Garden plans and tomato drive by Montague 4 H girls
Notes from the County Home Demonstration Agent describe Pauline Holt and the Montague County 4 H club girls preparing a garden and hot bed, hauling manure, and aiming to plant at least 12 tomato plants per family and can 10 containers. The article lists club communities and dates for Home Agent itineraries in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Holt
Salonagh
Pauline
Tague County
Missa Lola Blair
A. & M. College
Montague County
Forestburg
Lone Star
Belcherville
Montague
Bonita
Salona
Peabody
Corinth
Bonita Girls
Spencer
Mt. Tabor
Mattress School
Dye Mound
Each Club Has a Garden Demonstrator
Each of the county's forty girls clubs appoints a garden demonstrator to help families with vegetables for the budget and market. The demonstrator selects a plot near the house, plans planting, secures quality seed, prepares and fertilizes fruit, and conserves and prepares quality products for approval by Home Agents.
Medicine Cabinet on Every Farm Aims at Year-Round Tomatoes
Cor porators in garden work of Mon: aim to provide an adequate supply of tomatoes to last the year round for each farm.
Gain in Honor Roll Pupils Shown in Latest Report
Bowie schools announce a rise in honor roll for the 8rd six weeks under Supt. Dana Martin. High school honorees include Rosa Lee Fenoglio Rennie Love Greenwood Connie Kendall John Major Oluf Mc Nutt Lucille Ridinger Jones Robinson Roberta Williams and many others all earning 90 percent or more in three subjects and department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Dana Martin
Bhighth
Rosa Lee Fenoglio
Rennie Love Greenwood
Connie Kendall
John Major
Oluf McNutt
Lucille Ridinger
Jones Robinson
Roberta Williams
Dana Sue Benson
Mary Blackman
Maurice Bowden
Gwendoyn Brown
Charles Coffield
Charles Gray
W. T. Hamilton
Dan Lee Martin
Walter Mitchell
Inez Owen
Thurman Parker
Edwin Patterson
Cleta Russ/Yenth
Luine Bryan
Margaret Cady
George Cline
Glynn Gililland
Jean Harrison
Bobby McDaniel
Samuel Nolen
Joellen Precise
W. C. Stagg
Jeanine Belcher
Elma Hunter
Alice Kendall
Robert Allen Major
Marion Ridinger
Evelyn Widlake
Jeraldine Wallet
Geneva Williams
Austin Pastor to Preach at Presbyterian Church Sun
Thomas H. Talbot of Austin will again occupy the pulpit at the First Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning February 2. It is unclear if further services will be held until his arrival. This marks his second visit after being here December 29.
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Austin
Presbyterian Church Sun
Thomas H. Talbot
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. Talbot
State Seeks Bids on Montague County Underpass Projects
The Texas state highway commission in Austin advertised 25 bids totaling about 2.7 million dollars for Montague county underpass projects. Two main jobs include Ringgold on Highway 2 under the MK & T railroad and Highway 5, plus a Fort Worth to Denver underpass east of Bowie. Bids due February 11 for most projects and February 12 for Bowie, with work starting around March 1 and lasting about six months.
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State Highway Commission
Austin
Montague County
Tuesaday
Highway 2
Ringold
MK &T Railroad
Ft. Worth
Denver
Bowie
Ringgold
Oklahoma
Henrietta
Gainesville
Texarkana
Denver Line
Goston
Commission
Harmon Covington Takes Fort Worth Junior High Post
Harmon Covington, longtime Bowie high school mathematics teacher and assistant football coach, left Monday night to join a new Fort Worth Junior High School as an instructor. The school opened Tuesday morning. Covington taught freshman and sophomore math and led basketball coaching duties. His home is near Alvord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Covington
Bowie
Fort Worth
Nocona Hosts County Volley Ball and Basketball Tourney
A county tournament featuring volley ball and basketball will be held in Nocona on February 7 and 8 with finals on February 14 and 15. Four strong teams Bowie Stoneburg Ringgold and Nocona are expected to contend keenly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nocona
Bowie
Stoneburg
Ringgold
Couple Hurts in Car Wreck Near Bowie
Mrs G F Lebus of Longview received painful bruises when her car sideswiped a truck and overturned in a ditch three miles south of Bowie. Her husband suffered minor injuries. The Lebuses formerly lived in Electra and were en route to visit son R A Lebus. Mrs Lebus was taken to Elec travia by Burgess ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Lebus
Longview
Bowie
Beer and Liquor Group Seeks Texas Law Change
The Southwest Wholesale Beer and Liquor association announced plans at an executive meeting for a campaign to amend Texas liquor law. Led by Eugene Nolte the group described the package house as a complete failure and will hire a paid executive secretary to direct the effort before the legislature and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Southwest Wholesale Beer and Liquor Association
Eugene
Mike) Nolte
Eva Christine Chaviers Buried Friday at Oak Hill
Funeral services were held at J. A Burgess funeral home for Eva Christine Chaviers who died Thursday after a five week illness. She was born in Bowie on March 23 1982 and survived by her parents two sisters two brothers and three grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Christine Chaviers
J. A Burgess Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Bowie
W . Black
Church of Christ
Christine
W. N. Chaviers
Jessie Jewel Lee
Mary Ann Chaviers
W. N. Chaviers Jr
Elmo Chaviers
BF. N Chaviers
Goodrich
Texas
J. A. Blair
First District Board Meeting Held in Wichita Falls
Mrs. David Warren Mrs. W R Potter and Mrs. Harry Karis burg attended the First District board meeting in Wichita Falls last week. Potter was honored with a life member award the highest honor conferred by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Warren
W. R Potter
Harry Karisburg
Wichita Falls
Undertaker Mortimer Peck Resigns From Board of Health
Mortimer Peck of Braintree Massachusetts resigns from the board of health citing the need for more time to devote to his undertaker business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Peck
Braintree
Mass
Board of Health
Woodmen of the World to Initiate 20 New Members
Plans call for 20 candidates to be initiated by the Woodmen of the World camp at a meeting Friday night January 31 after a six o'clock street parade led by the Bowie band. Visiting groups include Wichita Falls juvenile team drum corps Olney drill team and W O W district manager E L Mann will preside. A social hour for new members and district officers will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
WH Cleer
Bowie Band
Drum Corp of
Wichita Falls
W. O W
Olney
E L. Mann
W.O W
Bowie Celebrates President's Birthday
An amateur radio event in the City Auditorium honors President Roosevelt's Birthday tonight led by W F Robinson with city clubs and enterprising pupils. The program replaces the usual dances and funds split between local afflict children and the national committee, with entries from Montague Saint Jo Nocona Bellevue and Alvord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
W F. Robinson
National Committee
Montague
Saint Jo
Nocona
Bellevue
Alvord
Cotton Ginning Gain Reported in Montague County
Census data show 7 087 bales ginned in Montague county for the 1935 crop before Jan 16 1936 versus 8 698 bales for the 1934 crop by the same date.
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Montague
Montague County Lumbermen Meet Held in Saint Jo
Attendees including Dale Bales Gary Herman Reddy and Ray Ross gathered for the Montague County Lumbermen's Association meeting in Saint Jo Monday night with Mr Gary presiding as president.
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Lee - O
Dale Bales
Gary, Herman Reddy
Ray Ross
Montague County Lumbermen’s Association
Saint Jo
Mr. Gary
Mail Pouch Carrier Pushes Wheelbarrow for 21 Years
Walter Pell, aged 70, has hauled the mail for 21 years between the post office and Fall River trolley cars in New Bedford Massachusetts using a wheelbarrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tray
Walter Pell
Fall River
New Bedford
Mass
Lions Club yards and gardens contest urged for clean up drive
Lions Club committees organize the Yard and Garden Contest to improve Bowie streets and alleys. Prizes are secondary to reducing fire and health hazards and mosquito breeding. Back yards gain 75 percent of the judging for beauty while front yards get 25 percent. Early grading details to come. Let us Clean up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion's Club
Bowie
Lion’s Club
Personal notes from Dallas social rounds and political visit
Mrs W E Benson and relatives spent Saturday in Dallas. Mrs W R Potter returned from Lubbock after attending the Texas Tech board of regents meeting. Rex Calaway Morris Thompson and J A Brite with Ike Parks attended Dallas business. Nadine Eloise Arnold La Rue Payne spent weekend with Jewel Leg F J Dixon visited Fort Worth. Ed Gossett Vernon candidate for Congress spoke in town and delivered an address at Nocona on the Texas Centennial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E Benson
Lorraine Benson
Ardenella Horn
Dallas
W. R. Potter
Lubbock
Board of Regents
Texas Tech
Rex Calaway
Morris Thompson
J A. Brite
Ike Parks
Nadine
Eloise Arnold
la Rue Payne
Jewel Leg
F. J. Dixon
Fort Worth
Ed Gossett
Vernon
Nocona
Texas
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County Home
G . Lebus
Electra, Hurt
Beer and Liquor Group
Wichita
W. C. W. Camp
City Auditorium
Saint JO Mon
Lions Club
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