Gossett Campaigns for Congress in Thirteenth District
Ed L. Gossett district attorney of the Forty Sixth Judicial District formally opened his campaign for Congress in the Thirteenth District at Henrietta Saturday. A Sabine Parish, Louisiana native, he moved to Vernon in 1927 after UT Austin and served as district attorney since 1952. He pledged honest government and urged public servants to prove their fitness for national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed L. Gossett
Forty-sixth
Congress
Henrietta
Gossett
Sabine Parish
Louisana
Vernon
University of Texas
Clay
Garza
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Ed L. Gosset
White family reunion fills Sunday with kin and picnic
Mr and Mrs John White hosted an all day reunion on Sunday with both families attending Mother's Day services at Brushy. A picnic lunch followed. Guests included J W Dix, Jessie Snabnit of Vernon, R E Neal of Corsicana, J E Gilmore of Iowa Park, and many McNeill and White relatives from Wichita Falls Fort Worth Decatur Bowie and El Reno Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Brushy
J. W. Dixon
Jessie Snabnit
Vernon
R. E. Neal
Corsicana
J. E. Gilmore
Iowa Park
L. D. Townsend
Frank Gouchie
Frank, Jr
George P
E. E. McNeil
Maurine
Myra Lee
R. H. McNeill
Charles McNeill
Cecil McNeill
W. H. White
Maxine
Beatrice
Loraine
C. E. Damrall
Wichita Falls
F. A. McNeill
el Reno
Oklahoma
Mrs. J. A. Young Hosts Mother's Day Reunion
Mrs. J. A. Young gathered family at her home Sunday for a Mother's Day reunion. All children attended except one son. Present were Dr. Claude F. Young and Nancy of Fort Scott Kansas. Sherwood Young of Ponca City Oklahoma. Otto Lambert and two sons Billy and Bobby of Electra. Haskell Beard of Winnsboro. Will Young. and Nell Longly with Mrs. A. D. Sheffy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Young
Claude F. Young
Nancy
Fort Scott
Kansas
Sherwood Young
Ponca City
Oklahoma
Otto Lambert
Billy
Bobby
Electra
Haskell Beard
Winnsboro
Will Young
A. D. Sheffy
Nell Longly
Bacher Couple Marks 2nd Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Joe Bacher marked their fifty second anniversary on Monday May 11 recalling a wedding at Taylor Community with the bride's parents L Githart. They have 18 children, eight living, and thirteen grandchildren. The couple who settled near Bowie also spent years in Arkansas and Wichita Falls. Mr Bacher will turn 94 on July 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bacher
Taylor
L. Githart
J. D. Overton
Bellevue
Hopewell
Bowie
Arkansas
Wichita Falls
Fred Wolz
Bacher
Blackwell
Oklahoma
S. P. Bacher
W. O. Hudgins
A. O. Bacher
Ruby Randell
P. R. Gates
McAlister
New Mexico
J. A. Bacher
Arcadia
Louisiana
Colorado
Centralia
Illinois
Huntsville funeral for Jimmy Alford husband of Bowie girl
Jimmy Alford of Huntsville died at his home. He is survived by his wife Fay Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hawkins, and niece of Mr. J. W. Chancellor. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Antelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Chancellor
Jimmy Alford
Antelope
Mr. Alford
Huntsville
Miss Fay Hawkins
Tom Hawkins
Mr. Chancellor
Dallas Doctor to Lead Sunday Service and Congregation Meeting
Dr H S Springall of Dallas will conduct services at First Presbyterian Church Sunday at 9 45 am, moved from 11 to 9 45 for high school baccalaureate events. A congregational meeting is called to discuss making a pastoral call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Springall
Dallas
First Presbyterian Church
Judge John Speer to Speak at Bowie Senior Exercises
Judge John Speer, recently moved to Fort Worth, will address Bowie seniors at 8 p.m. Friday May 22 in the high school auditorium. Miss Bel Turns will play the procession, with Rev. O. P. Riker delivering the invocation and Geraldine Willett giving the salutatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Speer
Bowie
Fort Worth
Denton
Court of Civil Appeals
P. A. Martin
Dixibel
O. P. Riker
First Methodist Church
Geraldine Willett
Bob
Marion Keidinger
Dan L. Martin
J.B. Lewis
Evelyn Widlake
Peyton Tucker
Rowena Holman
Thomas Evans
Imogene Touchstone
Willie Lee Dickerman
H. L. Turns
Oscar Whitecotton
G. H. Golden
Oscar Underwood
Reporters' School Set For Montague By 4-H Monday
Miss Bessie Lee Sikes district Home Demonstration agent will lead a reporters' school for county Home Demonstration and club reporters in Montague Monday May 18. Session runs 10 a m to 3 p m in the county court room. Twenty one reporters and ten girl sponsors are expected. Editors and correspondents of county papers invited to attend and speak. Picnic lunch served at noon on courthouse lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Lee Sikes
Montague
Court House
Bowie High Band Plays at Ryan Opening of New Highway
The Bowie High School band performed at the Ryan Oklahoma opening ceremony for the new pavement from Ryan to Waurika. The Ryan Chamber of Commerce hosted a lunch and the band offered a street concert. Local attendees included Harry Dreyfus and many area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryan
Bowie High School
Okla
Waurika
Ryan Chamber of Commerce
Dave Major
W. E. Benson
Bowie
Cedar Springs
Harry Dreyfus
J. A. Brite
Worsham Whitman
Bowie School Census Shows Enrollment Rise to 906
The scholastic census reports Bowie enrollment at 906 students, up from last year. A prior term secured a school bus and allowed rural students to attend an affiliated school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Gibbins
Bowie
Frontier Centennial Train Visits Bowie Monday
Several hundred Bowie residents welcomed the Frontier Centennial train on Monday as it carried boosters en route to the West Texas Chamber of Commerce session. Bowie leaders including Dave Major J W Chancellor Dan L Martin and Robert L Burgess greeted visitors as the T U band paraded through downtown during a 15 minute stop sponsored by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Fort Worth
Personal Notices From Local Residents Visit and Travel
Personal mentions list Mr and Mrs John White and Mrs Marvin Willett leaving for a week in San Antonio with the Claudie Burk family. Many locals and relatives are noted visiting, staying, or recovering across Oklahoma City Fort Worth Wichita Falls and Dallas.
Mrs Sara Louisa Pridgeon 85 Buried in Bowie Texas
Funeral services for Mrs. Sara Louisa Pridgeon were held at the Church of Christ with Rev. Black presiding. Burial followed in Wylie Texas. She died Sunday morning aged 85 years 10 months and 4 days, born July 6 1850 in Farmerville Louisiana. She migrated to Texas 1868 and lived in Bowie since 1914. Survived by six daughters, 28 grandchildren, 33 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Louisa Pridgeon
Church of Christ
Texas
Farmersville
Bowie
J. D. Harbin
Garland
Mosetta Cherry
San Angelo
Anna Holy
Wylie
George McCollum
Rowlett
Fred Young
Austin
Florence Flowers
Splendora
Local residents share visits and medical updates in Montague County
Frances May of Chico and Mrs J A Young spent Tuesday together. Mrs Florence Smith of Park Springs visited Monday night and Tuesday. The Allreds hosted visitors from Fort Worth Tyler and Wichita Falls over the weekend and Mother's Day. Local patients include Mrs G W Self and Mrs J W Archer undergoing procedures at Bowie Clinic Hospital, while Milton Carter returned home after appendix surgery. Inter-County Federation events in Wichita Falls featured Montague County representatives and the Ladies Forum performance of The Lady in Blue with Ave Maria sung by Mrs Warren. Virginia Sparks, a Texas Woman’s College student in Fort Worth, visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances May
Chico
J. A. Young
Florence Smith
Park Springs
T. J. Christian
Lucy Carol
Fort Worth
Renne Allred
Renne Allred, Jr
Tyler
Kenne Allred
R. C. Cady
Robert Cady
Wichita Falls
G. W. Self
Montague
Bowie Clinic Hospital
J. W. Archer
Milton Carter
Henry T. Ayres
W. R. Potter
Wilbur Morgan
Cecil Allen
Henry Moore
H. L. Turns, Jr
Woman’s Forum
Montague County
David Warren
Virginia Sparks
T. W.C
Former Bowie Youth Earns Doctorate in Kansas
Victor W. Kilcrease oldest son of Mr and Mrs A T Kilcrease and grandson of W F Kilcrease will receive a Doctor of Medicine degree May 22 from the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery. Born in Bowie he studied there before moving to Arizona in 1917 finishing high school in Casa Grande and completing two years of prep work at the University of Arizona. He plans a month or two in Bowie after graduation then a week in Austin for Texas medical licensure exams. He has not fixed a permanent residence yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor W. Kilcrease
Bowie
The
Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery
A. T. Kilcrease
W. F. Kilcrease
Kansas City College of Osteophy and Surgery
Victor
Arizona
Casa Grande
University of Arizona
Kilcrease
Austin
Texas
Dan L. Martin Re-elected Bowie Schools Superintendent
Dan L. Martin, longtime Bowie public schools superintendent, was re-elected for the 1936-37 term. Other teachers will be elected later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan L. Martin
Bowie
Weekend Visits and Local Social News
Mrs. Wade West returned to Clarksville after three weeks with daughter Mildred West who had been ill. Fannie Mae Bail, Olney teacher, spent the weekend with her parents. Mrs. Clyde Culp and Mrs. Carswell of Decatur visited the Potters and Mrs. Culp attended a Thursday Club barbecue. Mrs. Ruby Randall and family observed Mother’s Day. A. T. Burnett’s funeral in Oklahoma City was attended by E. Scott Avery. W. Thomas visited Ed Thomas in Bowie, and Joanna Black of Clovis will summer in the area. E. R. Sloan and N. L. Self visited Fort Worth and Wichita Falls respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John White
Marvin Willett
San Antonio
Claudie Burk
Alvan Neely
Oklahoma City
H. B. Neely
Robert Galladay
Pilot Point
M. W. Galladay
Dan L. Martin
Fort Worth
W. C. Harris
F. C. Green
Fred Young
Mildred
Austin
Lifford Roland
Dale Eales
Tom Pierce
E. W. Wright
Mae Caroline Eales
Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society
Bridgeport
Jo Martin
Charles Miller
Charles Anderson
Wichita Falls
Estelle Miller
Lillian Miller
J. S. Miller
Pauls Valley
Oklahoma
F. L. Roberson
Nocona
Bowie Clinic
Marion Cross
Marvin Cross
Stoneburg
M. A. Bryan
Dallas
J. W. Young
A. D. Sparks
Kathleen
Wade West
Clarksville
Mildred West
Miss West
Fannie Mae Bail
Olney
W. W. Bail
Clyde Culp
Carswell
Decatur
W. R
Ryan
Yorkburnett
Electra
Ruby Randall
Joe Bacher
A. O. Bacher
Frances
Leon Randell
Hinton
E. Scott Avery
A. T. Burnett
W. Thomas
Thorp Springs
Texas
Ed Thomas
Bowie
Joanna Black
Clovis, N m
W. D. Black
Clovis
E. R. Sloan
Charley Worley
N. L. Self
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Henrietta Sat
White’s
Rontier
Sara Louisa Pridgeon
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