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BOWIE
NUMBER 48
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1964
43rd YEAR
20 PAGES — lOe PER COPY
Sign Hospital Construction Contract
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By Emerson Lynn. Jr.
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Highway 82 Alternate Plan
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TRUTH IS OUR BLADE
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Refund
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cy fund account.
Specifically, the
team, here admires the
irges when they won the
tipionship this season.
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Women
Killed
POSING PROUDLY with the "B” team
District Co-Champion Award are two
players who represented their team. Hold*
ing tho trophy la Donnie Cox. Beside him
to the left is Richard Gregg. Team coach
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Gifts Exceed $90,000
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kina. Bob Evans. Danny Sheppard. Jerry
Faulkner. Gary Carr, David Ramsey and
Larry While; standing, third row. Ronnie
Fuller. Junior Vassar, Whit Coffield.
Mike Burr Dewayne Hamilton. Don Do-
Weber and Mike Fincher; back row. left
4o right. Mickey Busby, Don Ayres. Bobby
Ratliff. Gary Lovett. Danny Joe Nichols
and Coech Roxrodo.
Five Picture-Guessers
Score Perfect Papers
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Englishman has suggested
his countrymen slop, cal line
iter Square “Lester Square"
se it confuses visiting Amer
Sandy Van Winkle had just com-
pleted the ardous chore of moving
her Tiny Tot Shop Now located at
111 North Mason, the bright new
store offers much more display
space than her old location, affor-
ding more convenient shopping.
BOBBY REXRODE. coach of 'the Bowie Junior High
School eighth grade fcoiball
handsome trophy wen by his cl
District 9-AA eighth grade chi
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Gayle Bradley is as proud as a
peacock over the remodeling pro
ject completed at Bradley's Jew
elry. The job included repainting
the exterior and installation of t
suspended ceiling.
And to top off the chore, the
girls at the store have built t
bright new red velvet display
rack for the front window.
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Dallas, Texas
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UNDEFEATED DISTRICT CHAMPS for
1964 in the 8th grade competition were
tho Bowie Cottoniaila. Tho Junior High
sponsored a dinner for the boys and their
coach. Bobby Rexrode. last Thursday
night at the Travel-Inn Restaurant. Soat-r
ed. left to right, are: Paul Gibbins. Jim
Duke. Bobby Heard, Ronnie Heath. Gary
Scrcggum and Charlee Byaa; Kneeling are
left to right. Jerry Williams. James Wil-
Raymond Clement is to the right and as-
sistant coach Jim Brtttan. on tho left. The
trophy was preeenled to tho team at the
football banquet Saturday night. Jacka-
boro'a B team shared tho season's honors.
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rhaps we should also take
as visitors into consideration
start calling Bowie "bow-e“
id at “boo-e” and pronounc-
’’AlVord the Way it is written in-
stead of giving it a Brooklynese
twist and contorting it into al-
void!
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Local snobbery in pronouncia-
tion is wide - spread. Why should
Arkansas be pronounced “Arkan-
saw?" And I grew up near a town
which spells its name Piqua. By
any rule, this should come off the
tongue as "pi-qwa” — but no. the
locals call it "pick-way!**.
Virtue and genuine graces in
themselves speak what no words can
utter.
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Southern Maid Donut Shop; Kwik
Kar Wash; Kennedy Automatic
Laundry; Cottage Florist and Bob-
by Simmons Humble Service Sta-
tion.
Out first prize was three turkey
dinners with ail the trimmings at
Cotton’s Cafe, with two turkey
d nners as second prize.
Happy Thanksgiving, I everyone!
Mrs. Frank Underwood
Recovering from Surgery
Mrs Frank Underwood under-
went open heart surgery Tuesday
it. Harris Hospital in Fort Worth
end appears to be making'a good
tecovery, relatives report..
Mrs. Underwood is expected to
remain in the intensive care unit
until Sunday when she^jgill be
moved to another room if Ter re-
covery continues to be as rapid
as early responses indicate.
The operation is the second one
Mrs. Underwood has had to re-
noir a hole in her heart.
They feel such an alternate route
would cut down on the highway
traffic going through their areas.
And they’re right. It would.
It would cost them some of their
present highway business,
might even knock them out
seme future development that
ed on the matter at the next coun-
cil meeting
In presenting the proposal for
meeting the expenses. Aiderman
George Hoeldtke, chairman of the
finance committee also SU'”’!
erf that $20 (XX) now on time depo-
sit lie earmarked as an airport
cnastiiK’tion fund so that the city
money on hwWtn cover
expenses when work on the pro-
ject gets underway.
Johnie West appeared before the
council and asked that the
city share expenses with him for
building a woven wire fence be-
tween his property and Meyer
Park. Councilmen agreed to the
proposal and will survey the boun-
Jry involved to determine the len-
gth and height fence needed
Aiderman Bud Parr asked his
cohorts to consider a re -.number-
ing program for residences in the
city.
He pointed out that there is no
pattern to present numbering and
that those who are unfamiliar with
the location of residences find it
very difficult to locate them be-
cause of this fact.
No decision was reached.
r ght nf way which 10 name al) 15 pictures correctly.
Mrs. Raburn wins the top prize,
however, because she brought her
entry in at noon Thursday, while
Mrs. Bennett takes second plaee
with a 1 30 p.m. dateline and the
other three get our hearty congra-
tulations for a job well done.
The other three perfect entries
were brought in later in the week
or the first part of this week
in case you're wondering which
ones you missed, the pictures
were of the following: Gary - Nees
Lumber;' Bowie Furniture Comp-
any, Shamburger Lumber; H. F.
Brooks Furniture; Gene
Gulf Station; Helen's,
Hardware; Mode O’Day;
Shoe Store; Miss Village,’
Two Bowie women were among
three persons killed in a two-car,
lit ad-on collision about three miles
west of Seminole Wednesday after-
noon.
Dead were Mrs J. P. Finn ot I
Bowie, her daughter Mrs. Roy
(Jimmie i Willard, aged 21, of Bow-
ie, and Billy Lancaster. 26.
Lancaster’s place of residence
could not be immediately verified
His driver's license bore a-Wood-
son, Texas, address, but the car
which he was driving carried Cali-
fornia license plates.
Critically injured were 11-year-old
Sharon Finn, and Renee Finn, aged
5. daughters of Mrs Finn.
Relatives here said the group was
enroute to Artesia, N. M at the
time of the accident.
Mrs. Willard's husband is employ-
ed by the White Rose Drilling Com-
pany of .Wichita Falls.
following pro-
ject* will be paid for from this
money:
Repair of the city auditorium
41,500; purchase of a one ton
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a
four - lane U.S. 82 through their
area might attract
As we said at the beginning,
progress can be painful. There is
never a highway relocation which
doesn’t hurt someone along t b e
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Court
Hikes
Budget
M o ntague County Commission-
ers voted 3-1 Friday to put money
in the 1965 budget to permit a pay
raise for the County Treasurer
and the clerks in the various coun-
ty offices
The Court voted a $500 increase
foi County Treasurer Ruby Car-
ter. bringing that office up to $4 •
500 per year, or the amount paid
the commissioners
The clerks who are now earning
$2,700 per year will be raised to
$3,000 and those earning $3 000 to
$3,300
Discussion, of the subject started
with a proposal by County Judge
Dow Howard to raise salary to an
average of 16 counties in the Mon-
tague County population bracket
Major office holders now earning
$8,000 would have earned $8(M) un-
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Provokes Furore in County
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would have to be purchased is
that between Muenster and Bow
ie. the proposal makes economic
sense as well. The Highway De-
partment could make the pur-
chase as cheaply as it coukl four-
lane the present 82 and would cut
the distance as well. With an al-
ternate route set • up, traffic
would be reduced on the current
route enough so that a four-lane
would not be required (or quite
some time.
So, who’s arguing?
Nocona and Saint Jo. that’s who.
(1,500; purchase of a one ____
truck for the water department,
$2,000; purchase of water
pipe. $3,000; $1,400 to give city
employees a Christmas bonus of
10 per cent of their monthly salary;
$3 500 toward purchase of a dump
truck for the street department
In addition to these expenditur-
es. which are all approximate, it
is anticipated that construction of
i> bridge across the drainage can-
al on Pebble Street will cost be-
tween $3,000 and $5.rt00. depending
on the type of construction decid-
Transfer City Funds
To Meet Expenses
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Provision for major city expen-
ses remaining in the current fis-
cal year was made by members
of the City Council Monday night
Although the city financial pic-
ture remains rosy, much of its as-
sets are now tied up in time de
posits, emergency funds and ac-
counts receivable due the city on
eurljjng and gutterirfg and In fnnds
due from the federal government
as its share of the city sewer pro-
ject.
This fact has caused ready cash
deposits to dwindle under the im-
pact of a $92,(MX) capital improve-
ments program throughout t h e
yeai
Gouncilmen reviewed the need
for further major expenses within
the next few weeks and voted
them with withdrawals from a
$28,000 surplus in their emergen-
By Emerson Lyaa, Jr.
Progress can be painful. Take
the proposed alternate route for
Highway 82 for example.
A week or so ago a group got
together in Muenster to consider
the wisdom of opening up this
urea to West Texas via a good
highway running from Muenster
southwest to Bowie, then to Wind
tlorst. Archer City and Seymour,
joining the present Highway 82
there to go on
This would cut 25 miles in dis-
tance from the present U.S. 82
route to Lubbock as well as avoid-
ing the congested traffic tn the
Wichita Falls area.
The present Highway 82 would
be left unchanged, of course, pro-
viding service between Gainesvil-
le. Saint Jo, Nocona and Wichita
Falls.
The new route would be an al-
ternate one, to be used by those
who were interested in long dist-
ance travel primarily.
The idea is a good one which
shows vision and confidence by
those who conceived it and are
promoting Ms adoption by the
State Highway Department
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was purchased. It was divided in-
to two sections. Half of it was re-
served for the hospital, for park-
ing area around the building and
to provide room for expansion in
later years.
The other -half has been subdiv-
ided for residential construction
end lots from it are being sold
Tho book value of the hospital
land is $24,000; an equal value has
been placed on the lots. It is hop-
ed that the Authority will realize
a net income of approximately —
$15,000 after all lots have been
sold, in addition to providing land
for the hospital without cost.
No individual profit will be
made from the sale of any of the
property. Income from the sale
of the lots will be used first to re-
tire the 417,500 cost of the land
plot, next to pay expenses of pre-
paring the land so that it can be
sold for building lots. All remain-
ing fends will be used to meet
hospital expenses or to retire the
bonds, depending on which need is
moat urgent when the lots are sold.
Seven of the lots have been sold
There are >4 more lots for’safe
Information concerning the pro-
perty is available from any mem-
ber of the Authority.
The following is a* list of the
contributions 15ver 425 which have
been made up until noon Wednes-
day. This is the last publication of
a complete list of donors. Supple-
mental lists will be published as
rew gifts are received;
Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Allen. 4500:
John and Jean Angove and Penn
and Louise Angove Jones. 41.000;
Anoymous. 4100; Dr. and Mrs.
J. R. Applegate. 4250; Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Ashley. 4500; Mr. and Mrs.
E. Scott Avery. 4100; Mrs. W. E.
Benson. $50; Miss Elizabeth Bel-
lah, $50.
Miss Sarah Bellah. 450; Mr and
Mrs. Fred M. Bloom, $25; Mr and
Mrs. Erwin Bodling, $35; Bowie
Amity Club, ‘$500; Bowie Butane
Gas Co., $100; B & B Butane Gar
Co., $100; Bowie Clinic-Hospital
Nurses, $500; Bowie Clinic, $10,-
000.
Bowie C o n v a 1 e s ring Home,
$300; Bowie Drug. $100; Anony-
mous, $1,000; Bowie News, $1,000;
Bowie Garden Club. $100; Bowie
F4PW Club. $500; Bowie Nation-
al Bank, $1,000; Bowie Hair Style- <
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Five contestants come up with
>00 percent papers in our annual
Turkey Dinner Guessing contest
this year.
Mrs. Avie Raburn. Mrs. Dee
Bennett. Mrs. Winnie Windham.
Mrs. Billey Ray Gill and Miss
hith Wright ail knew the Bowie
u-iness community well enough
It's holiday season, a joyflil
time, and I refuse to feel guilty a-
bout it.
Editorial writers, preachers and
others of like ilk are going tn try
to make me feel guilty — but I
refuse, absolutely and utterly!
When 1 forge myself on turkey,
enjoy the piquant delight of a fine
white wine and the good conver-
sation and eager refnemberings
of a day spent with kith and kin
who haven't been together for
several years, that is going to be
the True Spirit of Thanksgiving so
far as I'm concerned.
And. on another Friday, not too
long away, I intend to enjoy the
True Spirit of Christmas by pack-
aging an out - side parcel of warm-
hearted affection along with each
gift and spending the day basking
in the satisfaction of watching
happy children at play, eating like
a Roman prince, and enjoying
more good c o n v e r s ation with
tiioae I know and love.
Holidays are days to devote to
gaity, to delight. If America has
strayed in its observation of holi-
days it has been by making them
too tame! It is not the commerci-
alization which squelches the
spirit of Christmas — as Mr.
Scrooge discovered at Tiny Tim's
Christmas dinner — but the lack
ot a holiday spirit.
We should all determine to have
a rollicking good time. That’s
what holidays are meant for!
Those who would have me put
on sack cloth and ashes, face the
wall in sober mein and count my
blessings between my tears are
speaking to the wrong man.
Blessings I have, indeed More
than my share, no doubt. But is
this a cause to retreat into a day
cf somber contemplation? I think
not K is a cause for joyful cele-
bration. And that's just what I
have in mind.
Hope you'll all join in the fun!
Thanksgiving and Christmas come
but once a year. lad's make ths
most of it.
Contributions and pledges to the Bowie Memorial Hos-
pital have exceeded $90,000, putting the fund within $11,000
of its goal, J. K. Brite, chairman of the Bowie Hospital
Authority, told The News Wednesday.
“Our contract was signed with the contractor last week
and work will begin as socn as a work order is signed by
the Housing and Home Finance Administration.”
The H*HFA is the federal agency
which is loaning the bulk of t h e
money needed for the project.
“We still continue to keep our
fund drive active until the full
eoal is met or exceeded.'* Brite
said.
“Because we were required to
raise the money in so short a per-
iod of time, many persons have
not been given an opportunity to
give. Lists were hurriedly drawn.
Many were left oft through error
because of the pressure of time
and we don't want anyone to feel
left out of this community - wide
project." he said.
Over $3,500 was collected in the
house - to - house drive conducted
last Thursday night, despite bad
weather and a small number of
sulicitors.
*.'We were immensely pleased
with the results of the drive," El-
lon HiU, drive chairman, said.
“But a good portion of town was
not covered because of the weath-
er and because we didn't have
enough solicitors to cover all the
homes.
■’We hope everyone who was
mfssed will eitNW call the Cham-
ber of Commerce office or one of
the members of the Authority and
make arrangements to have their
gift included.”
Authority members point out
that every dollar received in do-
nations will save $1 40 in interest
over the period of the loan — 35
years. , .
"Gifts given to the hospital now
have more than double value be-
cause of this fact," it was pointed
cut by HUI.
Memorial plaques will be put in
place on the doors of patient
rooms and in other prominent
places throughout the hospital for
all gifts of $500 or more.
More gifts of this size will be
needed, they said, to reach the
goal. Complete details on the hos-
pital plan, the cost of sponsoring
a room or other facility are avail-
able through the members of the
Authority or through the Bowie
Chamber of Commerce office.
Construction will begin as soon
as all technical details are com-
pleted. The hospital will be locat
ed on land purchased months ago
by the Authority members on the
east side of Mill Street in the 1100
block.
The land cost $17,500 when it
And this brings me to a com-
plaint ail newspapermen have
with all people everywhere; why
do you spell your names so oddly?
1 will use only one example: the
first name Lloyd.
Now ‘Lloyd has been spelled
with two I’s from the first in-
surance policy on. When the name
migrated from England to these
shores, however, s certain number
of parents decided to save ink and
paper and drop one of the I’s. So
now we have Lloyds and we have
Lcyds. This means hsif of 'em arc
bcund to have a name mispelied
in The News most of the time.
I wish, while they were moder-
izing, they had gone whole hog
and changed the y to I at the same
time. Then their friends might
have started calling them lo-id
and the confusion would have end-
ed!
Tax
Taxpayers of Road District 2-A,
I the Bowie precinct, will get a
; Christmas present in the form of
a lax refund, it was decided Fri-
day.
All of the money paid to the
county for the road district tax
will be refunded Those who have
not yet paid the tax are urged to
deduct it from their statement be
fore paying. Assessor - Collector
Elton Winton said.
ihe 15 - cent per $100 tax was
erroneously levied this year due
to a serie,s of misunderstandings.
County Commissioners voted to
stop collection of the tax and
make refunds to all who had paid
it ir. their meeting Friday.
The County Treasurer will make
the refunds through her office, it
was decided.
Voters in the precinct gave their
approval to issuing bonds against
the road district last September.
The money will be used to pur-,
chase right of way to widen to
tour - lanes U.S. Highway 287 to
the edge of Bowie on the east and
the west through the county.
Under the law. however, the tax
cimnot be levied until the Commis-
sioners Court passes an order di-
recting the levy, setting up a sink-,
mg fund and issuing the bonds.
These steps were not taken. Ap-
pioval by tne voters was taken as
authorization of the levy and it
was put on the October state-
ments.
It i$ hoped that surveying for
the new right of way will be com-
pleted in time to authorize the tax
for next year.
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