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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1940
Page
8
280 acre improved stock farm seven miles north of Athens Texas with eighty acres cultivated and 200 acres pasture and timber. Fenced hog proof with running water and a good crop. Will trade for a small improved place near Bowie. H E Payne Channing Texas Box 78 20-41-c
We express heartfelt gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy and acts of kindness during our loss of a wife mother and sister. May you receive the same kindness in misfortune. W A Parsons J R Parsons and family Bill Parsons and family Frank Bell and family Claude Cummings and family J R Rhyne and family.
Roy Williams expresses gratitude to friends in Montague County for support on July 27. He thanks voters and supporters, signing Roy Williams.
Boyd Bartenbruch thanks voters of Montague County Texas for support on July 27 1940 and for the vote he received. He expresses appreciation for the royal support of his friends and the interest shown in his behalf in a personal closing.
Week’s admissions include Mrs. R. L. Luther Mrs. C. E. Slaughter E M Stallings Mary Ann Phillips daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Phillips of Bowie and Miss Mildred Chambers daughter of Mr and Mrs W B Chambers of Stoneburg. Discharges include Mrs. C A Shaver Mrs Elton Lakey and Mrs Bill Miller and infant son Bill Wayne.
Rev James H. Westbrook pastor of the First Methodist Church will start a revival meeting at Forestburg on Sunday August 4. The public is cordially invited to attend.
About 2,000 people attended the opening weekend of Bowie's Owens and Brumley Funeral Home. Manager R. H. Morris touted the event while noting the newly remodeled facility includes a 100-seat chapel, modern apartments for Mr. and Mrs. Morris, and on-site ambulances and hearses.
Olney meets Bowie Dodgers at Pelham Park on Sunday for a second showdown after Olney won 12 9 in the first game. Olney touts top Oil Belt League pitcher and noted javelin thrower with Penn and Texas Relays honors. Starting lineups list OLNEY J Kelly Ir R Kelly 2b Rue m Dixon Jr Rogers c Allen 3b Terrell 1b Schlegel ss Mikeska p. Bowie counters Nichols lr Stubbs ss Hyatt 2b Coffield 1b Williams 3b Kincer cf Moore Jr Eakman c Dickey Brashear p.
Abner Shoemaker from Belle Vue visited Bowie on business Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Shockley of Tage shopped in Bowie Saturday afternoon. Mrs. J. M. Hardy from north of Sunset also visited Bowie Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bartlett and W. D. Ingram spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. FE L. Thomas of Grandbury.
J H Holland and his daughters Ola Fae and Ileene stopped by The News Office on Tuesday morning for a courtesy visit and to discuss local matters.
Rev and Mrs James H Westbrook complimented the Wesley Fellowship group of the First Methodist Church with a Tuesday evening party on the parsonage lawn. Guests included Jerry Butler Roberta Harding Oramae Dickey Martha Ann Gibson Landis Burns Beatrice Ellis Marjorie Ayres Irene Emerson Charlotte Esther Coleman Leah Westbrook Redith Phemester Bobby Windham Smedley Coleman Bob Major John Parchman Edward Harding H L Turns Harlow Turns and Mrs J H Westbrook with Mrs Olpha Allredge of Cooper Texas.
Bowie defeated Nocona 7-5 in a Round Robin handicap match at Nocona marking the fifth of eight club clashes in the North Texas Oil Belt Golf Association. Bowie stands 4-1 with an .800 percentage and schedules two more matches, Aug 11 at Decatur and Aug 25 back in Bowie against Nocona and Saint Jo.
C Applegate news editor for The Bowie News left Monday to work for Perry Brothers owners of the Nocona News while F L Perry and family are on vacation.
The Lions Club held its regular Thursday evening session with Ike Parks as chairman. After approving the previous meeting minutes, members discussed several routine business matters.
Rev Felder Cade pastor of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church will lead a revival starting in August at the Pleasant Ridge church with Brother Pratt of Fort Worth assisting. The public is invited to attend.
Wilbur Morgan of the Morgan Hill Grocery Co announces plans to buy green black eye peas on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays only. The firm has bought several thousand pounds of peas this summer and helped create a market in the area.
Mrs W M Ingram came back Sunday from a week visiting her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs E L Thomas of Grandbury.
Mrs. Olpha Aldridge from Charleston Texas visits Rev and Mrs James H Westbrook. J C Straus of Wichita Falls visits Bowie. Joe Lewis Vernon Haggard Mack Hill and Durward Benham from Pleasant Ridge visit Wichita Falls on business. Mrs D B Benson and Dana Sue Benson visit Fort Worth. Hobart McNanigal and wife of Happy Texas visit S B McClure family last week.
S. B. McClure and family from Hap y Texas spend weekend in Fort Worth. County Judge L. D. Eakman visits Austin on official business. Families from Houston Decatur Wichita Falls Fort Worth Sunset Electra and Clay County shop and visit Bowie. Local residents and relatives travel for shopping and business across the region.
J. E. Davis of Wichita Falls and J. J. Cox of Montague were in Bowie for business and visiting. Mrs. J. C. Carter arrived from Phoenix Arizona for several days with relatives including Fred Wall Langston Wall and A. J. Wall. She notes Bowie’s heat is milder than Arizona’s high temperatures.
A column by W. J. Stephens blends light notes and local items. It highlights a county clerk licensing joke about marrying the prettiest girl, Brushy Creek fish overflows troubling anglers, and E. G. Hatcher near Bowie reporting a peach crop with seven acres yielding 250 bushels of Elbertas and 75 of Early Wheeler.
Mrs Hattie Stagg and her son Howard Stagg have just returned after a several week visit with relatives in New York City and surrounding area.
Guardian Ruth Yeager Eldredge files in Montague County Texas for authority to lease 125.8 acres of minor Lloyd Eldridge Jr s land to Youngblood and Force of Oklahoma City The lease would run ten years and cover land in Montague County described as Block 35 36 42 and part of Block 43 in the Gannon and Silberstein Ranch with hearing set for August 12 1940 in the County Court room The notice is dated July 31 1940.
Lee Moore of Sunset recounts losses from a spring house fire and a later barber shop blaze. He says he rebuilt, moved to a new residence and shop, and is now getting along fine. In Bowie, J W Davis notes many turtles coming up in the area.
A young man tries to impress his sweetheart by claiming he will fetch a bear. He outlets his bravado as a large dog chases him, and he returns exhausted claiming the bear defeated him. He then jokes his temper exhausted him first before killing the bear.
The Bowie News emphasizes local reporting to keep residents informed on community events, school updates, city meetings, and neighborhood developments in Bowie.
The Bowie News publishes a weekly update of new subscribers and renewals. Names and addresses span Bowie Montague Denison Newport Electra and surrounding areas with multiple routes and towns represented.
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