The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1947 Page: 9 of 12
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filed he strike,
Reporter *
Mrs. Robert Myory of Lufkin
has returned home after visiting-
with -.her parents, Mr. and. Mrs.
C. N. Digkey, for the past week'.
WOMEN S Atil) JUNIORS WASH FROCKS
—COTTON, RAYONS AND MIXTURES,
VALUES TO $3.98
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
April 27-28-29
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A LAME BACK
Often shows your kidneys are noy
functioning- correctly. Pain, burn-
ing, sore, aching back muscles, lum- i
bago can u s u a 11 y -be corrected |
quickly by bringing back to normal j
the body fluids with CIT-ROS, gives
you relief and comfort. $1.00 at
your druggist. For sale by
GRIFFIN DRUG STORE
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Sale Crepe
SKIRTS
MEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS
WHITE—SIZE 17 x 18
! .” AND ONLY.
Women Suits
GABERDINES
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
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Soft Woolens
Rayons and' '•
Wool—
Week-End SALE!
Evans Motor Co.
Ford Sales and Service
Plans Beirig’AIaHe for
National Music Weak ■
Sale Plastic Zippers
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RODDY McDOWALL* JANE POWELL* ILONA /
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THESE SENSATIONAL- VALUES
WILL NOT WANT TO PASS UP.
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Mrs. Tom Pritchard <4* Duncan.
Okla., visited Mr. ■ and ‘ Mrs. E.
Scott Ayefy Saturday.. Mrs.
PiitclTdld is the sister of Mrs.
AvePy. '
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Mr. and Mi's. E. L. Spangler,
and Mr. and Mrs W. A. RodgtTs .
of Jacksboro, were dinner guests |
.of Mi'. and-Mrs. A. 11. Bell and |
family ef Azle rciynlly. - They
also attended the Easter services
at tiie Ash Creek Baptist Church.
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SUNDAY APRIL 27 SET
FOR CLEAN-UP DATE OF
CAMBRIDGE CEMETERY
On Sunday,
there wifi be an
together basket picnic where all- sired
can participate in -thb proposed
cleanup in beautifying.the graves
which murk the resting place of
sotnO
ritafpU' •<
’ The way to resolve these differences of..opinion and
settle tlje strike is to arbitrate the wage issue. That would
Iic fair to our cm, !me°s to telephone ti‘er«. mid to the
company. -
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ALL PLASTIC ZIPPERS,
, .LENGTHS AND COLORS.
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Mrs. Smith Hostess
To Park Snrings H. t).
The Park Springs Home"'Detn*
onstration club met April 10. in
the home of Mrs. W. H. Smith
with twelve members and three
visitors .‘present.
There was an interesting dis-
cussion.cn .‘‘Teas, Table Arrange-
ments.' and Menus."' Refresh-
ments of cookies and punch were
.served. _ . . .' •
The basic work period is a five-day, 40-hour week.
Scheduled employees are paid overtime for time worked
over eight hours a day, premium time for Sunday and
holiday work, and added money for evening and night
work.
If it's worth driving at all. your
car deserves the kind of checkup
and repair service we are equipped
and staffed io give. Whether
you've driven it a hundred miles
or five thousand, a pre-hot weather
examination is a necessity. Prompt
service and moderate prices have
built our good reputation.
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Regular Meeting for
M. E. Goodwill Cla*.
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otfeivil priiy.
. • nti$'n<~-..s ju; luiniim i»> thy wnrti I ■—
.of the class ana ehtn'cli. including''
thj»'contemplation of supporting ;
bible woman in Indiar'were dis*
cussed. , ..
Plate rcfrc<hments were served '
to the following members: Minos.
M. Lyons, R. C. Cady. C. E. Hill.,
M. Posey, L. W7 Brashear, W. H.
Stephens, D. C. Overfelt. A. G.
Alexander. R. Sanders, E C. Rear
and E. L. Covey.
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GRIFFIN DRUG
Nearly thre. weeks Ogo-thc company proposed that
Governor .Jester, and the governors of the other four
slates in vliiilj wo operate appoint a panel of five,
impartial citizens- men with n-knowledge of conditions
rrptnis area-—to arbitrate the wage issue. The company
Ad-^enlargoil its offer to include not only basic wages but
such, btfic(rdejrijands ns length of time for employees to
reach fop wage ^gs and wave differentials between
different cotnmunilicX, .
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The company nrgos union officials to Mb<
offer of afTillriifion. It is the fair wdv to|qttlc___________
rostoro full telephone service.to firn public, anrl ge't the
telephone wage issue decided equitably. i ' '
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We believe most people, will agree that present wages
justified at this time.
'Net'ded- Now."
Mi s Inez I’udy ;
: t o (bug to Un . I.?,
.May 2 wi|l > • ••<!.,s,i
Night: May -1. Cliurcli , oj: M,,y 1
(>. Guminunity Jvglil ; n.j M.,tl
Home Night. '
- Full etnmer.-ilifin-^d. Ml •..•FgrrH-.
izations is III':?
• Bowie Residents
Advised Relatives1
Of Texas Citv Uninjured
Miss Thqlnia Pigg received a
telegram from her sister* Mrs.
R. W. Wiley, whose residence is
m Texas City, last* Thursday
about 4 p. m. following the dis-
aster at Texas City.
Miss Wiley is employed in the
First* State bank and Mr. Wiley
- is employed .by ■ Jkie Mohsarfrtrr
CheinieM plant. She reported
that the bank collapsed, hut §he
escaped without injury/and-that'
her husbancT was on a weeks
leave from his work .and was .at
, their home at the 'time? The
house received only slight dam-
age. They returned to tlieir. re-
• spcctive places of employment
Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Blottgh
and three children are all ro^
L The Blough’s are
former residents of Bowie,; Arid
Mrs. Blough is_p sistei- of Mrs.
Flora Sauls.
Miss Pigg plans to visit her sis-
4e‘r thfis week-end. '
TRAINER
BRONCO BUSTER Model
$4.95
OPERATORS
A girl just out of high school, with no previous experi-
ence, starts-at the beginner’s rate of $26 a week. But if
she works after 9 p.m., she gets $27.50 a week, and if
The beginning operator gets a raise in pay every six
months for the first year. An operator with J2 month’s
experience, fot example."gets $28 for a .normal 40 hour
wce.k. If it includes evenings and Sunday, she earns
$32:30.
Periodic increases bring l"he operator to the top,rate -
of $31 a week. If she works eveniniftFancTSundays, her
‘ weekly earnings are $38.90.
But the union wants to increase the be^inner'si
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rate of pav from S26 to S 11—un -SIS a week, t
Also, lliev would increase the ton wages from S3 1
to $51. That is an increase of SIT a week.
HetQuist* wages are :it i-ne in tin* trie-
phone strike, let’s take a look at what
operators ami plant craftsmen here are—
now getting, \lyiost all telephone people
are in these groups.
PLANT CRAFTSMEN
Linemen and installers, starting in'right out of school •
with no experience, begin at $28 for a basic five-day
^k- ^"’week. In two years they are earning $35.50 a week.
Redd the article in this issue about
local candidates! You can assist
+)rem-in-wirmrng hlqh<Jr Swords' 777~
see the manager of any Sweetbriqr
Shop'far details.
A MESSAGE TO NEXT YEAR’S
SENIORS ... ALL GRADE AND
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS . . .
Candidates are now registering for
the'1947-48 Scholarship Program
which beginLlune 2nd. Come in fa.
complete Information - Register Now!
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part of Texas -
Those who are willing to lend
•^assistance are urged to bring
April 27,. if»47, |’along some kind i't gardi'.n tools,
all-dky getTj For any further information de-
on they proposed clean-up
and all-day fete, contact Virgit
Joffnsbn of Henrietta, Tex.
of the oldest settlers in this' it pays io aavernse in the News.
*- i*.ns .ire oeing irade ior ti.
Nut on; 1 ,.>.r| Inn . .t vvl
- ■ Week. M: y t>
Periodic increa-cs raise this basic rale to a lop of > '/' a
week. Exchange repairmen—the men who take care of
repairing the equipment in your oilier or home- reach -
a Jop rate of $58. Overtime and other extra pav during
the past year increased the wages of most ihicmcn,
installers, and exchange repairmen* bv about 10 per •
cent.
The union asks llial ilie beginning wage rates
of these Plant workers be raised from $28 to $ 13
—up $15 a week. The union would also increase
the $56 top wage to $78. anti the $58 top to $78.
Those would be increases of $20 and $22 a
week. ’
l illDAY. APRIL-25. 1947 -------- .. , - —-■ ---------■_--------
You must see M.G.M.'s Techni- Mrs. Foster Robinson and |m,.s (M.
•color Musical. "Holiday ft, Mex-| daughter. Virginia, h . vo gone to J , .....™^ICSS
at the Texan-3 days. Sun.. Mom | Germany .to jom J,er C ‘^S ’PaTt*V
and Tues., April 27-28 29. ti w 1 wheielie is .stationed. tti'i <• s.,i |if c
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■ < | Mi’s. Fr< nti.ee C-ru ui'kr. * the
1(la.pyesidi. nt. pre?idl'd.
y ' A \< jy interestprog!'.'
. / given.' Ah* 'Rov •Cpff.vh
. l|"Hav*e You E\er'Bifi n to
f in the. Spring':'.' and-'Tll Tell-A
1 Little Secret." ’ Mrs. Cecil Allen
A gave a' reading "Tift' Good Sam: ;
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> givx'n by Mis. Thelme Burke,
fl Refreshments were herved to
Jthe following members: Mmes.
Cl Roy Coflield,. Cecil Allen. Chats.
| Blackman. Claude Burke. Ogden
» | C’larke, Barrie Coffield. Prentice
...... f - Crumpler, Wayne Golden, Joe
JVB /L 8M ' / Hancock, Cecil Hickey, R. C. Han-
• w/MBB I i cock. Cecil Hickey, R. C. Hanson,
* / Herman Moore, Joe Overstreet,
is worth it? Ike Parks, W. A. Ragsdale, Bob I
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Trout, H. I. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1947, newspaper, April 25, 1947; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1367497/m1/9/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.