Bowie School Reg registration for 1930s term announced
Walter B. Alexander of the Bowie school system issues the pupil registration schedule for the new term starting Monday September 8. Details cover registration dates for juniors to seniors on Thursday September 4 and freshmen to sophomores on Friday, with course offerings including new subjects such as Polygms in American Democracy and Vocational Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter B. Alexander
E Bowie
Wie
Business
Aining
Sophocres
Ax Ward
John Lewis
Cemetery Working At Airie Branch Cemetery
Announcement calls a public working at Airie Branch Cemetery on Friday September 4 to tend the grounds all day. Volunteers are urged to attend prepared with lunch and tools and to remain through the day and the following Friday as requested by the cemetery committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airie
Cecil Young Named Assistant Coach at Saint Jo
Cecil Young, former Jackrab bit star and standout Abilene Christian College football player for three years, has been named assistant football coach at Saint Jo. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C V Young of this city and has many friends here glad of his new connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Young
Abilene Christian
Saint Jo
Cecil
C. V. Young
Mark Campbell Buys Bowie News
Mark Campbell of Henderson acquires The Bowie News from Coy Perry with sale effective September 1. Campbell, formerly of Cleburne, joins Henderson Daily News staff since 1932 and brings long newspaper experience. Mrs. Campbell teaches music in Henderson schools and they plan to move to Bowie with their daughter Martha Ellen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Campbell
Henderson
Bowie News
Coy Perry
Campbell
Cleburne
Henderson Daily News
Martha Ellen
Bowie
C. N. Dickey
Cherry Street
Perry
The
News
Funeral Services For Ryan Child
Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church for James Terry Ryan seven and son of Mr and Mrs Jack Ryan who died after hospital admission in Decatur. Rev A J Quinn officiated with G Doc Jackson on music Burgess Funeral Home handled arrangements. Surviving are parents two sisters Colleen Margaret and Jackie Mary and brother Bobby Jack, plus grandparents C E Ryan of Bowie and several aunts and uncles. Out of town relatives included Francis Bates and daughters Georgia Lee and Linda Carole Shawnee Oklahoma Chas Kennedy Topeka Paul Ryan Leesville and the Worthys of Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
James Terry Ryan
Jack Ryan
Decatur
A. J. Quinn
Doc) Jackson
Burgess Funeral Home
Colleen Margaret
Jackie Mary
Bobby Jack
C. E. Ryan
Bowie
Francis Bates
Georgia Lee
Linda Carole
Shawnee
Okla
Chas. Kennedy
Topeka
Kan
Paul Ryan
Leesville
Worthys
Fort Worth
Bowie Golfers to Play Labor Day Tournament
Twelve members of the Moore Acres Golf Club will represent Bowie in the Master Labor Day Tournament at Burkburnett on Monday September 1. After a North Texas Oil Belt Golf Association round robin with five wins two losses and one tie the locals appear formidable and poised to contend for Labor Day honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Acres
Bowie Club
Burkburnett
Last Concert Friday Night by Bowie Band
The Bowie band ends its season with a Friday night concert at the band stand starting at 8. They perform at the Wichita Falls game on September 1, then Montague on Tuesday, September 2, and a goodwill trip to Nocona on September 5. The troupe plans more goodwill appearances through the Montague County Fair and football season performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Wichita Falls
Montague
Band Parents Sponsor Cakewalk At Bowie High
The Band Parents at Bowie High School sponsor a cakewalk for the band on Saturday September 6. The event, held on Tarrant Street between the flagpole and the National Hotel, was decided at a Wednesday City Auditorium meeting. Ernest Benson will serve as master of ceremonies.
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Bowie High School
City Auditorium
Tarrant Street
National Hotel
Ernest Benson
Bowie to Observe Labor Day Holiday Monday
Bowie plans a Labor Day closing on Monday September 1 with 82 percent of local firms voting to close. Employees will enjoy the day for fishing swimming golfing or picnics. Several will attend the Oil Bowl football game in Wichita Falls featuring Loyd Price and Homer Jackson from the 1941 Jackrabbit Bi-District champions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Moore
Bowie Chamber of Commerce
Wichita Falls
Loyd Price
Homer Jackson
Montague County USO Quota Met but Funds Still Needed
Chairman T. R. Coffield reports Montague County has subscribed the quota but must raise about 50 dollars for collection expenses. The office accepts any amount to cover these costs. Donations listed include George F. Roth 1.00, H. Johnson 1.00, American Legion 3.00, Mrs. Esther Janeway 1.00, Henry Fenoglio 1.00, Ida Moore 1.00, and others, with several small contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. R. Coffield
Montague County
H. Johnson
Lura Moore
Mmaeberry
Henry Fenoglio
Ida Moore
Stine Named Principal and Basketball Coach at Grammar School
James Stine of Bellevue High School faculty was named principal of the Grammar school and basketball coach at a Bowie school board meeting. He succeeds Wayne Walling who resigned to join Burkburnett High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stine
Bellevue High School
Bowie School Board
Stine
Wayne Walling
Burkburnett High School
Jackrabbits Open Football Practice With Notable Returnees
Coach Mershon’s Jackrabbits start workouts Monday afternoon at the local field. Only three letter men return but a strong nucleus and material from the Cottontail squad promise a competitive season. They open at Chillicothe, the Eagles who beat them for the regional title last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mershon
Pat
Mike Wright
Bobby Woodall
Cottontail
Chillicothe
Eagles
Texas
The
Rabbits
Bowie-Saint Jo Farm Group to Meet in Bowie
The Bowie-Saint Jo Farm Loan Association will hold its joint annual meeting at the City Auditorium in Bowie on Saturday September 6 starting 1 pm. C E Blackmon secretary announces a free picture show at the Bowie Majestic Theatre and more than 30 attendance prizes from local merchants. A board of directors will be elected and a round table Q&A period hosted by several speakers is planned. Stockholders are urged to attend with families. free admission to the show for all after 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie-Saint Jo Farm Loan Association
City Auditorium
Bowie
C. E. Blackmon
Bowie Majestic Theatre
Suspect in Bank Robbery Case Held in Oklahoma
Sheriff reports no fingerprint match yet between the shoe box evidence from the First National Bank robbery and a youth held in Muskogee since Monday. The man questioned fits the robbery description and was arrested near Ada for a stolen car. Police link him to theater and filling station holdups in Wichita Falls Sherman and Gainesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Lawrence
First National Bank
Muskogee
Okla
Ada
Wichita Falls
Sherman
Gainesville
Shawnee man visits grandmother during trip
Bob Winsett of Shawnee Oklahoma is visiting his grandmother Mrs A A Cobb as part of a family trip and family gathering noted in local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Winsett
Shawnee, Okla
A. A. Cobb
Benson Bros Erecting Derrick on Test Near Fruitland
The Post Office will close all day Monday September 1 for Labor Day except for one hour from 8 to 9 a.m. Rural Route service will pause and only city delivery will run in the morning per Acting Postmaster H L Turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L
Exhibits for Fair Expected to Be Best Yet Shown
Montague County Free Fair opens for four days in Bowie on September 24 with plans for top quality exhibits. Beef and dairy cattle, swine sheep and goat divisions, and a growing educational department highlight the program. Prize money totals about $2,000 with many committees lined up for parade, home economics, and FFA activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague County
Bowie
W. H. Stephens
B. G. Wyatt
Harper Knight
Bowiee
M. Johnson
A. S. Elliott
Hanper Knight
FFA
W. B. Alexander
W. J. Stone
Nocona
W. J. Miller
Forestburg
J. I. Caswell
Sunset
Home Economic
Edd Jones
Fair Board
Lum Lovette
Fred Heoldike
Homer McDaniel
Tandy Welch
Robert White
Glenn Trout
C. A. Wilson
Canning
M. Posey
Clayton Jackson
D. Hawkins
Robert Cady
Jake Dorsey
Wincy Sanders
Rex Calloway
Aaron Miller
Prentice Evans
Barry Eastmart
C. Y. Cosby
Billie Lum
Wilbur Morgan
Henry T. Ayres
R. L. Burgess
G. L. Griffin
M. A. Bryan
Ned Horton
Donald Mann
Ike Parks
Marvin Willett
Burgess Attends Texas Embalmers Board Meeting
Bob Burgess president of the Texas State Board of Embalmers and secretary Mrs. Lucille Huckabee attended a board meeting in Dallas last week. A hearing on charges led to revocation of the licenses of 14 funeral directors and embalmers for unethical practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Burgess
Texas State Board of Embalmers
Lucille Huckabee
Dallast
Bowie People Attend American Legion Meet
A group of Legionnaires and Legion Auxiliary members from Bowie attended the Department Convention of the American Legion 40 and 8 and Auxiliary in Fort Worth from August 16 through 19. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Butler Mr. and Mrs. Lon Roberson H. T. McDaniel Everett Cleer Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Daniel D. M. Ferguson T. D. Denman Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Allen and Mrs. A. J. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion Auxiliary
Bowie
The
American Legion
Fort Worth
Elvin Butler
Lon Roberson
H. T. McDaniel
Everett Cleer
Cecil Daniel
D. M. Ferguson
T. D. Denman
Cecil Allen
A. J. Allen
Turner Well Waiting On Casing in Ellis County
W. B. Omohundro, drilling contractor for Benson Bros, is erecting a derrick on a 7,500 foot Turner well in the Ellis survey near Fruitland and will spud early next week. Slush pits dug, rigging up, deepest well in the county. Walter Gants No 1 Turner waiting on casing after drill stem recovered over 1,100 feet of oil. Bullard offset to Hults & Owens No 1 Tucker drilling to deepen and increase flow. Superior Oil reports an offset to Benson Bros Seay No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Omohundro
Benson Bros
Fruitland
Walter Gant
Turner
Bullard
Hults & Owens
New Teachers On Bowie Faculty For Coming Year
Bowie school system releases list of 36 teachers for the upcoming year with five new hires. Leonard Winston Mershon to coach football succeeds Thomas C. Schneider. Thelma Dunaway moves from Burkburnett English chair to Bowie. Audrey Wheat becomes agriculture teacher. Kathryn Walker from Chandler joins staff. James Stine from Bellevue to coach basketball as Wayne Walling heads to Burkburnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie
Walter B. Alexander
Leonard Winston Mershon
Thomas C. Schneider
Saint Jo
Thelma Dunaway
Burkburnett High School
Paul Taliaferro
Audrey Wheat
Loreta Eakman
Bessie McMillan
Ruby Dickey
South Ward
Serena Dodd
Clara Hoeldtke
Gertrude Ham
Mary Lou Register
East Ward
Ruth Workman
Ruth Ragsdale
Modean Stout
John B. Lewis
Lometa McAfee
Christian Revival To Close Sunday
The First Christian Church revival ends Sunday night with an open air service at the First Baptist Church amphitheatre. Baptismal night is Friday, no services Saturday. Sunday morning ordains elders and deacons for the year. Rev John M Hughes directs singing and programs. Bowie's outstanding men's quartet closes Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Holy Ground
John M. Hughes
Bowie
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