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Newspaper

Bowie News

Location

Bowie, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1940

Page

8

Bowie News Offers Rag Recycling for Subscriptions

Local notice invites readers to pay subscriptions with rags at 5 cents per pound for clean cotton. Submissions include bringing rags to the Bowie News with scales available. Also advertised are used pianos from Jackson Piano Co in Dallas and a 280 acre improved stock farm for sale or trade near Bowie with farm details.

The Bowie News Bowie Athens Texas H. E. Payne Channing

Mrs Lucille Huckabee Joins Burgess Funeral Home Staff

Mrs Lucille Huckabee of Stephenville has been added to the Burgess Funeral Home personnel per R L Burgess. She is a licensed embalmer, graduate of the Laundry School of Mortuary Science, and studied at John Tarleton Stephenville and North Texas State Teachers College in Denton. She previously worked at a Stephenville funeral home.

Lucille Huckabee Burgess Funeral Home Stephenville R. L. Burgess Huckabee John Tarleton North Texas State Teachers College Denton

Local Couples Visit Family Over Weekend

Oklahoma City couple Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Harris visited parents Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Parker and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harris. Houston residents Mrs. J W Mayo and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Price visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cecil and family. Wichita Falls native Miss Georgia May Whitehead spent the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. B P Whitehead.

Marvin Harris Oklahoma City Okla Ezra Parker Bob Harris J. W. Mayo Johnny Price Houston Frank Cecil Georgia May Whitehead Wichita Falls Mrs B. P. Whitehead

Dodgers fall to Olney at Pelham Park 10-6

The Bowie Dodgers were defeated by Olney 10 to 6 on Sunday afternoon at Pelham Park. The Dodgers travel to Electra next Sunday for a game against Burkburnett.

Dodgers Olney Bowie Dodgers Pelham Park Electra Burkburnett

Newcomers From Tulsa And Seymour Move To 219 Sanders St

Ten Tulsa families led by Mr and Mrs John Edwards and several others relocate to 219 Sanders Street Odessa including Allen Booth Roy Harbinson Ben Floyd Henry Edwards Bill Jackson and more. Also listed are Mr and Mrs George Allen Quisenberry of Seymour.

John Edwards Tulsa Allen Booth Roy Harbinson Ben Floyd Henry Edwards Bill Jackson Bill Thomas John Whited Joe Ford E. B. Bradshaw J. H. Dyer L. S Hart S. E. Sands L. D Foraker L. V. Buckley Merle Newby Odessa Sanders St George Allen Quisenberry Seymour

New Subscribers List for Bowie and Surrounding Areas

A compiled roster of new subscribers with names and routes across Bowie Stoneburg Newport Sunset and Lawton Oklahoma. Entries include A Wagenseller Lee Tucker S A Dorman O P Fitts H E Henning J B Little Walter Weber and many others with Route numbers and towns such as Bowie Newport Stoneburg Sunset and Lawton.

A. W. Wagenseller Bowie Lee Tucker S. A. Dorman O. P. Fitts Newport W. B. Johnson A. F. Magee M. B. Mauldin Alvin Farmer Bellevue O. M. Shipp H. E. Henning W. M. Fry H. C. Smith R. L. Walker C. H. Johnson J. B. Little Walter Weber T. J. Clement Stoneburg A. E. Reeves J. M. Winningham H. L. Funk T. B. Lyons Inez Rudy T. E. Mayfield W. W. Wright O. E. Blair W. H. Symank Fred Bollman Lawton Okla J. W. Mayo Houston J. E. Johnson Sunset A. L. Kincer W. T. Litton J. W. Perkins John J. Prater

Local Folks Note Weather Crops Trips and Church Life

A column recaps J A Smith in Scottsboro Alabama reporting hotter weather and mixed crops with a late freeze hitting fruit except blackberries. M W Premister of Haskell notes fair crops despite dry spells west of Bowie. Rev George Cannedy leads Fruitland services with revival plans. grape harvests near Sunset and White Hill. social visits to Jim Winn home and Bowie's C. W. Milton couple. publisher Perry shares a mosquito tale.

J. A. Smith Scottsboro Ala Mr. Smith Baptist Church Fruitland Jim Winn Winn C. A. Baxter George Cannedy Wichita Falls White Hill Bowie

Pigeon ranch draws attention of Bowie readers

A report from Bowie notes Mrs. H. A. Battender runs a pigeon ranch five miles east of town with eight hundred birds of Red Caro White King and Giant Homer breeds. Fred Wall praises the venture as a worthwhile interest for poultry enthusiasts. Farmers report hay making steady through July amid showers and drying conditions.

Montague County Bowie H. A. Battender Fred Wall

Hospital News Weekly Admissions and Births

Weekly list of patients entering and leaving the hospital includes Margaret Brashear Lena Fae Goodwin and others from Sunset Nocona Bowie and Bowie. Births recorded Verna Lucille Shirley Frances and a daughter to Louis Nobile and others. Convalescents include E M Stallings Mildred Chambers and Julia Slaughter.

Margaret Brashear G. A. Brashear J. B. Laurant Sunset Lena Fae Goodwin L. D. Goodwin Louis Nobile Nocona Floyd Snow W. L. Worley E. A. Beasley Bowie C. J. Dodsworth Marjorie Sue Verna Lucille Mary Ann Phillips J. E. Phillips E. M. Stallings Mildred Chambers J. H. Coyle Julia Slaughter Shirley Frances E. A Beasley

Breitenhirts Return From West Virginia Vacation

Rev and Mrs B B Breitenhirt and family returned home Saturday from a two week visit in West Virginia with Rev Breitenhirt’s ill mother They will conduct regular services at First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and evening Bow ie News and the Semi Weekly Farm News priced at 1 50 per year

B. B. Breitenhirt West Virginia Rev. Breitenhirt Breitenhirt First Presbyterian Church

Local people visit relatives across North Texas

F B Wall transacted business in the Stoneburg area Monday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Bailey Denton and son Curtis Wayne of Wichita Falls visit Mr and Mrs Lee Denton and family this week. Mr and Mrs Jace Vaughn and daughter of Frier Texas visit Mr and Mrs S W Thornton and family Sunday. Miss Allene Huth vacationing in Dallas. Donald Mann of Perkins Timberlake Department Store vacationing in Austin. Judge James V Allred and son David of Houston visiting his parents and planning an extended stay. Mr and Mrs Leonard Bennett and son of Winters visit Newby. Mr and Mrs R L Turner and son James of Nocona visit J M Turner and family.

Bailey Denton Curtis Wayne Wichita Falls Lee Denton Jace Vaughn Frier, Texas S. W. Thornton Donald Mann Perkins - Timberlake Department Store Austin James V. Allred David Houston Mrs Renne Allred R. L. Turner James Nocona J. M. Turner

Local Youth Raymond Reddy to Enter Texas College in September

Raymond Reddy of Carlsbad New Mexico, employed by Pecas Valley Gas Co., returns home to visit parents Mr and Mrs Pat Reddy of Stoneburg. He plans to enter North Texas State Teachers College at Denton in September. Albert Huth transacted business in Wichita Falls Thursday afternoon.

Raymond Reddy Pecas Valley Gas Co Carlsbad New Mexico Pat Reddy Stoneburg Raymond North Texas State Teachers College Denton Albert Huth Wichita Falls

Bowie visitor Carl Phagan returns from San Angelo teaching post

Carl Phagan of Vashti visited Bowie on Saturday after five years teaching in a San Angelo high school. The Bowie High graduate plans to enter the University of Chicago in September. James K. Williams of Dallas returned home Friday after a stay with his mother Mrs. W W Williams. Mrs Estelle Kennedy came back from Austin where she saw Mr and Mrs Chalmers Shoemaker in their new home. Mr and Mrs Orville Lovelady of Wichita Falls visited her parents Mr and Mrs George Kendall over the weekend.

Bowie C. E. Litchfield Sunset Carman Mr. Litchfield Wichita Falls C. W. Milton Overton Milton Lillie Davis Georgia Hollingsworth Ralph Hollingsworth Shreveport Carl Phagan Vashti San Angelo Carl University of Chicago James K. Williams Dallas W. W. Williams Estelle Kennedy Austin Mrs. Chalmers Shoemaker Orville Lovelady George Kendall

Watson Family Vacation Spans California

Mr and Mrs B E Watson and daughter Miss Mary Jo join Mr and Mrs Stuart Watson on an extended vacation visiting multiple California locations.

B. E. Watson Mary Jo Stuart Watson California

Local social notes from Bowie and Plainview visits

Mr and Mrs Weldon Thomas and son Larry Lee spent Tuesday in Bowie visiting Mr and Mrs C S Henderson. Barney Zuber and daughter Gearldine and Eva Ruth Zuber of Newport left Wednesday morning for a week's visit with relatives and friends at Plainview Texas. Mr and Mrs Jack Oliver of Wichita Falls transacted business here Sunday and Monday and visited his parents Mr and Mrs Oliver.

Barney Zuber Gearldine Eva Ruth Zuber Newport Plainview Texas Jack Oliver Wichita Falls Mrs. Oliver

Wichita Falls Visitors Spend Sunday With Relatives

Mr and Mrs Billy Bowling visited relatives in Wichita Falls Sunday. Mr and Mrs G C Meyers of Wichita Falls spent Sunday here visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Grover Meyers. Rev and Mrs A J Quinn and children returned Friday from Morgans Mill where they have been visiting relatives.

Billy Bowling Wichita Falls G. C. Meyers Grover Meyers A. J. Quinn Morgans Mill

Apostolic Church My Name Service Schedule

The church lists Sunday 9 30 a m Sunday 11 a m preaching Sunday night 7 30 Young People Bible Class Tuesday night Thursday and Saturday nights preaching Bro Will Worley is acting pastor Everyone is welcome

Apostolic Church OF U In Jesus Name Will Worley

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Sanders Roy Price East Wise St Taylor Motor Co Sam Couch Gentle Bill Edmiston Joe Hamner East Wise Nice Jersey C. S. Henderson Monument Works W. T. Myers Evans FORD Evans Motor Co Bowie, Texas W. J. Stephens M. W. Premister Haskell Thorse Marvin Magness Alvord A. C. Harper Lake Valley Clarence Newsom Marvin E. E. McConnell, Sr Jim Sam Hospital News Breitenhirts F. B. Wall Leonard Bennett Winters Newby Batiste Smastbes CO
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