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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1949
Page
1
The column collects proverbs and quirky remarks on manners humor and life. It mentions an automatic plunger lift trial by Continental Oil on well No 38 at Hildreth and thanks readers Mrs Floyd Specht and others for emails and support plus new Bellevue subscribers.
Carl Thurston stars in Arctic Manhunt and Jimmy Wakely appears in The Rangers Ride on Friday and Saturday. Rod Cameron and Roddy McDowell headline Tuna Clipper on Tuesday. Fredric March leads Another Part of the Forest on Wednesday and Thursday, followed by Little Women with June Allyson and Peter Lawford.
An attractive paint job is being done on the First National Bank building by H. J. Murphy, a well known local paint and sign contractor.
Oil activity rose in the Bowie region this week as Continental, the area’s largest operator, prepares two new locations. A Salona east of Bowie will host the B F Phillips Salona Methodist Church No 1 offsetting Richardson No 1. Other wells include the Robertson No 1 wildcat near Sunset and Carraway Bundy ClingingSmith No 2 northwest of Bowie.
Lawrence Reese Jackson Jr. of Doniphan Missouri became Bowie's first polio case in 1949 after a July 24 hospitalization at Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. He improved this week as doctors hoped for no lasting crippling effects.
Vashti Parrish heads the Bowie Softball League entry in a 12 team tournament at Henrietta next week. Manager Jess Parrish has bolstered the roster with top players from other leagues, while R E Massey misses due to coaching school duties. Charlie Vantool or Ray Griffith expected at shortstop as Roy Smith W V Scott Wayne Miller and Jim Scarbrough join the lineup.
Fred S. Reaser a Bowie oil producer received a telephone offer from a Hearst official to join the European staff He declined the position Reaser has prior Hearst experience as a foreign correspondent in Cuba Mexico and Canada
Mr and Mrs Johnnie Crever return from Colorado to find their Newport Road home entered A loaded 32 pearl handled revolver and a child's coin bank missing The gun was in a handmade leather belt holster Neighbors fear a child may be hurt playing with the firearm
John Craig of Austin College will fill the pulpit at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday. He will preach at the 11 am and 8 pm services.
Mrs J B Landers of Amarillo visits her sister Mrs G W Morgan in Bovvie during a brief stay with family.
Dr J T Lawson was re elected State Board of Medical Examiners president for a two year term at a Fort Worth meeting last week. He has ten years on the board with two more to serve under the governor's prior appointment. He is a Bowie Clinic eye ear nose specialist. Dr Harry L Klotz of Austin was re elected vice president and Dr M H Crabb of Fort Worth was re elected secretary.
The Volunteer Firemen's All-Professional Rodeo will run Friday and Saturday at Pelham Park starting at 8 30 pm Dozens of riders and ropers from across the region gathered as entry lists closed Thursday The parade begins at City Hall at 4 pm Friday inviting all to join Local figures include Bob Estes Bud Townsend Alex Alexander and Gene Autry's legacy in clowning and bullfighting
The State Highway Commission awarded a $110 000 contract to Fred Bell of Abilene to pave six miles of Newport Highway between Bowie Newport in Montague and Clay counties. About 40 men will be employed and work should start soon and span about 150 working days. W G McDonald of Bowie won the bridge subcontract.
Bowie Jackrabbit mentors R L Mattingly R E Massey and Ernest Lackland join high school principal Paul Taliaferro and all state end Jackie Bell at a Beaumont coaching school this week. Bell plans Rice Institute attendance in Houston next year and is tipped as a North all stars starter in the North South game. Mattingly helped select the North squad and has a strong local coaching reputation.
A daughter graces the Stom household at Bowie Hospital on Sunday at 2 21 am. The newborn weighs seven pounds six ounces and is named Pamela Kay.
Coach R E Mattingly announced a two week training camp at Craterville Park in Oklahoma around August 16 as the 1949 Jackrabbits plan for the coming season. Many 1948 lettermen have moved on to new pursuits, including Wingmen Jack Bell to Rice and Forrest Faver to Baylor.
Mr and Mrs Charles Halley the new owners of 81 Motel on East Wise Street Bowie have moved from Sherman to run the recently built appealing property with rock cabins. They previously operated a similar business in Sherman. Joe Bailey the seller has not announced future plans.
At a Friday night City Council meeting Bowie officials authorized the mayor to study modern sewage disposal plants and appoint an assistant for the investigation. The council also empowered the Tax Assessor to define Bowie's city limits based on 1949 tax rolls, including properties previously within Bowie’s corporate area.
H F Brooks Bowies busiest furniture merchant welcomed a new son born Saturday night at Bowie Hospital weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces. The baby is named James Paul and the mother, daughter of Mr and Mrs J E Brown, is reported doing splendidly. The father plans to bring them home soon as he receives congratulations from friends.
Mr and Mrs George Unger of Morgan City Louisiana were guests Sunday of her parents Mr and Mrs C C Ryan and his mother Mrs Anna Unger
Logan Mills sells his partner's interest in the M and M Food Store on Mason street to Olen Mills. Olen Mills will run the business with his three sons Jack Eddie Jo and Jimmie Tom. The store features a meat market and large fresh produce department as a self service establishment and has advertised weekly in the Bowie News.
Extensive renovations began this week at the Ritz Theatre in Bowie under owner Jerry Stout. The work includes repainting redecorating and installation of new sound and lighting to create a more comfortable attractive venue and aim for a swift reopening.
Mrs Mollie Lester has returned from a week's vacation spent at Houston and Galveston visiting sights and relaxing during her trip.
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