
sue. Mr. Holt is an experienced
advertising man. He is especially
good at preparing advertising
copy. Anyone desiring his help
in preparing ad copy has only
to call 277 and leave Word for
him to call.
Excitement ran high Saturday
afternoon in the Richardson-
Caddo Field on the Preuninger
fanm, located five miles east of
Bowie, when during the drill-
stem test the well got away from
the crew and flowed between
1,000 and 2,000 barrels in seven
hours overflowing into a creek
that was quickly dammed to pre-
vent polution. It was reported
from the viola lime.
It was the Martin Wunderlich
No. 2, J. D. Thweatt, which ear-
lier had reported testing at'a!
total depth of 6,100 feet, but may ]
have gone deeper. The hole was
spudded in November 2, 1952,
for 6,200 feet.
The company had gone back
onto the lease, reopened the hole
and drilled deeper to heat the
big pay which blew in unex-
pectedly.
Monday, it was estimated the
flow, though on uncompleted
test, was about 200 barrels an
hour, before it was gotten un-
der control.
NATIONAL GUARD
HAS 2 NEW JEEP
MODELS
This picture shows what happened when a big moving van
trailer turned over onto McPherson's Mercury passenger car the
other morning.
McPherson had just driven up to his lumber yard on East
Wise street and found the truck across his driveway, so he
stopped his car and had just walked up to the office when the
driver of the truck started io pull out and hit a ditch that
bounced the trailer over onto the car, completely wrecking it.
■ —Patterson Studio Photo
BOBBY GARDNER'S "JIN'' IS
SAINT JO GRAND CHAMPION WIN
Company A of the 49th Re-
connaissance Battalion in Bowie
has recently been assigned two
of the latest model jeeps to be
, added to their training equip-
Mrs. Holt and their two daugh- j
These newest jeeps are equip-
ped with a hurricane motor,
stream line fenders like the
civilian models and air form
rubber seats.
The second annual Montague
County Four-H and FFA Live-
stock Show was held Saturday,
April 11, at Saint 'Jo, with un-
usual variety and quality.
Wylie Roberts, county agent,
and vocational agriculture in-
structors from the county rounded
up boys with steers, dairy cattle,
swine, sheep, poultry, rabbits, and
even goats for entry in the show.
Sponsored jointly by the Saint
, . I Jo Luncheon Club and the No-
Company A now has approx.- j CQna and Bowie chambers of
mately 68 members that meet ^ affair was hdd at
regularly on Wednesday night.,^^ Jq undW threatening April
Prospects For Fruit
Crop Considered Good
ters are remaining in League
City where her parents live until
Mr. Holt -can find a furnished
house. The two daughters are
Karen Ann, who was two years
old in January, and Susan Elaine,
who is 2V2 months old.
Mr. Holt will also assist in
writing sports for the two papery
We know you will like l&r.
Holt and find him a valuable aid
dn preparing your advertise-
ments. He is not a high-powered
salesman—just a very well qual-
ified advertising man with val-
uable experience.
Your newspaper has been la-
boring under difficulties this
week. With the help of the Wich-
ita Construction Co. much of the
Times equipment was moved to
the News location Friday. The
front office personnel completed
the consolidation of the two mail-
ing lists on a rather temporary
basis by quitting time Friday. So
Saturday morning came around
with a Monday noon issue facing
the News-Times force without
anything dene. We’ hope every-
Prospects for a good fruit crop
are better in Montague county
now than they have been in two
years.
Some damage was done by
late freezes, a few weeks ago,
Two Sunset Firms
To New Owners
Business deals involve .change
in ownership and management
of two established Sunset firms,
the Jackson Grocefy and Jack-
son Garage and Wholesale Gas-
oline business, effective today,
Monday, April 13.
All parties involved in both
deals are Jacksons. Raymond
Jackson sold his grocery busi-
ness, on Main street, to his
brother, Hollis Jackson, of Wich-
ita Falls. Connine Jackson sold
his garage and gasoline business,
by Highway 81, to his cousin,
Raymond Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Jackson
and two children moved from
Wichita Falls preparatory to
taking over the business and are
located at the Mrs. Etta Thomp-
son residence in the east section
it is said, but that which is
left will be of large size and there
is enough in most orchards to
consider it a good crop. Uriel
Randolph, Horticulturist in
charge of the State Fruit Ex-
periment Station says that is
about, true at the station’s orch-
ards.
Rains coming at intervals and,
more rains right recently, meet
a great moisture need that is
expected to help the fruit crop
prospects.
JAYGEE
PRESIDENT
of Sunset. They will operate the
one .who is entitled to receive the | grocery business themselves with-
. ,i—; _____1. Ti V,nlr>
fife
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paper gets *a copy this week. If out hired help.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jack-
son have lived in Sunset since
by chance you get two papers,
please call 277 and report the
fact.
Congratulations to Clay
Sparks, Ag. teacher, and stu-
entering the grocery business
here seven years ago. They oper-
ated the grocery without hired
help but on taking over the ga-
rage business Mr. Jackson will
Mm
dents Frank Scott Jr., Eugene. 6 ,
“ , _ TT’ . employ two or three men stead-
Shears and C. W. Harmon of |., , 17 .... . ____.
Forestburg who brought back j ’ "and Mrs! Connie Jackson
from Houston Fat Stock Show. ■, ,, . c
recently the first place judging ar« estab]Ushe,1 residents .0 Sun-
team award. Considering that set' where he has been m the
117 other Texas teams tried for fW andgasohne business a
the award, makes the honor in-. °^g un®' s hasn’t
deed outstanding for this fine!follow after sflng out hasnt
Montague county group. I been announced'
m
This introduces Billy Neeld
who is to be the new Jaycee's
president. Other officers are
Truman Edwards, first vice-
president; Clint Gregory, second
vice-president and George
Hoeldlke secretary - treasurer.
These officers are for the organi-
zation's year, which begins April
20.
Melba Cagle and Sharron Far- j Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Trout and
The weather man almost made |leywereinAustinthisweek.endj jjr. and Mrs. Byron S. Henry
a good start on the prediction. attending an organization meet- j visited Chandor Gardens in
many made: “when it rains °njing for the Association of Girls Weatherford Sunday afternoon.
Easter it will rain for seven Sun- gj^gjjgtbaU Coaches. While there,! — "—
days. The half inch rain was thev also attended a recrea- j Sarah Seitz was in Dallas Fri-
I day on business.
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I they also attended
tional convention.
skies.
Rain Cuts Entries
Early Saturday parts of Mon-1
tague County were deluged with
rain, keeping some of the ex-
hibitors from being present, par-
ticularly those from the Forest-
burg section. 1 ‘
Near $100 in cash plus mer-
chandise was! awarded winners.
Saint Jo, as host town, furnished
$40 and Nocona and Bowie $30
each to defray expenses of the
show.
The grand champion steer of
the show was the entry of 15-
year-old Bobby Gardner of
Bowie. His “Jim”, an 8-month-
old Hereford steer, W?-; bred by_
Marvin Shaw of Stoneburg.
Reserve winner in the steer
show was “Payroll”, the entry of
12-year-old Joe Combs of No-
cona. • His animal was bred by
his father, Lesley Combs.
Sister Shows Heifer
A pretty miss from Nocona,
Joy Combs, 15, took the grand
championship .in the breeding
heifer division of the beef show.
She is the sister of the reserve
winner- in the steer, class, Her
father bred the animal.
The Saint Jo Future Farmers _
of America Chapter, showing as1
a unit, took all five places in the
range cow class.
An Angus entry of C. W.
Chandler Jr. of Nocona FFA
took the championship in the
breeding bulls class. He is the
16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Chandler. Vannis and
William Redman of -Saint Jo
FFA was second.
In the dairy show, Andrew
Blackwell, 13, a member of the
Montague Four-H Club, showed
the grand champion female of
the shfffcr.
Swine Show
The reserve winner was the
entry of Wilbur St. John, 14, of
the Bowie FFA. The boys and
girls showed 15 dairy animals.
Blue ribbons in swine show
were won by Paris Bowtwell of
Prairie Valley Four-H Club in
the fat barrow class; by Therral
Lawler of Saint Jo Four-H for a
i boar; by Gayloe Embry of the
Saint Jo Four-H, Kenneth Hud-
son of Capps Comer Four-H, for
gilts and by Carrol Bellah of
Prairie Valley Four-H for pig
litter. Dan Winningham of Gold-
bur FFA was supervisor.
Winners in the fat lamb show
were Bobby Joe Uselton of No-
cona Four-H, and his brother,
Tom Uselton. Tom took first
place for ewes with Bobby win-
ning both second and third
places.
Poultry and Rabbit Shows
Don Shofner of Saint Jo FFA
won all ribbons in the goat show.
In the poultry show, Eddy
Ulbig of Nocona FFA won first
ribbon; Elvin Gentry of the
same chapter won first in ban-
tams; Elvin won first in laying
hen pen.
Donal Moore of Bowie FFA
^jvon first in young does in the
Recent Rains
Added Little
To Lake Bowie
Recent rains that fell on Bowie
lake and its watershed put only
a little over two inches addi-
tion to the water level.
The registered rainfall from
April 3 to April 18, inclusive was
only one and one-tenth inches.
Some extra heavy rainfall,
enough to make the creeks run
full, will be necessary to help
the water situation very much.
Pumping is under way now on
the new well on the Watson
place, two miles north of Bowie.
They usually let the pumps run
about a. week before putting a
new well on test. This is the
second well the city has com-
pleted recently. The other one
was jn the north corner of Pel-
ham Park.
The mayor and councilmen are
considering plans for raising the
dam at Lake Bowie and other
measures to insure a great sup-
ply, in addition to digging all the
wells they can to prevent a water
crisis.
New Councilmen
To Be Inducted
Monday Night April 20
The first scheduled meeting of
the new city council, since the
election last week, will be held
Monday night, April 20, at jvhich
time the three new city council-
men, David Moyer, Loyd Butler,
and Joe Overstreet, will be sworn
in. They were elected Tuesday,
April 7, when a write-in vote
reelected Mayor D. M. Major.
Other? elected on that date
and now starting a new term,
are D. T. Wilson, city secretary;
J. W. Chancellor, city attorney;
D. M. Shelton, city recorder, and
Bill Myers, city marshal.
Accepts as Baptist
Educational Director
J. F. Moreland, Jr. of Spring-
dale, Ark., has accepted the call
to the First Baptist church in
Bowie as'Minister of Music and
Education.
Mir. and Mrs. Moreland and
two sons will move to Bowie the
week of April 27th, but Mr.
Moreland will not assume his
A
Bowie High School will play
host to the District 12-AA In-
terscholastic League meet Tues-
day, Thursday and Friday of this
week- with thirteen schools ex-
pected to send various entries to
Bowie for the contests.
Tuesday night will be decla-
mation night with winners de-
cided in all junior and senior
divisions. The finals in girls and
boys tennis will be decided in
Bowie on Thursday with play
lasting all day.
Contests in the following di-
visions of events will be decided
in the Bowie meet on Friday:
number sense, music appreciation,
extemporaneous speech, short-
hand, slide rule, ready writing;
debate, spelling and plain writ-
ing, typewriting, story-telling;
and some divisions of the dec-
lamation.
Eligible schools for the Bowie
meet are: Bowie, Nocona, Henri-
etta, Decatur, Jacksboro, Dia-
mond Hill, Handley, Birdville,
Mineral Wells, Graham, Denton
Junior High School, Weatherfold
Junior High^School and Gaines-
ville Junior High School. All lit-
erary contests will be conducted
in the Bowie High School build-
ing.
Baptist Workers
To Meet at Forestburg
A monthly workers meeting
uf the Montague County Baptist
association is scheduled to be
held at the Forestburg Baptist
church on Monday, April 20. The
program will open- at 3 p.m. and
continue until 9 p.m., 'with time
out for supper at 6 p.m. The
supper will be served > at the
meeting place by the members
of the host church Women’s Mis-
sionary Society.
Rev. Hardy E. Stevens, pastor
of the Sunset Baptist church, will
be in charge as program director.
He is chairman of the associa-
tion.
The entire program of this
meeting will be devoted to fea-
turing the Baptist Brotherhood of
the county Association. Charles
Brinkley of Weatherford will be
principal guest speaker on the
program. Brinkley is a. principal
leader in the. North Texas Bap-
tist Brotherhood district.
Local church pastors, delegates
and visitors will attend from the
several churches of the county
association. A’number of visitors
are expected from out of the
county, also. The program will
be open to attendance of every-
one interested in being present.
duties until May 15.
Mr. Moreland was heard re-
cently when he was leader of
music in a four-day revival. He
is a very talented vocalist and
is well educated and trained for
the work that he will do in
Bowie.
Convention of West
Texas Firemen
To Be In Bowie May 12
The West Texas Firemans’ and
Fire Marshal’s association will
meet in Bowie May 12 for their
annual convention, announces A.
C. Baccus, local chief.
There are 22 active volunteer
fii'emen in Bowie.
Further plans on the conven-
tion are to be announced at a
later date. This convention * was
originaly to be held in Olney.
LONG'S SHOE SHOP TO
HAVE MODERN BUILDING
A new building is in the pro-
cess of being erected for Law-
rence Long on Smythe street be-
tween the bus station and Reed-
ers’ (Service station for Long’s
Texas Highways To
Have New Height
In Highway Signs
The Texas Highway depart-
j ment has reached a new height
in highway signing, D. C. Gts^er,
state highway engineer, an-
nounced today. Greer said exist-
ing signs will gradually be re-
placed by taller ones 3 Vi feet
high measured from the pave-
ment level to the bottom of the
sign. The present signs range
from 18 to 24 inches in height.
The reason for ' this change-
over, Greer continued, is to re-
duce . the maintenance cost and
to increase readability and visi-
bility, especially during the grow-
New 3 Flavor
Machine Installed
At Kow Kow Korner
A new machine that Will make
custard in three flaVors has been
installed by Mrs. James Collvins
at the Kow Kow Korner, possi-
bly the first machine.of Its kind
in Texas, advises the Salesman
from Chicago. There have been
only, 10Q machines of this kind
manufactured to date.
From this one machine Mrs.
Collvins will serve chocolate,
vanilla and strawberry frozen
custard. "--This installation was
made necessary by the great
demand of her customers for
the various flavors. "
Shoe shop. . |
This is to be an all modem mg season when native flora of-
two-story tile structure and will ten interferes with or partially
Rites Pending For
Mrs. Lillie Burrows
Mrs. Lillie^. Burrows, 73, died
Monday morning in the Bowie
hospital. Her home was at 402
Green street.
Funeral arrangements are
pending at Burgess Funeral
Home
provide living quarters on the
second story for Mr. and Mrs.
Long.
covers the present low sigh
not mowed frequently.
Within the next three years
Bert Cassle, local contractor, is this change-over should be
in charge of construction.
FIRE CALL MADE ON
FORT WORTH HIGHWAY
The Bowie Fire Department
made a call Sunday night on the
Fort Worth Highway near Bowie
Butane Gas Co. where a truck
was burning.
The fire was out on arrival of
the Fire Department. No dam-
age was reported.
rabbit show. Wayne Andreasen
of Bowie FFA was first in old
does, old buck and fryers.
Helping supervise the shows
•were Clay Sparks, vocational
agriculture teacher of Forest-
burg, Glenn Smith of Forestburg
FFA, Buel Range of Saint Jo,
vocational agriculture teacher,
and Newton Lewis of Bowie,
agriculture instructor.
pleted throughout the state. There
are 208,000 signs on the 42,206
miles of state—maintained high-
ways. ■
TWO SUNSET WOMEN
HOME FROM HOSPITALS
Mrs. J. A. Murphy is back at
the family home in Sunset from
a Nocona hospital where she un-
derwent major surgery the last
day of March. She is reported
well on the way of recovery.
She is able to walk about the
place some every day.
Miss Opal Jones has returned
to the family huine in Sunset
from a Ft. Worth hospital where
she underwent major surgery
the first day of April. She is re-
ported regaining slowly and is
able to sit in a chair a while
every day.
R. B. Mealer Buried
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3 p.m. for Rass B.
Mealer, 72, at the Ringgold ceme-
tery, who died Saturday at Ring-
gold.
Rev. C. A. Tucker, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Bowie, officiated. Arrangement*
were under direction of Burges*
Funeral Home.
He is survived by nieces and
nephews which includes Tod
Fryar of Bowie, a great nephew,
and Mrs Addie Hilliard of Farm-
er’s Branch, a niece.
CONGRATULATIONS
A daughter was born April 1
to Mr. and Mrs, Bill Green at
the Nocona hospital. She has
been named Gennifer Elizabeth.
Her grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Green of Bowie and
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Molsbee at
Nocona.
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Tibbetts, Harlow E. The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 52, Ed. 1 Monday, April 13, 1953, newspaper, April 13, 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth644659/m1/1/?q=+%22Mineral+Wells%22+called: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.