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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
4
Members of A. F. and A. M. will be honor guests of Bowie Chapter No. 6 Order of Eastern Star Thursday August 10 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garrett.
Perry Bros. Variety Store in Bowie announces the opening of Toyland with large stocks of new toys and gifts for Christmas. Items include dolls wagons tricycles and other popular playthings now on display for holiday shoppers.
Mrs. Lillian M. Moore 71 died Wednesday afternoon August 2 at Bowie Hospital. A Bellevue resident for 45 years she will be buried in Bellevue after funeral services from First Methodist Church with Rev. B H Arnold officiating. Survived by four sons K R Moore Wichita Falls Fred E Moore Fort Worth Albert Moore Odessa and Lee Moore Eureka Cal. Six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers listed.
The Gold-Burg school district voters set a maximum tax rate of 1.25 per hundred dollars at an election held Monday. The tax was approved 122 to 36. An related vote on assuming old district indebtedness passed 123 to 39. The board then set the rate at 1.20 for the year. The district formed by a May 27 popular vote.
Mrs. DeAlva Roy sold her Mason Street laundry opposite the bank to Mr. and Mrs. WW T Crouch of Brownwood who took over Monday. They invite old patrons to continue service with first class care and retain the existing staff. The Crouches have a daughter Dorothy and live on North Mason Street.
A concise call to action to protect the land by preventing pasture and forest fires. Emphasizes communal responsibility and practical steps to reduce wildfire risk. No specific events or actors named.
Mrs. W. R. Williams of Denton visited Montague and attended church. Miss Louise Cox returned to Denton with her for a visit. The Johnson family held a reunion with 68 members from Wichita Falls Lubbock Saint Jo and Mallard.
Government hunter R L Musgrove reports twelve wolves and coyotes trapped and scalped in July. The patrol lists locations near Nocona Oxford Goodwin Belcherville Ringgold and Montague with several animals destroyed by chemical shells hidden by tall grass.
The First Baptist Brotherhood held a brief memorial for T. P. Evans, former president. Joe Fulcher read a memorial poem and led silent prayer, with eulogies by Fulcher and Doc Jackson. C Applegate of the Bowie News spoke, and ice cream and cakes were served after the meeting.
Absentee voting for the August 26 primary begins Sunday August 6. County Democratic Chairman Roy Dunbar notes the state committee does not canvass returns or announce run off candidates until Monday August 7, possibly delaying absentee ballots. Also mentions several local residents and visitors in the area.
Elizabeth Ann Dane 91 longtime Montague County resident died at Bowie Hospital after illness beginning Monday. Funeral Aug 3 at Burgess Funeral Home with Rev. W W Baker. burial in Tage Cemetery. Survived by two sons C S Dane and W E Dane. seven daughters. 38 grandchildren. 40 great grandchildren. four great great grandchildren.
Mrs H E Rickel and her young son Roy arrive from Hollywood to visit Mrs DeAlva Roy, the mother of Mrs Rickel, in the local district following their travels.
A roll of greenbacks worth over 200 dollars lay undiscovered on Orchard street in Chico Gardner's sighting. He lost it during a hunting trip before dawn and found it Sunday night when returning home. Gardner, a known cattle buyer, previously lost 500 dollars and was offered a dollar for the discovery.
An empty cattle truck rammed into a 1940 Chevrolet owned by W. W. Jarrett parked at the Virgil Blair home, crushing it against a cedar tree at about 12 10 Tuesday morning. Kenneth E. Crutcher of Waurika Oklahoma claimed on duty that oncoming lights blinded him. Crutcher escaped serious injury, truck damaged as well.
Mrs Mary Barclay of Dallas has attended Sunday School for 22 consecutive years without a single absence. At 71 she began the habit at First Baptist Church Bowie and now attends with Vickery First Church.
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