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BOWIE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1947
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The Bowie ■ NeWs gets results
with its ads, whether for small
things Or large, whether for
buildings, bulls or buttons.
OIL NEWS
Reeves Laboratories Walthall
No. 1 running “slumberjaf’-’ at
6;137. p
Continental is drilling in shale
in Henry\No. 6, and in shale and
sand in the Fowler No. 1 at 4.Q04.
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“ h ire of unknown* origion des- ’
troyed an outhouse on the prentt;
ises of the Jess Brannon resid-
ence, just off Central avenue,
Wendesday night.
200 acres;*
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wateryin.
of Mon-.
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wheel, iri above picture, is able
to drive the'car efficiently, be-
cause of special mechanical def-
ices, furnished and installed free
by the Ford company. One lever
controls clutch, speed, gas fe6d
and brakes, through special vac-f| ”
uiim device. It was installed
on this Ford car by " Howard
Middleton, Evans Motor Com-
pany shop mechanic, who had
previous experience in this sepc-
ial service.
Besdie the car is Thomas Evans
junior member of the Evahs
Motor Company firm, presenting
the car papers to veteran Cook,
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“beaufordT-i. jester
ad, placed by Miss Elizabeth
► Bellah, who wanted to find a-
brown _£oat button. Monday
< morning the button- was returned
to the News office by H. L. Jones
postman, who had read the ad
and fouhd the button on ihd
street.
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Number 46
Farmers Hear
Proposal To Buy
Tons of Cucumbers
A ■large' group of farmers and
|(ve forgotten that black-&ye
ive figured at turning
n histbry. Greek legend
htinued on Last Page) - -
. “ DR. CLAUDE YOUNG
March of Dimes
Is Started With
Many Donations
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meeting said that, one srfld $28Ct
from on third of and acre; ano-
ther $125 from a halt aeret’one. Sell© at federated
got $410 from 1 and34 acres;
another got $180 from half an
acre; another $81 from a quarter
acre ;one got $1,500 from 6 acres.
The cucumbers are graded by a
machine at the receiving station
and the grower is given a check
for his cucumbers when delivered
and weighed. Full directions
for soil preparation, fertilizing,
planting, growing and gathering
are furnished by the pickle com-
pany.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING
TO SELL, ADVERTISING IN
THE .BOWIE NEWS- IS
MONEYPROFITABLY IN-
VESTED. •
a century'..
• ■ Mrs.'Will Young,'sister of the
donor of the organ, and Wboshas
"Tx-gn.'pianist- .for ’the ehtuch foiV
•36 ■yours, will give a thirty ipin- • <;W!3.00 beirig contributed by Be
ute organ program of fiN’OritO [ ie 't.itiz(.ns- i„ the figlit agai
church Jiymns, proceeding, tie-
dedication. and the general pub-
lic is welcome. -Following the
grape culture!dfH'l'll|i|,|i- Pl|!y Muth; nmininZ
ent organist of Dallas will give 'a
concert of organ music as guest
hrtist.
Dr. Young, donor.of the*organ,
with his wife,.presented an organ
as a gift to her church, in Fort
Scott, recently, honoring her par-
pfits. He is Geniifral Inspector,
r'f . the Masonic -Lodge for the
State of Kansas and prosided rec-
ently when President Truman and a
General Eisenhower were given
Federated Store, in a large ad
elsewhere in this paper offers in
what is described\as'";“Final Cle-
arance” many special | priced
items, some declaring deductions
as much as half price.
The items include coats and
suits, shoes, jackets, bed spreads,
and’a Wide variety of other items.
Many new arrivals are also ann-
ounce]
made happy by the gift of the
car,
Cook, who is 25 years old and
is single, now lives with his sis-
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. House, formerly of
Bowie, but now residing in Elec-
tra. He entered the U.,S. Army
in January 1942, trained at Camp
in Kansas, then went overseas /
in 1944. He was sixteen mon- j
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Congratulations to Mrs. Wilbur
MoVgan, and otter leaders of the >
Bowie ArCLeagmitJtet JUlL'Hll ITT ‘
_fiaj«Sjf»g?T?uton display at Club
" "Hall Sunday added to the cultural
program this organization lias I
maintained. -vJ.'-."-- .
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The little word “'Chaubuna-i
• gungamaug" is the name of
ely lake iiv Massachusetts, k an
Indian word meaning you fish rning. his parents, were called to
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A pretty I the presentation ceremony. Only
2 other Eagle Scout awards have
been made in this area, it was
declared, and Charles received
high commendation from Mr. Tab
iaferro, Mr. Stephens and ethers
for the tremendous work accomp-
lished and the high records made.
Coach Mattingly made the pres-
entation of the Second Class
Scout award t6 Morris Miller. H.
I. Trbut presented the Star
. Scout Awards " to Charles Swin-
son and Bill Stephens The Life
Scout award was presented hy
Paul Taliaferro'to Verne Hickey-
Fred Bloom,- District Scout
^ommissjpger. who had promin-
;ram arid paid
for work
numeroustscoulers arid boys .have
accomplished, presented -merit
badges to these Scouts: Joe Earl
Vaughn, FitzhughyTalbot, Weldo'n
Swinson, Charles Swinson, James
Roberson, J. G. Pickett. Danny
Deaver, • fiugene 'Monroe’ Vern
Hickey, Bftly Hipp and, Gordan
Heard.
On Sunday afternoon at 5 P. M.
a special program was given in
lhe First MetKodist Church hon-
week s issue carried aTittle Lost oring Charles Swinson, to whom
was presented the high award
of ‘‘God and Country,” an unusual
achievement in scoutingAand the
first to be presented in^luirBowie
area.
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Mr., Mrs. C. Koonce
Associated With The
Bowie Flower Shop
Mr. and Mrs. W.'.C. Koonce
have moyed to Bowie from Fort
Worth and have become associ-
ated with Miss Lura Moore in
operation of the Bo^yie Flower
Shop.
Mrs. Koonce, who is a graduate
of Texai* Tech, 'was reared at
Canadian," where she has had
years of experience in the floral
business, operated'there by her
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M'n. Koonce also attended Texas
Tech, where he majored in agri-
culture and horticulture subjects.
These new members of the Bowie
Flower Shop business are living
■ at 323’4 Jefferson street.
iss Hazel McDonald will con-
tinue as employee in the busin-
ess, it is announced.
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Ford's Cutin
Prices Hailed
As Good Move
Much fa’&pvable comment has
been\ heard following • the ann-
oupccmf-nt ■ by the Ford Motor
Company the other day, making
cutl, in prices on it cars, believed
TWO OIL FIELD
WORKERS TREATED
FOR SEVERAL INJURIES
A. E. WKite, 'who -works for
- Standard- Fryej Drilling Com-
pany. was treated at the' Bowie!
Clinic Tuesday for injuries which |
included a badly triashed thumb,'
part of-whichzwas amputated.
Ctrirence Taytnr. another oil
field worker, a roughneck for the
H. & R. Drilling Corhpany, on
the Hoard lease neat' Ryan, Okla-
homa. was floated at the Clinic
5 said to
have been received while at work,
included lacerations on his head,
and bruises- to his back and sho-
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many lines of business.
I’he' Ford Company in a move
sett- to halt the spiral of mounting
costs and pricqg, has reduced the
price of every Ford car from
$15 to $50.
In making the announcement.
H.enry Ford II, President, saicl,
‘‘Although more than ope million
bfour customers arc waiting for
",‘‘B tv | dvhvcry of their cars at the pros-
the Bowie ent-prices, we are immediately
; / J reducing the price of every Ford
, ear—seme models a§ much as $50.
This is down payinent toward a
continued high level of product-
ion and employment ip the mon-
ths ahead. We believe that ‘the
shock of treatment of prompt
action is rieeded to halt' the in-
sane spiral of rrjounting costs and
prices . and to restore ri sound
base for ^the hopeful period of
post-war production we
(Contixth'ri-sQn Last Page)
ended meeting called by ' the
Chamber of Commerce in the
Bowie Auditori.uhi Monday night
to hear visiting representatives of.
the-Craddock Manufacturing com-
pany’of. .Garland and Dallas pro-
pose to buy a minimum of 200:
acOrs in cucumbers in this com-
munity. The meeting was open-
ed by R V. Garrett. Chamber
President and presidnd over by
Manager Bob Murdoch, Who pres-
ented the gpcakem.
Cliff Cates', manager' of the
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
and E. E. Bunnell of Paradise.
trstlfliNFTolheGritegrity and fait-
dealings of the Craddock Com.-
pany which has been buying
cucumbers for 17 years in Wise
county, on similiar basis as - is
proposed' for -Bowin. '
A. L. Allison read the proposed'
contract for buyirig cucumbers
here, in tvhich the company
ASl’ces -to rpaintain a receiving
station in BdWie from May 15
to August 1, paying definite
prices for cucumbers, based on'
length, size and uniformity.. The
con}Panv_Jj.iri)<ish.os the seed for
the farmers to use at 3L50~peT
acre, all cucumbers raised to be
of one variety. It was pointed
a few dSllars worth of
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systametic gathering Should' Wednes^y f°r iniul ,PS
returns.
H9HHV99I , Legion Plans
Orgafi Dedication Sunday For Memorial
Community Center
■ Following a business meeting
of the American Legion leaders
this week it was announced that
. .taataUva plijns are baing e—tew—
red for a memorial Legion Hall
in Bowie, as Legior^ officials ex-
pressed pjublicly. their deep app-
reciation for all contrbutions that
have been made.
A fund of more than $5,000.00
has already been raised pod dep-
osited. in the bank with strict
designation exclusively gs a build-
ing- fund, not to be used, other-
wise, it was annpunqed. A drive ]
fur additional funds for thtf JWIF-' ' '~X
p&sc wtl be continued, and in the
meantime plans are to be dev-
eloped w'dh the purpose of mak- ~
ing it a so;! of ciypmMntty ccn —
ter, to be of service to all vet- ’ '
erarts of all Wats .as well as a
memorial to those whose sacri-
fice should be memoralized. * '■ '
It is proposed in the tentative
I’jany wvnauvus it«Xe„“wd,thCe''Saw:
' BoWie's March of Dimes got off J.^.. l°. be i^D?..,hat W,H include -
to a flying start Saturday; with
ow-
ie" citizens' to the figlit against where
• infantile paralysis. Bob'Murdoch,
.city diieetor, "announced this
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Only 4 wo cdliection points;'
outside stores, were set up for
the opening . day, includirig a
table in the First National Bank
'and one on the sidewalk in front
of the Majestic theatre.
Lions Charlie King and R. H.
Qray ^panned the sidewalk table
t^hile the baf^c table was worked
by Mrs V. J. Donnelly. Mrs. Bob
MurickJch, MrS. Hermyth Wysong,
Sirs. Lovice J. Hamiltoh and Mrs.
-Ctoude Martin. ’
Under the direction of 'Mr’s.'
Donnelly, co-director, containers
were distributed to the various
stores and business establish-
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EXCELS WITH PAID C1KCU-
FOUR-COUNTY TRADE
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QLIAUFY TO VOTE
, 1 44. _ , 4l i.vnt. nt was sixteen mon- j n
“^ttKlnnw^wlOTadfic/wit^
the 65th Combat Engineers. *
While in the fighting on Luzon I >
ih the battle of the Philhpineai----7
young Cook received a bullet -
wound in his back and was para-
li zed from his waist down. He
was in hospitals for 15 months.
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was employed by th Ven-Mex
Company. -D-.
He was a happy man the other
day when Mr, Evans presented
him the car and in a few min- j
utes was taught the use of the 1
special gagets which enable him ■
to drive the shining new car ’
about as efficiently-ns the av-
erage person Mn.
Through the Evans Motor Co.,
Ford Sales and Service organii-
ation of Bowie, .the Ford Motor
Cumpapy for the Veterans Adm-
■ inistration, last week presented
a new 1946 Ford automobile to
Abe Cook, who because of wounds
received in World War II- has no
use of his lower limbs. .
CHARLES HENNING
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discussions to7,
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large banquet hall, kitchen? re'st • |
rooms, a library or reading room.
a trophy room, recreational hall, *
r certain athletic games and V
exerense? may be enjoyed, and 1
n .v>r|».TJ?-t‘.On.a? f^at?res Um* —■
“ 424—L x tujlitLafeoys and
gals of the commnnityaT.weU as
to the veterans. . .
On Tuesday night, January 28, 1
7:30 P. M., the Legion will hold< /
a ‘'banquet at the Coffee Shop
grill. AlT~riiembers and their
wives^ate invited and request' '
ton reservations should be placed
with Tommie Whitecotton, Ernest”
Chandler or L. D. Falls by 9 A.
M. Monjpy. . t .
Grape Processing Unit
Possibilities Are r
Considered By C-C Eltjjknate preparations have’f
At a meeting of the ChambertJxy ’™ide foi the dedication
of Commerce, following the meet-1 Rlanl np)v organ, that
ing of business jnen and
ejs on the cucurnuer growing,,,
^proposal in the City Auditorium 1 ‘'
A.lwr*l»y night,'lioveral mtittiiini iri 1' 1
community importance were pro- • . *.....”
tpriseH an.l diseu* -ed. todurting ,n h“n< t <.f h.i^motb<-r. wh<»
naming cf committees from R<t_- _e‘ ’
tril-.clothing - th'.ik'is;—and Tet ji 1
grocers and retail druggists to
decide such matters as cloying
for holidays and other proposals
affecting thgir. respective voc-
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The proposition of livestock
inspector to inspect alljneat ani-
mals to be killed and slaughtered
Is,tl'\ali‘ through loe<4 stores, 'wnr
,d.iseussed-briefly and will be con-
sidered further.
A proposal that got much con-
siderwtinn th-rt—PT Hamer a
committee to go to sornt*' grape >uus. -ine u. k. >. members
..producing and .gropb produits- will slt“in a body' for lhe prpF
centers to git, information that ■ grlim.^ionm ing Mrs. J. A. Yqung
may lead to setting up grape pro- who ITa.s Reon premineqf in “it'
ccssing'plant or plants for-Bowie half a century..-. :
area, considered the Ictfdirig grape
producing area of Texas. ..ATton
Garner made some timely obser-
vations on the pripasaLx lL-A.
Randolph, who' is-th charge'.ftf the
Fruit Experiment Labrit alorics
near Bowie, when called ori. said
That this is known 'to bg’.,rin area
where profitahh* ,
cari*po carried out, bnd that somc(
discoveries of blending and other
facts relating to grape production
and grape products had been ser-
iously considered by a manufac-
turer prior to the war, and is
again being approached now. He
said it is possible to interest a
large company, like the. Welch
company to work with and help
finance a grape production and
marketing plan here. He pointed
out that there is not pnoufili pro-
TIuriFibrf al this time to justify
a big processing plant here, but
a company might be interested
in taking what can be produced
now with plans and agreements
for growth. He said that where
half a tbn had been produced to
the acre heretofore, it has been
devloped at his "Station how that
by,proper planting, pruning and
fertilizating and working, a pro-
duction of 3 to, 31/2 tons may lul< ,,, WIl IV va,a(
be produced of high quality gra- niany to be a move benefi-,
Pes- * . ' cial to the whole country.toward
Randglljh sufffested-ihat same- stepping- -Inflationary ■ trends in
thing like a grape festival may
bo staged here, to help popularize,
advertise and crystalizc !
meht for jb’ape culture here.
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The ip'rograirf wil* be at .3 F. M.
Sunday. January 26. in- the’
church and former pastors and
many prominent out-of-towp
persons will atfend,- including
Rev. Kirk M. Beard. Dallas’- and
Ruv. Wesley J. Hite, . District
Siipcrlntendent; Mahv» members
of The Young family and friends
from three states will also hr
i present: ~ ~ "
Following the- prpsentaion by
' DS,J’oung' ,1K‘ itfceptrihce will
Ije nkide by LaGrandt; Hmdnrcpn
’ Chairman of the Board of Stew-,
ards. 'The O. E. S. 'metribers'
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The- wther day, when we vis-
... JM Campbell’s barbci shop
in its spacious, modern, clean
attractive new quarters, at tne
Tear of the 'bank to con.'P'afUlate
him. he reminded us of his pro-
gress? by this declaration: ‘‘Yes,
whetwe kid I started my business
careeM Bunting Rabbits -on the
halves with a borrowed dog, Nekt
I started, 38 years ago shining
shoes in L. A. Clark's barber
shop in t the building I have
; just , moved out of, then at
1 15 began barbering, latdr, owried
my own shop, which I have oper-
j ated since.” We don't know
J Eow far the rabbit story was
from the facts, but we'ccngratu-
Jate*1imV now', anyway;
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t Black-eye peas can add trem-
l endously to the wealth of this
< country and the health and str-
.^.ength of our people. It was a
F [good food for our pioneers, it is
Jk^ood food for* our people now—
’ ^nd the world needs more black-
eyes ^om our sandy . land and
, clay mil-side land that can abun-
[ dantly produce them and in turn
the peas, a legume, would .add
Lao the fertility of our soil. , Some
out -that 1 '
fertilizer and
and . <
produce good financial
According to numerous affidavits
read from farmers in Wise and
!9toer__toe_past_ sixteen yeax^ Earlier counties eWd~ ontortoarts
n m..... of North
ers and gardners make at a rate
of more than $200 per acre in
the arrangement. Good sandy
soil is preferred, and subirrigated
grows them better.
Craddock says his company
wants 8 or 9 million pounds of
cucumbers this year.
A minirrium of 200 acres, from
a fraction of an acre to 5 Acres
per grower, must be signed up
prior to May 1, 1947.' Contracts
were left at lhe Chamber of Com-
merce office and. varfobs busin-
ess establishments. The affad-
ivits with names read before the
Eagle Scout Award
Is Presented Bowie Boy
i
, At an impressive and interest-
iyt .program. ay'Chapcl Hour in
-Bowie High S^ool Monday after-
noon, a
Honor vVasJIeld. during which 35
Scouts Aad . prominent part, an.....
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niurierous othc+ awards and -bad-
ges were presented. *
High .School Principal, Paul;
Taliaferro, had charge of the
progi;gm and the high point was' 'M
the presentation of tho.liigh
awaid of Eagle Scout by Her- I
scht’P Stephens to Charles Hen- I
mg. . Mr. and Mjp.U. E. Hem-*j
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• on- your side,' I fish’ on" mV side, ■ the stage and -jointly honored in J
nobody fish in middle, j'
good precept for peace.
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~ a small noy caine home from
school the other evening to in-
form his folks he had made a
10 Oin ‘ Take Au'ay." When ques-
tioned as to what subject that
| was, said: '“You know, if yqu
have three apples, and take away
one, you have two left—that’s
I ‘take away'.” ‘ Oh, replied the
I grown-up, “that’s what we called
sub':« t'ion, when we’were a kid.”
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1—'■ We1 congratulate executives of
L the Ford Motor Company, who,"
through their local agency, Eyaifs
, Motor Cofnpany. announced - ^3'. -ript part on the prog.
L reduction in prices' on-all Ford1 high . commendation
cars. Such precedent breaking
procedure, at a time when there
is more demand, than cars, has
1 unusual significance for its bold-
ness as an effort to help stop
I the high price craze arid in-
flation.
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NEW* GOVERNOR
Te?^ has a new governor this5’’
/6eauford H .Jester, 54 years
i\ld, was sworn in as Governor!
| at Austin Tuesday befoTe a crowd
: of 30,000 persons.
I He pledged t0 give the state a
, "progressive. solvent govern-
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another skunk; "And.so do you.' j ’Be inauguration, including pro-
‘ ¥ ¥ | mihvnt*officials of the Mexican
J&ftinese women go regularly tv i (1 nnicn’-
beauty parlors do. have their ears! in -
'cWrieil. A lilt brwmfwri -nriTu^.icntpnl,nt Governor’ ’
country go for other purposes—and
still hear all the gossip.
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Wr congratulate Kenneth Arn-
old on diligent efforts to improve
the picture show programs. He
announces the coming of .‘‘Blue
‘Skies,” a, first-run picture t0'the
■ Texan for- Janutti ,v 20, 2T :-dllll;'
?• 38th.
sylfil Program For
ihDi
El$k>rate
[beA -A;
■dgram
t fhnn- Been purchased for the First
the cucumber growing Churched. Bowie, by
B':''. and Mrs. Claude F. Young
1 1' Folt SCO', 1. Klin-jpl in ni.mw.ry
of his late father. John A. Young
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