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The notice outlines per inch advertising rates for readers and irregular ads in June. It lists charges for cards of thanks obituaries resolutions and tributes as well as paid notices of entertainment.
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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1936
Page
4
The notice outlines per inch advertising rates for readers and irregular ads in June. It lists charges for cards of thanks obituaries resolutions and tributes as well as paid notices of entertainment.
A Dixie Journal report recalls a former Future Farmers of America member who now holds a high paying job with the U S Department of Agriculture. The piece highlights his early projects on a small family farm, his discipline, and his avoidance of disruptive influences thanks to 4 H and the FFA. It emphasizes the role of rural organizations in steering youth toward practical training and success.
The article argues youths seek purposeful activity and warns parents to guide energy into wholesome work through Future Farmers and 4-H Clubs. It emphasizes learning project methods, managing work, and earning profits as constructive alternatives to degrading trends.
At a convention of the International Society for Crippled Children speakers praised modern surgery and early childhood treatment for malformations. The Shriners lead in funding homes and aid, with other groups supporting crippled children through similar acts of charity.
Several listings offer house and lot sales including 102 South Sanders Street and 184% acres of land with outbuildings. Other items include an upright piano, kitchen stove, table, and farming tools. Rentals cover rooms and apartments in Bowie area with contact details. Local social notes mention Mrs Stein Ringgold and visitors Aleen Wright Fort Worth.
A round of social visits and travel highlights from Forestburg and nearby towns. A.T. Cromwell and Ed Weaver traveled to Forestburg for a business trip, families from Abilene plan a Dallas trip for the Texas Centennial, Sam Brookhart and others spent weekends locally or in oil regions, and many relatives visiting relatives in Tyler Shreveport Fort Worth Longview and Bowie.
Mr and Mrs Joe Martin of Vernon spent Monday night with Dan L Martin relatives. Joe, Dan's brother, is superintendent for Lone Star Gas in Vernon. The group traveled to Houston New Orleans for vacation and many others toured to Wichita Falls Austin San Antonio Harlingen Corpus Christi Old Mexico and Silver Town New Mexico for a family reunion.
Mrs George Rucker won the high prize in a Wednesday bridge session hosted by Mrs Lynn Garlington at 414 W Pecan. Wincy Sanders took the cut prize, with a salad plate for attendees including L L Ward Fred Gardner Gordon Cady Roger Giles Rucker Sanders and guests L V Norris L J Purkey Roy Loventhall of Lufkin. The club plans to meet next Wednesday with Mrs Fred Gardner.
Miss Leora daughter of Clay Horn of Shannon was brought to the Bowie Clinic Hospital Monday for an appendectomy. She is reported as doing nicely. Berta daughter of A Arami of Montague underwent a tonsillectomy at the Clinic hospital Saturday. Mr and Mrs W C Fain of Sunset are the proud parents of a son Robert Wayne born at the hospital August 8. Mrs F H Riddle of Shannon returned home Sunday after treatment for an injured eye. Mrs J L Fraley of Saint Jo returned home Wednesday after treatment for an infected hand.
The column riffs on local romances and social mischief with hints about two east side and one north side residents, late dates, a rodeo night, a missing pair of spectacles, camp returns, and a missing object hinting at a lighthearted high school era of townsfolk and a lawyer courting dancers.
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