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Newspaper
Bowie News
Location
Bowie, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1949
Page
1
The Bowie edition praises plans for a gala Fair Week with impressive decorations and unity. It notes National Guard training, acknowledges Loyd Liggett’s tobacco farming success in North Carolina, and reports First National Bank of Bowie expanding capital, all highlighting local prosperity and civic pride.
Tears filled Mrs Eve lyn Gill as W M Coffman gave her daughter a new bicycle from Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad. General agent Robert Hoyt watched as the child promised to stop at crossings. Officials aim to honor Coffman with a Carnegie Medal for the lifesaving act.
Bowie residents and alumni are invited to a Thursday going away party at the Lions Den honoring Betty Spears. Club Sweetheart reward and Paul Talifer plan a Ladies night with entertainment and refreshments for Bowie's college bound students.
Final plans are made for a market meeting to be held in the Bowie City Auditorium on Saturday September 10 at 2 00 P M in the interest of marketing Montague County fruits and vegetables. W J Young County Agent invites farmers seeking a better market for quality truck crops and fruits to attend with M C Jaynes Texas A&M marketing specialist as principal speaker.
Bowie Majestic offers a Friday and Saturday double feature Sons of Adventure with Russ Hayden and Johnny Mack Brown in Back Trail. Sunday and Monday show Knock on Any Door with Humphrey Bogart. Tuesday screens Up in Central Park with Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes. Wednesday and Thursday bring Walt Disney's So Dear To My Heart with Burl Ives and Babby Driscoll. Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty at the Ritz Friday and Saturday. Robert Young and Maureen O Hara co star in the mix.
McDonald Cemetery Association chaired by O. W. Watson calls a meeting Tuesday August 23 at 5 p m to inspect work and discuss other possible needs.
Mrs David Seitz and her son Mike departed Monday for a vacation in Colorado.
Bowie school opening is postponed from September 6 to September 12 due to Lindale school relocation not ready. Superintendent Walter B. Alexander notes the district will meet 175 to 177 teaching days as required by the Southern Association. A later edition will detail the new year’s program and final plans. The article also promotes the first Saturday Night Amateur Show at City Auditorium, organized by the Chamber of Commerce for Montague Clay Jack and Wise counties, with proceeds and potential radio exposure.
A Bowie crew of about 35 men and boys including Milford Hall and Eugene Monroe traveled Tuesday with a truckload of food for a football training camp in Craterville. Coach R. E. Mattingly seeks a stronger line and effective backfield with help from M. L. Massey, Roy Lee Curry, and Bob Raley as the season approaches.
Four members of Bowie Scout Troop 116 returned Friday from a week at Sheppard Field near Wichita Falls where they took part in an air training program. The group named Bob White Steve McNatt Bill Rhyne and Charles McGannon joined about 150 district scouts as they experienced regular air force life under Scoutmaster Joe Tarver.
The Bowie School Board announces a compulsory health round-up at the high school on August 28 for students from first through twelfth grade. Vaccinations for smallpox and diphtheria cost $1 per pupil, with state health department vaccines provided. The program runs 9:30 to noon for grammar school students, with remaining students seen at 2:00 pm. Free eye, ear, nose and throat exams will be offered, and PTA units are asked to supply workers for the effort.
Bowie Independent School District accelerates work on multiple campuses ahead of the September 12 opening. Contractor Clyde Craft relocates the Lindale School building to the Bowie campus for extra classrooms. The high school cafeteria and building receive modernization, and renovations extend to ward school facilities with updates to rooms windows and doors under Superintendent Walter Alexander.
Bowie golf team plans a Sunday flag tournament reenactment with handicaps from 73 to 106. The event follows their 14-4 win over Waurika last Sunday, with winners H. M. Moore Ted Dalevy James Deaton Maurice Bledsoe Bailey Taylor Alden Williams Tom Rumsey Mayo McGee R. E. Mattingly M. L. Massey Bob White Bud Pickett Frank Edwards and H. E. Moore. Losers were Tom Walters L. T. Kincer Tom Stewart Glenn Nichols.
Senator Bob Proffer from Justin gave a noon Rotary talk explaining key acts of the recent legislature. He discussed several important measures and offered insights into their impact for the district.
The Texas Company reports Benson No 3 in the Benson or Queen's Peak pool four miles north of Bowie. Continental Oil drills Brown No 1 extending the Hildreth pool seven miles north of Bowie. No. 1 W. P. Brigance tests 6300 feet in block 82 Titus County school lands seven miles east of Bowie. Sunset area Wildcat No 1 W F Robertson, dry. Konrad Sztyk No 1 H C Bradley 3% miles south of Dodson pool shows oil on a drillstem test at 5018 to 5028 feet with 195 feet free oil and 90 feet salt water. Drilling continues below 5200 feet. Sparks No 1 Salona Methodist Church eight miles east of Bowie drilling below 4950 feet.
Rev. Sheloy Duncan, formerly of Terral Oklahoma, accepted the Bowie Assembly of God pastorship and moved here with his family. A five year preacher who has preached in California and Mansville Oklahoma, he is an army veteran. His wife and children include Betty Lee 12 Shelvin 1 Eddie Bill 4.
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