The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1941 Page: 1 of 8
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Clean-Up Campaign Making Progress
Under Leadership of Garden Club
21 Jackrabbits
Awarded Jackets
By Schneider*
Lions io Sponsor
Foster Radio Show
Saturday Night
Plans io Utilize
Cotton Mill Site
Are'Discussed
doted Authority
Dn Sacred Music
To Speak Here
Morgan Will Buy
Blackeyed Peas
Again This Year
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Masons io Confer 1
Third Degree
Saturday Night
Meeting Set for
March 15 at City
Auditorium Here'
All Requirements
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Mary Ann Green
Passes Away
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centers,
not be-
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■ishman,
a fine
Dr. I. E. Reynolds
Head of the School of Sacred
Music at Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary.
The Bowie Lodge No. 578 A. F.
& A. M. will confer the third de-
gree Saturday night, March ff at
7:30 p.m,". All Masons are invited land vegetables are incited”by the
to be present.
MARVIN PRECISE
W. M.
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Final Rites Held
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The; Church, of Christ singing
will be conducted at the Bowie
Church of Christ Sunday after-
noon from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Singers from throughout this sec-
tion are urged to come. The en-
tire singing class at Belcherville
and others are expected to be
present.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
Supt. J. A. Fanning announced
receip tof a draft for the supple-
mental aid asked for by th rural
^schools of Montague County.
The total is approximately $20.-
000. This with a recent payment
I on the scholastic apportionment
will pay all back salaries to
I teachers due.
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I. OF LIVE LOCAL NEWS.
‘ i RURAL NEWS, EDIT-
L» ORIALS AND FEA-
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The 1941 streamlined version
of Gus Foster’s Texas Round-Up
featuring well known stars of
stage, screen and radio, will be
presented at the City Auditorium
in Bowie, Saturday night, March
'8. The show is sponsored by the'
local Lions Club and will feature I
12 performers. Scheduled to be h n tx n i
3 o’clock, the show will F QT H II 131111113111
until 10 p.m. with 30 minutes 11 U11UQU1
of the program from 9:30 till 10, , ' ~ ~ — ''A
broadcast over Station KRLD, Final rues were neid at z:w c„,,ntv Anont Anti, c niiAtt
Dallas direct from the local stage, p.m. Thursdav afternoon at the vo.UI}ty rtgc,nl. "rYIe “U1°U
Billed as the "Southwest’s First Baptist "Church for R. D.. ^“important matteraVcome1 wiU leav6 for Dallas M°n(iay,
Greatest Barn Dance Show”, the Dunham, 54, Rev; A. J. a..inn :!”*»* important matters to come ,Marrh in Tj,o„ nr„.. AU„„ i„„„
cast '
ca’s "TtUTtlber one trick fiddler;
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fiddler; Callahan Bros. Bill and neral Home.
r Candidates in
1 for Trustee
Ayie District
-e*'mt?lfi owner of the
Cafe, is the fourth can-
to throw his hat in the ring
lace oh the school board of
■vie Independent District,
■thera G. (Doc) Jackson,
Bonrad and D. T. Wilson
fcady filed their candid-
Miere are three vacancies
Hid in the election to be
Bril 5.
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Mrs. O. M. Reynolds left Wed-
nesday for Sweeny, Texas, to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Dowell.
PLANS TO BE PERFECTED JOB
BOWIE FARM MARKETING SHED
FOUR GENERATIONS OF ONLY SONS
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Wilbur Morgan, of the Clover
Farm Store, said Thursday he
would be in position to buy green
blackeyed peas for canning pur-
poses again this year. This in-
dustry brought a large sum to the
farmers of this area last year and
it is expected that a larger num-
ber of them will be interested
this year.
Mr. Morgan asks that all who
contemplate putting some acre-
age to peas this year see
him- at once. Certain require-
ments must be met to get a mar-
ket and good prices for peas and
it is necessary for growers to
know these in advance.
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Morrow Called Out
On Emergency Job
In Old Mexico
Mr. Dunham died at his home
; Tuesday night following an illness
I of several months. He was born
| in Texas November 15. 1886 And
I in Fannin County Texas Novem-
ber 15, 1886 and came to . Bowie
with his parents atthe age of 4.
He was united i- -— ‘~
A representative of the Texas
Chemurgic . Association was a
Bowie visitor > Wednesday to in-
ing. the building and equipment
of the old cotton mill here as
site for a manufacturing industry
• of some type. The matter was
discussed at the rgular meeting
of the. Chamber of Commerce
Monday night with a represent*!
live of the company now in pos-
. session of the property.
President Ted Daley of the
Chamber of Commerce said Tues-
day that there is a possibility that
some plan will be worked out to
t bring a business into he city that
will be a valuable asset to the
community.
Supt. Walter B. Alexander of
the Bowie school system has been
notified of the election of the
Bowie High School to member-
ship in the Southern Association
S i of Colleges and Secondary schools
X i without a single adverse criti-
; cism.
A letter”of notification from J.
W O’Banion. Assistant State
I Superintendent reads as follows:
i "Dear Mr. Alexander:—The
Bowie High Sehool has bqgn elect-
■ ed -to membrship -in the-South-
1 ern Association of Colleges and.
kJ ' Secondary Schools and is entitled
H to all the' privileges and scholas-
| tic recognition resulting there-
from. The high school was elect-
ed to membership without one ’
single adverse criticism.”
In a statement issued Monday,
Mr. Alexander said:
“Bowie High School is proud of
the above notice as the associa-
tion has had some adverse criti-
cism to make every year for the
past several years. Every recom-
mendation made By Mr. O’Banion
has been' met this year for the ”
first time and that is the reason,
that there is no adverse cirticism.'
Library facilities, library books,
source books, and enelyclopedias
have been bought to meet the re-,
quirements."
The Bowie school rates among
the best in North Texas and the
local school board, the supprin-
tendent and faculty are to be con-
gratulated upon the fine showing
made. .
I Funeral services for Mary Ann ed for before April 1.
Green, 7-month-old daughter of | necessary, when appl;
I Mr. and Mrs. U. H. Green were
i conducted at 2 p.m. Friday. Feb-
ruary 28 at Salona. Rev. H. P.
Shaw officiated and interment
was in the Salona Cemetery un-
der the direction of Burgess Fu-
neral Home.
Mary Ann died Thursday, Feb-
ruary 27 after a short illness.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr. -and Mrs. U. H. Green; her
grand-parents. Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Green and Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Cornelison^
; city office.
Mayor Jno. C. McNatt said
’ Wednesday that city trucks will
be furnished for the removal of
. any rubbish that local residents
. wanted ------------———
Mrs. W. M. Golladay, chairman
of the committee directing the
campaign issued the following
statement this week:
The members 6f the civic com-
mittee of the Bowie Garden Club
: are greatly pleased with the re-
sponse being made in the spring
clean-up. contest. We know the
1 meaare helping or so much
could not have been accomplish-
ed in three weeks with unfavor-
able weather conditions.
Rubbish is being cleared away,
or.neatly stacked, fences are be-
ing straightened or tom away
An' event of jpuch interest to
local church people and others
interested in. sacred music is a
lecture scheduled to Be presented
at the First Baptist Church Tues-
day night, March 11 at 8 o’clock,
by Dr. I. E. Reynolds, head of
the School pt Sacred Music at the
Southwestern Baptist Theologi-
cal Seminary, Fort Worth. His
subject will be "Chbirs. and
Church iMusic.’’
In making the announcement
regarding the lecture. Rev. A.' J.
Quinn, pastor of the church said:
“I regard it as a privilege to
have thjS noted authority on sac-
red music to appear at our church
and we cordially invite every-
body whoisinterested to-come to, , ......
hear him. No admission'will be vestigate the possibility of utiliz-
charged.ir»<» Ktiilrlincr anX pniiinmnnl
Dr. Reynolds is the composer of
many of the inspiring modern
hymns used in church hymnals.
He is recognized as an authority
in his field and ipany Bowie peo-
ple are expected to hear him.
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Sunset. Eleven others 'will go , --------
March 17. • - ' Dtfe to special arrangement, it
Eighty selectees were given will not be necessary for car own-
physical examinations at Mon- ers in Bowie and vicinity to go to
tague Wednesday. ." > Montague to register their auto-
' mobiles this year, according to
| announcement by Mrs. Edison
i Reddy who has been appointed
by TaX Assessor Collector E. L.
Anderson to accommodate local
people.
.Mrs. Reddy points out that 1941
license plates may now be put on
automobiles arid must be arrang- ,
It Is also
daughter of necessary, when applying for a
license, to furnish proof of own-
ership—either the old license re-
ceipt or a bill of sale to the car.
The local arrangement is made
for the double purpose of accom-
modating pople of Bowie and sur-
rounding communities and to
liighten the last minute rush that
usually attends car registration
month.
Mrs. Mary Clark
Buried Thursday
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
j Franklin Clark, 83, of Houston
were conducted Friday afternoon,
February 28, at 2:30 p,m. at the
First Methodist Church in Mon-
tague. Rev. R. L. Patterson of
Joy and Rev. Pies Warren officat-
ed. Interment was in the Mon-
tague Cemeter-y under the direc-
| tion of Burgess Funeral Home.
Mrs. Clark died at the home
of her daughter, Mrs.
Sfnrffi, in Houston, Wednesday.
Pallbearers were: Willard
talive location on 'West Wise
Street has been selected. Finan-
cial support ‘will be sought By
public subscription.
- It is pointed out that the pro-'
posed new truck load limit law
aime age ui t. ; will make the. marketing of fruits
in marriage to and vegetables a major activity
Hattie Bell Shaw, April 30, 1906 .of this section and will therefore
and to this union six .children, make the demand for a market-
were born, five nf whom survive, j ;"B shed more imperative than
Survivors include the widow, ever.
Mrs. Hattie Dunham; one son, Jim I Final plans are'expected to be I
Dunham of Bowie; four daugh- I perfected at the corning meeting |
ters. Mrs. Frank Wiggins of Kel- and a representative- attendance I
lerville, Mrs. Carlton Smith of of farmers' and truck growers is
Kellerville and Misses Glenna expected.
and Marita Dunham -of Bowie; The plan has the backing of
four •Brothers, Joe Dunham of. the local Chamber of Commerce.
Houston, Vollie Dunham. Corpus I --------6—■!------
fornia,. Bill Dunham of Corpus I
Christi, and George Dunham of
Corpus Christi; two sisters, Mrs.
Harris Sproills of Wichita Falls
and Mrs. Hershel Tice of Cali-1
fornia. - • •
BOWlEfSiON'rAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941
liuulcl, vauaudll UlUO. XJlll UIIU IlCAclX 'at " A 1 U «t(.J\SOIl, Odllll Q . ,
Joe, Happy-go-lucky boys; Miss Pallbearers were: Harve Rat'/ aPProxirnately $3,000 according to jC; Lon Edward Meedman, - * .
Ludy, the little gal with the big 1 iff, "O. Wr Watson, Jess Swagerty, Plans accepted by thd committee Bowie: Herbert Collins Raqkin, Automobile License
kakuuuvu V..UXV.L | voice; Billie Walker, that long, • Bert Roberts, Wade Bond and Mr. wnich has been working on the Ringgold; Joseph Ew.ell Cook,
5 o’clock Sunday afternoon for lanky gal from Tennessee^ Hank Anderson. several months. A ten- Saint Jo; Richard Kyle Willett, -DO OOUgni Mere
nders-Baxter, 78, pioneer reSi-1 Huggfris, outstanding guitarist —1----jj-j *----: tative location on •Wost Wien q..m«.A4 —
a , —— j v»___ zuji^ flayer* Verne •
services I Morgan, Swiss yodeler; Honey j
Rev. J. I Gal, cute little belle from Terines- |
■red the see; Cleo, “squeekiest” accordian I
5y Rev. in radio, Huckyleberry, the Na-
r: The tioix’s number one barn dance I
ed bv afcotfiedian. . *
The Texas Round-Up is present-
ed daily, over Station KRLD.
Singing lo Be Held
At Church of Christ
WPA' Recreation
Department Plans
^High School Nile
g
The Bowie WPA Recreation
Department will initiate a Friday
evening social hour for the juniors
and seniors of the Bowie High
School, Ralph G. Hester, director
of the project ■ said Thursday,.
The first of the series will be held
Friday night, March 7.
Mothers of the Juniors and
seniors will act as chaperones of
this “High Sehool Nite” and the’
program will include, free play
activities, 'instruction on folk,-
square and ballroom dancing,
party activities and various stunts
and skits.
If the program is sucee.°'f"l,
Mr. Hester said, it will' be <dh-
t tinued aS a permanentapart of the
recreatibn program. ’ ■
, The Department'? under Mr.
Hester’s direction, is now making
preparation for the spring pro-
; gram which will Begirt in the mid-
I die of. April. It will include out-
| door activities, such tennis,
.... . • , ; croquet, softball, badminton, vol-
All farmers who are interested jey ball, and many other court
: in ^growihg^.and marketing fruits anj field games.'
and Vegetables a.e irr^ited by the I * p -
truck growers committee to at-1
tend a meeting to bp held at the V* fa fai ■ OV
City Auditorium in Bowie. Sat- IlfPff {.lAlItlC r. I
urday afternoon, March 15 at 2:15 aaa
to hear C. E. Bowles, Marketing
Specialist with the Extension * Of PldrCIl 1111H TR
Service of A. & M. College, who
will meet with the committee to | ■ —■-■- .• ■■ - - ■ - ■ ■■■ ...
- association which has-bben under I m , j*6 , fh*"
Final rites^Theld at 2:30tocal draft board revealed in a
p.m. Thursday afternoon at the >XtZout that it is om- of the stalement Thursday. Ten of these
,Cu ao First Baptist Church for R. D. ■ ‘"t ; r ° to co™ wiU leav® for Dallas Monday,
test Barn Dance Show” the Dunham. 54. Rev; A. J. Quinn, before The farmera^f Sis rm?^tv 10,-. They are:-Allen Ivan J
includes’, Shybuck, Ameri- i pastor, officiated and interment ;n Tome time , McKee, Saint Jo; Doyle D. Reid,
number one trick fiddler; was in Elmwood Cemetery un- . ’ • . . ’Bonita; Lonnie Loyd Farquhar.
Cecile South’s outstanding girl dpr the direction of Burgess Fu- marketing shed Nocona; Ben H. Jones, Forest-
” »r; Callahan Bros. Bill and neral Home. . I W1“ be.0*v0 feet and-will cost burg; Jerry Jones Jackson, Saint
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Shackelford, Dr. E. E. Johnson,-
; Bill Minor, Andrew Fenoglio,
" Roscoe Cove^ of Montague and
Hugh Walker of Bowie.
The survivors include one
daughter, Mrs. Fred T. Smith of
Houston; three sons, Ennis of
Houston, Iredell of Shreveport
and Arthur Clark of Lawton,
Okla.
sed- T, Wdli the City of Bowie lending When useless, highway hazards
a helping hand and leading the are being removed, shrubbery and
way with improvements of its trees are being planted. In fact
own, the clean-up campaign spon- we are taking a pride in the neat,
sored-By the local Garden Club is ! clean appearance of our premises,
making fine progress. The City We have only this: month be-
has put out a hedge around the fore we are to have some fqw
lot at- the light plant and has hundred guests who will return IO TaKP
added handsome awnings at the to their home towns with a iw- Mexico
"i‘” drable or unfavorable impression
of Bowie and on some main
streets there is still much to be
done. Often it is a useless back
fence
trash that , r
with inexpensive hedge plants
and make a pleasing front view
for .your neighbor and the hun-
dreds who pass.
Many are working and not re-
porting. Please report any clean
up work you are doing to your
committee who will know how to
grade the work and raise your
ward standard.
On reports given the g
this week stands: East Ward
700, South. 8,000 and North,
900. East Ward leads in
this week with 2,700 since
week.
’ The unusuSTgroup pictured above comprise four-generations of only sorts—all mem-
bers of the White family. The eldest. W. L. White 82, is a native of Georgia but has lived
here more than 50 years. His son, 'J. A. White, 54, and grand-son, R. L. White, 32, and great-
grand-son, Robert Lynn White, 6, all are only sons. The family has been prominent in
Bowie business circles for many years. .- ■ ■
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I Williamson Buys
) Martin Service Station
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Q. O. Williamson has purchased
the Martin Service Station on
5 West Wise Street and assumed
management March 1. He invites
JI the public to pay his- station a
> visit
£ “We will continue to carry Gulf
. products and are prepared to fur-
t nish complete station service,” he
a said. Tourist cabins are avail-
I able at the station and modern
■ 'equipment assures the customer
of efficient service.
ing a
County Schools Bowie High School Meets Demands
Get Salary Aid Of Southern Association of Schools
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S Coach Dutch Schneider pre-
sented jackets to 21 members of
the 1940 football squad of Bowie
High School at chapel exercises
Thursday morning. The Jackrab-
bits were by far the strongest
team the school has turned out in
many years and annexed the Bi-
District: Championship for the
first time in the history of the
' The following received hand-
some jackets:
' Loyd price, Capt.
'Pat Wright, Capt.
Thomas Ayres. -
J. D. Covington.
Roy Covington.
‘Maxie Chandler.
. Raul Gray. . . .
—Boyd Griffin '
James Ditto:
Hargrove.
,-W T. Harlan.
■Coburri Hill.
HTjfemer Jackson.
Vlf Harold Rhyne.
David Roberson.
ELeon Randell.
'■ Hubert Vassar. —----------—
Paul White.
Charles Ward.
Bobby Woodal.
1 Mike Wright., ,
Melvin Simpson, Mgr.
—Garlen Scroggins, Mgr.
I Jack Bradley, Mascot.
Poaches Schneider and Dees
were given jacets by Supt. Alex-
ander. Mr. Alexander was pre-
sented with a leather jacket aS a
gift frAp the players and coaches.
Pat Wright, Mike Wright,and
Bobby Woodal are the only let-
termen sure to be back for the
— l>41 season. It~is possible that
°aul White and Roy Covington
wil be back for another season of
Ky.
£>quadmen Who will return
iext year are Herbert Arledge,
iqrace Bridgewater, Glenn
>wn, Chris Chambers, Abel
he, Jack Dort, Raby, Herbert
(sell, Elmer Menasco, H. L.
pnn. Oliver Scroggins. South ■
imie Williams, Bill Wilhite,
1 £> or 20 members of the r
bmplonship Junior team who • <jin at 8
I bo ready for Senior competi- jast un‘til
1 next fall.
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Funeral Held for
Shannon Man
[Funeral services were conduct-
tLatothe Shannon Baptist Church voice:
L P Cl..—J*-.— — 4a.— I « «
landers- Baxter, 78, pioneer reSi- Huggths, vuwk
nt of Prospect community and and bass fiddle
[ere followed by burial services , Morgan, Swiss
t a Shannon cemetery. Kcv. J., '
I Kilman of Bowie delivered the I
»neral sermon, assisted by Rev.
I T. Hickman of Rarigen “’
Ineral. which was attended by a
nrge number of people, was in
Barge of the Moore Funeral
l?meof Henrietta. Mr. Baxter
tdzMNTday afternoon at the fam-
w home half way between Pros-
Bct and Shannon where he had
wed for many years.
■Pallbearers were: J. M. Horn,
nil Simons, O. Whitsett, Bud
mrtin, Jeff Shaw and Jep Fry.
■Mr. Baxter was born August 16,
K2. He was united in marriage
■ Miss Sallie Worsham on De-
■nber 24, 1887. To them was
Em a family of ten sons and
■jghtMS. Soon after their mar-
Bge th»y located at a place half
By between Prospect and Shan-
Bi and it was there that they
Bided during the years and
Brd their sons and daughters.
Kvas at Prospect that the chil-
Bn attended school, and there
Bt they all attended church
■vices regularly for many years.
B Baxter joined the Prespect
B>ti«nFhurch 40 years a8° and
Kun* one of its leading sup-
Hers. ____
Kra. Baxter died some years
■ and the survivors include
K daughters, Mrs. I. B. McClure
Klaisville; Mrs. Ben Blaine of
Kpa; Mrs. Virgil Davis of Lake
Miles, La.; Mrs.- Walter Inkier
■ ir.’-LUn TPnlla. enne,
>f Sullivan City; 1 J. O.
<T Shannon; U. D. Baxter j
j, La.; 18 grand-children, I
■eat-grand-children and a |
7of other relatives. Six I
and daughters and most of
grand-children were present
the funeral.
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Just as he was getting set last
Saturday for a few days vacation.
M. L. Morrow, member of th^
engineering staff of the Fairbanks
Morse Company, received a wire
to take a plane at Dallas for
.... —j City and Vera Gruz to
direct an emergency repair job. •
His journey on Braniff lines to
Brownsville and on Pan Ameri-
holding we^ls. and wm B™m interesting Mekperien6?
-hat coulanow be replaced Most of the journey was n.ade at
1--------- -l-l. an altjtude of to 15ow
feet. On arriving at Vera Cruz
Mr. Morrow found that the plant
he was to visit was located 10
miles from Vera Cruz and requir-
ed two hours by train to make
the trip. He will return Sunday.
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J. M. Isbell, State Highway
Engineer of Wichita Falls, u(as a t
Bowie visitor Wednesday. He
came here to discuiss the proposed
Wise Street improvmnt project
that has been under consideration
tor some weeks.
1
Jlaisville; Mrs. Ben Blaine of
|pa;j- — ••
Vichita Falls; three sons,
I }r oj. Oli. T
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