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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1936
Page
1
The Montague county inter scholastic league meet will run March 27 through April on multiple sites in Nocona. More than 1,500 contestants are expected weekly with tennis starting at 1 pm Friday. Winners advance to the Wichita Falls district meet.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nettie Pearl Fields Mitchell were held Monday at the First Cumberland Presbyterian church, with burial in Elmwood cemetery. She died Sunday morning after a six week illness. born May 8, 1895 in Wiley, Texas and moved to Bowie about 15 years ago. Survivors include her husband T. W. Mitchell, a daughter Margaret, a son Truman, and step-daughter Miss Mabel Mitchell. Pallbearers named.
Miss Inez Rady prominent piano and voice teacher nominated by the MacDowell Club of Bowie for president of the Texas Federation of Music Clubs. The election occurs at the state convention in Fort Worth from April 15 to 18. Rady currently serves as First Vice President and has held posts as Second Vice President and district and junior chair.
M. M. Woody of Fort Worth spoke on Cooperative Competition at the Five County Lumberman Association meeting in Fort Worth Monday night. Guests came from Bowie and Wichita Falls plus several Texas towns. entertainment included tap dance numbers by Marjorie Stallings and Marguerite Lee with piano.
James R. Campbell died at his son E C Campbell’s home in Bellevue after several days illness. Funeral services were held at Hopewell funeral chapel with Reverend Gus Matthews officiating and burial in Hopewell Cemetery. He was born in Alabama 76 years ago and lived in Texas 35 years, farming, including Montague County. Survived by five children including Mrs. W S Sullenger Bellevue, Mrs Grady McMahan Henrietta, R S Campbell Newgrove, E C Campbell Bellevue, and G C L Campbell Bowie.
Women entrants find gardening a welcome relief from household cares in the Yard and Garden Contest. They describe tending flowers and digging roots as relaxing, refreshing with sun and fresh air, and culminating in the bloom and satisfaction of fruiting plants.
Bowie Independent School District announces a trustee election for three board seats on Saturday April 4. Four candidates have entered the race Dr J Dodsworth M Posey Henry Garrett and G Doc Jackson. Retiring trustees are Joe Garlington Jess Elliott and W M Ripple.
An optimistic notice from manager Thomas R. Willingham invites readers to contact the office to list wants locally and nationally. He praises the firm’s clean business, located at No 1 North Mason Street, and urges cooperation to improve efficiency and town growth.
Advertisement fragment notes the Want and Sell Association operates in Bowie offering buying and selling services. The text references a social setup where most people want to buy or sell, with a humorous line about death and undertakers.
Thursday night show features Warner Oland in Charley Chan's Secret plus comedies FBI. Saturday bills George O'Brien in Whispering Smith Speaks with Charley Chase. Tickets 25c adults 10c children.
Preview notes show James Cagney and Pat O'Brien starring in Ceiling Zero for Saturday night and Sunday Monday engagements. Also listed are Richard Arlen in The Calling of Dan Matthews with selected shorts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The advertisement lists ticket prices for Majestic shows with adults 15 cents and children 10 cents. It promotes Buck Jones in Ivory Handle Guns and a feature Great Air Mystery Chapter 3, plus a cartoon.
The state highway department invites bids in Austin on April 2 for concrete paving of 13 miles on highway 5 east from Henrietta to the Montague county line. Cost is estimated at 800000 dollars. Bridges and culverts are in place and grading is complete. Completion will leave a remaining 45 miles of hard surfaced highway across Montague county between Wichita Falls and Gainesville.
Funeral services for Miss Regzena Rex Moss were held Monday at 3 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. O Parker presiding. Moss died Sunday in Wichita Falls after two weeks of pneumonia, born August 29, 1911 in Seymour Texas, a Bowie High School graduate and former basketball captain. She is survived by her parents, one sister, four brothers, and extended family. Pallbearers and flower girls are named from Bowie Wichita Falls and surrounding towns.
City authorities seized marble machines in a Monday operation affecting multiple districts. No injuries reported and officials said the action targets illegal vending or gambling devices.
Funeral services for Mrs W B Stokes Jr 26 sister of Gov James V Alfred were held at First Methodist Bowie with crowded streets and traffic control by five highway patrolmen. She died in a wreck near Mineola while traveling with her husband who survived. The service included multiple clergy and concluded at Elmwood cemetery as rain fell. She was born in Bowie in 1909 salutatorian of Bowie High School and married in the governor's mansion Austin on March 2 1935.
County Attorney Glenn Wilson and Sheriff Herman T Chandler acted after an order last week to seize all operating machines. The probe targeted devices used for gambling and ordered operators across the county to shut down.
Mr and Mrs Bob Oliver of Oklahoma visit Mr and Mrs R O Harding. The short note records a domestic social exchange between two local households in this community update.
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