The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1941 Page: 3 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Montague County Area Newspaper Collection and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Bowie Public Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I 7, 1941
i
&
A-
FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1941
THE BOWIE NEWS
ROCKY POINT
)
GET YOUR 1941
-1
Automobile License
MANILA
ISLANDS
At
I
EVANS MOTOR CO.
I
♦-
<5
•o-
LOCAL NEWS
I
shoppers Saturday
periencing through
4
Come in While the Door is Open
*
day
l
shows
the time comes*
e
ROUTE YOUR FREIGHT BY
9
0
r
rS*
7,
J
>1.
C'
0
o
a
o
g
sure
I
- «
JU-411
FOR
193.95
-
«
e
andYearAfterYear
THE
GREATEST VALUES
I N
THE
D
3
'4
reside at
ed their
Photography ...
At its best is our aim
day afternoon.
Pastor Marshall Goes to Brushy
. Next Sunday
Rev. E; H. Marshall, pastor of !
that the sad occasion of a funeral
is observed with the utmost dig-
nity and beauty—if you ask us to
take care of every detaij.
ONE CAN
ALWAYS BE SURE
stand in line for days to
and billions of dollars of
be written.
Huddleston
shopping in
it does it
say some
tion as a
f.PALAU IS.
manu)
GUAMo
(U.S)
I
i
il
iTM
aci
JB6-41
Medel
B6 41
FIRST
vUk a Fira Fear
Prateefiaa Plaa
lete a
bar —
>u try
Lande
hancc
value
s year
Burgess
Funeral Home
Funeral Directors
' and Embalmers
Bowie, Texas
Fastest Service Between
DALLAS. FT. WORTH. WACO. HOUSTON.
WICHITA FALLS. AMARILLO
d^MOTOR~FREIGHT LINE /nc.
PAGE THREB
■ - —
G-E'i bifl eight cebk foot family
•in box. Ho« 14.4 INEMA Rotieg I
•fl. ft. »h«lf oroo, lOpound cold
•toroge comportment and II.I-
vego tabic
drawer.
The NWiiriEt BRING YOU-
1941 vJF E S Sehjoice,
Ccohghuj,!!
refrigerator world
in all
ithinR
>ne
rnents.
at no
es and
rough.
of
was !
SUNSET NEWS
' By W. J. Stephens
Mrs. Lee Orr
community v?-_
Bowie "Saturday afternoon.
MONTAGUE FEED MILL
• Located one-half mile West of Court House
GRINDS DAY AND NIGHT—EVERY DAY
GRINDING CHARGES
AK Grain. Large Screen 8c
Medium Screen 10c
Fine Screen ... 12’/jC
—: ( .......'I'M?
_ v
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shurbet of
Turkey Creek were among the
many shoppers here Saturday aft-
ernoon.
>
<■ -
A lorge 4.2 cubic foot model with
on 8.7-guort regetoble drawer and
10-pound cold storage comport-
meet Brilliantly ity led and sew-
ered with 'hr J fl 1 ■■
lomout Mol- 1/1(1 M *1
H €-E"».it l^«UU
GENERAL £ ELECTRIC
ttographs
inted Photographs
Kodaks sold.
ns Developed
(Group Photographs
[ Commercial Pictures
ASSLES' STUDIO
Phone 287
(cross from Post Office
r
With on all-steel 4.2 cubic foot cob-
inet and equipped with two large
vegetable pent and 10-pound cold
•forage comportment Stateless steel
shelves, end —
Et’”172.95
Mrs. J, P, Aston nf T.awtfin,
Old a-., has been here for the past
several days at the bedside of her
father, W. W. Roberts, who has
been ill for six weeks.
tiSIAM 7>
Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Harnden
and-son Dawes Hamden, of Cot-
tonwood near Bonita, were shop-
ping in Bowie last Saturday aft-
ernoon.
J. E. Fillpot of the Denton
Creek Valley, northeast of Sun-
set, was a Saturday afternoon
business visitor in Bowie.
Mrs. Bert Fenely and Mrs. D. H.
.Rhodes from east of Park Spring^
were Bowie .
afternoon.
Americans in Japan, China and: Indo-China have received renewed,
urgent notice to leave the Far East as a sudden crisis flares in the
Orient. A Japanese battle fleet was said to be -concentrated off Hai-
phong, Indo-China, with other Jap warships off Bangkok, and new
Japanese demands on the Dutch East Indies, Siam and Indo-China
were reported.^ Dutch merchantmen in the Far East were ordered
__;_________:—. - . ------late hawboa.—-——----- ----
Bert Hale of Burkburnett was
in Bowie for a while* Saturday
afternoon as he was en route to
visit friends in the Sunset vicin-
ity. .
■ . .. .
k sales
id du-
Paper.
Important for Women
A weak, run-down condition often
gives a foothold to functional
trmcnorrhta, causing much peri-
neal distress from headaches,
■trv<^usness, cramp-like pain for
MOlen. CARDUI so often helps in
jmUi cases, for it sharpens appe-
boosts flow of gastric juices;
»o improves digestion, helps build
taiysical resistance. CARDUI, tak-
L a few days before and during
She time,” is another way to help
fciodlc distress. Used 50 years.
Lee Sullinger of Henrietta, for-
merly of Bowie, was here one day
during the week-end.
If suddenly it were announced that the
doors of all Life insurance companies were
• closing in thirty days so far as the receipt
of new business is concerned, men would
sign applications
insurance would '
C. J. Brewer of the Denver
community was a Saturday after-
noon business visitor in Bowie.
J. E. BROWN
StovM. Refrigerators, Floor Coverings, Furniture.
~ Bowie, Texas *
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Caswell of
Huddleston were among the shop-
pers here Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Estelle Allen and son spent
the waek-end visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wiinn of the
White Hill vicinity.
Cook Huddleston of the Denton
Creek vally, northeast of Sunset,
transacted business in Bowie Sat-
urday afternoon.
Judge and Mrs. H. N. Dearmore
of. Montague were Saturday after-
noon shopping visitors in Bowie.
J. P. Aston of Lawton, Okla.,
spent the week-end here at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Rob-
erts. His wife is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roberts and she has
been here for several days helping
i
rv 0CE.4
t/ PHILIPPINE
All Other, Large Screen 10c
Medium Screen .... 12*/ac
Fine Screen-.?. 15c
Try Our Pick-up Service
We pick up your feed, grind it and return it. You ride the
truck in. Drayage charges in Montague, 10 cents per load plus
5 cents for each mile out. Pay in cash, feed, eggs, fruit or
vegetables. Will trade for anything. Phone orders promptly
filled.
Call Montague 90F12 and save time, money and feed.
JOHN POLLARD, Ramrod.
YET for every man
when, so far as he is concerned, the life in-
surance companies have closed their doors -
.to his business.
COME IN WHILE THE DOOR IS OPEN!
’4
Pioneer Citizen Observes 83rd. more than laying the foundation
Birthday ; but since better weather prevailed
Mrs. B. T. Kemp, resident of (or the past few days work has
the Sunset vicinity for more than been going to a better advantage
57 years, observed her 83rd birth- : ?n(^ ls expected that the new
day on February 12. Her husband, !louse will be ready for use with-
jfc T Kemp, who is older than
^sne, observed his 85th birthday’!
on last September 21. They were
t- united in marriage 64 years ago
last September 24, and have re-
sided- in the Sunset vicinity since
1883.
Mr. and Mrs. Kemp were rear-
ed in Arkansas and were united
in marriage in that state. Before
their marriage she was Miss Julia
Harris. ’ After they had been- •
married for about seven years
they decided to move to Texas.
He sold his 80 acres of land there
and in the trade he took some
1 Aixen 'and a wagon with the inten-
Nbow of using them as a way of
conveyance to Texas, but before
getting entirely out of the state
he disposed of them and employed
a faster way of getting along.
Incidently. this 80 acres of land
Was a tract which he bought with
gome gold he had found. ~
care for her father, who is seri-
ously ill.
guess il
t go ’’4A
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. "Lebel from
north of Sunset wen; shopping in
Bowie Saturday afternoon.
7oRtliew
Ml„ryo<^<
ubiets sAivt. nest o«ora
st The Original All-Steel
Cabinet — Complete 'absence
of wood eliminates possibil-
ity of warping or cracking. I tn a MEL exilki
-v 1,1,-u um. a ll* UQ
A* Stainless Steel Super-
Freexer—There Is no plating
—cannot chip, flake or cor-
rode.
A Stainless Steel Shehrs—
Are rust-proof and ,ince
there is no plating, the? can-
not peal.
St Steady - Cold control —
Holds constant cold In chang-
ing kitchen temperatures,
and Is Illuminated for con-
. velnence.
St The Original Hermetical-
ly Sealed-ln-8teel Mechan-
ism—The most widely imi-
tated refrigerating mechan-
ism in the world.
Come In Today! See the
New 1941 General Electric Refrigerators!
I in a short while.
J 4
i Sunday School Services Resumed
At Smyrna
Following suspension through
the past few months, Sunday
School services have lately been
resumed at Smyrna, the first serv.
ice since last fall having been
held there last Sunday. In the
re-organization Mrs. Lee Blaylock
was eleetd to serve as superin-
tendent. The leaders m this'
Sunday School desire the united
co-operation of all the citizens of
—i Smyrna community and extend a
and tn Jhe trade he^took .some welcome invitation for attendance
.... t of the regular service every Sun-
day mdrning.
Pastor Jones to Preach at Denver
Next Sunday <
’Rev. W. M. Jones, pastor of the
Sunset ../Methodist Circuit, will
’ n i Preacb at the Denver Mefiiodist
a - . Qne Church next Sunday morning and
day as he was walking along, a night.- --And according to prev-
road he discovered three $20 gold ,ous arrangements he will deliver
-----*■*->■ —— -i -■— ia sermon at the Huddleston corn- ---------‘
munity school house at 2:30 Sun- health than they have been ex-j morning and 7:30 Sunday even-
H.iv nffnrnnnn • *1 „
■, New license plate.s'may be put on cars now. All
cars must be registered by April 1st. Bring last
year’s receipt.
Jameson Insuraitee Agency
Telephone 104
By Alta Faye Palmer
, Mr. and Mrs Robert Garrett
and daughter. Bobbie Jo from I
, Chico visiited Mr. and Mrs. L. F.
Holt Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore and
children visited in Jacksboro Sun
day.
Miss Sadie Hiicks i from Han
cock’spent the week-end With her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hicks.
Ara Palmer visited in the Selma
community Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Holt, Mr.
and Mrs. Ara Palmer and chil-
dren, Alta Faye and Billie Joe,
Miss Ethel Jolley, Miss Virgie
Tarpley, Jimmie Lee Rhoads, Mr.
and Mrs. John Jones and daugh-
ter, Opal, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Morris and son, Sam, Mrs. S. E.
Palmer and JdhhhiePalmcr at-
tended the singing Sunday at
Newport.
Miiss Janie Lee Hicks from
Cundiff spent the week-end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch
Hicks. •
10 o’clock.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McRoberts,
George McRoberts and Mrs.’Clar-
ence Warren of Detroit. Mich.,
were here the first of thW week
as guests of Mr. ahd Mrs. Fred
Howk. They are cousins of Mrs.
Howk.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Brashear
■""Sunday everi-
4|hg visitors in the home of Mr.
ahd Mrs. Jack Brown at Selma.
H. B. Hill and daughter, Mrs.
Faye Jackson, spent the week-
end in Abilene visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Martin and Mrs. Dos-
sie’ Lee Crim. Mrs. Martin and
Mrs. Crim are daughters of Mr.
Hill. i’
Mrs, Genevia Ridenour and
daughter, Janis, were visitors in
Alvord one day during the week-
end.
Kent Martin of Sugden, Okla.,
spent the past week-end visiting
friends in Sunset.
JVfr. and.Mrs. Ed Andress were
shopping visitors in Bovyie one.
day during the week-end.
L. T. Hunter of Bowie was
transacting business in Sunset
and vicinity one day last week-
end.
Miss Grace Horn, “teacher in the
Ipcal school, was at Ravenna last
week-end yisiting rlatives and
friends. , • '■
Mrs. H. A. Neel of Bowie was
here during the first part of this
week visiting her parrjts, Mr. and
AJrs. -B. T. Kemp.
Mrs. Connie McDaniel and Mrs.
Orintha Lance v/ere shopping in
Bowie Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hill very
recently moved to the J. C. Straus
place northeast of town to reside
(or the remainder of this year..
' Mrs. T. A. Wilson .was a shop-
ping visitor in Bowife Saturday
afternoon. '- 4 " •
Mrs. Annie Rhyne was among
the shopping visitors who were in
Bowie from here Saturday after-
noon.
Rev. and .Mrs. George Cannedy
were among the shopping visitors
from here in Bowie Saturday aft-*
ernoon.
Alvjn White was transacting
business in Bowie Monday after-
noon.
A. F. Lebel who has been em-
ployed in Dallas for the past few
weeks spent last week-end with
his family here.
Mack Winn was a business visi-
tor in Alvord Tuesday afternoon.
, Claudia Dell Richmond, four
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert’ Richmond of Wichita
Falls, visited here the first of this
week in the home of her great-
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T,
Kemp.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Shoemaker.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wayne Reid
Were shopping in Bowie Tuesday
afternoon.
-Earl Agan left one - day last. > •
week-end for the vicinity* of
Beaumont, where he is to be em-
ployed for the next several weeks
on a highway construction job.
Mrs. Ruth Smith was visiting
and shopping in Bowie Tuesday
morning.
Fred Howk and Fred Ridenour
were business visitors in Alvord
Tuesday morning.
Ollie Brewer of the U. S. Army,
Fort Bliss, arrived here Tuesday
afternoon on the way to visit his
brother, Posey Brewer, and other
relatives in the Denver commun-
ity. He will leave the last of this
week to visit his father, Jim
Brewer, at Ardmore, Okla., be-
fore returning to the army camp.
John Berg of Decatur, former-
ly of Sunset, visited here for a .
while one day last week-end,
Mrs. Bertha Hopkins was
among the shopping visitors who .
were from here in Bowie Satur-
day afternoon.
Deputy School Superintendent
Joseph R. Gregg of Wichita Falls
and County Superintehdent J. A.
Fanning of Montague visiped the
Sunset school Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Velma Neel of Bowie spent
the week-end visiting her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Kemp.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M Colbum
have moved from this vicinity to
LongvievU. They finish-
moving one day last
week-end-
perienping through the winter. | ing.- Sunday School will open at
. The leaders in this Sunday school 10 o’clock.
J desire the attendance and help’
. j of all thp citizens of the commun-
xi_ - . n •• . oC • u ii ity in each of these services. The
the Sunset Baptist Church, will : ^(.yipes Open at 10 o’clock each
pr^n„g Sunday moming.undeFthedirec-
n^nt ,at., the Brushy Baptist tion of J. S. Winn, superintend-
Church, three miles southeast of i * , •
Bowie, next Sunday morning St j
11 o’clock and Sunday evening at .
7:30 o’clock.
Regular monthly Services win ivir. ana ivirs. u
Dewey Singing Class Very Active bc hp]d at the Turkov Creek Bap- ‘and children were
in Service z° t pulirnh rwvf Riindav-'mnrninff visitors in the
INDIES
Crisis Flares in the Orient
I fee J A :
-a—
HAINAN
______ . _-X ..»«!
z>K' ' ,/n ' 1
sW J
Tops In Preference, Because lt'« Tops
In Performoncol —■
‘"‘“"'FspeCUIl'' s,*|j
122-
INalay
ing Along Interestingly
It is reported that interest in.
—, the services of the Women’s So-
this country for their singing ciety Of the Methodist Church,
talent. All of the leaders in this shows progress. The members
class invite your attendance and I convene at their church building
__•** 11 n kucinncc cncelnn nnH * nn_
co-oporaiion in c... ... — . — ------—
ly hnd semi-monthly singings. votional service on
t o ' afternoon tn eac’u wv
.”!e Interest Is Gaining in Fruitland ; are always welcome
fl tnir i <?_____
——■■eoins, which was never -claimed"
by anyone, in the local commun-
• ity He put $20 more with the
■ gold coins and with it bought the
. 80 acres of land.
u ;Fait was in 1883 that the Kemps
A ’«■ drived at Sunset. This town was
. only two years old then and the
country was now. They rented
~ fi place about four miles east of
- Sunset and lived on it for a while.
Then they bought a place two
- miles east of town and lived
there for many years prior to
moving«to their present residence
--tnrtown severai years ago.
When Jhey came to this vicinity
they were young, able to work
•nd get out and go anywhere they
pleased at any time but now they
— —«re having to stay close—in at
— horae. They have both been sick
’ re now able to be up. every
/hile -still not able to get out
jja the open much.
S. H. Hipp Considers it Best to
. Plant Cotton Lafe
In former years it was thought
the earlier cotton could be plant-
ed and started to growing in this
^country the better chance it had
of escaping boll weevil damage,
but of late years some i '
farmers here have changed thir I Sunday School
opinion on the subject and S. H. jjf appears that interest has
Hipp is one of them. ' been growing right along lately in
iS And with Mr. Hipp it doesn’t the Kruitland Sunday School. The
^Koxar as being a matter df opin-1 attendance has been increasing
If* • »n alone, because last year'he | for the past few weeks and if is
■ I produced ten bales of cotton on! expeetd to mak estill - better
"Ii 15 acres of ground at his place gains as warmer weather opens
West of Sunset. He planted his I up and people regain better
last year’s cotton crop about the----------------——-
middle of May. gave it the usual
run of cotton cultivation. There
this winter with attacks of flu.
were weevils in his crop during
the season, they. did some dam-
—{eg but in spite of them the 15
iwS produced ten bales of good
liddling cotton/ Mr. Hipp is yet
^holding—nine- <>f the ten bales,
^expecting an advance ih price on
Pithat grade'sometime this.spring.
rNo particular theory is given as
I to why late cotton stands a better
[ chance than the earfiei* other than
[ it grows off quicker and develops
t its crop more rapidlyi-Cetton de-
l velopment requires hot weather.
L therefore the early planting stunts
l and slows along until the weath-
I er turns hot, thereby giving the
[weevil a better chance to sting
ky,® stalks and forms and get in
Phis early work in the whole field.
LThe late planting has the aid of
rwarmer weather in faster devel-
ropment from the beginning and
has the aid of the hot ;summer
[sun- in keeping the weevil driven
I to cover a great deal of the time
•while the cotton is fruiting.
| The Lake Valley Church Building
Is Now Going Up
I For a while after starting the
I newt church building at Lake
IVallcy unfavorable weather pre-
fcyentad the doing of very much
I''FAMILY OF ELEVEN
land all take ADLERIKA when
Ineeded.” (W. N.-Iowa) When
(partly digested foods decay form-
r ig gas, brings on sour stomach or
oaling, try ADLERIKA. Get it
JM\Y. G. A. Slaughter Drug-
sip ahd Griffin’s Drug Store.
talent. All of the leaders in this
all of these week- for a business session and ■ de-
■ • -1 Wednesday
| afternoon of each week. Visitors
s and new
members are gladly received.
Monthly Services at Union Hill
Baptist Church ’
Pastor Ernest Akers will be
present to -conduct preaching
services- at-the Union-Hill Bap-
tist Churqh, five miles southeast
of Sunset, at tt o’clock Sunday
Pastor Harplsr to Be at Turkey
Creek Next Sunday
Regular monthly Services will
The citizens Ke'oe’wey cohi- "^A6 Ha^
munity. about half way between pa“or b" in charge of pthe
lar gospel singings on th .after-. BaWwjn. superintendent,
iloons of each second and fourth r
Sundays and on Friday night of' Methodist Society Services Mot-
each week. Among the principal —
.leaders in these singings are Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. .(Cook) Huddles-
ton who'are widely ' known in
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View five places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Perry, Coy. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 1941, newspaper, March 7, 1941; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1363796/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.