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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1936
Page
3
The Bowie Booster states cash in advance 20¢ for regular ads including cards of thanks obituaries resolutions tributes and church notices with fees. It invites corrections if any erroneous reflection on individuals firms or corporations appears in the columns.
In Dallas, Texas the Texas Centennial Exposition site now hosts a complete emergency hospital. About 5 000 workmen are engaged daily in preparations for the June 6 opening, with facilities to treat minor injuries to serious incidents on site.
Austin reports 200000 pension application blanks distributed by Orville S. Carpenter director of the old age assistance commission. Twenty district supervisors take 100000 blanks to posts to aid two of every three eligible age through local agencies.
In Childress Texas a grave stone weighing 9800 pounds was stolen from a cemetery lot marked for George Lewis DeReaux with the inscription Morgan DeRieux. Mrs R H Holden reported the theft to authorities saying it was discovered Friday and occurred within the past week. The stone sat on a base six feet long and three feet high.
Mrs Holden said special machinery would be needed to move the stone from the northwest cemetery lot. Mrs Holder offers a $25 reward for the stone's recovery and for arrest and conviction of the culprits.
Dallas invites outstanding church figures to conduct twilight vesper services during the Texas Centennial Exposition starting June 6. The six month celebration marks 100 years of independence from Mexico. Invitations have been sent to Dr. George W. Truett Archbishop Temple Rabbi Stephen Wise and Dr. Stanley Jones.
A biscuit baked during the Spanish American War is owned by Miss Florence Fancher of Piper Alabama.
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