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Newspaper
Bowie Booster
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1935
Page
1
A census report indicates 2,579 bales of cotton ginned in Montague County from the 1935 crop before October 18, up from 2,048 bales ginned by October 18 for the 1934 crop.
Sunday School starts at 9 30 with J W Whitman Sept preaching at 10 50 Pastor and Miss Viola Skinner direct the B T U at 6 45 Weekday youth auxiliaries meet Monday 7 00 to 8 00 P M Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30 Visitors welcome. A C Turner Pastor.
Sunday school starts at 9 45 a m with worship at 11 00 a m Epworth league meets at 7 30 p m another worship at 8 15 p m Missionary society gathers 4 00 p m Tuesday Pastor O P Kiker leads duties.
Gumberland Presbyterian announces Sunday School at 9 45 a m and Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m The Ladies Aid meets Tuesday at 2 30 p m Preaching occurs the first Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night of each month Pastor G L Waddle leads services.
Nazarine Church offers preaching on the first second and fourth Sundays. Sunday School every Sunday at 10 00 am. Young People's meeting at 730 pm. Prayer meeting Thursday at 730 pm. All welcome to worship. Pastors B M Kilgore and wife.
The Christian Science Church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m and services at 11 a m with Wednesday 7 30 pm services. The Lesson Sermon for November 3 centers on Everlasting Punishment and includes Psalms 51 10 Revelation 15 8 and a passage from Science and Health page 571 urging victory over evil through knowledge of God.
Bids opened for Bowie water supply project with Brown and Root of Austin awarded at 135117.14. Dam to span 500 feet on Middle Belknap creek eight miles northwest of Bowie, creating a reservoir 1000 feet wide and nine and a half feet deep with 1260 acre feet storage. Work to start in about 30 days employing many workers. M Griffin ONeil of Dallas firm acts as city representative. T P Brennan of Fort Worth is PWA rep.
County Agent Jameson urges all cotton growers seeking the government subsidy to obtain a sales certificate from buyers and file it with the County Agent's Office. The form C A P 1 must be completed in triplicate for each sale, with the producer receiving the original and a carbon kept for records. The subsidy equals the difference per pound between the average middling price on the 10 spot markets on the sale date and 12 cents per pound, up to 2 cents per pound, and limited to the producer's 1935 Bankhead ginning allotment.
Miss Aura Turner daughter of Rev and Mrs A C Turner has been chosen as a chorus member at Mary Hardin Baylor college and was named to the sextet. John E Toms directs voice at the college. Turner, a Bowie High School graduate, moved here from Wichita Falls in fall 1984 and began as a freshman this fall.
The NYA under WPA outlines district offices in Dallas, Houston and Lubbock and announces an advisory board for Montague County led by H N Dearmore. Members include E C Jameson Ruth Farquhar Dan L Martin J J Haralson Dr C W Vetter Mrs Glenn Wilson Loyd Doughty and W F Sanders to initiate youth projects and four point program components in education training work relief and apprenticeships.
The corn hog referendum carried by more than two to one amid light turnout from bad weather. Final tally shows 262 votes in favor and 101 against continuation of the corn hog program for 1936, with box-by-box totals for Montague County.
The Rev. O. P. Kiker of Winnsboro was sent to Bowie as the new Methodist pastor after a conference in Wichita Falls last week He will succeed the Rev M Dunnam who was sent to Winnsboro to take Kiker s post as pastor There the Kiker family relocated.
Thursday plans set for the congregation as a new pastor will fill his pulpit on Sunday, marking a welcoming moment for parishioners.
The Wichita Daily Times or Wichita Record-News offer one year by mail for 4.50 dollars and a combined option with The Bowie Booster at 4.75 dollars. The promotion marks the 14th annual subscription drive.
Harry Hines of Wichita Falls addressed the Chamber of Commerce banquet in Bowie detailing 960 miles of highway gaps and a $16 million Texas construction program with $5 million monthly. D. M. Majors reported notable annual progress, right of way on Highway No 2, and upcoming road contracts from Stoneburg to Ringgold and beyond.
Nocona decisively defeated Bowie 26 to 0 in muddy conditions with fumbles marking the sloppy game. Bowie failed to threaten as Nocona controlled territory and likely clinched the east half district title for a championship spot around Thanksgiving.
F P Martin reports Washington has set ginning certificates at 4 cents per pound effective Oct 28, down from 5 cents. The Bankhead tax falls to 5.45 cents, saving producers 1.45 cents per pound. Pool sales are suspended pending calculation, with resumption expected soon.
The city voted to purchase new machinery for the power plant arrives this week. The 44 ton equipment, on a flat car and a box car, costs about $60,000 and will be moved by Jackson's drag line to the city plant for installation.
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