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Farmers Elect
Committeemen
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Christmas
Infant is
at Sunset
W. D. BALL NEW
BARBER AND CITIZEN
MOVES BACK TO BOWIE
“In the Honor Roll turned in
last week from the school, Jean-
nine Lee Bryan’s name was left
JEANNINE'S NAME
should Have been on
HONOR ROLL AS USUAL
, Mr. and Mrs. J. B.,Wagonseller
arrived Sunday from Austin for
a holiday visit here.
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VOLUME XXVI
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Excels with paid circulation
coverage and reader interest
in four-county trade area.
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from Jacksboro to Bowie, with
terminal facilities at the bus sta-
tion owned by Bill Gray, herg>
The Railroad Commission had (>.j
"Your Home Town and County Newspaper"
David Latham, midshipman at
Annapolis Naval Acdemy is home
for the holidays with his mother,
Mrs. Homer B. Latham.
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HEARS CHRISTIAN
painted j SCIENCE LECTURE
Better healh, greater security,
and more happiness for all man-
kind are possible today through
the demonstrable .teachings of
Christian Science regarding the
power and authority
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off. This happens occasionally and
the school is happy to correct this
mistake,” said Walter B. Alexan-
der, • superintendent. Jeannine
makes the Honor Roll regularly
and is one of the school’s best
students.,
over that loute.
.It is expected one round-1
will be made daily until the pav- i B^RingR^d ’ highway
and then ,K“1
He healed, helped, gave j schedule is*to. be increased
celebrate | cording to demand. .
i a
member of the Cumberland Pres-
byteria'n church for 70 years.
Survivors include the one son,
D. T. Wilson of Bowie, and one
daughter, Mrs. M^ R Farris of
Fort Worth; also one sister, Mrs.
Betty Farris and a brother, C. L.
Wilson of Adamsville, Tenn.; and
he has 17 grandchildren and 11
great-gr a ndch i J dren.
The new Be&fin wildcat well,
four miles west of Bowie, (tame
in early Tuesday morning frow-
ccmbcr 18.
“We regard these previews for,
dealers and salesmen as the most
important truck meetings in Ford
history,” said -J. D. Ball, director
of the truck and fleet sales de-
partment. “Interest in the 1948
trucks is greater than that shown
• in anynrevious new truck models
we hatfl ' ever announced. And
then, loo, they are the first brand
new Ford post-War products em-
bodying thiec new trucks bngines^
many engineering advancement;,
and the' widest range of models,
and capacities Ford has ever-
built."
Evans stated that public show-
ing of the new trukes •would be
held here January 16.
. Farmer delegates to the County
Convention met in the District
Courtroom Tuesday, , December
16 at 10 a. m. and elected the
following farmers to diiect the
1948 Agricultural' Conservation
program in Montague County.
Milton R. Barlow, Rt. 1, Belle-
vye, Chairman; Henry A. Reyn-
olds, Rt. 1, Nocona, Vice Chair-
man; George D. Wylie, Rt. 2,
Forestburg, Regular Member;
James O. Summers, Rt. 1. Bowie,
First Alterriate; Noah Cox. Rt. 1,
Montague, Second Alternate.-'
—Undue the . direction—rrt—TtttS------~-
coflimittee, prior approvals --for >'■
approximately $40,000.00 will be
issued" to farmers~Avho wish to
carry out Soil Conservation prac-
tices in 1948. This assistance con-
sists of either payment as reim-
bursement for a part of the cost
of performing conservation prac-
tices or conservation materials
.-•nd services furnished for per-
forming approved practices.
James B. Zetzsche announced
that this committee will meet and
approve a list of practices and a
farm limit for each farm before
January 1, 1948.
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The legal notice for bids is be.-
ing published in the News this
issue by the State Highway De-
;ame partment which is scheduled to
I./.- lot contract January 15 on the
ing oil everywhere and is consid- new highway sector,—between-
ered by conservative oil men as Bowie and the Clay county line
? new
| road right-of-way north of New-
! This bid will be for seven miles
man said he‘would not extending from Bowie, Where
flow is coming. The oil is about y p and Thomas
At -» --- ---] no
water-had shown up in any of the avails See New
measure of the 1948 Ford Truck
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New Oil Company
Opens Office And
To Operate Here
The Neon American Oil Com-
pqny is a new company locating
in Bow'ie. .—------ —--------——
It has moved into offices for-
merly- -occupied7—bj—Nu-Enamel
Oil Company over Morris Coffee
Shop in the Wood building^
This company has properties
in oil fields in Bowie area and a
drilling program is planned, it
is reported.
OUT-OF-TOWN PERSONS
ATTENDING FUNERAL HERE
Among those from out-of-town
attending funeral services here
Tuesday for Milton Fiimore Wil-
son, were Mr. and ^Ars. ’George
E. Wright and son, Eddie, Mr.
and Mrs. Talmage Wilson and
children, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wilson and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Weldon Farris, Mr. and Mrs. Clay-
ton Childress, all of Fort Worth.
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IT'S ATTORNEY' > 1
STEWART WATSON NOW
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Watson
find son, Steve, are visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Wat
son, having arrived Monday from
Austin where he is with the
State land office. He is also now
a licensed attorney, having passed
the State bar examination re-
cently. / ■
Millon F. Wilson,
Age 92, Pioneer,
Passes Away
Milton Fiimore Wilson. 92, well
known pioneer citizen of Mon-
tague county, and father of D.
T. Wilson of Bowie, passed away
in the Methodist Hospital at Fort
Worth Monday, following several
weeks illness. ’
Funeral services were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, at Owens-Brumley Fu-
neral Hoitie in Bowie, Rev. Ben
Baits of Wichita Falls officiating.
Interment was in the Salona
cemetery where his wife was
buried in 1932. Bearers included
grandsons of the deceased: Glenn
A. Wilson, Talmage Wilson,
Charles Wilson, Weldon Farris
and Clifton Farris.
Mr, Wilson was well and fa-
vorably known in this area where
he lived an humble but active
life and was a highly regarded
citizen. He settled in Salona com-
munity in 1908.
In recent years he made his
home with his son, D. T. Wilson
and family, and engaged in farm-
He was
’. up
Employment Man •
To be in Bowie
On Each Thursday
The placing of farm workers •
in the Wichita Falls area will be '
handled by the Texas Employ-
ment Commission after January
1, 1948, G. B. Purcell announced
here today.
Purcell said cooperation of all
farmers, workers, and farm
groups was now being actively
solicited by his office, and that
within the next sixty days he
hoped to be able to explain the *
Commission’s aims, objectives,
policies and methods to interested
’ groups.
“Our farm labor problems are
I largely restricted in this area to
cotton and wheat," he said, “and
labor demands are usually high-
est during the harvesting season
in the Spring and Fall. We are
now compiling the total acreages
planted, and this will be reduced
to the number of workers needed,
and checked periodically for sea-
sonal^changes.”
Purcell said any farmer requir-
ing hands, or any farm workers
looking for jobs, should get in
touch with the employment serv-
ice office at 723 Tenth Street,
Wichita Falls. He pointed out
that accurate demand and supply
information in advance of actual
needs Would help to prevent con-
tusion and disappointment dur-
.seasons.
“Our off ice. will tpake every ef-
fort to serve both farmers and
workers satisfactorily, and if we
are given the confidence of both,
I am sure we can deliver the
goods," he concluded.
A representative of the Texas
Employment Commission will be
in the City Auditorium at Bowie
from 9:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m. each
Thursday. He will be glad to
assist farmers in securing work-
ers and farm workers in securing
employment. •
tests. No exact i
production was made before the
News went to press Tuesday alt-
ernoon. Total depth is 6468 feet.
Tlut; new well i
of the 800-acre, ranch owned by the new 1948 line of Ford trucks
W.lE. and D. B. Benson, promi-! held at Fort Worh, Thursday, De-
nent citizens and lawyers of
Bowie. --
Only four miles from Bowie,
oil pool is easily
- being just off
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“AU but God is changing day hjji day.” ■> •
So wrote Charles Kinsley, manj^ years ago. But com-
ing 6f~Christmas sttfs us-aiTd returns us to practice “God-
likeness”—that of kindly, helpful, peaceful thoughtfulness
and goocT-will toward others.
Christmas could be spelled “Hope,” “Light,” “Life.” and
mean the same to America, if the meaning were lived and
practiced by enough American citizens.
Editors, judges, patrolmen,, radio announcers and others
spend much time sounding warnings to improve the safety
of our streets and highways against careless, indifferent or
drunken drivers. But if the spirit of Him who came 2.000
yiears ago; were practiced and lived, our highways would
be safe, our investments would be worth more, locks would
not have to be kept on our doors and because of our altru-
istic spirit to the rest.of the world, need not fear much from
another war.
Christ, whose birth is celebrated this week, came and
lived the spirit of “Do to my neighbor just as I would want
him to do to me; under like needs and conditions." That’s
what Christian missions at home arid in other countries paeans
—simply that. A man tells -us that while in the Army in
India he saw a man fall dead-from hunger.on the street of a
citv of half a million, and his- body lay thererfrom 9 a. rn.
to 5 p. m. wjthoirt anyone showing any “care”--life is cheap
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burke and
son, James Allen, of College Sta-
tion are here this week visit-
ing relatives.
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The work will bo financed with
state funds which the Commission i
has been holding in reserve since
the construction holiday during
the war years. . |
State Highway '■ Commission ;
Chairman John S. liedditt ex-
plained the Montague County,
construction wn-, part of a ger.
era! statewide’'move to modern-
ize and-rehabilitate 1.456 miles
of state roads.
"We have ordered jobs esti-
mated to cost $6,330,500 to pro-
tect our investment in present
roads and to giV3 greater com-
fort and convenience to the peo- '
pie usirjg them," Rcdditt said.
The Diojects .ordered Wednes-
day cover all Teas cf the State. 1
They include reshaping and wide-
ning many narrow “razor back"
roads, new surfaces for asphalt
| pavements, widening bridges, ■
I building stable shoulders, elitni
' nating sharp curves, and other
j work to improve a great many of ;
the highway system’s bad sec-
barber at
the Bank
•1W
d up
T. P. Evans and' Thomas
ans of the .Evans Motor Company
is in the middle attended the preview showing of
State to Resurface
PartVof Highway 59
AUSTIN. Tcxasi—The State
Highway Commission' on Dec. 17
ordered that additional surfacing
be placed on Highway 59 from
Bdwie emending northeast for
'■la distance of si-x - miles. This
< ^wer and'-1uthmi^”if Cud. de- is estimated to cost $5.-
| elared Harry B. MacRae, ChSdJ;;
in a public lecture, here .Sunday
afternoon. “ '
“Men have always prayed to be
led into paths of peace, health
and happiness," Mr. MacRae told
a large audience in City Audi-
torium.
“Men have listened for a voice
above the human that would
speak and reveal to them the way
of eternal Life. They have striven
to hear a voice of such authority
that" they would not doubt but
could follow with confidence and
assurance into a land of libera-
tion. Some have heard, but more
have not. Many have doubted
when they have heard.”
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I There mi^st be a Petrillo hidden '
I . somewhere in the henhouse, now
<1 that musical cackles have gone |
I up to 7 >/ac per.-
ft I * * r- I
ft . A SUCCESS RESOLUTION: R
I r**Ior rustle, E, for enthusiasm, S.
\ stick-to-it-iveness; O, for owe-
less; L, little more lovin’; U, for
||K ‘«up early; T, for 'tattle less; I, in-
I I Htiativ^: O, for onward; N, for
doing something newsworthy.
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i, At Gregory’s Feed Store there’s
i a cat that’s really nutty—a kitten
■ that raises the rbof with howls
- fwhen it hears someone rattle a
. penny into the salted peanut
■/ vendtng~nrachine—and then eats
»nuts dropped on the floor as
eagerly as if they were raw meat,
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Maybe the reason Santa had to
come down to town by the fly-
ing Zephyr the other day was be-
cause he came through Ft. Worth
where hi^reindeer got' caught in
that ‘ goose - liver - bologna mill
where so many .goats, bulls and
other horned animals have dis-
appeared.
A i
gers made fifty percent useless
on m.wions of women’s hands—
ultra long—hideously |
fingernails, silly, impaired talons
that cannot sew on buttons, wash
dishes, type and scores of other
duties in a world tremendously
in need of more work to be done.
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When you vTant to get rid of a
dbg you no longer want, for
goodness sake don’t take him to
the country and turn him loose
to starve to the point where he
becomes a killer of farmer’s
sheep, calves, pigs and poultry—
a menace as bad as wolves. Many
farmers and ranchmen will tell
you so.
Methodist Primary
Pupils Entertained
At Christmas Party *
The Primary Department of
the First Methodist Church had’
as guests their mothers and
friends at the church school hour
when the children gave their
regular Christmas program.
The opening songs were fol-
lowed by Christmas scripture
verses given by Betty and Iona
Andreasen and Freddie Howard,
after .which Mary Beth Frcrking
gave the Christmas story from the
second chapter of Luke, followed
by a reading by Mary Zetsche.
Carblyn and Marjorie Gray
Sr ng the "Christmas Story.” “In
Little Bethlehem” was given by
Patsy High and Sue Precise, fol-
a prayer by Richard
lowed by
Stephens.
Nancy Spears read “God’s Gift
to the World" after which Janet
Mills sang "Dear Little Stranger.”
Mrs. Coffman told the story of ing and stock raising.
the First Christmas, Mrs. Mills born in Adamsville, Tenn.,. June
taking the part of Mary. Each 4, 1855, and came to Corsicana,
child brought to the manger a. Texas, in 1898. He had been
small red stocking containing L ~ ‘
lifts for the Methodist Home.
The carols, "Away in a Man-
ger” and “Lullaby” were sung by
the children remaining around
the manger scene.
“Silent Night" was sung by a
group of mothers. The dismissal
prayer by Mrs. Capps and the
presentation of the.gifts from the
tree, completed the moming’s l
.program which was'arranged by I Mrs. Donna Cuppies and Mrs.
of Mrs. C. N. Dickey and Mrs. R. D. Calaway were visitors in Fort
H. Gray. ( ' ^Worth Sunday. i
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MRS. HILL MEMBER OF
WJPHITA FALLS SYMPHONY
z Mrs. C. E. Hill is a member of
the Wichita Falls Symphony Or-
chestra which has just been or-
ganized, and will play second vio-
lin. Mrs. Hill has always been
very active in music organization^/ jng the peak
Mr. and Mrs. Hill were in
Wichita Falls Monday night for
a rehearsal and a party thAt -was
given for the organization.
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■If ycu have anything io sell,
ad-ertising in the Bowie News
^is money profitably invested.
have for human life. 1
shifted from Palestine and Europe to America—the .torch
is in our hands to show the light. Will we?
Christ, whose birthday we celebrate now was the oppo- tng is completed
site to graspirig greed for dollars. Ih- iieuivu, neiped, gave , ~
■hope, life and light. So it is reallv something to '
—^philosophy of Jife and practice and power like that. .May ; . -----—
w'e on this occasion see anew just what the advent of Christ!^ • ' «
really meaht to the world. nf
Let us, in the tyords of Goldsmith: “Learn the luxury," U1
ofd i sg d Another Million
Johnson Chicks
'2. ••, i 4 •
ZSsih nson Poultry . Ranch will |
start the hatching season with
the first hatch </
chicks coming off January 1^ |
From then on the number will. Continental reports
be stepped up and a total of mpre. No. 1 drilling 2235 and Pem-
than a iriillion chicks arc expect-J broke No. 1 drilling m shale at
vd to be shipped from this great i 5337, both wells in’Lewis pool;
poultry ranch during 1948. carry; | and its Millei: No. 1 near Stone*
ing the famous white Icghoi n.'burg drilling at 4167.
with high record laying pedigrees] ---—;-------
to many parts of the.world.
Extensive modern improve-
merits have ‘ been made in the
plant quipment the past summer,
including several big, new build-
ings.
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Two- strips of new highway
paving will soon make rriore play
and less work for a lot of men
in Bowie area. Contracts are to
be ,let January 15 to complete
paving on shorter routes between
Bowie and Bridgeport lake, via
Sunset, and Chico; and between
Bowie and Possum Kingdom, via
Newport, Jacksboro. It can then
be only^a mere hour from labor
to lakes and leisure.
¥ ¥ ¥
The inconceivable atomic age,
painted so hideously by some and
so marvelously by others may
turn out to be an age “For Worn-1
en Oifly,” according to Col. El-
bert De Coursey Brooke General
Hospital Fort Sam Houston, Tex-,
as. who was quoted an Nation’s
. magazines last week as saying:
“The atomic blasts in Japan
showed the sex cells of men were
destroyed, those of women were
only slightly affected."
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There’s something similar to
magic in the transformation that
comes over people during the
Christmas season. Have you no-
ticed there’s greater understand-
ing, tolerance, sympathy, sincerity-
in man’s relationship with his
fellowmen at this time? Then
. why couldn't this spirit of “good
will” really last all year? It’s pos-
sible. It can come about through
ig such evidence of “good
? habit in our lives—just
like, for instance, getting the
habit of a cherry “Good Morn-
ing!” to everyone you meet as
you go down the street. A habit
—really<worth trying.
NEW CITIZEN V'
'xMr. and Mrs. Bill Sandlin of
Fort Worth are he parents of a
daughter, Patsy Lou, born De-
cember 3, and weighing 7 pounds
2 ounces. <
Mrs. Sandlin is the former Ole-
ta Arnold and the grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Woody Arnold
of Bowie and Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam P. Sandlin of Fort Worth.
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This is really a nutty country—
despite what happens While
f bi inui'H it fl* wui'ryity’ over tvhd!
' ^.weather did to much of our'half
■ ' ’million dollar peanut crop, many
| are happy over the big ‘.top of
I pecans harvested, despite the
wdSTh’ji’ —and the high~price that \
is paid for them. ■ . j)
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major fashion offense: Fin- LARGE CROWD
Kay Burris, infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Burris, was buried at Sunse'
Monday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. wit!
W. T. Hamilton of the Bowk
Church of Christ officiating. In-
terment was in the Sunset ceme-
tery under the direction of Owens
& Brumley Funeral Home.
Besides the phrenls, the child is
survived by three sisters, Wanda
Ruth, Norma June, Carolyn Sue,
all of Sunset; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jeff Kuykendall of Al-
vord and Charlie Burris
Sunset. ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Ball
new citizens of Bowie, looking
for a house they canjgase, moving
back to Bowie from Nocona.
Mr. Ball is a new baroer at; tjons
Ox Barber Shop in the Bank Tho work will b„ donc in thc
bidding. He formerly owned and) Spring and Sumnwr months of
operated a barber shop in Bowie ,
many years ago. He and Mrs. seafOn brings favorable weather
Ball are members of the Metho- > conditions.
dist church and active in religious I
and civic affairs. * ’ ’
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Buried
The Railrpad Commission had
a j ”
at which time the Bowie Cham-
ber of Commeret* tylanat’er and a
representative from Jacksboro
testified in behalf of a needed
line over the road from Bowie
through to Newport to Jacksboro.
The Kemp application for permit
was granted, it is announced. The
Kemp line of Mineral Wells
serves Graham, Jacksboro, Min-
eral Wells and Stephenville, mak-
ing connections at all those points
with trunk line busses serving all
parts of the Southwest. »
The new line will bo operated
over the new paved highway to
where-Christ is unkoriwn—and the more “Christ” becomes i Newport, then over the present
known to men in our oWri land, tlie greater regard men will ]dirt road to Bowie until new pav-
Christianitv headquarters has been ing is finished over that route. n‘ew (
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the
the I ” ’ " a n,d
I there has been much,, excitement
‘H | since the/other heavy saturated
..... wir.1 fnund i.i.->l wU’k,
♦ Probably three offset'wells will
be drilled immediately and .oth-
er's to follow. The well was di illed
in xi Continental-Texas Company
partnership. -— ---------;------' '
High interest also continued
around another new wildcat pro-'
ducer considered in Bowie ter-
ritory, the Manning No. 1, two
and one-half miles west of Chico.
. . i. Sinclair has started drilling its I
of 25.001) Jiaby I Minor. No. 1. a deep test two miles I
I northwest of Montague.
its Catter-
and
BOWIE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1947 NUMBER 42
NEW BENSON WELL FLOWS 100 BARRELLS HOUR
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Bids Asked For
Highway Paving
Jacksboro Route
Through NewportSand Perforated |
Bowie will have a new trans- j
portation outlet to thc Southwest,1
soon after January 1, when the
Kemp Bus Linos wilt extend their
..b.qs.geryice. otL..1*guiai soju■ (ino »f ttio'twst wells yot dfimd'l whlctT ts-intorsetTM by
in Ndtth Texas..X
The flow was estimated con- -port,
sorvatively at 100 barrels an hour.
, . . n I One oil man said he ‘would not! extending from Bowie, where
ear*2® . n ’* 1 ' estimate it less than 150 barrels, i curb and gutter were laid recent-.
ftmr> tno Mnw fix ( hnvvi- . . . , .. . .
The drilling log showed 29 feet ly inside* -the city limits, rhe
of the saturated sand in the upper route begins at the Denver Rail-
conglomerate. 6221-6250. was pen-' way Station near the postoffice
Jetrated, but only eight feet was
perforated from which the big
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