The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1947 Page: 1 of 12
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News office where they were sup- ■
Big Melon Buyer
Visitor ' in Bowie
■Mr, arid Mrs. Pael Faggard, Mrs.
Glenic'e Holt, Mrs. Gray and Joe
Prestwood. ■
Heat in Bowie
Reaches 112
KEEP YOUR CASH AT HOME
—BUY IN BOWIE.
Station Tuesday. The crown was- presented by County Judge L.
D. Eakman. \
17-Year-Old Boys
May' Now Enter
National Guard
According to some late infor-
mation 17-year-old boys nigy'now
abje and helpful, in tangible form.
His address prepafed for that
occasion follows:
“It has recently been my duty
Mrs. J. T. Daniel of Ryan, Okla.,
visited her son, Ben Daniel, and
family in Bowie Wednesday eve-
ning, accompanied by another son,
Tom Daniel of Stillwater, Okla.,
Executive Secretary for the FFA
fo rthe State of Oklahoma.
RAINBOW GIRLS
ENJOY PICNIC-SWIM
AT LAKE BRIDGEPORT
Miss Nora Jean Rhyne of Bowie receiving the ciown as Queen
of the Festival at the big celebration staged at Fruit Experiment
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Owens-Brumley
Observes Anniversary
The Owens-Brumley Funeral
Home is this week celebrating its
beginning of its eighth year ot
: fiTvice.
Extensive grov.fii in its serv
ices has i« < n noted through the
'years and in a large ad elsewhere
Large, groups attended from ev-
ery town and community of the
county and the great crowd was
handled well by the fine organi-
zation set up by U. A. Randolph,
horticulturist in charge at the sta-
tion, ably assisted by Nick Owen,
Melvin Dansby,
Veterans classes coordinator of
the county; A. L. Allison, Bowie
Vocational Agriculture teacher,
and members of the Bowie Cham-
ber of Commerce, under direction
of Alton Garner, chairman of the
C. of C. agriculture committee
who initiated the festival plan- Durham; Lane Beaty, Farm Edi
A feature of the day was the
radio broadcast over Station
WFAA directed by Murray Cox,
dry, hot
climax and
i
Band Concert ’
George Rucker. Band Difactdr,
announces there will be a con-
cert on the usual corner, down-! stev. Breckenridge. Bowie and’'other places,
f i >u n w hi •!■«» K > w i n '< i ■ > 1. >t i « ♦ .. . > i < t :. t »i . • . . t , . !
located, tonight, Friday.
~ The public' is invited.
a newspaperman can find tirne
for such compelling hobbies.
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A Certain lady Sunday taunted
us <* jth this pert remark: “You
know the-reason why Solomon
was so wise that he had 700
women, to instruct him.”
plied that “God had to give Solo-
mbqi wisdom extraordinary to be
able to get along with that many
. women.” . ,
Tom Patterson,
Opens Nev/ Studio
For Photography
Toni Patterson, young photog-
rapher, has openeu a very at-| as through to Jacksboro, Graham
tractive shop at 22 Wise, street, in'and points to the southwest and
the' Eakman building, where the |California.'
Bcrwie Office Supply Business Many Bowie-business men are
expressing anxiety toward getting
this sector next to Bowie paved
immediately to accommodate
hundnuU of their utftnmeis who
live 15 to 30 miles south and
southwest; for many of them may
film developing, He will also I rection, at'least temporarily; while
carry stock of films' and photo-1 they can travel paving.
graphic supplies. Hr* also has a , — ‘
phone there anti takes calls-Iuid^
outside work .ills lilirie.
More Than 3,000 Attend
First AnnualCrape Festival
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The first annual Grape Festival
and* field day held at the Fruit
Experiment Farm, seven miles
north of Bowie, sponsored by thje
Bowie Chamber of 'Commerce,
We re- and attended by more than 3,000,
is declared to have been the most
successful affair of its kind ever
held her?.'
Large groups, including classes
of veterans from tn^hy North
Texas counties, came to study and i
enjoy the program. | -
Along with a full day of in-
spection of vineyards and orch-
ards and profitable reports —
how the great 1 . .
been developed, there was also
the colorful program in which
Miss Nora Jean Rhyne of the
Bowie News staff was crowned
was formerly .located. '•
Business is also- rushing, Pat-
terson said, and he finds the first
floor location :.n alti.H'iivp ptarn
fpr'those desiring hrs services
which include portrait -work, fom-,_____
mercial photography and kodakbe lost to towns in the other di-
fifm developing. He 1
Mayor J. C. McNatt
Makes Statement
Mayor J. C. McNatt has issued
the following public statement for
publication:
‘ Before coming out for Mayor
last spring I was solicited by
many citizens to come out for
Mayor and business manager in
New Highway
Paving Newport-
Jacksboro Ready
Work has progressed rapidly on
the newly designated highway be-
tween the Jacksboro-Chico paved
highway,’ almost due north to
Newport, a distance of about 12
miles, the paving of which was
finished this week and- opene<| to
traffic, all the way to Newport.
Work had progressed from the
About twenty Rainbow girls' of
Bowie enjoyed a picnic outing
and swim at Lake Bridgeport
Wednesday evening.
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and privilege to make a brief
general survey of the present ac-
complishments and the future
possibilities of this great state of
Texas. I am tremendously im-
pressed not only with what has
been accomplished, but with pro-
jects planned for the future and
practically certain of being car-
ried out. A famous New York
financier wrote in his will leaving
his large estate to his son, the ad-
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the place where great develop-
ments were reasonably certain to
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Clay county officials say they
are -Waiting and ready- to pave
their two and-one-half miles ol
the route between Bowie and
Newport, as soon as Montague
xuunty gets its right-of-way
fenced, so they may know where
the connection must be made at
tho county- line. J---——
the same capacity I had previous-
ly b. Id tor MX VealS. The people
indicated by their votes that they
approved the way the city’affairs
were handled during that time
the war was going on and labor
and materials were hard to get,
but we made a number of im-
provements in the water, light
and sewerage departments.
“The present Council decided
they didn't want me. as City Man-
ager and reduced my salary to $25
per month arid took the business
affairs over.
“A number of citizens have
jumped me about the recent raise
in our utiktie.-, rates. I want the
people to know that I had no
vote in the matter, but was op-
posed to, the raise and so ex-
pressed myself in the meeting. As
Mayor I preside but do not vote
except when there is a tie in
the votes of the councilmen. I
was opposed to the raise because
I could see no need for it. We
have at present in the light fund
better than $15,000; water fund
$1,000: sewerage fund $2,100. We
have a monthly income from
lights, water and sewerage bet-
ter than $10,000 per month. We
are already higher on our utility
rates than our neighboring towns
and I feel like this would be the
wrong move for the good of our
town.”—J. C. McNatt.
radio farm editor of that .station
who with a staff technician
brought much expensive equip-
ment to the scene and set up un-
der the arbor- for the broadcast
Irr which he interviewed H. I.
Trout, L. T. Hunter, U. A. -Ran-
dolph and Jones Robinson, and
during which much Southwide
publicity was given this areg and
what is being done to produce
"highly profitable fruit crops here.
Interesting description was giv-
en the great exhibit there that
included scores of different kinds
of luscious grapes, peaches, pears,
apples and other fruits now in
production.
Other wide publicity has been
given and more is to be received
by a large number of newspaper
editors -and radio men and pho-
tographers who were on the
scene. Among the visitors were
Al Parker, News Editor of the
Wichita Falls Times, who spent
most of three days here gathering
data on the agricultural come-
back of Montague county. He was
amazed at what he found. Others
included Glenn Shelton and a
staff photographer from the Wich-
ita Falls Record-News; Walter
Humphrey, Editor of the Fort
Worth Press, and a staff man, Bill
lam, italic uvatj, rciiu uui
tor of Radio Station WBAP;
Henry Gantz, Associate Editor of
the Oklahoma-Texas Farmer-
Stockman magazine of large cir-
south.
Only the 14 miles between
Bowie and Newport remain now
• , . to have paving all the way. The
Roy-SmlUc-of -m-aetion--at-a recent right-oTway p a pt r»
arc now in Austin and contract
may possibly be let on the Bowiq|
end in September, provided the
i County gets the right-of-way all
I fenced by time the State Highway
Commission meets. This is one
condition before contracts are det.
-—When this,' the lasThnk of ag'.....
other very important highway
in this paper note some improve-
ments for the enlarged service.
The announcement is'' made of
the addition to their staff of Ilow,-
; rd Morris, a licensed funeral di-
rector a n d interne-embalmer,
wliu came out of the recent .war
with much experience; also Mrs.
Reba Morris, his wife, as courte-
ous hostess at the establishment
in Bowie, where R. H. Mori is is
the manager.
rodeo, where he roped and tied this calf in 15 seconds. Since this
picture was made tie roped and tied one in 14 Seconds—a very good
i t cord; He and his fine rodeo mare, “Lady,” make a team hard
to-beat, as has been demonstrated by a large number of cash awards
taken at rodeos this season at Forestburg, Nocona, Ringgold, Mucn-
......~...... Smith lives at 2021
town, where Erwins car lot is Live Oak. He is w ith the. Continental Oil Company and rodeo
work is~lli> hobby. And “Lady" is a pet Mt Hui Smith hmm, whara.
she gets a lot of attention from Mrs,Jymith and the children, Tom-
■- ^•’ll M S""'h- **«* ls trai,li,l» trough Bowie,'wiffbTcompieted,
•u tine young bay filly. . jor wh.lt promi!.es to be one of
the busiest paved highways in
Texas, it will be used by much
through-traffic from Oklahomf
and points northeast of' Bowie
‘ through to Jacksboro. Mineral
i Wells, Stephenville, Hamilton,
(San Antonio and Mexico, as well
on your turkey lot to keep 'em
from fight in'? A reported ex-
periment with loud radio music is
said to have kent hogs peaceful
while eating. We bet it wasn t
some of the jazz we accidently
turn to sometimes—it would
make ’em madder.
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Those attending the First Bap-
tist Church are deeply apprecia-
tive of the fine loud-speaker sys-
tem Fred Raborn and family paid
several hundred dollars for and
had installed in the church and in
" the Outdoor shell, also. It’s a
dandy,” too—-the clearest trans-
mission we’ve ever heard.
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Donald Mann has njore nerve
than anybody in Bowie. This week
whr|n the weather was the hot-
test of the year he started what
he describes in an ad elsewhere
in this baper, "throwing'an Aug-
ust blanket-promotion.” Of course
standard brands and below zero
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Congratulations to our clean-up
committee, especially Butch Qtuis-
enberry arid Horace' Ayres—on
latest diligent effort. What should
be done with the vacant Ipt own-
ers, who didn't cooperate? Don't
be too critical—maybe they think
the match can soon do it, thor-
oughly and inexpensively.
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Have you tried blaring a radio qUCen pf t)le festival, after hav-
ing,been selected by five out-of-
town visitors who'were asked to
serve as judges in a field of eight
duchpsses representing as many
towns—till charming, lovely girls.
She had been previously twaanM-
ed by representatives of Bowie
Clubs. This coronation program
was- conceived, worked out gnd
staged by the capable Mrs. Lynn
Garlington of Bowie who gave.,
gratis, much t.ime and work—end
it received the high praise of
hundreds and. had a perfect set-
ting under the great arbor, cov-
ered by gfowing grapes. The
crown Was placed" upon the head
of the queen by County Judge
L. D. Eakman - who-, in the after-
noon, also made the welcome ad-
dress to visitors, including many
distinguished out-of-town guests.
The queen received a costly Bul-
ova watch,"purchased at the Style
Shop, as her gift, and each of the
other seven girls received ^lovely
gold sweetheart bracelet.
prices will move blankets even
in 104 temperature.
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Claud Martin is now watering
his lawn with little automatic
pressure jet pumps from a well
he drilled in six hours last week,
■—and found abundance of water. County Agent;
Glynne Griffin, Aubry Horn and
others have indicated plans to
do likewise. There’s plenty of
water under us, around us and
not far from us—and if we’re will
ing to pay the price we can get
what we need. There’s plenty qf
Wat'S" from 20 feet to 100 in Bowie
and “area. Ining.
Jewel J. Green has returned i
TJley. were accompanied., by from Alexamh+n, La.; where he
visited his brother, Thomas H.
Green, who is a patient in the
Veterans Hospital. ,
Rock Island Agricultural Agent
Tells "What To Do" In Address
Concerning Commercial Fruit Crops
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One of the chief speakers at
the Grape Festival Tuesday was
Arthur W. Large, of Chicago,
General Agriculture Agent for the
Rock Island Lines. His subject
was “Grape Development in the
Fort Wopth-Dallas Red River
Horticultural District of Texas”
and he also advises on other
products:
It carried much concrete, def-
inite information, such as persons
interested in commercial ventures
r along'this line might find profit- vicc tQ visU and study Texag
Office Supply
Business Acquired
By Shelton Shop
Mrs. J. E. Shelton has acquired
♦ he Bowie Office Supply business |
which lx fore a recent fire was
conducted in the Eakman build-
ing,. but is now being operated
with the Shelton Electric Shop
across the street from the Post-
office.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Rummel,
who formerly owned the business,
have gone'on a trip to Illinois.
Mrs. Shelton-announces that a
very complete line of office sup-
' plies will be carried and also a
large stock of school supplies.
Quisenberry Says
'Thank You, Folks'
On Clean-Up Work
G. A. Quisenberry, who did |
much work in directing the re-
cent clean-up drive, asked the
News to state that he greatly ap-
preciates the fine work done by
so many.
- He feels the work will be con-
tinued, and that others who have
not got to their part of the com-
munity-wide effort, will do so
immediately.
He urges also that the very im-
■ put L.nt'work of spraying all gath-
i ering places for flies, with DDT
solution, which may be had at
many Bowie stores.
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. U. A. Randolph, who has dis-
tinguished himself in nine years
as horticulturist in charge of the
Fruit Experiment Farm,' where.
Field Day, under his direetiimt
and first annual grape festival
waS held Tuesday.
Several weeks'
weather reached a
record temperature Thursday
at 1:00 p.m. when inermometers
in the shade in Bowie reached
112.
. A’. L. Carter of Hempstead, a
I large buyer of watermelons whjch
I he ships by many car lots from
different sections of Texas and.
Oklahoma', was in Bowie Wednes-
! day during . the Grape Festival onlistetl in the National (iuy.rd,
t Here. Finding large production of Unit Troop “E." This intisi
. fine.quality melons'here" he indi- be. with the parents’ consent, how-
'cated he will be a large buyer lor ever-Boys may now enlist in-time
shipping from this point next sea- t<>- attend sutlimer camp -.t Camp
< flood, according to Lt. John G.
■ . ______* - ; Reasoner, coin’manfier of Troop
eulation; T; C. Richardson; Asso- '
. —— , I Also boys of that age ..who arc
ciate Editor of Texas Farm and , attending school may join with-
'Ranch, an old and popular farm | out interference to their school
magazine. A number of these work, and" will be getting a little
men were guests at the Bowie spending money. ■ ‘
There are some good ratings in
plied with many pictures, much this upit to lx' filled and if a hoy
data and j|py information ULidi'it 'Will |'--I mtn it -ind r.how what hi
Other well know’n editors arid can do one of these good ratings
publishers of this section attend- may be-earned.
ing were J. T. Dariief, publisher
of the Ryan, Okla., Leader: F. I.
Perry, publisher of thy Nocona
NeWs: and Earnest E. Hayley,
publisher of the Saint Jo Tribune.
Eight photographers were busy
on the scene, and a m'Ovie film
made, there during the day will be
showii at every tof.n and comr
munity in this area. . ■ i .
Addl'esses included Interesting L
messages from Dr. R. D. Lewis,
Director of Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station: Mi.>s Gwen-
dolyn Jones, specialist in food
preservation, at 'Gollegg, Station:
C. R. Heaton, Associate Extension
Horticulturist: . u.- -Tt-^tarrasrpin
Arthur W. Large of Chicago, Ag-
ricultural Department of the Rock
Island lines: J. Carmon Thomas
of Little Rock, also with the same
railway: A. K. Ilepperly. Denver,
of the Fort Worth & Denver rail-
way. Mr. Large's address on prac-
tical phases of fruits and other
horticultural crops tor this area,
is being published bj- the News,
'elsewhere in this area, and con-
tinued next week. It is also be-
ing published'in booklet form by
the News and he will distribute
hundreds nf them throughmit thc
nation, perhaps. Mr. . Large
showed much interest in the situ-
ation here and this was the sec-
ond' extended visit within a
month to Bowie. Much interest
was shown in talks also by sev-
eral local area men, including L.
T. H unter, Mr. Oats, Jones Rob-
inson, County Agent Nick Owen,
and a humorous as well as serious,
timely talk by one of the county’s
pioneers, John Carminatti of
Montague who has grown grapes
successfully for many years. His
good wit which seasoned his talk
made it one of the best received
of the day. He apd many others
of his community have done much
toward discovering and showing
the values of fruit culture in this
area. " - .
One of the most appreciated
features df the day, was the splen-
did program given by the Bowie
Band, George Rucker director,
which also furnished the musical
background for coronation of the
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Three things you should keep
yourself free from, dirt, debts and
the devil, said Spurgeon.
J^pior, hearing parents discuss
” higher teacher salaries: "I think
they ought to raise them high
enough to retire 'em all at once.”
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-— Which is correct, "1’11 build or
we'H build? Neither. Both to-
gether can’t, get enough money,
now. Of course you don’t believe
it—so go ahead and do it.
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Norriian Heath js really the Big
Egg Man of this section now. His
poultry co-op is paying "an attrac-
tive premium for bigger,' better
and whiter eggs—delivered fresh
—and he's getting a lot of 'em too
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The best cartoon we’ve seen in
a long time is the picture of a
calf being licked in one direction
by a cow and in the other direc-
tion by a bull, and under it this
line “You wash and I'll dry."
Family cooperation, we'd say.
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We appreciated ? visit the other
' day from J. T. Daniel, publisher
of. the R5-an Leader. Enjoyed es-
pecially his 'tall fishing ‘stories.
Daniel .is also p horticulturist. But
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by TROUT
Casting,
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VOLUME XXVI
NUMBER 21
If you have anything to sell,
< advertising in the Bowie News
is money profitably invested.
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"Your Home Town and County Newspaper"
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Trout, H. I. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1947, newspaper, August 1, 1947; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1367511/m1/1/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.