The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942 Page: 3 of 8
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IS SHARED BY ALL AMERICA
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the CHRISTMAS SEASOht
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Moy they be even brighter than ever before
in reflecting the true happiness of the Yule- 5
tide Season. The remembrance of many favors -
that have been ours in the past leads us each
year to look forward to the opportunity afford-
ed by the Christmas Season to extend our good.
wishes to our good friends in this community.’^ w
In our way of thinking these friends are in-
valuable -and furnish us
happy thoughts, particular./ t
ing times like the present. It is
refreshing to look back upon these
associations, and we eagerly Took
forward to a continuance of them.
It mokes for happier
strengthens our belief in mankind.
The Season's best to everyone.
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’ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1942
THE BOWIE NEWS
ER 25, 1942
Ed Bulls
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and
T. K. Howard, special agent of
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JOYOUS
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AMERICAN
CHRISTMAS"
5 NEWS
NECESSITY
NEWPORT
NE WS by
... only
the hill south
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And it sure does
that the sun 1 ...
and sets in We south
OUR CHRISTMAS WISH TO YOU AND YOURS IS
HEALTH. A SAFEiRETURN OF YOUR LOVED ONES
AN ABIDING FAITH IN GOD, COUNTRY, AND OUR
FELLOW MAN \ND THE HAPPINESS RESULTING
FROM UNTIRING WORK IN SUPPORT. OF A WIN-
NING WAR EFFORT-TO-ESTABLISH AND MAIN- -
TAIN FREEDOM FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
x TO EACH OF YOU, OUR FRIENDS’
A MAY YOU ENJOY A TRULY
Block 1, Close
City of Bowie,
/, Texas, being
veyed by Mrs.
Mrs. R. E.
W. S Skinner
Dec. 18, 1929,
164, page 639
[ontague Coun
good. And it was ...^
friends back at Dear Old New
port and I shall not forget them
for their kindness.”
. Cpl. Simon states that the dav that big porker brought 12.25
he —. v:_ 1---- ... . . . .....
period;
JRE, I, E. C.
Precinct No.
y, Texas, do
that I will
public outcry,
•sted to make
owie Indepen- •
net on this
of December,
jst bidder for
Tuesday in
? same being
uary. 1943, be- 1
f 2 P. M. and
rthouse in the
le, Montague
following de-
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AND this the
>er, A. D 1942.
RAINES,
’recinct No. 4.
bounty, Texas
AND ALL GOOD WISHES '«
FOR AN
issued his report showing the
number of bales ginned in Clay
county for this, the year of 1942,
which shows that Clay county
has ginned 12,983 bales of cotton
as against 9,542 bales last year,
an increase of 3,341 bales.
oree, Mattie White.
Huskey's Move To Town
J. A. Huskey and son, James. BUUI
moved last week to town from I rey
the Zuber ranch, south of town | jar
here^ lh.e? have through
„ . Wall
oil t ----. romming house and James-Oira
it°nnd hA/ /?UC,ihI aPJ?reciated good farm just in the south edge
Vm, l„hn« "'ee the gifts were.|of Newport, where he will farm
lC>kon<th->r(eaI1Ze how n}u5h a and grow corn and cotton, row
a couptry like this, fpr we ..cannot
"'■* b—2 in the
Woods, that were in that box.
He says that it is a verp pretty
country up there, with lots of
mounains and tall pine trees But
added. “Give me good old Texas
any time.”
He says that1 they don’t grow
anything up there except a gar-
den through August and Septeni
ber. “You don’t see .a cow ”•>.
■here at all and only a X,. ...
J—s. seem funnv [Morris said that the biggest job Clay County Gins 12.983
rises in the 1 south he had right now was feeding a- Bales of Cotton This Year >
... ...,We don’t bunch of steers every day,< Said T. It. o^wiai agcuc uf
havebut five hours of sunshine I that the steers were doing fine the Department of Commerce has
1 dav.’___________________________________;_____________I--' < . ■ - -....... ... ■ . - -
A Letter From Cpl. Weldon
yf. Simon From Canada
Cpl, Weldon Simon, son of;
Mrs. Bill Simon, of Newport, I
writes to express his sincere1
•hanks for the very nice Gif’
him mH"y<AeWp°Trt fri®ndI a few miles’ where they
* 1 received . been for several years past
of 8ifts today, Dec j. a. is living in the
| 6, and hasten to write and tell romminc house and Tames
^t »nad h°nhw mnUCV aPPreclated good farm just in the’south edg.
H and how nice the gifts were. i Zf ---♦ „,u u ;n
hn^ Hv'lnOtth,,iea?iZe much a ,„)u K1UW L.orn ana collon,
a ennntX tiu aPPFeclated la 1 feed, and peanuts next year.
Pet X‘7h.-n« ye’ca.nn°t l J. A, told the writer Saturday
JvJLds North <VSnng that he decided to let
Fvnr’vhhrw i? b°j ’ the government have one of his
f/nnd ngh arld so; large porkers as he felt one of
friende Alei/1 wal so my the hogs would be sufficient for
I he ana Mrs. Huskey. He showed
us the statement from the pack-
ing company at For Worth and
, ------. .... 2._; ;;.;5-on-l
. )ox 4he temperature foot and netted Mr nusyoy the’
’ ... tn -.w
thnn
Personals
R4rs. Grace Pickens, teacher in
Ben Franklin school at Wichita
FaJJs. came in home last week-
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as fine as sand and.j lpnger..ary so he got up the next ‘
dry and stays oh the ground'all morning after-he moved and
winter. couldn't see a light nowhere not
hear a thing stirring,
light up on the brill
town at the home of Ebb Roach,
who is also an early riser.'
Jack Morris is Feeding Steers
While - in town Saturday af-
ternoon vze met Jack Morris, who
Jives out on Crafton road i ’
*y of Montague and the City of '
Bowie; and . ’
WHEREAS, said property was
not redeemed by the owner
thereof or any other person with-
in the two years allowed; and
Whereas, six months have
not elapsed since the expiration
of said redemption period;
. NOW, THEREFORE, T, E. C.
Raines, Constable,. Precinct No.
4. Montague County, Texas, do
hereby give notice that I will !
proceed to sell at public outcry,
having been requested to make
such sale by the Bowie Indepen-
dent School District on this
date, the 9th day of December,
the 1942, to the highest bidder for
cash, on the first Tuesday in
January, 1943, the same being
the 5th day of January, 1943, be-
tween the hours of 2 P. M. and
4 P. M., at the courthouse in the
mwn of -Montague. Montague
Cduntv, Texas, the following de
scribed property: '
Being part ef Block No. 10, Hill
Younty School Land, located jn
'lie City of Bowie. Montague .
. ‘"ourity,. Texas, sometimes known*• ■
and described as part of Lot 1.
Block 12. Lindsey addition to
said City of Bowie, being the
ame property as was conveyed
J. H. Sprouls by C. C. Giles
by deed dated Oct. 8, J919, re
eeux+ed -tn Vol.- 107, p^ge 255.
deed records of Montague County.
WITNESS MY HAND this the
9th day of December. A. D. 194’2.
E. C. RAINES.
Constable, . Precinct No. .4.
Montague County, Texas.
CONSTABLE'S NOTICE OF
SALE
WHEREAS, by virtue of an or-
der of sale issued out of th-
District Court of Montague Coun-
ty, Texas, on a judgment ren-
dered in said Court on the 26th
day of June, 1940, in cause No.
9484, in which the Bowie Inde
pendent School District was
plaintiff, and the State of Texas
and County of Montague and the
City of Bowie were impleadec
defendant tax units, and P. E
Bpedekcr, Mrs. Sallie Bell, Shad
Bell,- Marvin Bell, Marlin Bell.
Miss Dovey Bell, Mrs. Corins
Bell, Green, and husband, Jewell
Green, J. H. Sprouls anti wife
Martha Sprouls -were defendants
the hereinafter described prop
rrty was sold on the 1st day of
October, 1940, by the sheriff of
Montague County, Texas, at
. L.'.J at , the court.
Montague. Montague] Texas.
Bowie In-
for
and he expected to have them
ready for the marke* about mid-
dle of February. He has .40 head
of good steers.
Reports of the New Oil Well,
R. B. Fulcher No. 1
Reports in town Saturday af-
ternoon were that timbers were
Billie Rue Coyle and the hon- being hauled to he site of the new
---- well, 4 miles west of New-
port. the R B Fulcher No. 1, a
6,400-foot test, 300 feet from the
southwest lines of the Z. N. Mor
, ..11 survey, Abstract 311.
1 A large boher went whizzing
...rcugh town early Satffrday
monTrng on the south Post Cteir
LQad and it was supposed‘that it
was going to the new location.
This new location is of the Gulf
Oil Corporation and will be
drilled by Youngblood & Foree,
of Dallas.
Peanuts Still Arriving
By the Truck Load .
While over at Bowie Friday of
last week ft was noticed as we
passed the W. H. Stephens feed
and grajn store hat dozens of
heavy loaded trucks were stands
ing awaittng their turn with pea-
___ nuts to be, given the test and un-
was 25 degrees below zen/m^i I fabulous sum of $57 00 ' ! ‘oaded- We were told that the
the ground covered with snow. The hog weighed more 'than business-was crowded every day
and frozen 5’ feet deep. He 400 pounds..' - l°* lhe week and 11 was a big mb
states that it has been snowing j Huskey stated that he had beer 1° *laPd'e all the trucks that
nearly every day since the first used to getting up at 4 o’clock so I d market.
of October. Says that the sonw I long ne couldn t stay in bed i. f * s cr°P ls certainly bringing
up these is as fine as sand and:( linger and SO he got up the. next money to the farmers
territory and will help Old Simla i
on„ ■ Ciaus to come ip a good way this
[ Christmas when all the homes
h will be visited.
Tjie wfftef stopped at Jhe
Stephens establishment down, by
the railroad and examined sev-
eral loads standing close by and-
frv rv ’'I 14 «*■ r,ll Mm MMM M Am 1-. M —
jivra 'vlt-v uii ^ictitun IVilU itUftr' r . i , , ,
, 3 miles and inquired as to uthafi -an and P'ump and
few horses, be was doing these days. Mr l e ° trasn
j-_______4i,..4 4i,. "u * F’lav Cniiniv Cine 10 QQQ
Huskey stated that he had beer.
i long he couldn t stay in bed I
w .Montague cour
from all around the Bowie trade rpublie sale, held
jn
County, Texas, to the
dependent School District
the sum of $192.28 and all interest
and costs, for itself and as trustee
for the State of Texas and Coun-
moved
Saturday af
about I b*' r'uts sccmed to be fine in
SEASON'S
GREETINGS
H.M. MOORE INSURANCE CO.
; Henry L. Campbell, Sr. .
— Agent —
——----AMERICAN NATL INS. CO.
Jackson's Grocery & Market
, G. Doc. Jackson
A. W. Sanders
Opal Jackson
Herman Fox
that
apnles
and
t!
' He states
---oranges are ;------------------
a bottle of coca cola 25 cents
— when you ran rrt it. Lu" erh.-m:
is 25 cents a '“dip.”
'“Well, I hope to see you folks
before long if nothing happens
Thanking you good people again
for that nice box.’ The rest of
the boys said it was very nice ”
“Good luck to all,
Your friend.
Cpl. Weldon W. Simon.”
Newport Cemetery Ladies Have
Usual Christmas Social
The ladies of the Cemetery
Association met at their usual
Christmas Social on’ last Friday
afternoon at the school lunch
room, following the closing of
N the school. It happened to be
the birthday jif Mattie White
who operates"'thh lunch room
for the school and she was pre-
sented with many nice gifts from
the other members and also with
a large birhdav- cake, baked bv
Mrs. Sallie Killian
Amost enjoyable time is re-
ported and refreshments of sand-
wiches, cookies, fruit salad, hot
chocolate and the birthday cake
presented to the honoree. Mattie
White _______________ ______
Members attending: Mesdames
E. E. Williams, W. A Kistler.
Cecil Elenburg, O. M. Shipp, W.
A. Elmore, Luther McManus,
Sallie Killian, Iva Phagan. Ev-
erett Cloer, Nora Elenburg, Leo
Reaves, A. F. -Tinney, Virgie
Ogle. Laura Belle Coyle, Miss
WED.-THURS. DEC, 23-24
SUN.-MON.—DEC. 27-28
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Campbell, Mark. The Bowie News (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1942, newspaper, December 25, 1942; Bowie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1374944/m1/3/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bowie Public Library.