Bowie Schools Open Monday
The Bowie Public Schools begin the regular term on September 9 with short opening exercises in the high school auditorium. Enrollment planning covers high and grammar schools this week with grade by grade enrollments and teacher introductions. Four new teachers join Bowie's staff, including Frances Whitaker and Mildred West, plus exams for entering seniors.
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Bowie
Frances Whitaker
Fort Worth
Texas Woman’s College
Dan L. Martin
Softball Playoffs Delayed By Rain After Week of Showers
Rain halted most games delaying the season finish. Four p y y four games remained with playoffs due to start last Tuesday. Sinclair Prairie beat Coca Cola 9 to 2 and B R Giles edged Lions Club 4 to 3. Giles and Howie Grocery each had one game left as leaders Bowie Grocery close behind. A three way tie could be decided by those results or a draw to set playoff matchups.
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Coca-Cola
Ideal Food Store
B. R. Giles
Lone Star Stand Ang
Bowie Grocery
Lions Club
Prairie Branch
Sinclair Prairie
Oilers
Battlers
Grocers
Lions
Giles
Sinclair
Howie
Curtain Club Sets Play For Bowie Fair Opening
Bowie Curtain club directors met Monday afternoon to select Ready Made Family by Tobias for the Bowie fair opening on October 3. A casting committee will meet later this week to choose the cast. Mrs. C. S. Henderson presides over the club.
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Bowie
Thieves Steal Gospel Tent From Alden Near Boston
Thieves took a large gospel tent owned by Rev. R. E. Alden from a field near Boston. The device robbery disrupted a planned outdoor meeting and police were alerted to recover the structure and contents.
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R. E. Alden
Boston
Governor Ellred's Father Injured Playing Ball
Austin dispatch reports Renne Allred Sr., 71, father of the governor, fractured his right hip in a fall while playing ball with his grandson on the governor's mansion grounds. He was taken to a hospital for X rays. doctors said his condition is not serious.
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Austin
Renne Allred Sr
Allred
Patrick D Morland
Alfred
Renne, III
Father of 83 Children Dies in Lufkin at 86
Ned Wideman of Lufkin died at age 86 leaving 83 children, 64 grandchildren, 62 great grandchildren and 10 great great grandchildren. His death ends five living generations in the Angelina County pioneer family.
Lumberton man pushes barrow to Chicago for vet prize
Julius Slade started in Lumberton Mississippi and wheeled a barrow to Chicago to win a $200 veteran prize.
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Julius Slade
Lumberton, Miss
Chicago
Western Union Proposes 25-Cent Birthday Telegram Rate
Western Union proposes a nationwide 25 cent birthday telegram, to be sent to any U S location. Messages chosen from a list of thirty, filed by October first for overnight delivery on decorated birthday blanks. The plan marks a new low-rate, centerwide service following earlier cut rates on select events.
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United States
Western Union Telegraph Company
Federal Communications Commission
J. A. Frazier Jr
Western Union Telegraph Office
Western Union
San Diego Exposition
Empire State Building
Telegraph Company
Stephens Feed Store Moves to New Building
W H Stephens moves his feed store to a new 50 by 100 foot stone building across from Ferndale Creamery. The new building expands space for trade and customer service as Stephens solicits old and new customers at the new location.
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Stephens Feed Store
W. H. Stephens
Ferndale Creamery
Mr. Stephens
Mrs. M. B. Kennington Dies at Home in Lone Star
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie Ramsey Kennington were held at 4 p.m. Monday at Lindale community cemetery with Rev. S. M. Dunnam of the First Methodist Church officiating. A Texas resident for 53 years, she was born December 6, 1861 in Arkansas and married S. H. Kennington October 10, 1878. Death occurred Sunday night at the home of her only daughter, survived by three sons.
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Millie Ramsey Kennington
Lindale
S.M Dunnam
First Methodist Church
Kennington
Lone Star
Texas
Arkansas
S.H. Kennington
If you really want to be different from others try paying cash
A short noted remark suggesting paying with cash as a distinct personal choice. The line emphasizes cash payment as a means to stand out from others. It presents a lifestyle tip rather than a formal proposal or policy.
Pioneer Bowie Woman Buried Tuesday
Funeral services were held at the residence on east Torrent St. for Mrs. Ellen Boles Gilliland, who died at her Bowie home Sunday evening. The Rev. A C. Turner officiated. A Bowie resident for 43 years, she was born near Athens Henderson county on August 2, 1860. Survivors include her husband J. V. Gilliland and four daughters, three sons, thirteen grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a brother, and a sister.
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East Torrent St
Ellen Boles Gilliland
A C. Turner
Bowie
Athens
Henderson County
J. V. Gilliland
Brownsboro
Texas
E V. Harris
Amarillo
F. 8
Bellah
Fort Worth
J. O Gilliland
Henrietta
L. J Purkey
L. R. Bowie
J. &. Gladewater
J. H
Okla
W. H. Anderson
Strong City
Bowie Jackrabbits Open 1935 Football Practice With 40 Candidates
The Bowie Jackrabbits began 1935 practice with about 40 players reported Tuesday under coaches Stallings and Covington. Backfield leaders include co captains Chalmers Shoemaker and Peyton Tucker. line anchors John Reasoner, W. R. Barker, W. A. Wright. New prospects listed, and two open dates on the schedule with a planned Sept 20 game against Wichita Falls Coyote B team pending.
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Bowie Jackrabbits
Troy Stallings
Harmon Covington
Chalmers Shoemaker
Peyton Tucker
Clay Stallings
Holt Spain
John O'neal
John Reasoner
W. R. Barker
W. A. Wright
Wright
Stallings
Bill Autrey
Bisbee
Arizona
Donley Shaw
Elby
Will drawn on matchbox challenges by Spain-based mother
A will sketched on a matchbox by the late Francisco Bosch of Los Angeles is being contested by his mother in Spain, raising questions about the document’s validity and the inheritance dispute.
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Francisco Bosch
Los Angeles
Spain
Transient Seriously Injured Near Sunset
A 58 year old transient, O. J. Jackson, suffers two broken legs a broken arm and possible internal injuries from an accident three miles south of Sunset Tuesday night. Driver Roland Pannell of Memphis Texas started off assuming all hitchhikers were aboard. Jackson was taken to Bowie hospital by Connie Jackson of Sunset. He named brothers Grover Jackson of Temple Oklahoma and Jesse Jackson of Comanche Oklahoma.
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O. J Jackson
Sunset
Jackson
Roland Pannell
Memphis
Texas
Pannell
Bowie Hospital
Connie Jackson
Grover Jackson
Temple
Oklahoma
Jesse Jackson
Comanche
Okla
Planting Time Is Here for Fall Gardens
College Station horticulturist J F Rosborough outlines fall garden prep and plant selections. Remove weeds and vegetation, plow with heavy summer manure to improve moisture and prevent crusting, then pulverize soil. Plant heat resistant vegetables late August to mid September and add later cold hardy varieties. Fertilize peppers tomatoes and okra for a fall crop. Store pumpkins and squash before cold weather to prevent rot.
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Rosborough
Amendments to Agricultural Adjustment Act Passed by Congress
Washington approves amendments to the Agricultural Adjustment Act. The changes give the Secretary of Agriculture more power, allow emergency production adjustments with bonus payments, and set up marketing agreements for milk fruits tobacco vegetables soy beans pecans walnuts and naval stores. The act also extends cotton and tobacco controls and enables a granary loan program while financing surplus exports and land purchases.
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College Station
Washington, D. C
Congress
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Supreme Court
Wallace
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Father’s Day Turns Everyday for Milonzie Family
After their wedding the Milonzie couple faced a string of daily demands from family life. The bride and husband navigated financial pressures and chores as life on a busy Milwaukee street included a car fire without injuries.
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Salvatore Milonzie
Milwaukee Street
Racine Woman Opens Dating Bureau for Companionship
Miss Grace Larsen of Racine Wisconsin has started a dating bureau offering chaperoned meetings for lonely people seeking companionship of the opposite sex.
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Grace Larsen
Racine
Wis
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J. F. Rosborough
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