The Montague County Times (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1953 Page: 1 of 10
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QUARTERBACK CLUB HOST TO
BOWIE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS
The Bowie Quarterback club
played host to the champion
Bowie basketball teams Tuesday
night with their annual ban-
quet.
Twenty-five members of the
state champion Jackrabbit squad
attended the party. Coach Henry
Shands of North Texas State
college was guest speaker. As-
sistant Coach Ted Nicksick of
North Tejjhs State, college was
also a guest.
Thomas Ayres,- president of
the Quarterback club, served as
program chairman. The invo-
cation was given by Supt. C. H.
Thompson. Coach R. E. Mat-
tingly and Coach jJuck Krauss
presented members of their two
squads. A basketball trophy with
names of members of the three
state championship teams was
presented to Coach Mattingly
and the school by Hugh Walker
on behalf of the employees of
the First National bank. Frank
Moss gave a report on the value
of basketball to Bowie.
Jack Airington and O. Z. Hill!
were named the "Best Basket-
ball Booster’’ for the season.!
Following tire school song led1
by Coach M. L. Massey the '•
party was dismissed by Rev. |
C. A. Tucker. - i ■
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THE MONTAGUE COUNTY
TIMEE
V'ol. 46, No. 49
Published Weekly at Bowie, Texas
Friday, April 3, 1953
. 1
Bowse Cement Plant
Nearing Completion
Tlie Brnfle Cement plant work ; They have rented a space of
is being rushed and plans^fc-e 25 by 80 feet in the Posey ware-
to have it completed and opef- '
RECORD NUMBER NEWCOMERS
ARE WELCOMED TO BOWIE
Bowie Newspapers
Sell to Kansas Man
ating in: the nextJew days, ac-
cording to N. R. Langford, one
j of the partners in the company.
Lynn Garlington
Elected Rotary
Club President
Twenty-one new Bowie fam-
ilies—a record number—were
welcomed to town this week by
the welcoming service of the.
chamber of commerce. e
Majority of them, were con-
nected with the Hudson Engin-
eering corporation -which is con-
structing the gasoline plant,
north of town.
Below
former locations, street ad-
dresses in Bowie and companies
employing them.
Ernest Keylon, Midland, 205
Strong street, Jennings Drilling
Co.; B. B. Hall, Tioga,
Bowie People Attend
M. L. Raines Funeral
Those attending the funeral
of Maufice L. Raines held in
Fort Worth Tuesday, included
Mr. and Mrs. ike Parks, Mr. and
Jones, Mrs. E. W. Wright, Lizzie
Mrs. Gayle Bradley, Mrs. Ed
Mae Shoemaker, Mrs, J. A. Brite,
Mrs. Geo. Rucker and son, Ron-
, nie, Mrs. J. K. Brite, Mrs. M. B.
Powell and Mr. and Mrs. Ogden
Clarke.
Mr. Raines was a long-time
president Of Bowie and was em-
ployed for a period of fourteen
years as bookkeeper for the J. A.
Brite dry goods.
He was killed in an automo-
bile accident this week. He was
50 years of age.
Burial was in the Greenwood
..... cemetery and services were held
in Arlington Heights Methodist
church. He was employed as
production engineer for Oak
Farm dairies.
Fort Worth, highway, O. E. Hall
Drilling Co.; H. A. Gulley, I<Qr-
mit, Texas, 106 Greenwood st,,
Hudson Eng. corporation; S. P.
-Lowery, Kermit, Texas, 423
Smythe street, Hudson .Eng.
corporation.
N. W. Huddleston, Hobbs,
New Mexico, 409 Miller street.
Hudson Eng. corp.; Matt Cline,
are listed the nanjes, | ESermit, Texas,-807Jefferson
street, Hudson Eng. corp.; Dar-
vin Atchley, Kermit, Texas,. 707
Raymond street, Hudson Eng.
corp.; D. D. Jones, Odessa,
Texas, 514 Hutchinson street,
Texas^ Hudson Eng. corporation.
B. W. Moths, Kermit, ’I'iexas,
Lindsey strfeet, Hudson Eng.;
C. N. Morgan, Kermjt, Lindsey
street, Hudson Eng.; M. D. Cab-
bage, Kermit, 1208 E. Wise street,
Hudson' Eng.; J. R. White,
Odessa, Lindsey street, Hudson
Eng. corporation. >■
Calvin Blankenship, permit,
Texas, 60l Pecan street, Hud-
son Eng.; L. W. Whatley, Ar-
cher City, 306 Decatur,, Reviere
Drlg. Co.; H. H. Roberts jr., No-
cona, 105 Wichita, Big_.State Oil
coiq J. E. Carol, Kermit, 308
Wichita, Hudson Eng. corp.
E. R. Fontonot,, Kermit, 308
Wichita, Hudson Eng.-; H. E. Bell,
Nocona, 504 Lindsey, Gulf serv-
ice station; B. C. Baker, Frisco,
California, 210 Anderson, B-D
Tool Co.; Wayne Campbell,
Crosby, North Dakota, 600 E.
Wise, Geophysical co.; James C.
Peard, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1207_R
-Tarrant, Service Pipe Line Co.
A widely-known publisher,
Harlow E. Tibbetts of Kins-
ley, purchased the Montague
County Times from Tom and
Ben Daniel and The Bowie
News from Mr. and Mrs. 11. I.
Trout, the deal being effect-
ive April 1.
Mr. Tibbetts, who moved to
Bowie Thursday, is taking
charge immediately, and his
wife will join lrim here at a
later date.
The hew publisher has
nounced that the two news-
papers will be published as usual
in their present location while
Montague County Times on
Monday and The Bowie News
on its regular issue date, Friday,
as heretofore.
This will give advertisers and
readers the privilege of news-
paper service twice a week in-
stead of one day a week, witli
combination advertising and
subscription privileges; details of
which will be announced at, a
Bowie Whips Nocona
In Baseball Game
Bowie high school won their
second baseball game of the sea
™ son Tuesday, afternoon, whip-
ping the visiting Nocona In
"’tdians 6 to 3. Don Hickman and
^Johnnie Richardson pitched for
Bowie while Horace Cbpeland
and Allan,Byron tossed for No-
cona. Bowie beat Saint Jo last
Tuesday 7 to 2.
MRS. E. W. WRIGHT
GETS APPOINTMENT
Official notification of her
election to the board of directors
of the North Central Texas area
council of Camp Fire girls has
been received by Mrs. E. W.
Wright. i
She will serve in the capacity
of first vice-president, accord-
ing to Mary C. Fulton, executive
director.
Sgt. Harvey Moore
In Hawaiian Islands
Marine Sergeant Harvey E.
Moore, 20, son of Mrs. G. A.
Moore, Bowie, is undergoing am-
phibious training in the Ha-
waiian 'islands.
A verteran of the Korean war
where he served with( the First
Marine division, Moore entered
the Marine corps in September,
1950.
The training is under the guid-
ance of the First Provisional
Marine air-ground task force,
FMF, at MCAS, Kaneohe bay.
This organization has just been
activated under the command
of Brig. Gen. James P. Riseley,
USMC.
As a member of a select bat-
talion landing team from the
Third Marine division, Sgt.
Moore arrived several weeks ago
from Camp Pendleton, Ocean-
side, California. The unit will
undergo six months training be-
fore returning to the States to
be replaced by a similar team.
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DISTRICT
SHOULD IE OH CENSUS NOLL
During the month of March,
the school census was taken in
the Bowie independent school
district. According to the state
law every child living In the
district on April 1, should be
enumerated on the census roll,
' * who Is In the scholastic age.
Every child who will be six
gteind not over seventeen years
*W)f age on September 1, 1953, Is
a scholastic and have his or her
name appear on the census roll
for the Bowie district. In the
event any eligible child may
have been overlooked, the par-
ents are asked to get. In touch,
enumerator, whose phone num-
ber Is 40 or contact her per-
sonally in her ofifee at the city
hall.
Families moving into (|his dis-
trict during March whose chil-
dren were enumerated in oth|r
districts, should enumerate them
at Bowie. The law states that
the name of the child should
be placed on the census roll of
the district in which the family
is living on April 1.
A correct and accurate school
census is very Important and
parents are urgently requested
to be sure that their children
CALVARY BAPTIST CHUROH
HOLDS GROUND-BREAKING
com-
A group of the members of
the Calvary Baptist church, a
few friends and their pastor
met Sunday evening, March 29,
at three o’clock for a ground-
breaking service on the .lots re:
cently purchased for a new-
church building on Decatur
street.
Rqv. George A. Jhckson of
Arora, Texas, brought an in-
spiring message for the occa-
sion.
The pastor, Rev. Hoyt Hutson,
and
form
begun on the foundation
the building will be of
structure and will seat approx-
imately two hundred and twen-
ty-five people.
Rev. Hutson has been ordain
ed to the ministry about two
years. He and Mrs. Hutson,
shown standing to the left are
natives of Montague county and
have many friends who wish for
them and the Calvary Baptist
church much success in the
advises that work has already' Lord’s work here in Bowie.
FORMER LOUISIANA GOVERNOR
TO ENTERTAIN IN RINGGOLD
A
Ringgold is preparing again musician deluxe will come to the
for a gala night soon when Ringgold gym with plenty of en-
Jimmy-Davis, former governor tertainment.
of Louisiana, song writer and
Geo. Medley Is
Rice Honor Student
George Medley was a member
Of the Rice Institute honor roll
the past semester. He is a third
year chemistry major and has
been on the dean’s list each
semester. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. E. Medley.
George was an honor grad-
uated of Bowie high school with
the class of 1951.
ANNUM 4-H
DRESS REVIEW
IN APRIL
‘The annual Montague county
4-H dress revue will be held in
the council room at the court
house in Montague Saturday,
April 11.
The divisions will be for girls
14 years old and older, 12 and
13 years old, and under 12 years
old. Garmlnts exhibited will be.------------ — -----------r-
best dress, school dress, sports by president, Claude Thompson,
dress, skirts and blouses, aprons recognition of his having
and head scarves. served in this office.
Judging of workmanship will Virginia Randolph sang a
be done Saturday morning after solo. Guests Included Judge
whichgirlswill model the gar-Mays, C. O. Stom jr., and Miss
This annual event—sponsored
by the Ringgold Cemetery asso-
ciation—is the second In a
series. Last year Gene Austin,
composer and mdsician, was the
an- | later date. After next weak both
papers will be published in one
office and plant, at 205 Smythe
many of the mechanical details
are being worked out in order
to give Bowie, in substance, a
semi-weekly, -by publishing the
street, where the News office,
is now located.
The same personnel on the!
Times and News is being retain-
ed, it is announced. Plans of the
Times owners are indefinite,
but both will remain in Bowie
for some time to aid.Mr. Tib-
betts in getting the papers or-
ganized and acquaint them with
the operations. Mr. and Mrs.
Trout plan to remain in Bowie
anti will also assist Mr. Tib-
betts in getting, the new setup
functioning smoothly.
Mr. and Mrs. Tibbetts are
known throughout the nation
as competent newspaper pub-
lishers. Mr. Tibbetts is a Mason
a member of the American Le-
gion, past president of the Ro-
tary club of iiis home town,
Kinsley, Kansas. In addition, he
is a member of the school board
and former chamber of
merce presidnt.
The new publisher has main-
tained extensive cattle interests
and buys each yar m acynTx
and buys each year many Texas
steers and firiishes( them in
Kansas.* While on one of his
cattle buying trips to Texas lie
passed through Bowie, and he
and Mrs. Tibbetts took a liking
to the town.
Mrs. Tibbetts is president of
the Kansas Press Women and
also has been prominent, as well
as he, in their home town af-
fairs of Kinsley, where she is
past president of the Woman’s
Club and chairman of the Ed-
wards County Cancer society
and a director of the Kansas
Cancer Society.
She served as county chair-
man of the Red Cross ail dur-
ing World War II, is a past ma-
tron of the Eastern Star, is a
member of the State Savings
Bond committee and holds other
prominent places of civic serv-
ice.
She has been local and dis-
trict president of PEO.
The March 7 issue of Publish-
er’s Auxiliary, a national pub-
lication, featured Mr. Tibbetts
as "Editor of the Week”, carry-
ing a twi^column plicture of
Lynn Garlingon, who has
served as first vice-president of
the Bowie Rotary club lor the
past year, was unanimously
elected to the office of presi-
dent by Ilia board of directors
inv a meeting Monday Qf this
week. ... ... ..
Elected to first vice-president
was Rev. C. A. Tucker who moves
up a notch from second vice-
president.
Leonard Ashley was elected to
the office of second vice-presi-
dent and Errol Eggleston to sec-
retary-treasurer.
The new officers will assume
their
July.
posts in the month of
ROY SANDERS
IS OUT OF
MAYOR RACE
Roy Sanders,'who-filed for the
office of mayor of Bowie at the
start of the city officer filing
period, has withdrawn from the
race in favor of David Major, he
said in a written statement to
the TIMES today.
• Sanders said that his reason
for withdrawing was that he be-
lieved Mayor Major will accept
the job for another two-year
term and finish some of the pro-
jects he has helped in getting
started.
In withdrawing, Sanders said
that he will actively campaign
for Major because ‘ he believes
him highly qualified by exper-
ience and ability plus having
the -available time to give to the
job.
house and are now constructing
the rattling bens and scales.
Today workmen were busy
building a pit for loading ce-
ment into trucks in which op-
erations a conveyer belt will be
used.
Langford stated that he hopes
to get cement out next week and
t.o the refinery where much of it
j will be used.
The partner stated that he
| was building the business on a
permanent basis. W. C. Buchan-
an will be tlie superintendent.
| The new business is a $40,000
project and will mix 350 yards
| of mud in an eight-hour period.
WORK BEING
PUSHED ON
BATH HOUSES
Work was being pushed on the
Bowie swimming pool bath
houses this week in an effort
to have thm ready for the sum-
nice swimming season.
Thomas Evans stated today
that the houses as well as a
wading pool would be ready for
use very soon now.
Landscaping has been pro-
gressing very well this week:
under the supervision of the
Bowie Garden club. Members of
the club assumed the planning
and arranging of shrubbry,
which was dpnated by the Webb
Nursery company.
FFA members under ladership
of Newton Lewis and Willard
Shackelford ar actually setting
the shrubs. •
?Two water, wells which will
furnish all water for the pool
have ben completed and the
pumps will be set soon. ---
Bath houses will be 48 feet by
16 feet.
The landscaping at the Bowie
community swimming pool is
definite proof that a community
working together can create
lasting beauty in a short time. .
With the Webb nursery do-
nating over $500 in trees and
shrubs; the lumber yards and
hardware stores giving wire, a
$2500 project of beauty was
completed at a cost of not more
than $5 in actual expenditure^ "
This latest contribution to the
welfare of the youth and adults
of Bowie is another achievement
in- youth cooperation, highlight-
ed* last year by the efforts of
the Maids and Matrons club,
the Bowie Art league, the Lions
club and other civic organiza-
tions and youth-minded indL-g,
viduals in Bowie’s business and
professional life. As a result,
several honors have come to
these clubs for aiding in win-
ning first place in contests held
by their national organizations.
star attraction, and he played him. He owns the newspaper in
and sang his- songs before a
packed house.
Plans dre not yet completed
as to the date and time of the
program but full particulars will
be carried, in future issues of
the TIMES as they develop.
Tickets are already on sale at
the Ringgold post office and
those planning to attend should
contact the postmistress there.
Judge Mays Talks
To Rotary Club
County Judge Howard W.
Mays addressed the Bowie Ro-
tary club Wednesday at its reg-
ular meeting.
His Talk^ delt With local gov-
ernment and the different eche-
lons of taxation including na-
tional, state and county.
Roy Garrett, past president of
the Rotary, was presented a pin
Kinsley and Greensburg, Kan.
and his father and grandfather
before him were ^newspaper men
and he has been at Kinsley for
a period of 22 years. He is a
journalism graduate of the Uni-
versity of Kansas.
The deal involving both news-
papers 'was handled by 'William
K. Horn of Dallas, well known
in Texas newspaper circles.
IN NEW LOCATION
Theh Bowie Machine Works
has moved into its new Ideation
on 1004 E. Wise street on the
Port Worth highway, former lo-
cation* of Mack Hamilton.
The business is owned by S. J.
Andreasen .and O. A. Meyer.
They do welding in the shop
or in the field, heavy truck and
tractor repairing.
Jacksboro Wins
Play Contest ^
Jacksboro high school won
the district one-act play con-
.test at Bowie high school last
Friday night with their pro-
ducion, of “Sparking”. Decatur
won (second honors, "Birdville,
third/ and Graham, fourth.
pne Jacksbcjro play will be
presented in the area meet at
Wichita Falls.
Camp Fire Fund
Drive Planned
A fund drive by the Bowie
Camp Fire council has been
slated to begin April 10, and to
continue through the 18th, ac-
cording to Paul Taliaferro, drive
chairman. „
Goal for this year’s drive has
been set at $996.60.
BOWIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
DIST. TO ELECT TRUSTEES
J. K. HUNTER BREAKS
FINGER DRILLING WELL
J. K. Hunter Moke his little
finger on his right hand while
drilling a water well on the
Henry Corado place near Mon-
The voters of the Bowie inde-
pendent school district will vote
to elect seven school trustees,
Saturday, April 4. In cases
where consolidation has created
a new district, the law provides
that a full membership of the
board be elected at the follow-
ing trustee election.
Members of the present board
whose names will be on the bal-
lot are Dr. E. P. Harris, Orie
Garrett, Charles Blackmon, Joe
Hamner, Marvin Baker, and S. T.
(Cotton) Hoffman.
B. W. Karsteter, Bob Welch, and
M. C. (Red) Gibbins. Seven
members are to be elected.
The election will be held in
the basement of the city hall in
Bowie with Boone Wilson serv-
ing as election manager, and
Mrs. Paul Taliaferro and Miss
Lura Dean serving as clerks.'
At the same time the voters
will vote on two members of,
the county board of trustees,
one from his precinct and one
at large. Mark High will be the
candidate from precinct two,
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