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Newspaper

Bowie News

Location

Bowie, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1949

Page

3

Visitors fromSeveralFamilies Call on Harding Household

Recent visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Harding include Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Byrd and sons Ronnie and Gary of Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Sharver and Linda Kay and Betty Sue of Beaumont. Mr. and Mrs. Jock Thorsheim of Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCary of Wichita Falls. Miss Madline Ligon of Bevers. Miss Charlsey Harding of Clovis New Mexico. and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kiser of Seymour, Texas. E. R. Mangum couple are vacationing in California.

A. A. Harding Freeman Byrd Ronnie and Gary Freeport L. E. Sharver Linda Kay Betty Sue Beaumont Jock Thorsheim Dallas Arthur McCary Wichita Falls Madline Ligon Bvers Charlsey Harding Clovis New Mexico Floyd Kiser Seymour Texas

Newport News Highlights Local Visits and Travel

Local residents and relatives visited relatives and friends across towns including Amerillo Big Springs Stamford Lawton Fort Worth New Mexico and Vernon. People mentioned include Mr and Mrs R H McDaniel Dee Morris Ola Pickett Pat Summers Clarence Kumum and families along with Miss Irma Ree Deweber and W W Winters.

R. H. Broom R. H. McDaniel Amerillo T. L. McDaniel Hobart Coyle Dee Morris Big Springs Walter Morris Cristo Ola Pickett Stamford Bob Steele Lawton Okla Delbert Pickett Pat Summers Donald Fort Worth N. E. Deweber W. W. Winters Vernon Walter Coker Free-Will Baptist Church

LEE VAUGHN EXHIBITS NEW BUICK AT NOCONA

The 1949 Buick Special was introduced to Montague County by Lee Vaughn Motor Company of Nocona. It features the same motor as larger Buicks but a different body and design and is on display in Nocona and soon at the Vaughn lot. Mr and Mrs Lynn Garlington are vacationing in Yellowstone.

Marvin Precise Nelson Street Bob Latham Carpenters Lacy Buck Griffin Lyon-Matthews Lumber Company Montague County Lee Vaughn Motor Company Nocona Buick Lee Vaughn Vaughn Company

Rural Roads Head Urges Texas Resource Tax Plan

Gilbert Smith former Texas Rural Roads Association executive directs at the West Texas Press Association convention urging immediate enactment of a tax on natural resources to fund permanent improvements including rural roads soil and water conservation state hospitals and public buildings He warns Texas faces resource depletion within 25 years and calls for stabilizing the economy through rural infrastructure and a strong highway system.

Texas Gilbert Smith Texas County Judges and Commissioners Texas Rural Roads Association West Texas Press Ass’n Smith Highway Department

Miss Ann Hillard Visits in Fort Worth

Social notes report Miss Ann Hillard daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hillard of Austin visiting Miss Marsha Welch in Fort Worth after arriving by plane met by the Welch family. Miss Yvonne Hunt spent the week end with her mother Mrs Jewel Hunt in Waurika Oklahoma. In a separate comment Judge Smith advocates raising rural roads funding in Texas through a severance tax on natural resources to fund permanent improvements including soil and water conservation and rural roads, warning that current production declines could threaten industry and national security.

Ann Hillard John Hillard Austin Marsha Welch Pob Welch Fort Worth Welches Yvonne Hunt Mrs Jewel Hunt Waurika, Okla

Fuller Brush Ad Seeks Callers In Bowie Line

Classified notice announces Fuller Brush service phone 654 A Bowie. Also reports Mr. and Mrs. Russell Tiewasd planning a Saturday trip to visit his mother Mrs. John Davia and relatives in Mraffy Kentucky.

Fuller Brush Bowie Mrs Russell Tiewasd John Davia Mraffy, Kentucky

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