The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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FIRST NEWSPAPER IN
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__— For Aldennan Ward Threy; __
ROBERT MURPHY-
J. E. THORNE
For City Marshal : u
CHARLIE JACKSON
For Mayor:
L. C. McMURRY
FRED M. PAIRE
RED (ROSS FLOOD KEIEF
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W. A. VanDusen, of Bonita,
admited to the hospital on Tues-
day night of this week for an em-
ergency appendix operation.
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OIL TEST ON COPELAND
PLACE DRILLING BETWEEN
2.000 AND 2,100 FEET
MRS. II. E. LESLIE DIES
IN HOSPITAL HERE
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J. G. Reasoner. who was admit-
ted to the hospital Sunday, is seri-
ously ill. but is reported to be im-
proving slowly.
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ton gin is me kind that makes
her mouth taste so furry the
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Cotton Mill Re -opening
Depends on Power Rate
THAT Fargo, f
machine which
1884 and still runs
similar to the pne
' xiress doesn *t use
' Miss VIrn Wigley, of the hospital
nursing staff, hns Isrnn confined
to the hospital since Saturday, but 1
u now recovering from Influeaxa I
-** “ “«rUs« °t “>® n«w $3,000,000 memorial to Thomas Jefferson which
X°°n to w«»htagtoa The memorial, the work of John Russel Pope, has been offi-
by ?J“«nori»lI committee and will be situated at the most important vacant site in
"* thus completing the five-point plan of L’Enfant under which the city originally wag. laid
’ out tn 1T90.
Mrs. Joe Pippin, n-hd underwent
major operation at the Bowie
Clinic hospital on Feb. 22, is re-
covering nnd will be able to return
to her home near .Stoneburg the
latter part of this week. , f AT FIKST BAPTIST stNDAY
was ” '
Bev. IV. C. Moffett, past<>r of
the Washington Avenue E,
f’hnreh of Greeville, Texas?
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MISS JUNE BROWN AND
FRANK INDERVVOOD ARE
MARRIED SATURDAl
Little Lois Hardison, daughter
of Mr. nnd Mrs. A- M. Hardison,
of Montague 'Route. 1, was dls-
missed from the hospital Wednes-
day. Mrs. Hardison, nnd her little
daughter were Isit.h 'admitted to
the hospital on Feb. 21. suffering
with pneumonia. Mrs. Hardison
wilt* remain a few days longer at
the hospital.
TO HOLD MONTHLY MEET
AT SPANISH FORT MARCH 9
Patil Coffman, son of A. ,T. Coff-
man, Will return to his home this
week, after n three weeks stay at
the hospital, for treatment of pneu-
monia. t
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Good Will Trips
Start March 19th
N. D., sewing
te was built in
is probably
our* laun-
The News is authorized tn an-
nounce the following candidates
for City offices for the election
April 6:
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•T. R. Coiteland stated Tuesday
that the Denver Drilling Company
on fils place nre drilling between
2,000 and 2,100 feet and had struck
a small flow of gas.
This well la located about 12
mllee north of the city. The, drill-
aursr to reach pay dirt at |
Tlte Magnolliw Petroleum Coni-
l>any nre breaking the ground for
the erection of a filling station on
tlte Emmen Heard lot. Tills stu-
tion will lie oip1, of tin* most, ntork ....
orn lii S’ortli Texns, it will be
equipped with the highest type of .
electrical pumps and should be I
completed within the next sixty I
days. I
The ground is ite.lng excavated 1
for a Murthon station across from I
the Bus .station rat Witte. It will I
Ik' 25 by 77 feet, tint! will ba.yc_ J
tlte newest ryi»e of washing and |
greasing rack us -well as other I
modern equipment. j
On tlte corner of Wise and Mills I
streets a new Conoco station js f
lining erected by Charlie Hester. I
They will have, three pumps and I
all modern equipment. E
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MONTAGUE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY.
intmportani looking little ani-
lals are those which Lloyd
restwich, Inglewood. C a 11 f,
hands. But if you
tstwich. they’re just
their weight tn gold.
They are chinchillas, raised at
Inglewood on one of the most
unusual tar farms in America.
The farm at present boasts 850
chinchillas or more than three-
fourths of the animals existent
tn the world today. Raised for
their priceless pelts, these chin-
chillas are owned by Reginald E.
Chapman, whose father imported
tba first ooas from Ctala.
Pretty Peggy Garcia, ahove,
former hat check girl, is pictured
as she testified in New York In
her suit against entertainer
David Rubinoff. Miss Garda,
charging seduction and breach
of promise, asked $300,000 dam-
ages. The defense obtained an
adjournment of the case to pro-
duce aptnesses who were ex-
pected
Otho VVilson, of near Forestburg,
who has leen a patient ip the
local hospital since Jan. 14. was
dismlssetP on Wednesday of this
week. He had a severely injured
arm resulting from an automobile
accident near Nocona.
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Mrs. H.‘ E. Ix'slie, 46, a resident I
of the Blue Grove community since
1924. died at the Bowie Clinic
leispltal SattHtlay morning' follow-
ing" n three-week illness of flu nnd
pneumonia. , , • -
FuneraH services were iheld Sun-
day nt 2 p. in. in the Coinmnnlty
Church near the Halsell cemetery,
where burial took place with the
Rev. J. II. Lliidsey, Methodist min-
ister, officirHng.
Miss Kitty Dnvls was born at
Texarkana Fell. 13. 1891. She mar-
ried H. E. Leslie Mnrch 11. 1911,
at Boyd and resided for a time at
Lone Star and Alvord liefore mov-
ing to Blue Grove In 1924.
Survivors include her husband,
wmr tiangntem; Mrs: r. e lw
nnd Mrs. Bill Lyde. both of Hen-
rietta; Miss ElUaheth Leslie., of
Wichita Falls; Misses Beatrice,
Virginia, Peggy nnd Pat Ix*slle of
Bine Grove; three sons, Charles
Leslie of Cash. Okla., Junior and
Ben Leslie of Blue Grove: her
mother, Mrs. Henry Egvls of Cot-
tondale; two brothers, Charles
Davis of (Decatur nn dHenry Davis
of Cottondale.
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SPEAKER AT ROTARY
LUNCHEON WEDNESDAY
The Lions Club held r.
meeting In the Club room of the
" City Auditorium lust Thursday
-night.
Robert Cady, n new member was
initiated and arrangements for the
Boy Scout encampment nt Lake
Bowie were made.
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A* obstacles to opening the cot- ! K BAPTIST ASS’N.
ton. mill in Bowie have been met,
except the. question of a power I
municipal light plant, I
reported Monday
directors meeting of . Conferenre
Larnondge. Mass., man dis-
putes Cincinnati's claim to hav-
ing the first bathtub In Ameri-
ca. probablv claiming. it was
only a watering trough that
floated one ’pring
Two stills, about seven miles
south of towp, were confiscated
Tuesday morning l>y Sheriff Her-
man Chandler, City Marshal Char-
lie Jackson. L. L. Wald and three
liquor control men.
One .still was complete while the
other was partly finished for oper-
ation. Two hundred fifty gallons
of mash were destroyed.
"Men woo spend the public
money ought to nave some ex-
perience in the difficulty of
making a dollar." And also the
agony of . making 0ut an Income
tax returrr
Quartets, trios and ducts bv var-
-iuua-gruumi^wm- hw IIIIX- -Hw- nicrf-
Ing of the Community Singers
AifSocintion at their regular month
l.v inix-tiiig to Ih- held nt the City
Auditorium Sunday, March 7.
The meeting will begin promptly
nt 2 :3trO’clock. The public is enr-
di.-illy Invited to attend If lovers
of go<nl gosta-1 music, according
Barney Whitehead, president,
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TIVO STILLS ( APT! RED
SOUTH OF BOWIE TUES;
tertaiu 4he Seniors
Senior banquet.
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COMMUNITY SINGERS TO
MEET SUNDAY AFTERNOON
The Executive Board meeting pf
the Montague Baptist Association
was held March 4th in Judge H.-
N- Deannore’M office in the court
house at 7:30 o'clock Thursday
evening. Every Church was urged
rv-1 to sqm! their pastor mid at least
■ I one Imiird member to this meeting.
Previewing New $3,000,000 Memorial to Jefferson
A wedding of greatest interest in
this community was tlmt of Miss
June Brown to Mr. Frank Under-
wood, which took phtce at 9 o'clock
Saturday evening at tin- home of
L-H^-nml Mrs. II. T. Wood of.
» ... R‘‘v- M'ood, pastor
of the First Christian Church, of-
ficiati'd in the presence of Miss
l.illie I nderwood. mint of the
groom. Warren Brewer of Wicliltii
Falls, nnd Mrs. Countess Markham
of Bowie.
Tile bride's fair loveliness was
complimented by the her black, cos-
tume of sheer wool. She wore a
straw lipnet- of black with white
patent, trim, nnd’slioes of blnek
galietdine and patent. Her flow
ers were n shoulder corsage of
.Miss Etlina Green, Technician nt
the -Howie Cilntc. Ims Imhui con-
fined to the' hospital since Friday
of last week. She is recovering
from influenza.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
“HOBGOBLIN HOUSE” TO
... BE HELD AGAIN TONIGHT
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The Jtftifor Class of. the Howie
High School will present rhe jiluy,-
Holigolilin House," again tonight.
I-tidily. ,A.Ia.rch 5. in Hie schiKil
aiiditorliun nt 7:30 o'clock.
-."IJlt" l/lny. is, a—li'air-raising mya.
ter.v 'comedy mid is thought by
iminy. who nttendi'd last week to
Is- the iK'st plug ever presented bv
tin' High School.
The ptau-ods will lie used to en-
ut the Junior-
"lox,, o win retlect the
new philosophy of leisure," says
a prominent clothier. There
probably will be padded seats
for sitdowners.
pasor nt
otnlo. I’
ed to attend the services SuhdaV
and liear the visiting jaistor: The
morning preaching service la-gins
at 11 o clock and the evening serv-
ice is at 7!30 p. in.
The first fiewspaper jiitiblislied in
Montague county, "The Frontiei
News.” Is displayed in the show
window of the Vanity Fair Shop
-This paper Is a small tabloid and
was published in Montague. Texas
on June 6. 1874. The subscriptior ,
rate was .$2.00' a year tn advance
Haifry H. Dreyfuss with
uncle, Ferdinand Seellg, who
cently came over from Germany,
and'two ctiuslns of Ardmore, Okla.,
left last Thursday on a vacation
■ rtrtp to points in South Texas and]
I Mexico. • . '
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The Baptist Workers’ Monthly
... of Montagne Baptist
Association will meet'Tuesday,
Mnreh iltih at Spanish Fort, Tex-
as, The theme of the program
Is “Some Tilings Montague Couniv
Baptists Need.”
Tiiq tolkiylin/ Is the program iXr
Hie fbllowing is the program for
the, meeting; -----... ■■
16:00 a. in.—Devotional" Mrs. Roy
McCarley.
nre asking -10:2o a, m—A Cloxer Watk WIHr
God, Rev. B. F. jleitrmore.
10:40 a .ni.—A Clearer Conception
---of O-Ui' Obligations, to the Lost,
Rev. T, W. Kystir?
11:0o a. m.—Reports from the
‘Churches. * -
11:10 a. ni.—A New Loyaitoy to
Our .Missionary Causes. Mrs.
Walter Phelps.
11:30 a. ni.—Sermon, Rev. L. E.
Rambo.
12:15 p.'in.—Liuieli.
1 .!»» p. m.—7-Romid.talile Discussion
of tile Summer. Einngelistlc
Alovement.
1 :45 p. m.—A Coilipli'te Enlistment
of our Clinrches in the Sup-
port of All Our Work, Rev. A.
L. Eubanks.
2 :PiLJb JA—Me$Hage_ on. the-tbeme,
“Our Wonderful Savior,” Rev.
J. E. Cox. . " ~ .
2:40 p. tn.—Miscettnneomi Business
and Announcements.
8:00p. m—ArtjOTffiniTienf:------
Spanish Fort IS "expecting a big
crowd at tin- Wn'kers’ Conference.
Let us not disap|s>liit that church.
Meet ns there and let's nil lie on
time. •— , j-
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FAIR BOARD MEETS
AND ELECTS OFFICERS
The following officers were"elect-
ed-nt a meeting of the Fair B«mrd
yesterday afternoon : I’r e s 1 d <• n t,
W. H. Step h e n s : Vici; Presl-
dCUL—-Airs.—Ak.. E— Bcusau ;mei
Trensiirer. Harry H. Drcyfum,
The dates set for the Fair nre.
Hie 7th, 8th and 9th" of October.
The inembM-s of the board will
vo-o[icrate with the Retail Merch-
ants Assoclntioti on the Good Will
Toujts In mlvertWng. the Fair. -
, ■wenj -M’.. U. ‘TVIclifta Jtall
Steplij-ns, Ed Andersoin D. M. “ " —
Major. Henry Moore. Dale Eales,
Mrs. Walter ('offleld. Mrs. W. It.
Potter, Mrs. Willmr Morgan, and
Mrs. )t. c. Cady.
IV. Hz Stephens presided over
the meeting mid the minutes of
previous meetings w*ere rend and
approved. The Bdnrd will hold
their next meeting on Thnrsdav.
March 11. at .?> o’chek.
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EVANS MOTOR COMPANY
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The Rotarians met Wednesday
noon for their regular Iniiclieoti
In tlie grill room of the Morrow
Coffee Shop. V. W. Boyer was
tlie guest siHMiker, . he talked on
tile situation in the county mid
stressed tlie Importance of improv-
ing dairy ilicrds, and at tlie con-
clusion of liis address, he answer-
ed a numlier of questions regard -
tog'The Tofik prodm-tion mid the
mmiufacture of elieese.
This meeting marked the ton-
elusion of the, third year of hold-
hig luncheons in tlie grill room.
In keeping with the occasion Mrs.
Morrow presented tlie Club with
u -beautiful cake mid passed cigars,.
Mr. mid Mrs, n'. j. stone of
Nocona were guests': Mr. Stone is
sniieijntendent of Ha- Noeomi
school systein.a .
Additional subscriptions to the-
Red Cross Flood Relief fund have
been received by .Mr. Gordon Cady,
treasiirer, .since "tlie lust report
Forestburg sent in 811.58.to go
through the Bowie chapter and I.
L. Chandler mid family subscrib-
ed $5.00. Mr. Cady wants to send
1,1 fund so if yon have not
subscriber to tlds cau^c and would
like to do ^o please, see Mr. Cadv
this week.
Bowie has contributed a total of
11.03.
EXECI TIVE BOARD MEETING , LIONS CLUB RAISES MONEY
OF BAPTIST HELD MARCH 4 I FOR BOY SCOUTS
1 lie Evans Motor Co. is improv-
irig the lot across y>e street from
their main hullding into an up-to-
date used cur lot. The ground
will lie leveled mid graveled, and
n shed is lielng Indl't to house the
better used curs, protecting them
from the suijLiind rain. _______
hns been bnil|t nround the lot. mid
mi attractive 'entrance-way Is pi'nn-
ned.
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Friday', March 19th, has lieieo
i nnounced as the date for the first
>f the Good Will "Entertainments
that Bowie is. prodding for the
various surrounding towns and
<■ •nimunities.
The entertainments are. to be
entirely without cost, and everyone
in each of the towns visited will
h ‘ welcome, to come.
Everyone attending will lie as-.
X1?;'1 ,,f nn >>!W «nd a half of ' '
gx»d tnuslr and entertainment, and
n i advertising whatsoever. The 1
Hmvle Curtain Club Is preparing .
i’hiy . bl lie preseutml at Sdme «f -------
these points. A thirty-minute Band
< oncert will l>e furnished by the
High Seiiooi Bapd and City Band.
Tlie Bowie Community Singers will
lie mKitherjmtrnctlon on these pro-
grams. A Targe numlier of Individ-
uals will assist in the various en-
tcr|nlninents. ■ -
These entertainments are being
provided by tlie merchants and civ-
il clubs ami nssoeliitions of Bnwle
sponsored by tlie Retail Merchants
Association. .
Collection committees out Thurs-
day Were, meeting with almost un-
animous resjionse, and enough
money to provide the ten trips
lilmmed is assured. The Chamber
of Commerce directors voted Mon-
night to juiy twenty-five dol-
lars It .necessary, to asstire the ——
success of these trips.
Mr. Horton, president of tlie
lietuli m e r <• h a n t s Association,
states, “This Is truly a Bowle-
wfde Good Will. Get Asqnninted
series of visits with our nelghliors.
Almost every eltlzo’n-of Bpwle Is
some one way or another is help-
ing wltli-tjiese trips. The citizens
of Howie gratefully appreciate the
friends they have in these two
counties and desire to show. in a
small way, how much we think of
these friends by organizing these
following named towns have lieen
seiectod by =tbe committee. If the
residents of these towns vylll pro-
vide a place for us to put on tilie
entertainment: Sunset. Newport.
Buffalo Springs, Blue Grove, Belle-
vn®. Stoneburg, Ringgold, Mon-
tague. Forestburg. Vaslitl, Port
Oak nnd Beleherville. If the i>eo-
-Ule of these towns will provide
the iilnce of meeting, we lielieve a
very pleasant evening can be spent
in renewing old acqiinlntences and
milking :i few new ones.
Mr. Horton will visit these towne
shortly for the imrpose of com-
pleting urrnngements and setting
of definite dates. Each of these
shows are to start nt 7:30 p. m.
and Ik. over by 9:00 p. m.
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white carnation^. ' •
Tlie bride who Is’ one of the
most attractive.,and popular younif
women of this community, was
graduated from Bowie High' School
in 1935, after her graduation she
attended Oklahoma College for Wo-
hten at Chickasha. Okla. She fa
A fi'in-e the daughter lot Mr. and Mrs. F.
R. Brown.
The bridegroom la the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar I’nderwood.
He finished High School in 1933
ami attended Texas University.
The couple will ninke their home
in Odessa, Texas, where Mr. Un-
derwood is employed.
rate from the
a committee
night at the
the Chamber of Commerce.
The city touneil, in called meet-
ing at the same time, agreed to
get an .electrical engineer to come
to Bowie and assist In determining
wihat rate the municipal plant
can produce the current for, con-
sidering the large amount to be
used, and additional equipment re-
quired.
—The. mill operators—l,_
that electric jMiwer Ik- furnished
at the same. ,or about the same,
rate as cotton mills in otheg. cities
’ of Texas receive.
Another thing asked, for by the
mill men has been done, Tlie City.
Council and the School Board
have agreed not to uhiinge tlie
rendition the mill property for
a iierlod of years. Mr. Waller JCZ.
Hogg, president of the Dallas Cot-
' ton Mills, prospective pni'clinser
B of the Howie mill, states every,
I thing is in readiness to start work
cleaning up find re-equipping tlie
mill, and operations will' start
about thirty days after tlie power
contract is Signed with the ilty.'
Monday
Baptist
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preach at the First Baptist Church
Sunday'moriilng and evening serv-
iccs. Rev. Moffe.tt was formerly
Stamford ami san An-
Everyone is cordially invlt-
nnd liear the visiting pastor:
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